As mentioned repeatedly, I have been working on a different Web project. Ever since that PBS show with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. I have traced down my own family roots and local history. The original plan was to make a regular Web site out of the data. Recently, I stopped working on that idea,...
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I have added two new sidebar features in an effort to create a better blog. The first one is the del.icio.us bookmarks item. Instead of creating a new blog post for bookmarked items, I decided to simply list them in the sidebar. I think this way I will use del.icio.us more often and more...
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When I wrote about the Princeton Review and public relations on August 21, I was expecting some trackbacks or comments, since it was an interesting story. Nothing happened. But I’d like to imagine that the folks over at O’Dwyer PR saw my post and decided to write something about it and they just forgot to...
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I decided to give some more thought to the Liverpool Philharmonic’s Second Life adventure. One of the questions at the post concert Q&A was if the orchestra had made any money with this concert. The short answer was a no. I can only imagine it actually cost the orchestra quite a bit to produce...
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Today, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra performed live in Second Life. There were only 100 passes available, but I was one of the lucky ticket holders. Since it was work-related, my employer was gracious enough to have me install Second Life on my work computer. (The concert was at 7:30 p.m. in Liverpool, which...
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Just like last year.
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Obama — who has seven half-brothers and half-sisters spread across more than 10,000 miles — has ancestors who were born in Kenya, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany and the Netherlands, the Sun-Times found in an exhaustive look at the South Side Democratic presidential hopeful’s family history. From the Chicago Sun-Times. The article also lists some...
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I am currently reading Daniel Boorstin’s The Creators, a most original perspective on arts history focusing on several “heroes of the imagination.” I’ve been reading it for a while, as I do, in phases. I recently picked it up again and I have just finished the chapter entitled “composing for community.” I thought I...
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