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Top 20 coolest words approved by Safari’s spellchecker

By • Dec 3rd, 2009 • Category: UncategorizedNo Comments »

This is a post inspired by a status update in Facebook. I think it’s nice that Safari lets us get away with so many great new words – most of them reflections of the digital age. Kudos to Apple for the coolest spellchecker around! (if it could just learn not to turn itself off for [...]

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Bach Orchestral Suite #1 – Ouverture – for 9 melodicas played by one player

By • Nov 28th, 2009 • Category: Online Performances, VideoNo Comments »

This arrangement uses alto and bass melodicas. The scoring looks like this: Oboe I: alto melodica Oboe II: alto melodica Bassoon: bass melodica Violin I: alto melodica Violin II: alto melodica Cello / Bass: bass melodica Keyboard continuo: alto melodica Apologies for the out-of-focus moments. I got a new HD webcam which I am very [...]

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Concert: Interactive music for the Recorder at DFM with James Howard Young and Nikolaj Ronimus – 22-Nov-2009

By • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Uncategorized3 Comments »

Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009 Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm Location: Det Fynske Musikkonservatorium, Koncertsal Islandsgade 2 500 Odense C Denmark Concert featuring works by Annette Ziegenmeyer, James Howard Young, Markus Zahnhausen, Bach, Van Eyck, Telemann, and others. In addition, the performers will be improvising their own works. This is the concert that will conclude a [...]

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Speed up Safari – or Firefox, or any browser with this simple tip.

By • Nov 13th, 2009 • Category: Tutorials1 Comment »

Here it is: Set “New Windows open with” to blank page. Set “New Tabs open with” to blank page. This preference should be somewhere fairly obvious in your browser preferences. Safari’s preference window is shown below. Maybe I’m an idiot, but it took me a few months to lament about how Safari was stuck whenever [...]

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Mozart Symphony #40 for 15 Melodicas – and 100 Subscribers! – First movement

By • Nov 8th, 2009 • Category: Online Performances, VideoNo Comments »

I was looking for a big project to mark 100 subscribers to my YouTube account (thanks everyone!) and I immediately thought of the first movement from Mozart’s Symphony no. 40 since it’s complex in scope but still Classical in the way the voices are treated meaning it’s not impossible to transcribe. I’ve condensed all the [...]

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This tip will save brain cells.

By • Nov 5th, 2009 • Category: TutorialsNo Comments »

If you’re a Mac user and you’ve ever used the keyboard shortcut to Force Quit applications (if you’ve never used it, upgrading to Snow Leopard will most definitely make it a necessity), you know that it’s alt-Apple-Escape. You’ve probably also noticed that from time to time, you bring up the dreaded “Front Row” menu when [...]

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