10/11/11
I received a few comments about my post last week...let me be clear here: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were BOTH early heros of mine; when I built my first IMSAI computer back in 1978, I bought a cassette tape of 'BASIC' from Gates himself at an early computer EXPO in NY, where Micro-Soft was only a card table, a bunch of cassette tapes, and a stack of mimeo'd literature. We know what Microsoft eventually became. Subsequently, after I got into the industry, I also made a pretty decent amount of bred selling Apple II computers.

That doesn't mean I approved of what both of these companies eventually became later on...the fact that I only run Ubuntu Linux now speaks for itself.
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10/06/11
*** R.I.P. Steve Jobs ***
One of my heros died yesterday...I was lucky to be in the audience when Steve Jobs introduced a room full of NY & NJ computer dealers to the first Macintosh computer in 1984;  the powerful presence of the man and the changes he made to our world have been astounding; one of our few true visionaries has left a precious hole in our time, which will be difficult, if not impossible, to fill.
....R.I.P., Steve...
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10/03/11
Just made a few cosmetic changes here... other than rehearsals there's nothing much happening around here musically right now, altho Carlos's LFO big-band is sounding great these days...some nice gigs coming up...stay tuned....

I finally finished reading the incredible five-volume George R.R. Martin 'Game of Thrones' collection...outstanding unforgetable characters. Next on the list is Asimov's entire 'Foundation' series...(then maybe some Stephen King...)
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08/19/11
I just finished reading probably one of the most fun books ever: 'Ready Player One', by Ernest Cline.  Anybody that grew up before there was an 'internet'  will be in 'geek-heaven'....check it out!

(yeah, I'm a geek, and Proud!)


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07/01/11
Just finishing up some 'set closers' for Carlos' band...they should be fun to play...also working on a few more bossa-novas..I find it a lovely 'groove' to work with.

Have a great 4th of July Weekend!
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05/22/11
It's been a pretty quiet month...spent most of it putting together a nice Antonio Carlos Jobim medley for Carlos's band that will have a few nice sections for Terri to sing...

Some guy was busting my chops about 'cloud computing'...I think he was trying to sell me a cloud or something; (if he had a nice one, maybe shaped like a cute little bunny....)!!!