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general topics about almost anything, along with some of my projects

starting the guitar (1)

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December 15, 2010

I have been fooling around with, playing, and practicing the guitar for nearly forty years. As week ago, in the midst of a couple discussions with old friends, the notion of my giving online lessons came up. As a consequence I have been doing a bit of online research to see what the current state [...]


my virtual guitar amps…

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November 20, 2010

While I have a few music apps to play with (see the previous post…), of greater importance to me is the fact that I have a variety of guitar ‘rigs’ to use on my iPad. First off, if you are interested in doing something like this, you need to consider how you will be getting [...]


iPad music apps…

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November 18, 2010

For the last month I have seen a growing number of coming to this site because they were searching for iPad information. I get people coming here who want information about iPad apps, reviews, and criticisms related to ‘Getting Things Done’ (GTD), music, and some comparatively arcane topics (printing from an iPad, setting up Gmail, [...]


teaching and learning…

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November 1, 2010

As a teacher I have spent a lot of time thinking about teaching and learning. I’ve spent time preparing lessons, lesson plans, and while these are appropriate things for teachers to deal with, I see there is more to do… I have had teachers as a high school student, and seem some lately who don’t [...]


iPad, college, online classes, et.al.

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October 29, 2010

My last few posts have been focused upon some of the emerging aspects of how learning may be changing. I am still in the midst of what could be seen as a (virtual) undergraduate class on the history of economic thought. I say virtual because while I will likely learn as much as if I [...]


some podcast accessories…

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October 26, 2010

From the previous post you can see that I have embarked upon a form of online learning. I started a podcast series from iTunes U covering economic history. Besides wanting to gain some of this knowledge, I had a few other reasons for taking this virtual class. In the last forty years, I have read [...]


…in which I take a podcast class…

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October 25, 2010

Over the last couple of years I have run across such online amenities as the Khan academy, iTunes U, TED, and a number of other sites which provide Information in such a manner that I can see a possible future on higher education. All of these sites are essentially free, and even from my position, [...]


What I want on my iPad…

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October 19, 2010

I realized that I have had my iPad for enough time to start to consider making a list of the things I would like to change (or even to get rid of…). Obviously there are plenty of good things about the iPad…any cursory search online would show you that. But I have spent a little [...]


my new guitar rig…

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October 18, 2010

I suppose I should preface some of my remarks by defining a few terms and concepts. 1. A guitar rig is the accompanying gear which an electric guitarist needs to be heard (in the manner to which the guitarist would want to be heard…). 2. I have run seemingly innumerable guitar rigs in the last [...]


my personal network…

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October 14, 2010

A couple years ago I was looking into replacing my laptop, to make a long, mundane, and tiresome story a bit shorter (thanks!) I came to see that I could replace my relatively powerful laptop with a much cheaper (much less powerful) NetBook, especially if I were to bolster this acquisition with a smart phone [...]


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