Xeeban’s Musings

My last entry about the Babble device led me on a thread of links that wound up at a Wired article about the company that produces it.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67951,00.html?tw=wn_story_top5

Ever wanted a real cone of silence? This company has something that is pretty close: http://www.sonaretechnologies.com/babble.html

It rebroadcasts snippets of your real voice, causing the effect of scrambling what you say so that others cannot understand. It sounds a lot like a room full of people. Very interesting gadget!

A keyboard for the Uber Geek. This is a totally black computer keyboard with nothing at all on the keys. The keys are all blank! The whole thing looks like some stealth ninja keyboard.

http://www.daskeyboard.com

Apparently not having the keys labeled makes one even faster and more accurate with typing after the initial training period.

There is a sexy new iPod just hitting the streets : http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/

It comes in a 2GB and 4 GB version and looks very sweet. I think I may have to get myself a birthday present here soon…

Well, its been a long while since I posted here last. In that time, I’ve finished school, moved to Canada and started a new job with Abe Books. I’ve been pretty self absorbed with adjusting to the new location, the new job and meeting new people.

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It doesn’t matter how brainy you are or how much education you’ve had – you can still improve and expand your mind. Boosting your mental faculties doesn’t have to mean studying hard or becoming a reclusive book worm. There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter and get the best out of your brain cells. And here are 11 of them.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg18625011.900

I’ve finished my final project for my theory class. Its a simple song called Inevitability that is in Sonata Allegro form (AABA). Its written for piano and cello. A strange combo perhaps, but it seems to work.

Inevitability MP3
Inevitability score

Chorale #46 is up and, ready for your practice and enjoyment! You can hear it here:

http://www.xeeban.com/resources/chorales2.html

As always, just the basic with all parts, tenor emphasis and one with tenor missing. Yell at me if you want the other parts.

Chorale #44 is up and, ready for your practice and enjoyment! You can hear it here:

http://www.xeeban.com/resources/chorales2.html

As always, just the basic with all parts, tenor emphasis and one with tenor missing. Yell at me if you want the other parts.

Chorale #40 is up and, ready for your practice and enjoyment! You can hear it here:

http://www.xeeban.com/resources/chorales2.html

As always, just the basic with all parts, tenor emphasis and one with tenor missing. Yell at me if you want the other parts.