Monthly Archives: December 2008

29 Dec

Best Fonts of 2008

Best Fonts of 2008

Back in college, I was fortunate to find others who shared my then secret admiration and fascination with fonts. I thought maybe it was this …

 
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28 Dec

Regrets 2008

Regrets 2008

As I was driving this morning away from Starbucks, several thoughts entered my head. I began to think of regrets I had for 2008. I …

 
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25 Dec

Edward Aldwell, Bach WTC

Edward Aldwell, Bach WTC

As a little Christmas present to myself, tonight I picked up the recordings by Edward Aldwell of Bach’s two Well-Tempered Keyboard collections, Books 1 and …

 
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19 Dec

Cooking Notes

Cooking Notes

Tonight I worked on a few “things” for an upcoming get together. Namely, I worked on the topping for bread, some so-called “fire-roasted” tomatoes, and …

 
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14 Dec

BWV 1044

BWV 1044

Among Bach’s gems is the so-called Triple Concerto, one that mimics the scoring of his equally famous Brandeburg Concerto #5, but this concerto lives on …

 
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07 Dec

The Visuals

The Visuals

I like the (new) view in iTunes that lets you see all your albums, akin to photos in iPhoto. I began listening to the first track …

 
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06 Dec

La Pantomime

La Pantomime

Sempé and Fortin record La Pantomime, works by Rameau on harpsichord for Paradizo (2008). I own many recordings by the American harpsichordist Skip Sempé, but among …

 
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04 Dec

Handel’s Opus 6

Handel’s Opus 6

Il Giardino Armonico perform Handel’s Concerti Grossi op. 6 on L’Oiseau-Lyre It’s been some time now, eh, for a release on Decca’s early music label? And …

 
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03 Dec

Trip to California

Trip to California

This past week we traveled to California. The centerpiece of the visit was a dinner reservation at the French Laundry in Yountville. We flew from …

 
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02 Dec

GeoTagging

GeoTagging

I’m really in love with the concept of geotagged photos. These are photographs where the location of the camera is embedded with the digital actual …

 
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