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We picked BARDTracker ( https://www.bardtracker.com ) and so far have been generally very satisfied with that decision. Big for us was the fact that BT had the ability to grab all …

This reminded me of the story about Charles Proteus Steinmetz diagnosing the problem inside a generator at Henry Ford's auto plant just by listening to it very carefully. "Ford, wh…

On the cello (and viola) three perfect 3:2 ("pythagorian") fifths down from the A string makes for a low C that's noticeably flat when compared to equal-tempered instruments. For s…

Stares in harpsichordist. Those semitones seem pretty equal. Be a shame if something happened to them.

Some years ago I got an Enviracaire EWM-220, which looks to be discontinued now. This is a warm-steam one that also has a UV bulb in it to (presumably) sanitize the water. Twin tan…

> For anyone else who likes Glass's piano work, you might like some pieces by Yann Tiersen or Erik Satie. And then go find yourself any of the multiple-piano music by the Dutch com…

It's used in the Paul McCartney song "Famous Groupies" (on the 1978 Wings album "London Town").

Some thoughts on this, from an enthusiast, collector, and amateur player of odd and arcane keyboard instruments. On the subject of one string per hammer: while this is novel for a …

Thought this was all great until I got to their company photo. Guess diversity at Lever doesn't apply to age. :-/

I've only been there as a tourist (and happened to go during a period of historically awful weather last February), but I'm inclined to agree with all of this. I've never felt as s…

This was sort of the plot of the Orson Welles film "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report").

I can feel St. Anthony's fire burnin' in me, burnin' in me

Actually, someone's started making Rhodes pianos again. I've heard they're good, but I've not played one.

And, for good measure, Philip Glass's "Akhnaten" (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XENvMGyy4J8

No mention of the fact that Tran's sauce is an americanized knockoff (made with jalapeno peppers) of legitimate Sriracha sauce from Sri Racha, Thailand.

How about the part of Schwab that's literally called "Charles Schwab Bank"?

Here's how my rep replied to my email today: "Schwab takes online security very seriously, and all clients are protected against fraud with our SchwabSafe guarantee. This guarantee…

Top also needs to be stronger to handle the stress of the flip-top, which -- fun fact! -- starts off as a second-class lever and ends up as a first-class lever. http://crowdtube.tv…

I teach coding to inner city junior and senior highschool kids in Los Angeles. Buying computers was a non-starter for our organization, so we're making do with old Windows machines…

Surprised not to see KidsRuby on the list. It's Ruby, packaged up with a kid-friendly interface and turtle graphics support. http://www.kidsruby.com/