Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Take a walk in the woods, walk so softly that the bottom of your feet become ears. I ran into this article in Marc Cantor's weblog and also originally in Wired over the weekend.  Pauline's music goes way beyond the process used to create the soundwaves.  As an electronic music dabbler, I find experimental music opens my mind. 50 Years Melding Tech and Sounds. Pauline Oliveros got her first tape recorder in 1953. Since then, she's devoted her life to studying technology's interactions with sound. By Katie Dean. [Wired News] Marc Cantor: "I studied electronic music at Oberlin and at the Art Institute of Chicago and had the pleasure of meeting and participating in workshops with Pauline Oliveros in the late 1970's. She inspired me to coin the phrase: "it's just as wrong to be an artist as a musician.  Those terms are based upon old fashioned technology.  Today - we can make music with our paintbrush and paint with our violins.  The new instrument is the computer." The title of this post - is a piece I heard Pauline perform." If you haven't run into Marc's weblog, take a look.  I've found his ideas and writing interesting. 5:39:33 PM    comment []  trackback []

We're going to see more cross-network devices. Texas Instruments has been working on some new chipsets to support phones and handheld devices that can move from phone networks (GSM / GPRS) to computer networks (WiFi).  The concept of seamlessly roaming has been showing up in the news quite a bit lately. "The only problem is that so far TI hasn't found any manufacturers yet that want to build the Wireless Any Network Digital Assistant, or WANDA as its called, so don't hold your breath waiting for this one." [via Gizmodo] 4:45:00 PM    comment []  trackback []

Things are getting busy again. Too much news this week.  With the almost ready to break news coverage on the war with Iraw, I really haven't felt like reading the news too much.  Same goes with blogging.  On the otherhand, I've been enjoying the wonderful weather and getting lots of stuff done at home and at work.  It feels good to be alive. 2:38:35 PM    comment []  trackback []