Monthly Archives: December 2008

Links for Dec 31, 2008

ICE/Xenakis

The International Contemporary Ensemble is launching an ambitious exploration of Iannis Xenakis’s music. Concerts in Boston and Chicago, with podcasts leading up to both.

Microsoft Zunes spontaneously dying all over the place

No comment.

Celestial Show Set for New

Links for Dec 30, 2008

Hear Better on Your Cellphone

Haven’t had the chance to try this yet, but it seems plausible. However, just recently I was positing the notion that we tend to overlap one another while talking on cellphones because our own voice…

Nutcracker

The 2008 Joffrey Ballet production of the Nutcracker ended yesterday, after 14 performances compressed into 9 days. One of the great things about this gig is the venue: Louis Sullivan’s great Auditorium Theatre. I sit almost dead center,…

It’s a Miserable Life!

Wendell Jamieson has a great piece on ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ in today’s New York Times. He even consults with a New York district attorney who concludes that George Bailey’s crime would be classed as “…a D felony; 2…

Links for Dec 15, 2008

nest

My friend Jon pointed me to his friend Angela’s site about making your home more energy efficient. Good resource, especially for Chicagoans. Brings back many memories of my own experience rehabbing a ballon-frame house.

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Links for Dec 14, 2008

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