- Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Or, in other words: Do everything you do as if unto the glory of God.
- Don’t let the urgent keep you from the important.
- Good ideas are a dime a dozen. Execution is everything.
- Opportunities are all around you. If your eyes are open, you will see them.
- Surround yourself with people who are smarter than yourself.
- My dad always told me to work smart, not hard. I have learned that to find success, you must work both and smart.
- Always have a teachable heart. Never close yourself off to learning something new.
- Be a friend to everyone you meet. You never know when they will be the one who helps you.
- Give first, without expectation of receiving anything in return, and you will be blesssed beyond your wildest dreams.
- Don’t worry about making money, worry about providing value, and money will come.
- Always Live with Integrity. A good name is better to have than great riches.
Mar 02
Feb 27
“A musician has harnessed the power of two Nintendo Wiimotes to become a cyborg percussionist with the robo-band Jazari. His playing of one drum machine can evoke an automated response from another, so that he can go around the drum circle in a beautiful display of human-robot improvisation.”
I see this invention as a brilliant display of human ingenuity, demonstrated through complex machinery. This Robotic Drum Band, is the product of the musician who programmed it. The computer by itself is not the musician, it is in reality a very complex instrument.
Similarly, the supercomputers who can rival, and sometimes beat the best chess minds, are the product of a team of programmers working to algorithmically outwit a brilliant chess player.
Nevertheless, this is a very cool invention.
Feb 24
ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2010) – Poring over the works of Dr. Seuss, the adventures of the Bernstain Bears or exploring the worlds of Hans Christian Andersen with a child has always been a great parent-child bonding exercise.
But, according to George Georgiou, a University of Alberta professor in educational psychology, it is instrumental for English-speaking children if they are to acquire the language skills, particularly comprehension, essential to their future reading ability.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100216142334.htm
Feb 19
Announcing a new Meetup for Fort Collins Traditional Music! Please send this on to anyone who you think would enjoy attending.
Topic: Twin Fiddling Fun — Learn to play harmony fiddle. Participation is encouraged, but not required.
When: Friday, March 18, 2010 7:00 PM
Where:
Magnolia Music Studio
210 W Magnolia Street (northwest corner of Magnolia and Mason)
Fort Collins, CO 80521
(970) 481-8661
Teacher: Vi Wickam – Champion Fiddler—970-430-6381 http://www.vithefiddler.com
Admission is $5 All proceeds after covering costs will go to the National Oldtime Fiddler’s Association.
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Fort-Collins-Traditional-Music/
Feb 17
For most people, a makeover means losing weight and getting new clothes, hair and makeup.
But what they may not know is that the body does its own extreme makeover regularly. In fact, 98 percent of the atoms in the body are replaced yearly.
But these atomic makeovers prompt a more philosophical question: Are people really themselves if their atoms are always new, or are they new people each year? David Kestenbaum tackled that philosophical question — and discussed atomic makeovers — with the experts.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11893583
Feb 04
This post outlines a simple, and smart update to the default wordpress .htaccess file configuration that should improve the efficiency of the rewrite functionality which wordpress uses for creating search engine friendly URL’s.
As many of you already know, page load speed is very important to your visitors’ user experience. I’m looking forward to quantifying the improvement caused by this tweak. I’m also looking forward to seeing how this effects our server loads.
http://www.canonicalseo.com/wordpress-performance-improvement/
Jan 21
I want one of these…..I have dreamt of having a flying car since I was 5 or 6.
Terrafugia has completed flight testing of the Transition POC (Proof of Concept). Introducing the Transition®. Simply land at the airport, fold your wings up and drive home.
Learn more at: http://www.terrafugia.com/aircraft.html
Fly a distance of 725 kilometers at speeds of 115 mi/hour;
requires a special license to drive and fly.
Posted via email from Vi Wickam’s posterous
Jan 21
A new study suggests that Right Handed people perceive their right arms to be longer than their left arms, while left handed people have an accurate perception of arm length.
I know it sounds bizarre, but it is a fact. The study suggests that this perception difference is due to the face that in left-handed people, and equal amount of their brain is devoted to controlling the left and right sides of their body, while right handed people have much more of their brain dedicated to controlling the right side of their body.
I can’t help but wonder if this is why there are so many lefties who are successful in the fields of art and architecture.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104152304.htm
Jan 19
$5 Fiddling Workshops are held Monthly at Magnolia Music
Topic: Practical Music Theory—Learn the magic behind the music. Music theory basics and how to apply them. All musicians Welcome.
Date/Time:
Thursday February 18, 7:00PM
Location:
Magnolia Music
210 Magnolia St.
Fort Collins, CO
Teacher: Vi Wickam – Champion Fiddler—970-430-6381
Admission is $5 All proceeds after covering our costs will go to COTFA (Colorado Oldtime Fiddlers Association.)
Jan 16
I know it sounds like time travel, but most of us can do it to some extent…
As a musician, I am acutely aware of melody. I am always listening for good melodies, and with my musical experience, I can often predict where the melody is going to go before it goes there. Good composers use this human tendency to hear where the melody should go to lull you into a sense of melody, and then add in twists that you are not expecting, which makes the melody more interesting. Combining the expected with the unexpected, the tonic with the dissonant surprises your mind and keeps you actively listening.
The premise of how humans do this was the topic of a new paper published in NeuroImage. “Have you ever accidentally pulled your headphone socket out while listening to music? What happens when the music stops? Psychologists believe that our brains continuously predict what is going to happen next in a piece of music. So, when the music stops, your brain may still have expectations about what should happen next.”
Read the rest of this article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100115204704.htm
