Entries from November 2007

November 26, 2007

In Your Arms

Seventeen years ago I wrote a song for my new girlfriend. I recorded it on a cassette tape with just a keyoard and me singing. Pretty basic and simple. Last week I recorded the same song, for the same girl friend, now my wife. This time I used my computer and a multi-track recording program.
I [...]

November 22, 2007

Missing

I’ve been recording like mad for the past two weeks when it all came to a crashing halt yesterday morning when we got a phone call from Brandon’s school.
School: “Hello, is Brandon home sick today?”
Michelle: “No…”
School: “Oh, we have him marked as absent. We’ll do a washroom check and call you right back.”
…..TEN TERRIFYING MINUTES [...]

November 21, 2007

DARPA

The DARPA Grand Challenge was earlier this month. What an amazing achievement. Vehicles being driven by computers, not remote control, through a desert course. I first heard of this last year after channel flipping one night and landed on our PBS station. The program was showing the 2005 Grand Challenge, if you ever get the [...]