ladelfa

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by ladelfa 1y ago
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 the details of our Pivotal Tracker project through
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by ladelfa 1y ago
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, whose electrical engineers couldn’t solve some probl
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by ladelfa 5y ago
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 string quartet playing, it's manageable,
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by ladelfa 5y ago
Stares in harpsichordist. Those semitones seem pretty equal. Be a shame if something happened to them.
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by ladelfa 6y ago
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 tanks where one gets used up before the other one starts to dra
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by ladelfa 6y ago
> 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 composer Simeon Ten Holt. "Canto Ostinato" is
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by ladelfa 6y ago
It's used in the Paul McCartney song "Famous Groupies" (on the 1978 Wings album "London Town").
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by ladelfa 8y ago
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 modern acoustic piano, it is not especially so for other mem
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by ladelfa 10y ago
Thought this was all great until I got to their company photo. Guess diversity at Lever doesn't apply to age. :-/
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by ladelfa 10y ago
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 safe walking around a city alone in the middle
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by ladelfa 10y ago
This was sort of the plot of the Orson Welles film "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report").
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by ladelfa 10y ago
I can feel St. Anthony's fire burnin' in me, burnin' in me
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by ladelfa 11y ago
Actually, someone's started making Rhodes pianos again. I've heard they're good, but I've not played one.
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by ladelfa 11y ago
And, for good measure, Philip Glass's "Akhnaten" (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XENvMGyy4J8
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by ladelfa 12y ago
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.
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by ladelfa 12y ago
How about the part of Schwab that's literally called "Charles Schwab Bank"?
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by ladelfa 12y ago
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 is available to review online at www.schwab.com&
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by ladelfa 12y ago
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/watch/pop-can-stayon-tab-slow-motion&#
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by ladelfa 12y ago
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, which are easy to get a hold of. This is what most of
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by ladelfa 13y ago
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/