Hippo, birdie, two ewes...

...to theferrett!! Have a good one!

Westercon wrap-up

Just finished my final panel, on computer history. The program book blurb made it sound like it was mostly about Moore's Law and the way computers have evolved from the last century to the present, but in fact it was the usual bunch of old fogies reminiscing about the way things used to be in the good old days when men were men and transistors were germanium.

Fun, and I didn't have to moderate it, so I'm happy. It's been a good con, but now it's time to go home and take a day's worth of vacation.

Not only stranger than we imagine...

I'm not sure what tangent I was off on when I decided to search Google for the Charles Ives piano pieces I remembered from a concert at Carleton 30-odd years ago, but this time I found them. I'll almost certainly order ordered this album soon Wednesday, 7/4. Meanwhile you can listen to them here, or watch performances here, here, and here.

Following references from the Wikipedia article on quarter tone can lead you to some rather strange places.