ivory-tower dot org http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/ en Copyright 2012 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:25:42 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.37 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Indestructible Jens Voight There's a profile of Jens Voight over on the Mens' Health site. He talks about what it means to be a domestique and pro cyclist for 16 years:

Obviously, this sport is a very hard sport. If you only do it for the money you're not going to last very long. It's too hard to be a mercenary. You have to have passion inside of you. Passion in me feels like a high, full burning flame--it's not a tiny spark in the dark. It's still burning and I still love it. I'm not winning races like when I was on top, but I believe I'm still able to do my job, be among the best and be a valuable teammate. Every year you get a contract, you know that people still think you're worth it. And it's cool to hang out with all of your boys, get a shiny new bike every year and all of this equipment. You get paid to stay healthy and fit. When I'm riding a quiet little country road, I heard birds tweeting and think, I'm in my office now. How cool is that?

Favorite Jens saying? "Shut up, legs!"

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2012/01/the_indestructible_jens_voight.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2012/01/the_indestructible_jens_voight.html Cycling Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:25:42 -0600 Hello Nano Apple's running an iPod Nano replacement program for first generation Nanos. Apparently their batteries are prone to overheating. I know I bought a nano years ago for Nike+ use, but wasn't sure what generation it was--first or second. Ended up using my iPod touch for the same purposes. Dug up the Nano and plugged it in and found the serial number after it finally had enough energy to boot up. Turns out I do have a first generation one. I must have bought it right when the second-generation ones came out. Looking forward to getting a new one, although I'm not sure what I'll do with it.

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2011/11/hello_nano.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2011/11/hello_nano.html Apple Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:23:43 -0600 Relaunch Time to relaunch the weblog, especially in these days of Twitter and Facebook.

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2011/11/relaunch.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2011/11/relaunch.html meta Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:36:24 -0600 The Great E-Mail Migration http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2011/04/the_great_e-mail_migration.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2011/04/the_great_e-mail_migration.html Apple Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:29:01 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 9 Feels like the Bleak Midwinter these days.

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/musical_advent_calendar_day_9.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/musical_advent_calendar_day_9.html advent2010 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:46:33 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 8 Since some shopping has already been done, time to get a head start on wrapping.

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/musical_advent_calendar_day_8.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/musical_advent_calendar_day_8.html advent2010 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:49:39 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 7 From Jon Anderson's(!) Three Ships album from the early 80s.

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/musical_advent_calendar_day_7.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/musical_advent_calendar_day_7.html advent2010 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:57:44 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 6 OK, two tracks by Billy May and his Orchestra today. First, let's start a movement to put the Santa Claus back in Christmas.

 

Bonus track: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo by Billy May and his Orchestra.

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/musical_advent_calendar_day_6.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/musical_advent_calendar_day_6.html Music Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:31:16 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 5 Guess I'm a traditionalist at heart, which means Bing Crosby, the cornerstone of Christmas Music. Today's pick is Bing Crosby's Do You Hear What I Hear?

 

Bonus Track: (Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag by Kay Starr

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_5.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_5.html advent2010 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:37:14 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 4 Day 4 of the musical Advent calendar. Probably my favorite contemporary take on a classic. Since it snowed....

 

Bonus track, since I couldn't pick just one: We Wish you the Merriest

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_4.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_4.html advent2010 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:28:01 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 3 Trying to keep things seasonal with Dean:

 

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_3.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_3.html advent2010 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:27:36 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 2 Feeling a little Lounge-y today:

 

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_2.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_2.html advent2010 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:22:48 -0600 Musical Advent Calendar Day 1 Let's start things slowly. A handful of Christmas decoration are up in the neighborhood and some folks have their trees up already, which I just will never understand. That said, the holiday season is upon us. No snow just yet.

First up: Christmas is coming. From the only modern musical classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_1.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/12/advent_day_1.html advent2010 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:00:00 -0600 2010 Musical Advent Calendar Intro So I got it in my head to do a 25-day musical Advent calendar of sorts. I know of only a few people who do this these days on their weblog, though I know there's probably a lot of it about. I'm also seeing people posting similar things on Facebook. I'll post a link to a Christmas/holiday song or two each day, perhaps with a little commentary. After all, there's boatload of content on YouTube just ripe for embedding.

I'll post here and probably duplicate things over on Facebook, as that's where all the kids are these days.

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/11/2010_musical_advent_calendar_i.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/11/2010_musical_advent_calendar_i.html advent2010 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:27:56 -0600 Alex Lifeson Interview The Lehigh Valley News has an interview with Alex that covers work on the new album and memories of making Moving Pictures. An excerpt:

Lifeson says the band has six songs pretty much ready to go and three others almost done. The group plans to write at least a couple of additional songs after the tour. At this point, the CD is shaping up to be a musically varied work.

"There is the epic song, 'Clockwork Angels,' which is really taking shape. It's a multi-parted piece, very dynamic," Lifeson says. "Then there's some stuff that's very melodic and on the softer side, on acoustic, with a strong melody. So there's great diversity there. Honestly, I can't wait until we start really working on these songs. We've sort of got them to the stage where Geddy and I were happy with the arrangements and then Neil kind of comes in and starts working on his drum arrangements, and they go from there. So they're sort of in that pre-drum stage right now, and it's great to see them come to life."

Really looking forward to this!

]]> http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/08/alex_lifeson_interview.html http://www.ivory-tower.org/blog/2010/08/alex_lifeson_interview.html Music Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:36:26 -0600