This is a song that I just finished writing, that in a lot of ways sums up the last year and a half or so. If you want me to play it for you, and you're somewhere where you can hear me, I'd be glad to.

I Believe

I crawl, I walk, I run, I fly,
I believe.
I laugh, I cry, I live, I die,
I believe.
I don't know how much more I can take ( Read more... )

I love music.  I grew up with it, so I suppose it's not a huge surprise; but I love playing music, I love listening to music, and I very very rarely don't have music playing somewhere in my head, if not out loud as well.  So what is it about music that's so fascinating to me?  I know that when I'm playing, regardless of the circumstances, it's like ( Read more... )

Hehe. That sounds like the title of a really bad movie... However, it's this really interesting concept that I just ran across tonight. First of all, go take a look at this, then come back ( Read more... )

This post has been brewing around for a while, but it came to a head today when I realized something: The several HUNDRED songs that I have purchased off of iTunes are encrypted, and I CANNOT play them unless I have an iPod or iTunes. Well, this is all fine and good, because I have an iPod right now. But... what happens when it breaks? I run ( Read more... )

On the Subject of Faith"'Then He isn't safe?' said Lucy ( Read more... )

I learned something today. Life isn't about me trying to fix the world. It's about me trying to serve the world ( Read more... )

So last time I went off on one of the physical aspects of AI, this time I'm focusing more on one of the informational aspects of it ( Read more... )

So I've been reading this book, it's called "How the Mind Works" or some such inane title like that. It's really quite an interesting book, and within the first few pages it got me thinking about sight. Humans are very very pattern-based people. The alphabet is full of patterns, there are patterns on the road when we drive, patterns in music -- ( Read more... )