http://www.mentaldistortion.net A blog about something. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:12:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interesting take on possible future user interface interaction. Not sure what to think of the five finger concept, which is similar to what Apple is already doing with it's track pad, with 1, 2, 3 and 4 finger interaction for basic visual commands. Only the most tech savvy would quickly ... http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/10/13/the-future-of-user-interface/ The official debut of Gustavo Dudamel, or Gustavo the Great/Gustavissimo/The Dude/G*D, as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic this week at the Hollywood Bowl has certainly created stratespheric expectations for the 28 year old conductor and has had a sort of Messicanic tinge to it all, whether he likes ... http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/10/04/viva-dudamel/ It was reported in today's Times that the New York Philharmonic will be forced to cancel its October tour of Cuba that was originally scheduled for the end of this month. While it's perfectly legal for musicians to travel to the communist nation, the donors of that trip, who would ... http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/10/04/new-york-philharmonic-cancels-cuba-tour-for-what/ David Brooks has an interesting editorial today in the New York Times about the real world effect of right-wing political shock jocks such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck and their actual effect on the political process. Over the past few years the talk jocks have demonstrated their real-world weakness time ... http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/10/04/the-impact-of-limbaugh-beck-and-company/ My first collection of photos on this blog of Bonefro, Italy received quite a bit of attention, especially from those who were looking for family roots in Bonefro. I was very lucky to spend 8 summers in Bonefro helping to run the Adriatic Chamber Music Festival, and I feel that ... http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/10/04/photo-blog-bonefro-termoli-italy/ Wow, who knew people were paranoid about the moon being bombed. It's curious that people are scared of a small little probe crashing into a small crater on an object as large as the moon. Isn't that the equivalent of a tiny hair follicle hitting the side of my house? ... http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/09/20/schrodingers-kitten-why-yes-we-scientists-have-a-death-wish-and-we-are-taking-you-with-us/ I've often had long dry spells of contributing any content to this blog, as I have tried to avoid having this blog contribute to the massive dead pool of other blogs out there in the blogosphere. Perhaps one reason for this is the diet I have been on since the ... http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/08/24/my-calorie-nazi-diet/ My last post on this blog was more than three months ago. I was beginning to think that my blog would fall victim to the Blog Hole, that dark void of countless unfinished blogs and private publications whose voices for one reason or another fell silent due to neglect, forgetfulness, writer's ... http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/08/08/fearing-the-blog-hole/ The changing of the guard... Chase Mutual. http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/03/09/hopefully-chase-doesnt-continue-the-woo-hoo-ad-campaign/ Gone - flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun From the day! Gone, and a cloud in my heart. ~ Alfred Tennyson http://www.mentaldistortion.net/2009/02/22/571/