http://charlesebrown.net Cooking, Chess, Software and Random Musings Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:43:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://charlesebrown.net/blog/technology/lilypad/ http://charlesebrown.net/blog/technology/lilypad/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:43:29 +0000 chabrown http://charlesebrown.net/?p=237 In general, I do not like to endorse particular products on this site. However, every once in a while a product comes along that is such a good idea that I have to mention it. This is one such product: LilyPad Solar Having a solar powered charger built right into a carrying case means that [...]]]> http://charlesebrown.net/blog/technology/lilypad/feed/ 0 http://charlesebrown.net/blog/music/beethoven-symphony-recordings/ http://charlesebrown.net/blog/music/beethoven-symphony-recordings/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:33:21 +0000 chabrown http://charlesebrown.net/?p=141 As a classical musician, and listener, I have one main criteria for any performance: Teach me something new about the work. If you are going to travel down well-worn roads why bother? One of my loves in life is listening to Sirius-XM Radio.  I have it on my computer and in my car. They never [...]]]> http://charlesebrown.net/blog/music/beethoven-symphony-recordings/feed/ 0 http://charlesebrown.net/blog/technology/os-x-lion/ http://charlesebrown.net/blog/technology/os-x-lion/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:07:07 +0000 chabrown http://charlesebrown.net/?p=137 I spent the better part of yesterday, 7/20, installing Mac OS x Lion. Overall, while long, it was a very smooth process. The download, which was 3.75 GB, took about 2-hours. I have a pretty high-speed connection. I suspect Apple’s servers were on overload. The actual install on my 3.06 GHz duel Core 2 Dual [...]]]> http://charlesebrown.net/blog/technology/os-x-lion/feed/ 0 http://charlesebrown.net/blog/politics/what-does-obama-stand-for/ http://charlesebrown.net/blog/politics/what-does-obama-stand-for/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:05:59 +0000 chabrown http://charlesebrown.net/?p=134 I just did a little research on some of Obama’s past statements and came up with some interesting information. In 2006 he voted against raising the debt ceiling. He even made a speech calling for “fiscal sobriety”. Yet at the time the debt was $5-trillon less than what it is now with a relatively healthy [...]]]> http://charlesebrown.net/blog/politics/what-does-obama-stand-for/feed/ 0 http://charlesebrown.net/blog/music/practice-technique/ http://charlesebrown.net/blog/music/practice-technique/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:47:31 +0000 chabrown http://charlesebrown.net/?p=130 Vladimir Horowitz and Virgil Fox were very different musicians other than the fact that one was a pianist and the other an organist. Yet. remarkably, both were very slow learners and both had a very similar practice technique. These practice techniques were painstakingly meticulous and slow. These same techniques can be used whether one is [...]]]> http://charlesebrown.net/blog/music/practice-technique/feed/ 1