Chords

1) PianoChord.com
2) PianoChordDictionary.com

Uncorking CDOs

Crisis explainer: Uncorking CDOs from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Crisis of Credit Explained

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

An excellent explanation of how our economy has come to this place.

Jeff Lofton - Jazz Trumpet

The website for jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton can be found here.

Roby "Supersax" Edwards

A world-class tenor sax player, who blows with feeling, by way of Pittsburgh and Paris. We're very fortunate to have him in Austin.

Dr. James Polk - Austin Jazz

The website for the Dean of the Austin jazz scene can be found here.

AustinJazz.net interview with Dr. Polk.

Blues Family Tree Project page on Dr. Polk.

Sonobeat Records page on James Polk and the Brothers.

James Polk and the Brothers - Just Plain Funk

artPad

A free and fun online painting program can be found here.

Dave Merrill at the TED conference

My good friend David Merrill presents at the TED conference on new human-computer interfaces, demonstrating the power and possibilities of "Siftables":

The Presidents: 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)

Great song.

Doug Glanville on Privacy

Former professional baseball player Doug Glanville makes a very important point about privacy.

It is coming to light that many players were evidently juiced, harming themselves and doing violence to the American pastime in their chemical quest for an edge.

The manner in which some in baseball are addressing this issue is equally distressing, however, as they are violating individuals' privacy rights while grabbing headlines.

Perjuring oneself while being asked questions under oath is unconscionable. But not giving a person a chance to address those questions for themselves, reneging on the terms of one's original agreement in the process, is likewise despicable.

A few links on privacy follow:

1) Warren and Brandeis' famous essay: "The Right to Privacy," Harvard Law Review, Vol. IV, No. 5, Dec. 15, 1890.

2) Privacy: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy