Monday, March 09, 2009

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.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

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.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

artPad

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

Thursday, February 12, 2009

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":

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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