Googlin’ Europe (except Austria)
Greg Greene tipped me off to the new satellite coverage of Europe in Google Maps, which led to a minor productivity drain earlier today. See: Florence, Längenfeld and Sölden in Austria, the Tower of London, even a certain well-known mouse.
One caveat: you can’t search the map in Austria—or apparently in Romania. And searching in Switzerland [...]
Oedipus Rex: PG-13 or R?
On the train back to Boston with my coworker yesterday, I was looking over the sheet music for our next TFC concert when my coworker asked about my next performance. I told him, “The first week in May we‘ll be doing Stravinsky’s Œdipus Rex.”
“Cool,” he said. “I’ll have to bring my daughter. She’s thirteen and [...]
Yesterday…
I proved that it is possible to work five hours in New York City, six hours on a train, and still get back in time for a 7 pm rehearsal. You have to get up at 4 am to do it, though.
Another discovery: the parking lot at South Station, which is nearly deserted at 4:50 [...]
