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Drummers: Study The Greats

I've responded to drummers in the past when they are looking for inspiration or looking to improve their playing. My go-to answer is, 'who influenced the drummer(s) that you love?' This often falls on deaf ears. My rallying cry of 'STUDY THE GREATS!'

I'm just going to leave this here. Vinnie Colaiuta in the studio.

I'm just going to leave this here. Vinnie C. is the man! https://youtu.be/-Uu-iQxafnU?feature=shared

You guys like fonts? Need a font? Are fond of fonts? Want a fountain of fonts?

Guess what? You. are. in. luck. https://www. dafont.com

My grandfather was a self-taught, amateur artist.

My grandfather was a self-taught, amateur artist. He captured rural settings in and around Dayton, OH. His medium was either pencil, pen and ink or water color. My sis just had the one above framed. Very typical of our Midwest, late fall landscape. The drawing above is an example of

Saturday afternoon: Donald Fagen - The Nightfly

Saturday afternoon: Donald Fagen - The Nightfly I.G.Y. 1982 https:// music.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueiv jr3f8xg&feature;=shared https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightfly The Nightfly is the debut solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Donald Fagen. Produced by Gary Katz, it was released October

Vivaldi Founder On Crypto

Cryptocurrency has been touted by many as a revolution in currency, the future of investment, and a breakthrough technology. But if you look beyond the hype, you’ll find nothing more than a pyramid scheme posing as currency.

This was a first for me...

A website Captcha based on holding your mouse button down, with the cursor inside a predetermined space. It times how long you hold your left mouse button down. "Press & Hold to confirm you are a human (and not a bot)"

Get on up! (hopefully)

You know those guttural, syncopated utterings that are prominent in soul music? Motown? Think: James Brown. Ah! Uh! Oh! Eh! Hoo-ahh! Hit me! Hot tub! Those are some of the sounds I make getting up out of a chair or off of the couch. Oww! Oo-wee! Day-um!

When you give an adult a sticker...

When you give an adult a sticker - just like a kid - they are overcome with the desire to prominently display it on SOME thing. Adults are known to even BUY stickers. I call this the 'sticker book effect.' It is NOT a good idea to place

Cross Platform Apps

Opinion: 80.233% of questions and help requests I see on Discord, as it relates to support for new app development, come from Apple users. They are the first to get in a long queue to buy the next hardware release for their phone, and the first to say "

Internet Privacy Is Now A Defense And The Other Side Has The Ball.

There's a whole group of privacy advocates who debate the best ways to keep themselves 'protected' on the Internet. Here's my warning. You can lock down your private interactions with the internet and reduce your exposure to bad actors, but you have zero control

When I die...

When I die, my open casket will show my hands folded over my chest and holding my cell phone. Anyone is welcomed to text or leave a voice message. (I'll have it on vibrate as to not disrupt the organist)

I think my shopping cart had a DDoS attack. It was pulling to the far right.

That's it. That's the post.

Declaration: On Open Access To Scientific Knowledge

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Call From Your Car - Old School

Free Open Source Fonts

"The whole catalogue of carefully-picked fonts are free to use however and wherever you need, to build on and learn from. Our font pages have FAQ's and all manner of details to help get you started." theleagueofmoveabletype.com

2024 Detroit Jazz Festival

Drummer Brian Blade is this year's artist-in-residence for the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival. Full line up here: https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2024/07/02/lineup-for-2024-detroit-jazz-festival-announced-see-it-here/ More on Brian Blade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Blade

Notable and Noteworthy Links

Add EnBizCard to your website: EnBizCard helps you create beautiful, responsive HTML‑based digital business cards that can be hosted on your website. - No sign-up required - 100% free and open-source - No user tracking and data collection - Works offline https://enbizcard.vishnuraghav.com n-gon is a 2-d

Dead Broadcaster Announces 2024 Summer Olympic Updates

An AI version of Al Michaels will deliver Olympic recaps on Peacock

Shutting Down Kaspersky

This is a B.I.G. deal. "Today, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a Final Determination prohibiting Kaspersky Lab, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a Russia-based anti-virus software and cybersecurity company, from directly or indirectly providing anti-virus software and cybersecurity

Rosalinda's Eyes - Billy Joel

"Rosalinda's Eyes" is a song* that references Joel's mother, Rosalind, and is the 6th track off of the 1978 album "52nd Street."

Almond Chicken

Our neighbors, a couple of doors down, are dusting off the cobwebs on their 1986 Four Winns, single inboard, boat named... "Almond Chicken" It's been in storage for 4 years. They hope to put it in the water up north soon (Mi). It's a

I present to you: My first ever podcast!

It's just me and the mic and a special guest. Behind the scenes...I do my guest's voice and it is all improvised. Have a listen, but be gentle. I'd like to share more conversations with the voices in my head.

I'm all-in on Proton's products and focus on privacy. You should be too.

Proton Foundation: Proton is transitioning to a non-profit structure. "Proton’s mission has always been unique. Most companies are created to be sold, and they achieve that by placing profit above all other considerations. For most businesses providing “services” to the masses, the easiest way to profit has been

A Jazz Discussion w/ Jonathan Ball

Our talk revolves around Jonathon's initial discussion(s) with jazz great René McLean who frequents Jonathon's shop.

Does Your RSS Feed You?

What does it feel like to read RSS feeds? https://hamatti.org/posts/what-does-it-feel-like-to-read-rss-feeds/ You’re the curator You decide what’s interesting You have more control over what you read and how It’s a fast and efficient way of reading a lot of web It’s just better

Goodbye Instagram

Welp. I just downloaded 19 years of Instagram pictures. Time to jump ship.

Grab Yourself A Band Name

Grab yourself a band name!

Judge Merchan's Instructions To the Jury

PDF of Juan M. Merchan's instructions to the jury, that serve as a guide to applying the law, in the Donald J. Trump Hush Money trial deliberations.

Improve Your Groove

If you want to work on establishing a great groove, you gotta practice along with some of the best groove makers out there; and they all recorded with Steely Dan! SD always used the best studio musicians and hand picked players for each song (yes, even drummers) with Bernard Purdie*

My Current Default Apps

Definitely not etched in stone, but these are my go-to apps with some secondary apps I'm using in conjunction with, or as a backup to.

Another Day, Another Platform

A brand new site by this guy named Sam who's been blogging on and off since WordPress was a baby (2005). Things are coming together here as I learn to self host on the Ghost platform. If you'd like to stay up to date and receive