February 2007
razor love
My sister Anja was given a trial Gillette Fusion to test. She passed it on to me and I made the required jokes about how it was overkill and what this world is coming to.
Well, I tried it out this morning, and it was terrific. I can’t quite explain what was so great about it, but it just zipped over my face, with no catching or cutting.
The extra razor on the other size for trimming worked great too.
So I’m switching from my usual Mach 3 to the Fusion in the future, assuming I can find the razor blades. The Mach 3 blades are often hard to find, and quite pricey.
street musician
I’ve been hearing this great street musician for a while now, but I didn’t decide to buy his album until I heard this song which just made my commute home really wonderful. It sounded like some soundtrack’s interlude.
The next time I saw him, I didn’t have enough money. But yesterday, I had just taken some money out and I had a feeling he’d be in the station again. And there he was! Only $5 dollars.
He plays this electric classical guitar, where it’s just an outline of a guitar body and some strings.
Matthew Nichols, playing his own compositions. The CD has 16 other songs that are classical guitar pieces. it’s really very pretty.
I especially like It Is Not There, but my favorite isn’t on his website. It’s only 1:42 long, but I listened to it repeatedly all day today. I think I’m going to use it as a soundtrack for a very short artsy movie.
Who is awesome? I am
I just got Ardour working on MacOS X without X11. It’s not stable, but it’s pretty sweet. Also fun: submitting patches to important projects like Gtk+ and having people say “thanks!”
Tony DeSare
I’m not usually into Sinatra style lounge music, but this new guy who’s doing that stuff, Tony DeSare does an excellent cover of Prince’s Kiss that you should check out.