The inspiration for this song came knocking on my office door at the University of Washington, where I’m technology accessibility specialist. “It’s open,” I said. The door crept open and a blind university student stepped into my office and nonchalantly said "There’s something wrong with this document". This proved to be quite an understatement! Her […]
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This song evolved considerably from its original inception. I had all the material in place, but kept finding new, better ways to mix it. Even the title evolved from “Koan Song” to “Ango”, before I finally settled on “Religion” (after which, one reviewer suggested that I rename it “FREE!”) The song is not intended necessarily […]
Creating this song helped me to reach some light-hearted closure in the aftermath of a long, grueling 2008 presidential campaign. The exercise I assigned myself: Write a love song to Sarah Palin. In doing so I never imagined that in years to follow so many people would actually take Sarah seriously. Just don’t take this […]
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Almost Time
A lullaby, written and recorded in the wee hours…
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PHP 7.0 Alpha
This song is my anthem for the 99%. The “PHP” of the title is an acronym standing for “People Helping People”. I chose that title though because at the time of its release the PHP programming language was still on version 5.x, and I envisioned a day when the title would be great for search […]