: Student quote of the day: Mozart’s dad’s name was Leopold? I thought it was ALPHA Wolf …
: New headphones day! I needed a lighter pair of earbuds to complement the sizable AirPods Max and …
: Easter morning: cleaning the house, then my youngest daughter comes over from Waterloo around noon. …
: Morning coffee at 6:15am. 8 hours of teaching piano today as well as a 7am grocery run for Easter …
: Micro.blog site is updated and ready to go with a new template and errors fixed. TIL Brave sometimes …
: Anne-Laure Le Cunff writes in Aeon about the hypercurious mind about how our brains often feel …
: Really digging the improvisational vibe from jazz saxophonist Jasmine Myra and her ensemble on her …
: Matcha and tonic is my new favorite drink.
: Morning is all about the coffee ☕️
: There is proper authentic Mexican food in Windsor! Tonight’s dinner was chile rellenos at Mi …
: From my lunch break on the Windsor waterfront earlier today.
: Finished reading: Learn Like a Pro by Barbara Oakley PhD 📚 This was a really practical book that …
: Currently reading: Brain Power by Catherine de Lange 📚
: Currently reading: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 📚 A small cafe in Tokyo has a …
: Had a fun morning teaching an adult piano student. The 4th through 7th Goldberg Variations, then …
: Some Suno AI tunes shared on Facebook in the last day: a heavy metal song about the challenges of …
: In der Weihnachtsbäckerei is the most 2024 thing I’ve heard so far: an AI-generated Japanese pop …
: Espresso, a quick breakfast, shower, and then 8 hours of teaching piano students.
: Rebecca Toh on how narrow points of focus can be the secret of this universe: Having the discipline …
: Props go out to @heyloura for her Lillihub client for Micro.blog. Things I like so far include the …
: Four years ago on March 21, 2020, a recital I did with mezzo soprano Krisztina Szabó at Tapestry …
: We’re not here to crack any mysteries. We’re here to roll around in life and experience …
: This morning I’m grateful for the experience of browsing Micro.blog, which largely involves …
: Your ikigai can be found in small daily rituals, side projects, and deep conversations. It can be …
: Hussein Kesvani’s Guardian article about Reddit becoming rubbish in the lead-up to its IPO …
: Embedding YouTube Links in Micro.blog TIL You can embed YouTube videos in Micro.blog. Here are the steps: Install the YouTube Embed …
: There is no rulebook in this world that says we have to toughen up and be thick like hide. This is …
: Christopher Isham on Closer to Truth looks at the question of whether time is fundamental: How deep …
: The experience of watching YouTube videos on Feedbin is really good. What you see is only subscribed …
: Odysseus has a fascinating video on managing multiple interests. Basically: list all your hobbies …
: After several years of using Reeder for all my RSS needs, I just activated the Feedbin 30-day trial. …
: From the Pen Cup: Taking It Slowly I really like this discription of the experience of slow reading, …
: Another Little Free Library location spotted in Burlington on my way to the barber.
: Currently reading: Station Island by Seamus Heaney 📚 Found at a Little Free Library location a few …
: Finished reading: Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane 📚 But to think in …
: Winnie Lim: creative retail experiences, and warmth and tokyo: We often talk about art in terms of …
: Here’s my blogroll. All of these blogs are by writers whom I genuinely respect. I’ve …
: Since the pandemic, Little Free Library locations have been cropping up around the neighborhood. …
: Alex Tabarrok: Claude 3 Opus Also Fails Steve Landsburg’s Economics Exam Like the AIs, I got the …
: Maris Kreizman: Against Disruption: On the Bulletpointization of Books: It seems to me that there …
: Finished reading: Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish 📚 Unlike many books about business and …
: Over the last few days I’ve been catching up with a sizeable backlog of RSS feeds on Reeder. …
: Found a Leuchtturm weekly planner on sale for $10 today. Fountain pen is a 1960s Pelikan. 🖋️
: Susan Eichhorn Young: What Kind of Colleague are You?: In our business, there are also those who …
: Rebecca Toh: small unknown complex life: You can have a good experience on social media if you are …
: This has been my office for the week. Greetings from Jamaica!
: After nearly a year, I finally got an invite to Bluesky. You can follow me there at …
: Currently reading: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 📚
: Finished reading 2023: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami 📚
: Finished reading 2023: Life Ceremony: Stories by Sayaka Murata 📚 Each of these stories had a twist, …
: At the Scriptus pen show in Toronto. 🖋️
: Currently reading: Life Ceremony: Stories by Sayaka Murata 📚
: Finished reading 2023: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (thank you @Munish for the …
: On a quick break. Then into the studio for four hours of teaching.
: Currently reading: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 📚
: Finished reading 2023: Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford Worlds Classics) by Epictetus 📚 This …
: The weather continues to be glorious. This is a few blocks from where I live.
: These free libraries have been popping up in our neighborhood. It’s always fun to take a look at the …
: Finished reading 2023: Attention Span by Gloria Mark 📚 One of the more memorable books I’ve …
: Finished reading 2023: Kaizen by Sarah Harvey 📚
: Currently reading: Attention Span by Gloria Mark 📚 On technology design: Beyond individual action …
: More autumn colors from my walk this afternoon 🍁
: A treasured part of my everyday routine is writing Morning Pages. It gets my brain working, helps me …
: Currently reading: Attention Span by Gloria Mark 📚 Time wasting activities such as social media and …
: Perfect autumn weather today.
: Just started Hour 1 of a six-hour piano teaching marathon this evening. I hope everyone …
: Currently reading: Attention Span by Gloria Mark 📚 The chapter on AI and algorithms is an …
: Japanese curry with Katsu chicken at Gyugyuya on Dundas. The perfect meal before an evening of …
: Harmonizing careers: music and mentoring - a profile from the University of Rochester Alumni …
: Maggie Appleton: The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI This is a fascinating talk and well …
: Safari using 5GB of memory usage for 5 tabs on a brand new Mac with Sonoma 14.0 seems a little …
: Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The Surprising Benefits of Laziness
: For everyone who’s excited about desktop widgets on MacOS Sonoma, it’s really nothing …
: Finished reading 2023: Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland by Harvey Pekar 📚
: Finished reading 2023: Bix by Scott Chantler 📚 A charming short graphic novel about the life of Bix …
: Really enjoying Sonoma so far. What I like best after the first day: Reminders, particularly its …
: Always nice to have a few minutes between appointments for an espresso ☕️
: Quote from the RCM in Toronto yesterday: “To get to my studio, you walk through the atrium and …
: First commute of the academic year!
: Are Substack writers selling their mailing lists to other creators? I’ve been getting a lot of …
: TIL Canada and Denmark share a land border.
: Currently reading: Africa Risen by Sheree Renée Thomas 📚
: Currently reading: The Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo 📚 This is actually my third time …
: Finished reading: Life Worth Living by Miroslav Volf 📚
: Queen - Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon Perfect music for the laziest weekend of the entire year. 🎵
: Back in Toronto after a 7am flight from Calgary. The flight landed early for a change. 🛬
: The Vietnamese food here in Calgary is quite memorable. Here’s the grilled pork and spring roll …
: En route to Calgary, where there is a severe weather alert for smoke from the fires in BC.
: Just an ordinary Friday night chilling with the Winnipeg crew.
: Enjoying a simple lunch of borscht and a ham and cheese panini at Canadian Mennonite University in …
: The view from my hotel room in Winnipeg this morning. The smoke seems to be getting worse from the …
: My office for the day, hearing exams at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg.
: Happy International Left Handers Day! 🖋️
: Rereading Proust Back in 1996 I read Proust’s A la recherche du temps passé ( translated as Remembrance of …
: I don’t think I’ll ever need to buy a notebook again. There was a sale in our area and I …
: Anne-Laure le Cunff: Mindful context switching: multitasking for humans There are many tips out …
: Ontario Greenbelt plan influenced by well-connected developers, AG says A terrible loss of greenbelt …
: This is a photo that was taken during a recital with Krysztina Szabo at Tapestry Opera in …
: The Toronto Pen Shoppe, Toronto’s newest pen store at the Distillery District. Nelmar Cornes is the …
: The waiting room for my favorite barbershop.
: The always-on mindset can be both a blessing and a curse for those of us in the creative arts: …
: Finished reading: The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) by Liu Cixin 📚
: Pork ramen with spicy garlic broth: the perfect lunch for a dark, rainy summer day.
: Over the next year, I aim to read at least one poem a day to see where it takes me and what I can …
: Currently reading: The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) by Liu Cixin 📚
: Celebrating the end of the week with Signal Hill whisky from St. John’s. This was the end of my …
: Oliver Burkeman in The Imperfectionist: Lists are menus And here’s the kicker: aren’t all to-do …
: All you ever needed to know about gelato
: CJ Chilvers: Creativity vs. Productivity
: Meta permanently ending news availability on its platforms in Canada starting today As a Canadian, …
: Traffic in downtown Toronto is terrible. Why does it seem that there is construction in every single …
: A view of the building in Toronto used as the Khan Noonien-Singh Institute featured in Star Trek …
: How to Learn Antyhing Fast: Teach Your Brain to Focus Elizabeth Filips on science-backed ways to …
: Today’s haul from the Toronto Pen Shoppe at the Distillery. 🖋️
: Great weather for spending time at the Distillery District this afternoon.
: Using AirPods as a Hearing Aid I know of several musicians that might find this useful. Fortunately …
: Sinéad O’Connor - I Am Stretched Out on Your Grave Still haunting after all these years.
: From a conversation earlier today on Facebook. “It federates into Mastodon” has got to …
: This is almost the end of my fifth half-week of remote working this summer, with three more to go. …
: Currently reading: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin 📚 You might imagine that the outside world is a …
: This is the second time in a month that one of my contact lenses has shredded - not something that …
: My office today - judging a competition in Ottawa.
: 🎵 Technical Resources for Advanced Pianists: www.foleymusicandarts.com/blog/2023…
: The frustration of writing several paragraphs of a blog post and then losing them after forgetting …
: One of these days the weather is going to improve ☕️
: Some thoughts on Angela Hewitt’s article on memory in the Guardian - Talking About Memory
: Ready for an evening of teaching at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto.
: Saw the surgeon today for a follow-up after gallbladder removal surgery in March. 3 of the stones …
: I’ve been blogging since 2005, and in the last few years I’ve struggled to find time to …
: 15 Layers of Turntable Scratching with DJ Shortkut foleymusicandarts.com
: Yesterday evening I asked Bing AI to draw pictures of monsters teaching other monsters how to play …
: 🎵 Here’s a student of mine doing a run-through of Grieg’s Wedding Day at Troldhaugen in …
: 🖋 It’s great to see there’s a fountain pen community on micro.blog! Here’s a Waterman Man 100 I …
: Trying out micro.blog this morning. I’ve been thinking lately how I can return to blogging and …