Monthly Archives: September 2001

Motto for a blog

I just read a few lines from Canetti‘s autobiography that did catch my attention because they have somehow to do with blogging as a way to share knowledge: … zum Wissen gehört, dass es sich zeigen will und sich mit … Continue reading

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Piazzolla and Tavener

Because I recently bought some CDs with music of Ástor Piazzolla and John Tavener, I tried to find some background information. The very first biography of Piazzolla (1921-1992) has been published by Oxford University Press in 2000. (update March 2011: … Continue reading

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Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I find interesting in that he combines two of my main interests: aircraft and literature. I came across some photographs taken a few days before he died, by John Phillips. Google gives these links. One of them … Continue reading

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Recording live streaming

I just found out about this link (in Dutch) on inventio.nl with info on RealPlayer recording and conversions. I’m just curious how to save streaming media into a common file. Maye useful when I need it.

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Gardiner

A long time fan of conductor John Eliot Gardiner, I wondered if there is some actual news on projects he is working on. A Google result leads, via via, to an interesting New York Times article from August 2000 with … Continue reading

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Hello world…

This first entry via Blogger should be a ‘hello’ to readers. It follows a year long struggle with a half baked version done by myself. Biggest problem in this was adding actual content in a fast way. How it looked … Continue reading

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