Mayo Clinic Piano
Posted in elsewhere on May 11th, 2009
In the Gonda Building of the Mayo Clinic there is a piano available. The video below is of Fran and Marlo Cowan playing a duet. They’ve been married 62 years and he was 90 in February.
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Chords are Polymorphic
Posted in nerdliness on Mar 5th, 2009
In object oriented programming, polymorphism is defined as the ability of different objects to respond to the same message in different ways. Polymorphism is a Greek term meaning “many forms.” While the term may seem intimidating, the basic idea couldn’t be simpler: Each object can have a unique response to the same message.
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On Playing Music
Posted in life on May 17th, 2008
In the fifth grade my class was taken on a field trip to a neighboring junior high school where we heard the band play. Â After the arranged pieces were done, each instrument was introduced by the conductor, so we would start to know what they were and what they sounded like. Â After that performance we [...]