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Oct. 22nd, 2010 09:18 amSo the carousel spins. :-)
I've been digging out old sheet music looking for things to study. I cleared out space and can get to the piano now, and the other day, I sat down for a good little plinking session. Wasn't overly productive, but it was nice to just sit and play. I've been contemplating putting my little camera to use and maybe taking and posting some videos of my work. More as a record of progress than anything else, but then at least I can share too if I'm particularly happy with a performance. I have Bach, Brubeck, Gershwin, Guaraldi (as in VINCE!), and Rachmaninoff on the plate, along with some interesting transpositional projects I'm mulling over to write piano parts for things never intended to be played on piano. :-) So we'll see how those go.
On another front, the small bit of electronics I've been playing with for my Halloween costume is blooming a tiny interest into a full fledged interest, and now I'm researching some nifty electronics projects. Part of the fun is to assemble kits, and the rest is to learn to make modifications or even build my own. I have a lot to learn, but that is what makes this fun for me. I'm starting my soldering fun with a little project called a MintyBoost. It basically takes 3 or so volts from a pair of AA batteries and boosts it to 5 volts and pumps it into a USB jack so you can use it to charge anything that would otherwise be charged by USB cable, thereby adding time you can be away from a mains-connected charging source. I foresee using it mostly to charge my phone, but it could charge my iPod or pretty much anything else. My first fun with it will be to see how to make the battery bucket deeper so I can charge for more time. Fun stuff!
I've been digging out old sheet music looking for things to study. I cleared out space and can get to the piano now, and the other day, I sat down for a good little plinking session. Wasn't overly productive, but it was nice to just sit and play. I've been contemplating putting my little camera to use and maybe taking and posting some videos of my work. More as a record of progress than anything else, but then at least I can share too if I'm particularly happy with a performance. I have Bach, Brubeck, Gershwin, Guaraldi (as in VINCE!), and Rachmaninoff on the plate, along with some interesting transpositional projects I'm mulling over to write piano parts for things never intended to be played on piano. :-) So we'll see how those go.
On another front, the small bit of electronics I've been playing with for my Halloween costume is blooming a tiny interest into a full fledged interest, and now I'm researching some nifty electronics projects. Part of the fun is to assemble kits, and the rest is to learn to make modifications or even build my own. I have a lot to learn, but that is what makes this fun for me. I'm starting my soldering fun with a little project called a MintyBoost. It basically takes 3 or so volts from a pair of AA batteries and boosts it to 5 volts and pumps it into a USB jack so you can use it to charge anything that would otherwise be charged by USB cable, thereby adding time you can be away from a mains-connected charging source. I foresee using it mostly to charge my phone, but it could charge my iPod or pretty much anything else. My first fun with it will be to see how to make the battery bucket deeper so I can charge for more time. Fun stuff!