It’s been a good week for violin fanatics! 
First, the Seidel videos I wrote about last night, and now a kind person has updated this page with Friedman’s stellar recording of the Vitali Chaconne.
Erick Friedman Vitali Chaconne
Entry posted on August 29, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Toscha Seidel on YouTube
Entry posted on August 28, 2008 at 7:56 pm
YouTube user dkurgano aims to upload all his recordings of Toscha Seidel (along with accompanying photographs) to YouTube. There are about a dozen clips so far with the promise of more to come. This will be a great resource for violinists and those who enjoy musicianship of the highest quality, as most of Seidel’s recordings are out of print and difficult to obtain. 
OpenStomp
Entry posted on August 26, 2008 at 7:31 pm
OpenStomp has released an open source guitar effects pedal, the Coyote-1. The device allows users to create patches which can be saved and shared with others via software (Windows) interface. IDK if the software is open, but there are currently no Linux or Mac versions planned.
Franz
Entry posted on August 23, 2008 at 7:33 pm
This old Franz electric metronome was an early birthday gift from Michelle. Thanks! Now I might actually look forward to studying Carl Flesch.
Intel Demonstrates Wireless Power
Entry posted on August 22, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Intel demonstrates wireless power technology that was developed by MIT.
Building off work unveiled last year by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, Intel Corp. on Thursday demonstrated how to make a 60-watt light bulb glow from an energy source 3 feet away. The Intel team did it with relatively high efficiency, losing only a quarter of the energy the researchers started with.
New flickr Slideshows
Entry posted on August 20, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Wrestlers of Bolivia
Entry posted on August 19, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Alma Guillermoprieto covers Bolivia’s wrestlers for National Geographic.
About seven years ago, when he was fretting about the diminishing audience for the weekly lucha libre spectacle at the El Alto gym, Mamani had the inspired idea to teach women to wrestle and put them in the ring in cholita clothes.
Eastside Memorial High School
Entry posted on August 15, 2008 at 12:14 am
Johnston HS to reopen as Eastside Memorial High School.
Wednesday a new sign reading Eastside Memorial High School went up and covered the old Johnston sign. Five hundred students so far are enrolled in the new school on the old campus. Members of the faculty, students, and parents attended the ceremony, which was set to music from the marching band.
Summer Reading
Entry posted on August 14, 2008 at 7:57 am
At least I managed to finish one book this summer. 