So this is pretty cool, I'm posting this from my Nintendo Wii. It takes awhile to type stuff in, but there's a neat little thing that predicts the words I'll use. For example, if I type “gui”, it starts displaying words like “guilt” and “guitar”. I click on one and it pops up on the screen. Well, so long.
This is probably the funniest thing ever thought of.
Watch it and see what you think.
This is my sister and I singing "What I Was Looking For" from High School Musical. Check it out on the Tunefeeds player.
This is the first song that I used drums on, and it turned out quite nicely. Check it out in the Tunefeeds player.
This is my brother and I singing the classic Everly Brothers tune. Did we do it justice? You decide.
Another very cool (albeit a little weird) song written by the master musician Matt. He gave me the words, I gave him a tune, and this is how it all turned out. Check it out.
I can't really remember why I wrote this song. I know for sure I wrote the tune first...I guess I just thought that the words fit the music. This is the song that started my "Modern Period" of recording. After I recorded this song, I recorded like 3 or 4 in the next month. I'm still pretty proud of this song...it was recorded before I started adding the drum loops, but I still love it. The guitar solo is probably the best I've ever written. Check it out.
This is a song that I wrote about my math teacher, Mrs. Davis. I wrote this song to play in the school talent show. The recorded version is a little sloppy, but it works. I plan on playing this again this year for my encore act (provided I get one). I hope this will be the song to make me famous. Check it out on the Tunefeeds Player.
You might have to turn up the volume a little bit for this song. My best friend Matt wrote the words to this song. When I first read them, I had a hard-rock tune in mind, but he said it was a slow song. I ended up playing it on the piano, which I'm not very good at, but I ended up being really happy with it in the end. I used some other cool sounds, too, like the string section. Oh, btw, I download all my drum loops off the internet for anyone who was wondering. Check this song out on my Tunefeeds Player a few posts back.
Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know "no" from "know." Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).
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My Music...if you look at the Tunefeed player over by my profile, you can check out some of my songs. About the song Astronaut....I wrote this as a joke about the recent astronaut love triangle that dominated the news headlines. Give it a listen. It's definitely a little...different.
Well, I think I've kinda got a way for all my loyal bloggers to listen to my music. Click on the widget below, it will take you to a site featuring my music. I started out with my version of "Folsom Prison Blues". Hope you enjoy it.
| Folsom Prison Blue... |
>>
>> Gates vs. GM
>>
>> For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way
>> computers have enhanced our lives, read on. At a recent computer expo
>> (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the
>> Auto industry and stated,
>>
>> "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we
>> would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.
>> "In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
>> stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be
>> driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this
>> part):
>>
>> 1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........Twice a day.
>>
>> 2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to
>> buy a new car.
>>
>> 3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You
>> would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows,
>> shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could
>> continue.
>> For some reason you would simply accept this.
>>
>> 4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause
>> your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would
>> have to reinstall the engine.
>>
>> 5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable,
>> five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only
>> five percent of the roads.
>>
>> 6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all
>> be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation"
>> warning light.
>>
>> I love the next one!!!
>>
>> 7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
>>
>> 8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out
>> and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door
>> handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
>>
>> 9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn
>> how To drive all over again because none of the controls would operate
>> in the same manner as the old car.
>>
>> 10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
>>
>>
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The time has come. I am enjoying a peaceful Sunday afternoon, and I have decided to treat the world (or the 3.2 people that visit my blog on a regular basis) to a delightful post about my view of technology and its effects on the world, and how the average population's intelligence has changed in the past one hundred years.
First of all, technology is amazing. I can play virtual tennis, check e-mail, and read the day's news all on my Nintendo Wii. I can update my blog site and chat with 16 different friends from school at the same time while I'm surfing the web. I can buy a guitar off the Internet and have it delivered to my doorstep tomorrow. Truly, people are much smarter than they were 100 years ago. Or are they?
I've heard that some of our founding fathers could write two letters to two different people in two different languages with their own two hands at the same time. I haven't seen anyone doing that on Youtube lately. To tell you the truth, I haven't seen anyone run our nation, or any nation for that matter, the way the founding fathers did. We're making giant leaps in technology, but are they as significant as the inventions of 100 years ago?
Think about some of the leading inventions over the past 100 years or so...the atomic bomb, the automobile, the airplane, calculators (which led to computers). What have we had in the past 20 years? E-mail (E-mail has only gone mainstream in the last 20 years, though it was probably around before then), iPods, compact discs (again, they've gained popularity in the last 20 years). In recent years, we've only been able to improve on what we already have. We can make things faster, smaller, and more convenient, but when will we get something totally revolutionary, like the steam engine or the incandescent lamp again? 100 years ago, many people didn't even graduate high school, yet they led prosperous lives. Now, if you don't graduate college, you're basically going to be below the average income. Sure, we know how to fill out our "Get to Know Your Friends" (hopefully, we get to know our friends before we befriend them) surveys on E-mails, but we lack the common sense that got us there. What's happening, America?
Yes, I woke up and ran 10 miles this morning. Afterwards, I headed off to the land of provolone and made many turkey sandwiches. Although I found the time to check my blog and read the comments that those who love me so graciously left me, I still don't have time to post something of any substance. Be patient, the time will come, but for now, I will leave you with this tidbit of meaningless information.
Well, it's been a few days since I've made contact with the world, so for all those concerned, I'm still here. I've been wanting to post something about technology, it's effects on today's society, and how our intelligence compares to that of the general population 100 years ago. Sadly, I don't have the time to write that entire post right now, so I may compose and post it tonight, if I get the chance. Well, I am off to complete my daily activities. Fare thee well.
Father Mackenzie
So, in my English class, we're writing essays on a topic that can be argued. Seeing as how I want a good grade, I decided not to do my article on why Led Zeppelin is the most influential band in heavy metal history or why Bob Dylan's singing is so underrated. Instead, I'm doing my paper on the Separation of Church and State and how the First Amendment is so often misconstrued. I intend to put the entire paper on my blog when it is finished, but for now, I'll just say that the United States is in sad shape when a liberal lawyer can take any document and make it say what's convenient to him at the time. I think that it's ridiculous that while the Constitution says that the government will make no law respecting a religious institution, it seems as if we're going out of our way to deliberately disrespect Christianity in any way possible. Other religions are not affected...Buddhists, Muslims, and Mormons are minorities, so we won't bother them...well, I'm thoroughly infuriated for now, so please excuse me.
It has been brought to my attention (by my loving mother) that there are some grammatical errors in my previous post. Seeing as how I plan on being an English Professor, this is not a good thing. You see, I guess my blog posts are similar to me. Sometimes, they're a spur of the moment thing. At a glance, you may find no problems, but upon further inspection, you find corruption. Just like my mom's careful eye caught my errors, My Heavenly Father catches all my mistakes, no matter who else does. My mom asked if I was going to go back and fix my errors, but I don't think I'm the one that can do that. Life may not come equipped with spell check, but it has an excellent Proofreader.
Well, I'm back with another exciting post. I still haven't figured out how to put music on here, if it's even possible. Oh well, if there is a way, i will eventually figure it out. So, I'm saving for a new guitar. I've been working for a little while and anticipate buying a Gibson Les Paul sometime in the not so distant future. After that, I may buy a car. I love my job, it is the greatest. I also love playing guitar, but if there was one instrument that I could choose to instantly master (besides the guitar), I just might pick cello. Cello is perhaps the coolest instrument ever known to man.
Take a look at the above statement. I am a man of many superlatives. "Don't Think Twice, it's All Right" (Bob Dylan) is the greatest song ever. The Beatles are the most influential band ever. This blog is probably the most boring ever, however, you continue to read. The internet is a strange thing. It can be used as an educational tool, there is lots of great info on the web, but many of us choose to kill our brain cells by spending countless hours on mindless sites. The internet has fallen captive to the same trap that TV and Radio have fallen captive to. Wonderful, useful inventions turned to trash. Does that mean the it's whole being is corrupted? Of course not. Well, time to end this mindless nonsense. Farewell.
