Anyone who drives faster than you is a jerk. Anyone who drives slower is an idiot.
Readit Newskpgraham commented on The forgotten meaning of "jerk" languagehat.com/the-forgo... · Posted by u/aspenmayer
kpgraham commented on Show HN: Let’s Bend – Open-Source Harmonica Bending Trainer letsbend.de... · Posted by u/egdels
Harp player here. When I first started playing, I had a Gindick's book, Country and Blues Harmonica For the Musically Hopeless. This was maybe 35 years ago. I would recommend that book and the tape (cd? mp3?) that comes with it, for beginners.
You can't see the notes you are playing on a harmonica. You have to hear them. You start by playing clear single notes and then shaping the note by articulating eeeh-yah or something similar and the note magically bends. You have to hear the note so you can tell if the note bends. It is very organic, and I don't think an app will help much. It may confirm what is happening, but it is not going to help if you can't do it.
Personally, I played along with Little Walter's greatest hits on my hour long morning commute, and eventually it was just natural to bend the notes at the right time.
My advice is to look for Jason Ricci on YouTube. He has hundreds or thousands of videos on beginner to advanced subjects. He is a weird dude, but I've never known a better teacher.
kpgraham commented on · Posted by u/kpgraham
Howie the Crab was a weirdly warm place on social media. The daily cute pictures and videos of a pet land crab attracted hundreds of thousands of followers. The funny hats, visiting squirrels, a hedgehog, and friendly narrative always made the feed a nice place to visit. Rest in Peace Howie.
Damn! One of my old books can be found in the Anna's Archive search. The book has been out of print for years. I pity the Meta users who get results based on something that I wrote.
(Check Anna's for 'Keith P. Graham', and the first book listed is mine.)
kpgraham commented on The Living Computer Museum auction listing onlineonly.christies.com/... · Posted by u/rrix2
XEROX STAR 1108 PERSONAL COMPUTER8
does it work? If only I kept my old computers they would have retained their value , and then some . who could have guessed that old computers would be a good investment
Of course the Apple 1 is reallly expensive.
A working Alto would be amazing.
I got work with a Xerox Star when I had a job at Western Union. It was wonderful. It took many years for Mac and Windows to catch up.
kpgraham commented on Robbie Robertson has died nytimes.com/2023/08/09/ar... · Posted by u/karaokeyoga
kpgraham commented on Robbie Robertson has died nytimes.com/2023/08/09/ar... · Posted by u/karaokeyoga
Played The Band's Academy of Music performance [0] last night when I got the news. It's right up there with The Last Waltz. Great and timeless music. Hell some of my favorite Grateful Dead performances were covers of his music. RIP Robbie. Enjoy your weekends fellow heady folks (~);)
[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtcW2LqveU&list=OLAK5uy_khf...
I was there. It started three hours late. They showed a samurai movie with subtitles while we waited. My GF was sick from all the smoke. Dylan seemed drunk.
But it is a fantastic album!
kpgraham commented on 1901: Semiconductor rectifiers patented as “cat's whisker” detectors computerhistory.org/silic... · Posted by u/indus
It used to be possible to make a radio receiver out of a diaper pin and a blue razor blade. The coating on the blade acted like a crystal. You needed a cheap pair of headphones or a tiny transistor radio speaker. I made one when I was a kid, and I could clearly pick up 77 ABC in New York City from 50 miles away.
Razor blades aren't blue anymore, but there must be other things that work.
what are y'alls recommendations for cyberpunk-y books?
mine are,
• Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash
• Daniel Suarez - Daemon
• Daniel Suarez - Delta-V
• Shamus Young - Free Radical
niche tip for german-understanding people is 'Reda El Arbi - [empfindungsfæhig]'.
didn't finish Neuromancer yet, but i gotta start over because it's been too long.