Welcome Back!

So, apparently our RSS feed has been down for, well, nobody knows quite how long. A while, anyway. It just kept showing no new posts, and then finally, nothing at all. It’s back up and running now, thanks to some fancy codin’ by an unnamed hero of the masses (named me). To all of our [...]

Big Shoes to Phil

As of yesterday, I am the new Phil.
In a tense, embittered, deeply sectarian 30 second meeting with the Dean, I was officially made the Director of Music Technology for the APU School of Music. The position comes with, among other things, new business cards, and the long-sought respect of my peers that I so deeply [...]

WordPress 2.5 TestBlog

Our blogging software, WordPress, has a major upgrade coming in the next week or two. In order to prepare, I setup a testing website so that those of you who are contributors to this site can get a sense of the look and feel of the new version.To access it, follow this link:
http://addisonrd.com/testblog/wp-admin
username: test
password: test

Feel [...]

Heaven, Hell, Lucifer, Free Will, and Colbert

Last Monday night, there was a fascinating little TV moment that I actually missed. My sister told me about it yesterday, and I found it on the intertubes and was moved to shrieks and giggles.Watch the video first, and then read on, I don’t want to spoil it for you with my little commentary.
It’s [...]

Reticent Technology Learners

I teach a course at Azusa Pacific University called Introduction to Music Technology. It’s a required course for all music majors; at some point, all of our students have to come sit in front of me for 15 weeks and struggle with the content of the course.
Some struggle more than others. With any subject matter, [...]