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

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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, [...]

Michael Lee Makes Wildly Speculative Stock Picks for 2008 …

… based on a combination of voodoo magic and uninformed intuition. I am not a professional stock picker person, which is why I’m only asking 10% of whatever profit you make by following these picks.
YHOO will drop by 50%
Currently trading at 28.35, Yahoo stock is up almost 50% today on the news that Microsoft is [...]

Zero’d Out

Well, I started at 2:30, and it took me until 4:30, but I finally got my email inbox down to zero messages. It’s just beautiful.
I have this recurring fantasy about shutting down my email address, canceling my cell phone, going off the grid and off the grind completely for, like, a month. Maybe go [...]