1 class="post-184549 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-music category-personal" id="post-184549"> 2 class="post-184141 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-music category-personal" id="post-184141"> 3 class="post-183980 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-music category-personal" id="post-183980"> 4 class="post-183502 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-music" id="post-183502"> 5 class="post-179848 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-music" id="post-179848"> 6 class="post-178713 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-music category-personal category-portfolio" id="post-178713"> 7 class="post-176053 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-music category-personal category-portfolio" id="post-176053"> 8 class="post-144305 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-ireland category-music" id="post-144305"> 9 class="post-2962 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-social-networking-computer tag-google-reader tag-klout tag-social-oomph tag-tweet tag-tweetlevel tag-twitter" id="post-2962"> 10 class="post-1398 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-crafts category-featured category-portfolio tag-555-timer-chip tag-computer-chip tag-earring tag-radio-shack tag-timer-chip" id="post-1398">

An Interesting Musical Opportunity Is In Your Near Future is out now!

My latest album An Interesting Musical Opportunity Is In Your Near Future is out on all the major streaming and music services! This album t...

Read more »

> An Interesting Musical Opportunity Is In Your Near Future is out now!
>

My 6th album, Continuum Hypothesis, is available everywhere!

Here’s my 6th album, Continuum Hypothesis. Just like my last one, I had to hold this one til my day job bonus arrived so I could relea...

Read more »

> My 6th album, Continuum Hypothesis, is available everywhere!
>

My 5th album, Something’s Missing, is available everywhere!

My 5th full release, Something’s Missing, is now available on most streaming and purchase services. This has taken a little over a yea...

Read more »

> My 5th album, Something’s Missing, is available everywhere!
>

My 4th album, Virgin, is out!

My 4th full release album, Virgin, is out and available on all the major streaming and downloading services. You can get links to the most c...

Read more »

> My 4th album, Virgin, is out!
>

My new album Robot Sex is available everywhere!

It’s finally done – Robot Sex is out there and ready for you to listen to on your favorite services.   You can grab the album direc...

Read more »

> My new album Robot Sex is available everywhere!
>

“Spring Rolls” is available on CD Baby, iTunes and Spotify!

My new album Spring Rolls is available now on CD Baby at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/alephnaughtandthenullset4 You can find it on iTunes at: h...

Read more »

> “Spring Rolls” is available on CD Baby, iTunes and Spotify!
>

My album Parallel Lines is now available on CD Baby and iTunes!

My latest album is out, “Parallel Lines.” My music is influenced by various genres. I recorded this album at home. You can find ...

Read more »

> My album Parallel Lines is now available on CD Baby and iTunes!
>

Download “Countably Infinite and Completely Empty” now!

Finally had time to finish my new album, “Countably Infinite and Completely Empty.” You can download a zip of the MP3 files and ...

Read more »

> Download “Countably Infinite and Completely Empty” now!
>

How @purplehayz tweets

Introduction This post was started because I get asked regularly if I ever sleep. I do, typically from 10P Pacific time til about 4:30A each...

Read more »

> How @purplehayz tweets
>

Make your very own IC earring

My geekiest fashion accessory is my IC earring; I’ve made several because friends have asked (sometimes demanded!) them.  I’v...

Read more »

> Make your very own IC earring
>

by

1 Comment

Frozen River

We just got back from seeing the movie “Frozen River” which stars Melissa Leo.  Ms Leo was a star of one of our favorite TV series of all time, “Homicide: Life on the Street.” The movie involves a woman whose trying to get a real house after her husband runs off; he’s a former gambling […]

by

Add Comment

Santa Barbara

We woke up Sunday looking for something to do.  Aviva wanted to go for a drive.  I suggested we go out to Santa Barbara.  So Aviva, Basil and I packed into the Prius and headed west. It took about two hours to get out there because somebody got rearended on the highway; auto accidents around […]

by

Add Comment

The Lake Shrine

We decided to check out the Lake Shrine, which is run by the Self-Realization Fellowship and is located in Pacific Palisades on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean; the original shrine was dedicated by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1950.  This is a place for reflection and meditation. The grounds are beautiful, with several small statues mounted […]

by

Add Comment

Gedogen

I’m working on my second speech for Toastmasters, and decided to describe the differences in cultures I found in traveling from Jubail, Saudi Arabia to Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  Then I found this article in the New York Times, “Nudists Want State to Look the Other Way.” This article describes a continuing battle between nudists who […]

by

2 Comments

The new racism?

I just read the New York Times article “Blacks Debate Civil Rights Risk in Obama’s Rise;”  perhaps its time to stop managing public policy just on race, but instead start focusing on how to help poor people have better lives, regardless of whether they are in Appalachia or inner city Detroit. Perhaps Barack Obama’s nomination […]

by

2 Comments

A new toy figure – Dan Board

I discovered a comedy manga set called Yotsuba&!, which is all about two sisters, their family and friends. In episode 28, Yosuba’s young friend dresses up in cardboard boxes to “become” a robot; they play together for a day and then “he” goes home. A Japanese company makes figures after the series, and the Dan […]

by

Add Comment

Who is rich?

Found an interesting tidbit in the LA Times today in the article, “Wealth is key in candidates’ tax platforms.” When asked for the demarcation for defining rich in the US, Barack Obama drew the line at 250,000 USD. McCain “somewhat flippantly” set the bar at 5M USD. To which Obama said, ” I guess if […]

by

1 Comment

A day in Pasadena

Aviva and I dropped off Basil at our dog sitter and drove to Pasadena. We ate lunch at Mi Piance; don’t bother, the space is uninteresting and the food wasn’t worth the cost (the service was pleasant and good at least). We then went to a travel bookstore, Distant Lands Travel Bookstore. We made reservations […]

by

Add Comment

Detroit mayor charged with assaulting officer

As an additional footnote to my previous post on Kwame Kilpatrick (“Hello dad, I’m in jail,” the title of which comes from a song by Was, Not Was, who were from Detroit), now he’s also facing charges of assaulting an officer of the court that was serving a subpoena. This would be funny from the […]

by

Add Comment

Hello dad, I’m in jail

So first it was Marion Barry doing drugs and getting arrested while mayor of Washington, D. C. Now, the mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, has had is bond revoked for traveling outside of Michigan without getting prior consent from the court, violating his bond arrangement; he is spending at least one night in jail, and […]