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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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“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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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Going Dutch Has New Meaning In Corporate Takeover Battles

A short article from the Wall Street Journal on May 22, 2006 by Adam Cohen.

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The Marketing Playbook

Title: The Marketing Playbook: Five Battle-Tested Plays for Capturing and Keeping the Lead in Any Market Author: John Zagula, Rich Tong Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (October 21, 2004) ISBN: 1591840384 This book proposes that there are five marketing plays to make: the Drag Race, the Platform Play, the Stealth Play, the Best-of-Both Play, […]

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Nathan’s visit and Spamalot

Nathan came in this weekend – he got here Friday night. Aviva was going to drive out with me to pick him up but she had saved a stray dog, she was in heat and in our yard, Basil was going nuts (even “fixed” (why do we say a dog is fixed when they’ve been […]

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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Title: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea Author: Charles Seife Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (September 1, 2000) ISBN: 0140296476 This was a really fun read – it reminded me of discussions I had in college about zero and infinity (and part of the whole thing about Aleph Naught and the Null Set). […]

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The Wisdom of Crowds

Title: The Wisdom of Crowds Author: James Surowiecki Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (August 16, 2005) ISBN: 0385721706 In my quest to learn more about business (never ending it seems), I found this book referenced in one of the business-related RSS feeds I read daily. This is a really good book, I almost […]

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Company: A Novel

Title: Company: A Novel Author: Max Barry Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Doubleday (January 17, 2006) ISBN: 0385514395 This was a truly fun read, and in some ways may remind you of the TV show, “The Office,” but with some very dark twists.  There are some interesting observations (like balancing happiness with work), and the ending […]

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Palm Desert, CA, March, 2006

We just got home from holiday

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The Cobweb

Title: The Cobweb Author: Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Spectra; Reissue edition (May 31, 2005) ISBN: 0553383442 I read the pair’s other book, Interface, with great interest (could hardly put it down). This book was also a page turner. I like the implication that people are placed in a niche […]

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Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web

Title: Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web Author: David Weinberger Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Perseus Books Group; 1st edition (March 2002) ISBN: 0738205435 This is a good read, especially if you either didn’t grow up along with the web or want to remember what the web should be about. There weren’t […]

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In Cold Blood

Title: In Cold Blood Author: Truman Capote Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (February 1, 1994) ISBN: 0679745580 Saw the movie Capote – yep, I think Phillip Seymore Hoffman deserved his Oscar. This book is classified as a novel, but is really non-fiction, the story of a gruesome family slaying in rural Kansas. I […]