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Work Credofesto

Doing work is not enough. Getting work done is not enough. You will not get gold stars for neat handwriting, complete paperwork, or Playing Well With Others. Teamwork means removing yourself from the equation, not splitting the credit. You are not here to find yourself, your soulmate, or for the Master to Appear. Your job

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Singing Out

Rachelle’s been going through her music library identifying various snippets to be used as potential ringtones, and one of her recent favorites is “Annie’s Song” by John Denver. Most of the versions of this out there are strangely quiet, and while it would be possible to go through the various exercises to transcode it into

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Kicked Out of the Loop

It can be a difficult thing, balancing perspectives between short and long. Perhaps there’s a lesson to be learned from photography – the only way to have foreground and background in focus at the same time is to stop down the aperture, and that only works if you lengthen the exposure time; so to extrapolate,

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Salvaging a Cheap Cello

I have always adored the sound of the cello (remember this? Even though it’s more clarinet like, I use it to play a cello). The rich, sonorous tones fill the air with a commanding and moving presence capable of evoking profound emotion. Last Christmas I picked up a cheap one to start learning myself (no

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