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New EP Out Now

life

music

I am releasing some tracks produced throughout the course of this year, some were done on my old Ableton setup and some on the new Bitwig setup, I believe all include the…

I Switched to Bitwig

life

music

technology

With Labor day fast approaching I thought it was time to post again. Life has gone on mostly smoothly, I am on the job market which is always fun, and in the meantime I have…

Weekend Update #4

life

Happy Memorial Day!

Weekend Update #3

life

Most notably, we have returned from Iceland. The hot dogs are nothing special despite supposedly containing some amount of lamb, but represent an oasis of value in an…

Weekend Update #2

life

sports

literature

religion

Happy St. Patrick’s day, for another 3 hours at least. As I begin writing, Atlanta United is about to wrap up at 2-0 victory over Orlando, getting a healthy start to the…

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Built For the Postseason Edition

sports

baseball

math

The 2024 MLB season is almost underway, and oddsmakers have set their predictions for the season.

It Has Happened

music

life

programming

ai

AI has provided me with useful results. It only took over a year. I tried several times earlier last year, and never found it very useful.

(Re)Starting to Learn Max/MSP

music

life

programming

This evening I am embarking on something which I have not seriously considered since 2020: learning a new programming language. At that time I decided to learn the R…

EBINLO Is Dead, Long Live EBINLO

music

life

I am now releasing music under the artist name Zander Gordan. The former name EBINLO was chosen at random, as something that could reasonably pass for a DJ/Producer moniker.…

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Superbowl Conspiracy Edition

economics

sports

politics

It is presently fashionable in some quarters to insist that today’s big game is rigged in favor of the Chiefs (the details do not bear repeating so I will leave it at that).…

Ode to the Keytar

music

life

Today I am packing up my keytar, to ship it off to it’s buyer. This is in fact the second keytar I have owned, having sold the first one back in I believe 2017. I have fond…

First Eurorack Case Built

music

life

Today I’ve finally finished doing something that I started last year: building out my first eurorack case. It started with the Moog Mother-32 and DFAM combo, which I got…

Weekend Update #1

sports

music

policy

florida

Everton picks up a hard fought point over Villa, providing a little separation from the relegation zone. I remain optimistic the new stadium will debut as an EPL venue. UTFT.

Amend Those Teenage Labor Bills

policy

florida

Florida HB 49 (2024) should be amended to retain the restrictions on hours of work for 16 and 17 year olds, but clarify and expand the scope for existing exemptions granted…

Brilliant Business Idea #6739

business

On Jan 5 2019 I had a brilliant idea: a bar where the beer is served by trains on a model railroad.

Year in Review 2023

life

sports

music

economics

I got married, visited the ancestral homeland (Scotland), and attended my first in-person academic conference in years (NAAFE). 2023 was the year I felt the pandemic move…

Music Wrap-up 2023

music

AOTY

I listened to a lot of interesting music in 2023, although most of it actually was not new music, but rather older music from different genres and scenes that I had not…

New Florida Parks Resident Preference Policy

outdoors

economics

policy

florida

I recently received an email from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection informing me that “Effective Jan. 1, 2024, at noon Eastern time, only Florida residents…

On The Shohei Deal

sports

economics

It is generally agreed that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. There are a number of reasons for this, the ones I would focus on are inflation…

On Consistency in the CFP

sports

economics

I do not believe that the College Football Playoff committee has a consistent system for determining its rankings of the top teams for inclusion in the playoffs.

On EBINLO

music

I have been substantially more musically active this year than I have been any time since about 2014. Grad school is mostly to blame for the long lull, but with my PhD…

On Rivalry Week

sports

With kickoff rapidly approaching for The Game, and my precious Noles set to play their first full game without QB Jordan Travis this season, I wanted to crystallize what I…

My First Post

news

Tonight I set up my first Quarto blog, I had previously used blogdown but was never consistent about it, and have since deleted the site. Maybe this time I will be more…