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	<description>While I'm alive, I'll make tiny changes to earth</description>
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		<title>on code ..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thinking back on taking programming programming classes in school, java and c++, I couldn&#8217;t have been more bored. I had no reason to care about flipping the order of characters or determining how long a string was. It all meant nothing to me. The tiny little details that at the end of a semester added [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/08/06/on-code/</link>
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		<title>reboot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the home purchase and wedding planning going on, there&#8217;s been little time left for anything else. I&#8217;ve been doing my best to keep up with my reading projects and making sure I hit the gym 3x a week, but anything else has pretty much been ignored. As things have settled down and with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/07/30/reboot/</link>
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		<title>My Aircraft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My aircraft.&#8221; I just finished rereading &#8220;The Checklist Manifesto&#8221; which seems to have become one of my &#8220;give it the once-over every year&#8221; books. The last section is an overview of the US Airways Flight 1549 which landed in the Hudson River. The phrase &#8220;my aircraft&#8221; really hit me in a good way. When things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/03/05/my-aircraft/</link>
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		<title>George Winston: live and sleep inducing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking about a few more concerts that I did the sound for. George Winston may have been the most uncomfortable performance that I ever personally witnessed. Winston plays sleepy/new-agey piano music that I can tolerate for maybe 2-3 tunes, but after that it just makes me tired. I was responsible for setting up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/02/21/george-winston-live-and-sleep-inducing/</link>
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		<title>The Result of Quality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on a big David Simon kick since I&#8217;ve been re-watching &#8216;The Wire&#8217; with Jen. Although it took me a few episodes to dig in when I watched it the first time, I (like many folks) became enamored without the show. Critical acclaim naming the best TV Series ever is not to be dismissed. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/02/06/the-result-of-quality/</link>
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		<title>Lyle Lovett vs Dwight Yoakam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent the summer of 1999 working sound for the Interlochen Center for the arts. It was a great opportunity to see how professional artists tour. I was amazed by how quick a touring staff is able to set up and tear down within a day. Two of the artist that made the most impression [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/02/06/lyle-lovett-vs-dwight-yoakam/</link>
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		<title>Milton Babbitt  5/10/16 &#8211; 1/29/11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read about Milton Babbitt passing away. When I was in school, Babbitt was often brought up as an quintessential 20th Century composer. While much of his music didn&#8217;t appeal to me, his idea and concepts of music have stuck in my craw. He may be best know for a well-referenced essay, &#8220;Who Cares [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/01/29/milton-babbitt-51016-12911/</link>
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		<title>Thinking about Sonny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a music student, I read biographies of pretty much any musician I could grab from the library: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pablo Casals, etc. The story of Sonny Rollins and The Bridge is one of the few that has stuck with me. In 1959, Sonny Rollins took a break from music. Although [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/01/22/thinking-about-sonny/</link>
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		<title>2011 Kickoff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After finishing the last music project, I was starting off the year wallowing with a lack of plans. From all the time spent in school, I seem to work better with a plan that involves projects ramping up and down. Without it, it just feels like one endless stream of days and I end up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjladd.com/2011/01/15/2011-kickoff/</link>
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		<title>X-mas Vacation 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Trip to Indianapolis to hit bookstores and see downtown. Decent hotel right on the circle. We checked out the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library which had some great photos of Vonnegut. We also did a quick drive-by of the Fountain Square district which is probably much better nicer when it&#8217;s warm enough to actually walk [...]]]></description>
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