The Chat Thread

[Karl Henning]

My brain seems to want classical music lately.

Your brain wants Stravinsky. You know it to be true.

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/IVaJ9QpjZC4

[mn dave]

Your brain wants Stravinsky. You know it to be true.

No, it doesn't.

It seems to enjoy late Classical/early Romantic stuff. Last night it seemed to like Holst and Schubert and Rimsky-Korsakov.

[Karl Henning]

It's dangerous to deny your brain Stravinsky when Stravinsky is what it wants 

[mn dave]

It's dangerous to deny your brain Stravinsky when Stravinsky is what it wants 

It's more of a Prokofiev and Rachmaninov sorta brain.

[Karl Henning]

Well, those are good, too.

http://www.youtube.com/v/XwlsitKSexM

[mn dave]

My brain will attempt to recall that you posted these videos when it gets home tonight.

[Karl Henning]

Strengthen that brain with Stravinsky!  0:)

[mn dave]

Strengthen that brain with Stravinsky!  0:)

Did you just kick sand at my weakling brain?

[Karl Henning]

Never!

[Ken B]

It's more of a Prokofiev and Rachmaninov sorta brain.

Don't sell yourself short. 

[mn dave]

Like I haven't heard Stravinsky yet.

[Karl Henning]

I'm feelin' the love.

[mn dave]

I'm feelin' the love.

No offense intended.

[Karl Henning]

Nor any taken, dear fellow!

Heck, I take no offense at Ken's allergy to Mennin

[mn dave]

McCartney's abuse of marijuana in the '70s sure explains a few things. 

[Ken B]

Nor any taken, dear fellow!

Heck, I take no offense at Ken's allergy to Mennin

Actually I like some Mennin. It's just 8 bores me.
So I listened to Beethoven's 8 and Dvorak's 8 last night, just to reassure myself I wasn't just suffering from  octophobia. What a relief!

[Ken B]

Your brain on Stravinsky.

[EigenUser]

I have had an aluminum MacBook with one of those neat glass trackpads for the past five years, roughly speaking. Throughout the course of the past year, the trackpad was getting harder and harder to push down and click. I could still use it by tapping, but it got to the point where I had to use my external mouse if I wanted to click and drag something (or risk breaking my finger by pushing down on the trackpad as hard as I could).

A few weeks ago when I was cleaning dust from my computer I noticed that the whole front side of the computer had a bow-shape to it and the trackpad was being pushed up. Then I noticed that the battery cover was coming off. When I pushed the latch, the battery popped right out and it was completely swollen! It turns out that it was pushing against the top of the front of the computer -- including against the inside of the trackpad.

Yesterday I started running it without the battery and suddenly everything is back to normal! The trackpad actually clicks perfectly! It's like that feeling after a cold when you can breath through your nose again. I was so excited. I have to get a new battery (they aren't cheap), but at least that will fix everything that was going on. Apparently five years is a long life for a battery, too.

[Karl Henning]

The 3 B's: Beatles, Beethoven, Banana