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52 Proven Stress Reducers
Instead of working.
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bookofjoe: The blog as job
Interesting article on someone who quit his computer programming job to become an online musician. Now he spends 6 hours a day online doing Email staying in touch with his fans.
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Amar Bose, the guru of sound design doesn’t have a computer
Bose makes expensive audio equipment including noise cancelling headphones for high end travellers and pilots.Amar Bose passed away July 12, 2013. This article has been popular on this site, so I am adding a bit of interesting information here in 2015 before the original article below that I posted.
Dr. David Perlmutter, in his book “Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life” published in April 2015 (which I highly recommend) notes that,Just over a decade ago I developed a close friendship with Dr. Amar Bose. If that name isn’t familiar, you will no doubt recognize it when I explain that the sound system in your car was probably designed by his company. Dr. Bose built a career on exploring and transcending boundaries, not just in audio equipment but also in many areas of science and technology. I remember the day he proudly escorted me through his research laboratory, revealing projects that were building on incredibly futuristic product development ideas. We went from one laboratory to the next, and it was clear how proud he was of the work of his research scientists. But what was most memorable for me when I visited him that day was the 1911 quote by Belgian Nobel laureate Maurice Maeterlinck that was stencilled on the glass wall of Bose’s private office. It really summed up the motivational force that led to Bose’s great success: At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men assigned to guard the past.
Mr. Bose doesn’t have a computer in his office:
Original concepts don’t come out of computers,” he said. “They come from the insight you have into the problem. Computers are necessary for analysis, to justify your findings.
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Can you patent wisdom?
From the International Herald Tribune
It is worth noting that the people in the forefront of the patenting of traditional Indian wisdom are Indians, mostly overseas. We know a business opportunity when we see one and have exported generations of gurus skilled in peddling enlightenment for a buck. But as Indians, they ought to know that the very idea of patenting knowledge is a gross violation of the tradition of yoga.
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The Second Gulf Jazz Festival
In quest of a cultural life we went to the Gulf Jazz Festival first night with the two kids. The musicians were very good. Here’s an interview.
First on piano the Swedish
Then a group came on stage with Ricky Ford the American alto sax player. He doesn’t have much of an up to date web site also!
And there was also the guitarist Jarek Smietana. He has a somewhat better web site!
And spontaneously they had Karen Edwards come up at the end and do two songs. She’s got a nice warm voice and apparently though known as a singer she plays a mean piano.
And on the final night we saw the Rosenberg Trio Three brothers headlined by Stochelo, one of the best guitar players I’ve every seen. Quite enjoyable. Stochelo’s inspiration is Django Reinhardt
No photos of the final night. There were more people as it was Thursday night and we were sitting further back, not possible to take photos with the camera phone. On the first night we were in the front row.