Author Archives: blaise

hyperforeignism

Posted on October 13, 2012 by blaise

I drove into Boul­der, Col­orado at mid­night on Wednes­day, my impulse to eat a late din­ner near­ly over­bal­anced by my need to declare the long day over.  It turns out that, even with throngs of kids boozi­ly wan­der­ing from bar … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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where’d you go, bernadette?

Posted on July 22, 2012 by blaise

Our friend Maria Sem­ple mailed us an advance copy of her new nov­el, Where’d You Go, Bernadette? a few weeks ago.  Adri­enne took the first nib­ble, then qui­et­ly devoured it in a few hours, a sphin­xy smile on her face.  … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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on{X} update

Posted on June 12, 2012 by blaise

The devel­op­er community’s response to on{X} has been real­ly fun to watch.  I’ve made a short post for the site about some of the high­lights of the past week.  In late-break­ing news, some­one has appar­ent­ly just whipped up a fledg­ling … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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on{X}

Posted on June 6, 2012 by blaise

A cou­ple of weeks ago I came back from a great trip to vis­it my very tal­ent­ed and hip team at the Microsoft Israel Devel­op­ment Cen­ter in Tel Aviv.  Excite­ment was run­ning high as we geared up for the launch … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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translator

Posted on April 17, 2012 by blaise

I was pleased to see David Pogue’s pos­i­tive review of the new Win­dows Phone, Nokia’s Lumia 900, a cou­ple of weeks ago in the New York Times.  Win­dows Phone has made great progress these past cou­ple of years, and has … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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bear pond espresso

Posted on April 8, 2012 by blaise

Much has been writ­ten about the food scene in Tokyo.  In the end, maybe it’s just a very, very big city.  The “largest met­ro­pol­i­tan area in the world”, says Wikipedia, and among the dens­est (at more than 37,000 per square … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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fish stew

Posted on March 18, 2012 by blaise

As I’ve been com­pelled to email this very good bouil­l­abaisse-like recipe from Ondi to myself a num­ber of times over the past cou­ple of years, it seems more con­ve­nient and socia­ble to put to put it on the blog.  Here … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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escape from camp 14

Posted on February 16, 2012 by blaise

Our good friend Blaine is gear­ing up for the pub­li­ca­tion of his new book, Escape From Camp 14. It’s about a young man who has man­aged to escape from the most bru­tal of North Korea’s giant con­cen­tra­tion camps, even­tu­al­ly mak­ing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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invention

Posted on December 20, 2011 by blaise

Before the five Equal­iz­ing pieces, I made an inven­tion in d minor to begin exper­i­ment­ing with coun­ter­point: Inven­tion in d minor This was the first thing I record­ed on the lit­tle per­son­al record­ing device.  It’s a bit of a mess, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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equalizing

Posted on December 10, 2011 by blaise

So I’ll now take a deep breath and post the first edi­ble fruit of my labor.  The per­for­mance is of course imper­fect, since I’m not an actu­al pianist, and the piece should also be con­sid­ered a draft, as there are … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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