I like these musics and videos lately. You might too. I like them, or most of them, mainly for the concept, and art. Some are fun to watch, others are a compliment to the music.
Had to choose between the myriad of Michel Gondry‘s videos. I recommend going through every one. Here’s two.
I’ll post more some other time.
Michael Bublé. What can I say about this guy? Not a whole lot. B’s friends have been getting all married up one by one for the last little while. We’ve gone to quite a few receptions. Guess what’s playing at every single one? Yep, Michael Bublé. Why? Apparently he’s the only jazz singer behind a big band that ever existed. He’s the end-all-be-all of jazz music. To me, this is very annoying, considering most of the songs I’ve heard of his were made famous by people who did jazz and blues much much better than he. I’ve never heard a cover of his I’ve liked.
B and I were talking today, and she mentioned that we should see Mike Bubble’s ratio of songs he’s written to songs that he’s covered. So, originals to covers. I’m going to include as covered songs as those that were written for other performers that first made a song famous. Personally, I think I’ve heard more covers than anything. I’m taking up the challenge. I can’t guarantee all personal bias will be put aside. The ratios will be added together with each post.
Okay, here we go. In chronological order.
This is about all I can take of this. It’s hot here, and I’m getting tired. My hope of this post is that people will look to the original artists and stop paying attention to this guy, this impostor of jazz.
To Mr. Bubbles:
Do you remember Phil Collins, Mr. Bubble? I’ll do the same unless you get on the stick and write your own songs, or sing more new originals. With all the other EP’s and and albums combined, you have 5:108 originals to covers. And a lot of repeats if you count live albums. Let’s be a little more creative shall we? My numbers may be a little off as far as actual recorded and released musics, but this isn’t a good business plan. That’s way too many royalties you’re paying, but I guess it’s worth it to fool most women in the world to make them that you are that talented.
Where would I be without MIT courseware? Well, I would probably be paying a tutor to help me out. $15.00 to $20.00 and hours. Anyway, it’s pretty awesome. Any general subject MIT offers, you get the coursework, homework and lecture videos on special subjects. I think I found my favorite teacher, he’s super funny. I have to laugh every time I watch, because he’s like, nerd to the power of nerd times like, nerd.
My favorite joke, is at 42 seconds. So funny, man, this guy. I think it’s funny because I know people like this. Math is their universe, and outside there’s… Nothing. Maybe a tuna-fish sandwich for lunch.
So, I’m sure that you have heard me talk about math recently. I’ve had a few days off from doing math. They’ve been a good few days. Now, I’m about to continue from where I left off, and I don’t remember anything from it.
Today, Miss Fifi likes bananas. B took out a banana, and Miss Fifi just started wanting it really bad by making those wanting it really bad noises that babies make when they see something they want really bad. So we sang the banana song with her while she ate a banana!
I have not blogged in two weeks. My last couple blogs were enough to make people puke. I think people probably read a part of them, an then were like, “I give up.” Brains turn off. B my last post once. She read maybe five sentences, and went to another web page. I asked why, and she said, “I don’t understand it.” Well, after five sentences neither would I. I figure some of my readers may be in that same boat. For that, I apologize for a boring blog.
So, for those who still care, here’s what’s on my mindgrapes.
In a world where everything is measured to finite time, a finite amount, or a finite frame of reference, it’s very hard to grasp the concept of what something means to be infinite. Sometimes, we just accept the biblical domination of interpretation, and say to ourselves in the back our mind, “Well, we know what forever is– but I don’t want to think about it because that’s not what we’re dealing with. Plus, it’s too hard to fathom.” I think this is a realm of something that might seem like speculation of something people would rather not delve into. However, it’s fundamental principle of the physical world around us. We use infinite quantities to solve problems, describe physical phenomena, and for me and probably most importantly at this time– to pass my math classes.
Truman G. Madsen, in talking about how long eternity was in a lecture I once listened to, had to use a worldly and finite definition which has always made me think. Paraphrasing, he said that an eternity (or infinite time) is like a seagull that flies to the top of Mount Timpanogos every so many years (100 or 10 or 1000 years, I don’t remember) and sharpens his beak on a rock. The seagull would then do this every period of years until that mountain is whittled down to nothing. He then went on to say, that that amount of time is like eternity. No offense to the late Mr. Madsen but to me, this is a forced simile that doesn’t doesn’t even come close to eternity or a precise description of what forever is. You see, a time frame was placed on the time it took for the mountain to break down. There was a beginning, there was an end. Not infinite, but finite.
In my mind, infinity = eternity = forever = never ending = without bounds. Can we quantitatively describe what we or anyone else has never experienced? It sure is hard. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not speculating anything here, just stating fact. The mathematical quantity of infinity is treated as a number, yet it is not a number, or at least any real number. You see, it cannot be defined because it is increasing constantly, decreasing constantly, or it is all the numbers in existence with is a never ending sequence. Wait a minute– all numbers? How many is that? Why, infinite, of course! Kind of hard to wrap your mind around? Well lets have some practical application.
∞ is the symbol we’ll use to represent infinity. Okay. Let’s say a we have two men. One man is 53 years old. The other man is 25 years old. How many years older is the first man than the second? Well, we take 53-25=28. 28 years is pretty significant when talking about age. There are quite a lot of things one can learn in a span of time lasting 28 years from start to finish. Now, let me ask you this. What is 53+∞? It’s just plain old ∞. What’s 28+∞? Same thing. Just ∞. Now, assuming these two men live forever, or to ∞, What’s the difference in age between them? Let’s work it out this way. (53+∞)-(25+∞) = what? It’s not 28 anymore– it’s and indeterminate answer. This means that it’s not a finite amount. It’s an infinite amount, or in other words, how can you take something that doesn’t end and subtract something else from it that doesn’t end? Impossible. The amount you find is also never-ending. If there are no bounds set on anything, then there is no difference between different quantities. The differences disappear. What does that say about the two men? Is one still older than the other? Not with an infinite definition, and this is again because infinite things can’t be bounded– that goes for age. In fact, age is irrelevant when talking about infinite time. Time itself is not useful either, seeing that there would be no need for a measurement of time if there is no end to it. You might also note that if there is no end, there couldn’t have been a beginning because if you go infinity backwards, you just get -∞. Forever the other way.
I like to think of things this way: if people lived to be 1,000 years old, would you still say a 98 year-old woman is old? What about someone who’s 98 years old who lives 1,000,000 to years? would that person still be called old? What about 1×10^100 years old? Would the 98 years even matter? Something to think about.
I was talking to B the other day about circles. They are super cool. They are perfect, and they don’t end. It’s kind of a freak of nature. I think circles are the new “now.” Principles of circles are embedded in basically every aspect of our lives. From the shape, to waves, to– well, just about everything.
Check this cosine wave next to me. It’s explaining that if a point travels all the way around a circle once, the cosine changes in time from its value of 1, to 0, then to -1, then to 0, and back to 1 again. It’s exactly like a spring moving up and down. If you were to put a circle on its side and observe the point move, it’s look like a point in spring moving side to side, or up and down.
The slowest that the point is moving is when it is at its most negative, and its most positive point. The fastest it is moving when it is at zero. Those equations are the wave functions– don’t worry too much about those now. As far as actually using a circle to form a wave, the explanation below helps.
The word orthogonal is a synonym for perpendicular, or 90 degrees apart. The reason I’m always amazed by this is that everything we know in this life is understood, measured, analyzed, and manipulated with the help from the circle. What things are those that effect us so much? Everything from sound, to light, to anything electronic, and so on. Below is the electromagnetic wave spectrum. It might interesting to note, that our PDA devices function by microwaves, we see with visible light, radio waves are used for communication, and so on. The measurement represented starts at 100 meters in wavelength and goes to pico meters.
To understand what this means, and analyze it, you’ll need to all about circles. This stuff is all just a little sample of why circles are awesome.
That’s right folks. Straight from my computer to yours: Communication!
I’ve been working on this for a while. Like, over a month. Lately within my daily interactions with others, there have been instances in which communication could have played a key role in better understanding. These instances are not just at work or school, but also with the lives of others I am close to. I’m constantly learning how beneficial communication is.
The last little while in my education, my courses have become increasingly difficult. It’s not that work in and of itself is difficult, but the actual attention to detail. If one does not pay attention to detail, you will be lost. I’ve been lost before, it’s not fun. In life, attention to detail in relationships of any sort is key to a healthy relationship. This requires excellent communication skills with one another.
During the day, I am a part of an organization where I may or may not get paid. (I’m being super vague as to disguise what may or may not be considered as my place of employment.) It is a place where communication is needed constantly to make things run smoothly, and to make sure everyone is thinking along the same wavelength. Very often, there is miscommunication, no communication, correct communication that is not understood, correct communication that is not listened to, and over exaggerated communication (this would be called lying). In such an environment, the communication one might receive is that communication in and of itself is discouraged. How can such an organization survive and meet its goals on time? It doesn’t. Those who are meant to hold the power to communicate do not wield it correctly, nor take advantage of communication practice. Therefore, the communication suffers and is left to fend for itself in hopes that everyone will somehow read the everyone else’s mind.
I am not a fan of this mindset. Is this what the world has come to? Folks, ya gotta snap out of it. When you don’t communicate what’s on your mind with everyone involved, (that goes for TWO people in a relationship also) things are going to get messed up and quick.
If you’re afraid to communicate, you won’t be understood. If you’re not understood, your communication needs work. I’m no pro at this, but I’m learning and trying. I think we can all try harder, myself included. I imagine more disasters could be averted (i.e Chernobyl), less hearts would be broken, (i.e. 500 Days of Summer scenarios, relationships etc.), and attentions would be focussed on the right things at the right times. (i.e. U.S. government, bad investments etc..)
Owing to various reports concerning my ketchup habits, I will now settle the debate with in style.
