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Project Idea

For my final project I’ll be creating a computer program to help users experience a provided length of time in a periodic manner. Periodicity, repetition, and related ideas are important in our studies of time and in the sciences.

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Prelude Phenomenology

I’m undergoing the same thought processes while listening to this music as I was while I read the poem it’s based on, which I suppose is the reaction the composer intended the piece to inspire. That said, I was not … Continue reading

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Proust Reaction

I really don’t feel any special way in reaction to reading the Proust excerpts. Some of the bits and pieces reminded me of things we’ve discussed or things I’ve thought about in relation to this class, but the writing style … Continue reading

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Conversation about Opera

When I asked my mother what opera meant to her, she responded: “Frances.” By that she meant that her perception of opera had been shaped largely by her mother, Frances, who was an avid fan of opera. My mother recounted … Continue reading

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Comedy

When I think about comedy, I first think of a few of my favorite funny movies. Two of my most favorite are Zoolander and Keeping Mum. Keeping Mum is a dark comedy about a family whose new housekeeper is both … Continue reading

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Time in Latin America

I recently saw a post on Facebook about how Argentina’s current president, Cristina Kirchner, had been speaking at one of my friends’ schools and had showed up an hour late to her own presentation. My friend included in the caption … Continue reading

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Temporal Perception

“Today is the most important day of my life.” Or so I, a five-year-old child, with a great seriousness, told my mother on August 25th, 1999, before stepping into my kindergarten classroom for the first time. There are many aspects … Continue reading

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Automaton: Digesting duck

I’m going to present about the Canard Digerateur, or digesting duck, automaton.   

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What is musical time?

As far as I can recall from music theory lectures in choir three or so years ago, musicians sometimes use the word “time” in the context of, say, “3 4 time.” Ah! That’s called the time signature. It goes, I … Continue reading

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Test Post

Oh, hi.

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