A few nice Metronome images I found:
Metronome, Prague
Image by paulafunnell
Metronome – just visible on top of the hill!
metronome in Letenské Sady
Image by bschmove
the giant metronome sits where the statue of stalin once did; the park is now *filled* with skaters
All-star lineup kicks off Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
There’s nothing tentative about the start to this year’s Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Not when you come out of the gate with an all-star tribute to one of the defining albums of jazz history — Miles Davis’ “Bitches Brew” — followed the next night by a concert by Grammy-winning innovator Herbie Hancock.
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Random Notes
The concert series presented on the midway lawn at the Champlain Valley Exposition by Higher Ground began its second season Memorial Day weekend with shows by Ray LaMontagne and Willie Nelson. It continues at 8 p.m. Friday with the hot-as-hotcakes neo-bluegrass group The Avett Brothers.
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7 iPhone Apps That Can Make You a Better Musician
It’s cool to play instruments — and even cooler to know how to play them, to an extent. We’re not talking about becoming the the next over-shredding Joe Satriani , but a little proficiency goes a long way when trying to express a musical vision, whether as a hobby or something more serious.
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Bay Area arts picks, April 21
OPERA “La Bohème”: Opera San Jose concludes its season with Puccini’s tragicomic perennial, tracing the loves, loss and laughter of life among down-and-out artists in Paris. Sopranos Jasmina Halimic and Jouvanca…
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Bristol Borough Education Fund awards grants totaling ,500 to three borough teachers
BRISTOL BOROUGH – The Bristol Borough Education Fund (BBEF) has awarded a grants totaling $ 4,500 to three teachers in the Bristol Borough School District. Awards were based on funding applications for projects submitted by teachers. Unless specified otherwise, projects are for the 2011–12 academic year.
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Bluegrass meets the Rockies
The North Platte Telegraph High Plains Tradition will bring bluegrass with a special Rocky Mountain flair to the 11th annual Country Bluegrass Show in North Platte on April 28-30.
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Rabbi Samuel April: Patriarchs and Presidents
To become the founding father of a nation, one had to challenge the status quo. From Lincoln through both World Wars, the presidents preserved the honor and tradition of America. All of those dynamics changed during the 37th presidency.
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A few nice Metronome images I found:
Tactile Metronome Persistence of Vision
Image by Mat_the_W
The Tactile Metronome uses multiplexed display circuitry to use three seven-segment digits with only 10 IO pins. It accomplishes this feat by turning the digits on and off rapidly, showing one at a time, but doing it so fast the human eye sees solid digits lit up. To take this picture, I shook the metronome in front of my camera. During the short time the shutter was open, 12 digits were displayed. Pretty cool stuff.
For more details about the Tactile Metronome: wayneandlayne.com/metronome/
