Author Archives: Scott Foglesong

At this moment, my desktop computer (Power Macintosh dual 2.7 G5s) is installing Leopard as an upgrade. I had done some reading around and found out that in some cases, Archive & Install updates weren’t quite working right on G5s. … Continue reading →

Of late I’ve been revising a significant portion of my thinking about the Buddhadhamma. This has been partly triggered by nothing more than the inevitable change and growth that happens during the course of a long practice. However, a second, … Continue reading →

As I’ve watched some so-called “educational” shows on TV, I’ve noticed that the tendency among academics to use the historical present has become dire. The English language is under attack from ignoramuses who, in the putative interest of “style”, are … Continue reading →

It was time to upgrade various technologies, and given that I’m not spending the summer on retreat as is my usual, I got going. First: HDTV. There is now a Samsung 46“ LCD television in the living room, hooked up … Continue reading →

Recently I was putting together a list of “pieces I could do” for next year — i.e., pieces for which I think I could create nice program notes for the SF Symphony. (That’s all being put together over the next … Continue reading →

I went to the San Francisco Symphony concert last night (Friday, March 30) in order to hear the Sibelius First Symphony, for which I had written the program notes. Because what with one thing and another I was going by … Continue reading →

I’m feeling a little less crazy tonight. I’ve been wondering for some time if I just didn’t get something fundamental about being a pianist and/or a professional musician. That something is that you can make a really fine recording of … Continue reading →

In having installed Vista on my PC and getting to know the OS, I’m struck with something that I had almost forgotten about since I started using a Mac full-time: you have to fiddle with the thing incessantly to get … Continue reading →

Recently I have begun a project to record some of my theory lectures, using an iPod with a Griffin iTalk microphone and an attached lavalier mic. It works well enough, not great but perfectly acceptable — especially once I learned … Continue reading →

Recently I upgraded my PC to Vista (see some earlier posts). This is primarily out of curiosity more than anything else; I’m a Macintosh user and definitely have little to no desire to start working in Windows regularly. But I … Continue reading →