Since yesterday’s post was a “A Writer’s Lament,” I thought this video would be appropriate. Very clever refashioning a cat’s mournful cry into a song. But even more, it sounds like the cat is a writer!

Today’s video suggests two things: 1. Technology advances are astounding. 2. I may be classified, by some, as old. In 1975 I programmed a computer to play golf, using a random number generator. The computer was in a university where I attended a summer math camp as a high schooler. The computer was the size of a living room with spinning wheels of tape. I input my data on a keyboard, which …

Little known fact. While in college I worked for a few months in the back room of the school library, restoring damaged books. When I found today’s video, I was fascinated by the extraordinary skill of Sophia Bogle, book restorer. Hope you find this 10-minute video an education on a lost art.

Time to blow your mind. Today’s video is a visual representation of J.S. Bach’s “Canon” that was written to be able to be played forward and backward–and simultaneously front to back. Genius composition on display. Seemingly simple and even mundane. Just wait for it to unfold. Apparently composed in response to a composition challenge by King Frederick the Great …