Bruce McCosar's Life Blog
FAWM The People, not FAWM The Site −
28 February, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 4 months ago
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The last time I did FAWM was in 2007. Those of you who've been following this story (whose numbers have mysteriously gone from 53,000 views to 0 [???] in the past month) know in 2008 I moved to Virginia. Last year about this time, I was busy cutting around the dotted lines of my life ...
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FAWM 2009: 14 songs in 22 days! −
1 February, 2009 - 22 February, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 4 months ago
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I composed, recorded, and mixed 14 songs in 22 days for FAWM 2009.It was a struggle. Right in the middle, just about every site I'm on experienced some sort of technical difficulties. Relevant examples:Soundclick, where I was posting each tune, went down.Dandelife (this site), where I...
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FAWM 2009: On your mark, get set . . . . −
28 January, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 5 months ago
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Yes, it’s official. As of today, FAWM is back up and operational. I’m entered and ready to go! The goal is to write 14 songs in the 28 days of February. The last time I tried this was 2007 — and three of those songs eventually made it onto my fourth Jamendo alb...
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Snow Dogs −
27 January, 2009 - 28 January, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 5 months ago
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We had our first major snow storm this past week. In the beginning -- the photos below -- the dogs liked it. But that was just snow.Later, it turned into an ice storm.The dogs did NOT like the ice.
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Paper Roller Coasters II: Sterling Edition (part 2) −
26 January, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 5 months ago
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(This is the second part of an article series that began here. To view higher resolution images of the projects below, open this Flickr page in a separate tab or window and follow along.)There were two main complications in the project.First, my school has eighth grade final exams. Wh...
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Stomach Flu −
18 January, 2009 - 21 January, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 5 months ago
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In case you wondered what happened . . .I was so looking forward to the inauguration. Sunday, the internet in the DC area was crowded; I could hardly get any pages to load. Fine, I thought. I'd spend the next few days practicing. I had Monday and Tuesday off. I'd wat...
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DC area vanishes down internet wormhole −
18 January, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 5 months ago
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I've just come back from a short trip to Harrisburg, and I have a lot to talk about.It will have to wait.Evidently the crowd in town for the inauguration is clogging up the internet. Roughly 75% of the time, pages will not load, and I get that annoying "Firefox can't find... " err...
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PA Farm Show (at last) −
17 January, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 5 months ago
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The "at last" in the title above reflects the events that came AFTER this story.It's funny writing a blog that's resolutely chronological; if you're reading this in order, at times I look like some sort of psychic.In fact, watch this. I predict, tomorrow, I'm going to get horribly...
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Paper Roller Coasters II: Sterling Edition (part 1) −
12 January, 2009 - 16 January, 2009
Posted by bmccosar 5 months ago
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More than a year ago, I posted the story of my original Paper Roller Coasters project. Well, as in so many things . . . it's time for the sequel! Part 1: The DemosI originally ran this project at my former school in Florida, Bronson Middle High. The kids I had there were amazing....
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Paynes Prairie (South Entrance) −
November, 1995
Posted by bmccosar 5 months ago
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I've talked about the North Entrance before. The South Entrance to Paynes Prairie looks completely different. This story is best told in photos, so here we go.ppn95a -- The entire prairie is on the verge of being swampland, so you find a lot of low, wooden bridges. Apparently, i...
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