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Bifuteki Doesn’t Come from “Beef Steak”?!
An article titled “The Origin of Tonteki… Oh, So That’s It! Then Bifuteki Must Be… What?!” circulated on Facebook. (The quotation below does not appear when viewe…
Happy Birthday in the Style of Chopin
I have discussed the relatively minor role of melody in music many times before, and listening to this illustrates the point as well. Here is “Happy Birthday” in the style of Chopi…
Another Set of Happy Birthday Variations
Last time, I introduced a set of Happy Birthday variations, and today I have another one. Since this one sets the tune in the styles of generally better-known pieces, it may get an…
Setting Up Name-Based HTTPS Virtual Hosts (SNI) with Let’s Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt is a free TLS server-certificate service provided by the US foundation Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Its motto is free, automated, secure, transparen…
You Can’t Go Global with the FamilyMart Theme—Surely It Has to Be Nokia?!
I have been extremely impressed by Ensemble Mega Ne’s “Variations on the FamilyMart Theme for Woodwind Quartet and Piano” and “Contrapuntal Piece on the Yamanote Line Theme”. But i…
Variations on a Theme of FamilyMart for Woodwind Quartet and Piano
This was today’s big find. The video was uploaded on 2016/1/25, and in 5 days it has been viewed nearly 150,000 times . It is a work by Ensemble Mega Ne. Using the FamilyMart…
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