{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"talqix.cloud - Isaac Greene","home_page_url":"https://talqix.cloud","feed_url":"https://talqix.cloud/posts/isaacgreene","_microblog":{"about":"https://talqix.cloud/about/api","id":"1004038","username":"isaacgreene","bio":"I'm a guitarist and educator. My day job is as a professor at a smallish Christian liberal-arts university where I teach guitar, ear training, improvisation, and music technology. Outside of music, I read a lot about technology and culture, some fiction, and I'm a hobbyist handtool woodworker. I also have three small children with whom I do a lot of bike riding. 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The chat interface is dehumanizing for real people, how can it humanize a data model?</p>\n<p>But hands doing work? That looks like a fellow intelligence to me.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.isaacgreene.com/2026/06/04/watching-these-robotic-demos-i.html","date_published":"2026-06-04T18:22:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 18:22","date_timestamp":1780597320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91535463","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/JohnBrady\">@JohnBrady</a> <a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/tinyroofnail\">@tinyroofnail</a> I cannot remember where I read this, but pre-renaissance it was normal for young boys to be “Psaltered” (that is, have memorized the Psalms) by around age 8. What looks to us like a lofty goal was probably just evidence of basic training.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91535463","date_published":"2026-06-04T16:15:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 16:15","date_timestamp":1780589737,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91461005","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/bradleyandroos\">@bradleyandroos</a> Happy birthday! Halfway through my 30s and I can say they have been unreservedly better than my 20s so far.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91461005","date_published":"2026-06-03T12:24:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 12:24","date_timestamp":1780489453,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91460922","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio\">@PaulDeFazio</a> of the many things to love about this photo, I’m utterly inspired by the flawless laying of newspaper to protect the floor.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91460922","date_published":"2026-06-03T12:23:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 12:23","date_timestamp":1780489393,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91385866","content_html":"<p>📚Finished Reading: <em>The Fields of Praise, New and Selected Poems</em> by Marilyn Nelson.</p>\n<p>As I said to someone earlier, distill all the intensity and beauty of a Toni Morrison novel into a poem and you get Marilyn Nelson. Not easy-reading stuff, but incredibly powerful.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/93996/2026/61sxvp-g8l.-ac-uf10001000-ql80--m.jpg\" width=\"453\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.isaacgreene.com/2026/06/02/finished-reading-the-fields-of.html","date_published":"2026-06-02T11:07:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 11:07","date_timestamp":1780398422,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91325905","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/lukemperez\">@lukemperez</a> I love these kinds of stories. There’s was a similar event at an American Musicological Society conference that ended in a shoving match over whether Handel’s <em>Messiah</em> was sung by a chorus or one to a part originally. Ruffle the tweeds!</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91325905","date_published":"2026-06-01T13:41:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-01 13:41","date_timestamp":1780321266,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91207549","content_html":"<p>📚Finished Reading: <em>Galahad and the Grail</em>, Malcolm Guite.</p>\n<p>I don’t think I’ve read an epic poem since I last read Beowulf. What great fun.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/93996/2026/9781951872700.jpg\" width=\"396\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.isaacgreene.com/2026/05/30/finished-reading-galahad-and-the.html","date_published":"2026-05-30T12:17:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 12:17","date_timestamp":1780143424,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91100311","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio\">@PaulDeFazio</a> It was great, thanks for the recommendation! I had somehow missed that OpenAI actually bought physical books and scanned them in, I always assumed they downloaded them.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91100311","date_published":"2026-05-28T21:19:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 21:19","date_timestamp":1780003151,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91099950","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/ReaderJohn\">@ReaderJohn</a> Not many Italians in South Carolina, though much more likely the case in the bathroom I did when I lived in Baltimore.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91099950","date_published":"2026-05-28T21:07:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 21:07","date_timestamp":1780002476,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91099681","content_html":"<p>For the second time in five years I have had my behind handed to me by a tile setter who probably died before I was born. Those guys knew their business.</p>\n<p>It took me most of the day with a 20lb SDS hammer to gut a 6x8 bathroom. Now for the fun part, rebuilding!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.isaacgreene.com/2026/05/28/for-the-second-time-in.html","date_published":"2026-05-28T20:59:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 20:59","date_timestamp":1780001990,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91049720","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/dwalbert\">@dwalbert</a> All my kitchen walls are covered in cabinets, but I’ll find somewhere in eyeline of the sink. I first saw it from Shea Alexander.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91049720","date_published":"2026-05-28T01:36:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 01:36","date_timestamp":1779932172,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91014394","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/JohnBrady\">@JohnBrady</a> You need a copy of <a href=\"https://sarahleawest.art/product/revolution-reproduction/?v=0b3b97fa6688\">this print</a> I got for my birthday.  Would look great with Mr. Natural.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91014394","date_published":"2026-05-27T15:46:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-27 15:46","date_timestamp":1779896793,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91002800","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/ReaderJohn\">@ReaderJohn</a> He is an engaging writer of both prose and poetry, even if I find him frustrating sometimes. My absolute favorite are his books of “translations” from Osip Mandelstam. An amazing little collection.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/91002800","date_published":"2026-05-27T11:14:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-27 11:14","date_timestamp":1779880489,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90899620","content_html":"<p>Splash Pad season.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/93996/2026/c19c78f56d-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.isaacgreene.com/2026/05/25/splash-pad-season.html","date_published":"2026-05-25T20:28:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 20:28","date_timestamp":1779740917,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90894829","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/troykitch\">@troykitch</a> Looks great! Miters are one of the hardest joints to do by hand I think. Just ask the gappy picture frame I just finished…</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/90894829","date_published":"2026-05-25T19:10:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 19:10","date_timestamp":1779736246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90778451","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/PaulDeFazio\">@PaulDeFazio</a> I haven’t listened to 99%In for a long time, but that is just the perfect topic for them. I’ll check it out.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/90778451","date_published":"2026-05-23T16:13:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-23 16:13","date_timestamp":1779552802,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90709278","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/gbosarge\">@gbosarge</a> I get that, the power tools are out when I’m working on the house. Although as I’ve gotten better with them I’m surprised how often I find a very effective use for a handsaw or chisel on house projects.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/90709278","date_published":"2026-05-22T14:16:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 14:16","date_timestamp":1779459360,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90665901","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/tinyroofnail\">@tinyroofnail</a> Actually, pretty sure it had to be in a basement to maintain the dignity of everyone else. It’s really just a bit too embarrassing to watch on the main floor.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/90665901","date_published":"2026-05-21T21:35:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 21:35","date_timestamp":1779399345,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90602710","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/tinyroofnail\">@tinyroofnail</a> By the time I got to it I was almost 100% sure that link was for <em>Thief in the Night</em> (sing it with me 🎶 “We wish we’d all been ready!’). Also watched this in a church basement. Why always a basement?</p>\n<p>Fantastic post.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/90602710","date_published":"2026-05-21T00:53:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 00:53","date_timestamp":1779324786,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90600235","content_html":"<p>Working by hand with a tool you made (that works perfectly) is just so satisfying.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.talqix.cloud/93996/2026/71e2ab69a0-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.isaacgreene.com/2026/05/20/working-by-hand-with-a.html","date_published":"2026-05-21T00:04:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 00:04","date_timestamp":1779321867,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90563140","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/JudsonGreene\">@JudsonGreene</a> yeah boy!</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/90563140","date_published":"2026-05-20T14:25:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-20 14:25","date_timestamp":1779287133,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90526935","content_html":"<p>Happy that <a href=\"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/812.htm\">S.C. Bill 812 </a>passsed and was signed into law making the “Idaho stop\" legal for bicyclists. This won’t change my riding much, but I will be breaking the law a lot less often.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.isaacgreene.com/2026/05/19/happy-that-sc-bill-passsed.html","date_published":"2026-05-20T00:42:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-20 00:42","date_timestamp":1779237779,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90443461","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/jonah\">@jonah</a> My wife discovered Dali’s religious works last year and we got really obsessed. Ended up ordering a copy of <a href=\"https://www.baterbys.com/products/biblia-sacra-dali-his-bible-sacred-bible-105-lithographs?srsltid=AfmBOorb3pVvRjORjYceAEEhjV4Qa7evEEhxNw7_ab3MvnkC0BjXaHjC\">the book about his bible</a> and really enjoyed it.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/90443461","date_published":"2026-05-18T21:00:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 21:00","date_timestamp":1779138020,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90443266","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/todd@social.lol\" class=\"u-url mention\">@todd</a></span> It sure does feel that way sometimes. Spending the whole day knocking to-dos off my list around the house felt good and real.</p>\n","url":"https://talqix.cloud/isaacgreene/90443266","date_published":"2026-05-18T20:56:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Isaac Greene","url":"http://www.isaacgreene.com","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.talqix.cloud%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1004038.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"isaacgreene"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 20:56","date_timestamp":1779137795,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90415958","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://talqix.cloud/writingslowly\">@writingslowly</a> It was a great experience. 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