ALL THINGS BIG AND SMALL 2.0

Fender Made-in-Mexico 2011 Road-Worn 60's Stratocaster $100.00 name-engraved hand-made specially-beveled pick  A Fender Custom Shop Relic easily costs $3000.00 now. I bought this used made-in-mexico Fender Road-Worn 60's Stratocaster for $600. The tone is terrific. The big-sky sound of a good Strat. I think its because of the nitro-cellulose thin finish. This really makes a big difference. Glossy finishes strangle the guitar's sound. Second picture shows my name-engraved BlueChip pick from Knoxville Tennessee. Including delivery charges to Singapore this pick cost me $100.00 But its worth it. The specially beveled edges gives attack and yet is noiseless. 

# Thanks to Victor Venema of the University of Bonn for the image depicting an evolutionary search algorithm Current-day so-called Evolutionary Algorithms (EA) are more about Mendelian selective breeding than about Darwinian evolution. Nature has no preconceived objectives. Evolution is open-ended, and is more about adaptation to the ever-evolving environment than about survival of the fittest. Although the “fittest” can be defined as those that have adapted in the best to the changing environment. Using Evolutionary Algorithms such as Genetic Algorithms to find optimal solutions to decision-making is just directing the algorithm to a static goal.  We cannot model the richness, complexity and dynamism of Nature’s meandering adaptive walks. The road of evolution knows not its final destination. It twists and winds its way; the direction of the next step is the net sum of the interaction (actions and reactions) between all participants at that point in time plu...

Hand-made customized guitar picks. V-Pick, Jim Dunlop, Gravity. and the black super-thick Princeton specially beveled with ribbed center grip. These picks cost from S$6.00 to S$20.00. Just ordered one BlueChip pick with my name engraved on it. From Blue Chip Machining Company in Tennesse, USA. Cost US$75.00. Oh well, I can't afford a Porsche but I can afford guitar picks. And its little indulgences like this that adds zest to my life. But seriously, the transparent and Blue Gravity picks make a big difference to the speed, ease and tone of your playing. On account of the unique composite materials used in making the picks and their beveled edges. These picks cost a lot because the edges are specially beveled by hand and not machine. Only a fellow guitar player and craftsman can make the perfect pick.