Samsung Galaxy Note Ice Cream Sandwich update

This is ironic: I have been waited for the official ICS release for G-Note since the beginning of the year, months before I bought the phone. I couldn't wait longer and pulled the trigger 2 months ago. Finally, AT&T and Samsung release the update last month. Yet, I'm still on the old version of Android. Why? As usual, OS upgrade almost always resulted in complaints about worsen battery life, for any smartphone I know of! Check out this post. It's scary but not TOO bad. I guess I'm going to take the plunge soon.

Musician of the day: Michael Pedicin

Normally my morning commute ended ~9am but it got pushed to 9:45-ish recently because of the start of the new school year. So I got to listen to the part of KCSM (local jazz station) broadcast that features guest interviews. Today's guest is a really interesting one: jazz saxophonist Michael Pedicin. First of all, he grew up in a musical family with his father Mike Pedicin, being an early pioneer/sax player/bandleader in a different genre, rock'n roll. (Think Bill Haley) In his mind, they are not really related musically. He discovered the jazz greats like Cannonball and Coltrane on his own (yeah, same for me) Second, he went to Med School (and quit because he needed to gig with the likes of Maynard Ferguson. Who wouldn't anyway?) and eventually got a degree in clinical psychology. So he's not only talented in music but also in academics! The few tracks of his band played by the DJ were quite interesting. All of those tunes were played by Coltrane before and I could hear the influences. (Well, Coltrane has played many tunes and who isn't influnced by him?) Michael Pedicin will be playing at Yoshi's SF tonight. I think it will be a great show.