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{"id":85,"date":"2011-07-05T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T01:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisbenesh.com\/currents\/?p=85"},"modified":"2011-07-05T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T01:02:17","slug":"from-falling-rain-to-falling-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisbenesh.com\/currents\/2011\/07\/05\/from-falling-rain-to-falling-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"From falling rain to falling stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_94\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisbenesh.com\/currents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/making-falling-stars1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94\" title=\"making falling stars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chrisbenesh.com\/currents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/making-falling-stars1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chrisbenesh.com\/currents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/making-falling-stars1.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.chrisbenesh.com\/currents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/making-falling-stars1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-94\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean and Linnea creating with the Falling Stars app. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today I discovered a fun graphic music app in the iTunes Store. \u00a0It&#8217;s a free thing called Falling Stars. \u00a0You draw lines, squiggles, whatever, and control the flow of falling stars down on to them, and voila, music. \u00a0It&#8217;s pretty cool and addictive. \u00a0The kids were instantly engaged. \u00a0I&#8217;ve attached a player below with some of our first explorations, one from each of us. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n <div id=\"wrapperMI_0\" class=\"wrap-mjp fullbars \" style=\"position: relative; padding:5px 0px 40px 0px; margin:0px; width:40%;\">\n\t<div style=\"display:none;\" class=\"Eabove-mjp\" id=\"Eabove-mjp_0\"><\/div>\n\t <div class=\"subwrap-MI\">\n\t\t <div class=\"jp-innerwrap\">\n\t\t\t <div class=\"innerx\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"innerleft\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"innerright\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"innertab\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"interface-mjp verdana-mjp\" style=\"height:62px;\" id=\"interfaceMI_0\">\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"MI-image Himg right-mjp\" id=\"MI_image_0\" style=\" width:auto; height:62px; overflow:false;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div id=\"T_mp3j_0\" class=\"player-track-title left-mjp norm-mjp plain-mjp childNorm-mjp childPlain-mjp\" style=\"left:16px; right:16px;  top:8px;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"bars_holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"loadMI_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"poscolMI_mp3j\" id=\"poscol_mp3j_0\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"posbarMI_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div id=\"P-Time-MI_0\" class=\"jp-play-time\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div id=\"T-Time-MI_0\" class=\"jp-total-time\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div id=\"statusMI_0\" class=\"statusMI\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"transport-MI\"><div class=\"play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\">Play<\/div><div class=\"stop-mjp\" id=\"stop_mp3j_0\">Stop<\/div><div class=\"next-mjp\" id=\"Next_mp3j_0\">Next&raquo;<\/div><div class=\"prev-mjp\" id=\"Prev_mp3j_0\">&laquo;Prev<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"buttons-wrap-mjp\" id=\"buttons-wrap-mjp_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"playlist-toggle-MI\" id=\"playlist-toggle_0\">HIDE PLAYLIST<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"mp3j-popout-MI\" id=\"lpp_mp3j_0\" style=\"\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"mjp-volwrap\">\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"MIsliderVolume\" id=\"vol_mp3j_0\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"innerExt1\" id=\"innerExt1_0\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"innerExt2\" id=\"innerExt2_0\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t <div style=\"display:none;\" class=\"Ebetween-mjp\" id=\"Ebetween-mjp_0\"><\/div>\n\t\t <div class=\"listwrap_mp3j\" id=\"L_mp3j_0\"><div class=\"wrapper-mjp\"><div class=\"playlist-colour\"><\/div><div class=\"wrapper-mjp\"><ul class=\"ul-mjp darken1-mjp verdana-mjp med-mjp childNorm-mjp childPlain-mjp left-mjp\" id=\"UL_mp3j_0\"><li><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n\t <div id=\"mp3j_finfo_0\" class=\"mp3j-finfo\" style=\"display:none;\"><div class=\"mp3j-finfo-sleeve\"><div id=\"mp3j_finfo_gif_0\" class=\"mp3j-finfo-gif\"><\/div><div id=\"mp3j_finfo_txt_0\" class=\"mp3j-finfo-txt\"><\/div><div class=\"mp3j-finfo-close\" id=\"mp3j_finfo_close_0\">X<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"mp3j_dlf_0\" class=\"mp3j-dlframe\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div>\n\t <div class=\"mp3j-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div>\n\t <div style=\"display:none;\" class=\"Ebelow-mjp\" id=\"Ebelow-mjp_0\"><\/div>\n <\/div> \n<script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.MI_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"1. 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