A while back, my friend Rich Vreeland, AKA Disasterpeace, made a Flash game called January where you catch snowflakes on your tongue and each plays a soft, pining note. Rich has been busy lately making music for other video games, but he just pushed out a big update to January. The new version trims down on the storyline in favor of a more capable music generator. It has auto-pilot functionality, a selection of keys to choose from, a pentatonic mode, and the ability to save your generated compositions as MIDI files.

The most important moments in life are moments like these - when you're walking in a quiet field collecting slow flakes on your tongue. Life is worth living because the world we live in is beautiful and we get to experience it. No matter how bad things get, experiences like these are worth having.