speaking of computer music, i'm currently digging Coldplay's new album "Viva La Vida," produced by Brian Eno. in the 60's, Eno and his painter friend Peter Schmidt came up with a stack of cards with an aphorism on each that was meant to jog your creativity. they called it Oblique Strategies. Here's a website that has collected all the sayings: http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html