Bike Lock Shoot-Out
Of course, I don't care how good the lock is, I ain't parking My Trek 5900 on the street.
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Jersey City Love Songs
On the corner of Monmouth and Third, in the parking lot of the Genesis Educational Center, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=317+Third+Street,+Jersey+City,+… the blood lines erase the color lines</a>, a drummer needs practice. I wasn't expecting this. It might interfere with our listening session. The bad beats are hopping into my third floor window and making themselves comfortable, crowding the sweet spot. The singer, it seems, needs practice, too. And is that a preacher hollering the gospel, or a drunk abusing his wife? Around here, one can never be certain. Perhaps it's both...
Created Sounds
<I>SynthMania</I>'s list of synthesizer sounds created by (and frequently overused by) people through the years. You'll recognize almost all of these. And SM's looking for suggestions.
Leslie Savan Interview
Savan wrote <I>Slam Dunks and No Brainers: Language in Your Life, the Media, Business, Politics, and, Like, Whatever</I>. Looks like a book I'll have to read.<I>Via Blog of a Book Slut.</I>
Switching Off Self Awareness
Now this is cognitive research that is interesting! When we concentrate on tasks, we switch off our awareness of self—one of those tricky areas that defines us as human in the first place.Maybe the real Turing test is what computers do when we're not working 'em so hard.
Scientists Determine That Sex Sells
Who'd a thunk?
Golden Ratios and Golden Rules
Swinging jazz dances from Abbey's Pub and floats up into Jersey City's cobalt blue sky. Two men stand near a white rental van.
Fifty Best Films Made From Books
According to <I>The Guardian</I> and the Book Marketing Group. I'm not too big a fan of a few of the choices—<I>Fight Club</I>?BMAFG!—but I'm really happy to see the criminally under-appreciated <I>Devil In a Blue Dress</I> and <I>The Day of the Triffids</I> on there.
Yes There Are So Stupid Questions
Asking good questions is a skill that can be taught—and should be.
The Graduate—Happily Ever After?
What happened to Benjamin and Elaine after they got off the bus? Writer Charles Webb, who based the characters on himself and his wife, can't tell you. He thinks he no longer owns the rights to his own story.