Why Do People Become English Majors?
Money quote: "Not one student said, I am studying English "because I want to make a lot of money" or 'because my parents made me.'"
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YouTube and the Law
Site hero Fred von Lohmann weighs in. Read it all for the long of it; the short of it: "YouTube's 10-minute clip limit and tiny video window cater to clip culture, not pirates."
Mucho Agua
I should have just slept here. It certainly would have been easier. And, of course, it would have saved me the commute. However, the thought of enormous roaches warming up against my thighs throughout the air conditioned evening kept me from crashing on JA's couch.
The High Cost of Free Parking
Guess there's free and then there's <I>free</I>.
The Geometry of Music
A new way of looking at chords and music. Well, new-ish. Or maybe, not so much.
It Must Be Art
It's a paper turntable. I'm sure that Mikey Fremer will be contacting the artist for one to go next to his Nixie clock.
Record Making With Duke Ellington
What a score! Here's a promotional short for Irving Mills' Master and Variety labels that shows us Ellington in the studio. Amazingly, the process of record manufacture hasn't changed substantially since 1937.
Language and Numbers
Speakers of English and Chinese apparently process numbers differently. I'm fascinated for three, no, four, . . . uh, many reasons.
And All the Pizza, Too
Ward asked, "Did you return the Arcam Solo already? Have you tried any gear yet that you would actually consider going out and <i>buying</i> in the next month or two, were it not for the parade of review gear?"
Majors and Manners
Last night, in Manila–like heat, I trekked southward on Manhattan Island to meet with Jim Davis, owner of Music Direct and one of his right hand men, Colie Brice. One of the best online sources for audiophile wares, both soft and hard, (now, now, let's keep those high fidelity minds up out of the gutter!), Music Direct, as many of you know, also owns the revived Mobile Fidelity label. MoFi was and maybe again THE proudest audiophile label of them all. The extra dynamics they squeezed out of Nirvana's <I>Nevermind</I> will forever amaze me.