Detente
Mutually agreed cooperation on the disputed NAS drive chassis (it's warm, it vibrates, and it's next to the monitor).
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I Have Just One Word For You—Cardboard
A cardboard listening "room." I'd call it a pod, myself, but in a small space like that surround sound probably is essential. I do dig the look of laminated construction, though.
Show Report Coming Soon!
Stereophile's Robert Deutsch will be covering the Montreal Festival Son & Image electronics show starting April 13.
The Kaye Effect
Observations:
<BR>a heap is formed
<BR>a streamer ejects
<BR>the outgoing jet rises
<BR>hits the incoming jet
<BR>ends the Kaye effect
"I Was Attacked By a Deer"
"I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it."
Language Is the Breath of God
Our language, English—as spoken by us. A little bit of Fry & Laurie.
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Owner of an Audiophile Heart
I'm looking forward to the new Bill Callahan album, <i>Woke On A Whaleheart</i>, not only because I have this aching feeling that it's going to be a beautiful piece of work, one that I can relate to and fall in love with, but also because I think it's going to offer excellent sound quality, and I just can't wait to hear it on the hi-fi. This is interesting to me because I never looked forward to an album for its sound quality before. Even when reading our own <i>Stereophile</i> record reviews, I've paid little attention to the number of stars placed besides the "Sonics" heading, except to make sure they're the right size and font.
Lexpionage
<I>Word Spy</I> is "devoted to sleuthing out new words and phrases. These aren't 'stunt words' or 'sniglets,' but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources."
The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel
Anybody who has been around NYC for the last 20 years or so will attest to the fact that it has gotten a lot easier to get great burritos. Ever wonder why? <I>Idle Words</I> fills us in on the secret.
Euler
Back in March, I posted a <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/wesphillips//index4.html">link</A> to a <I>Physics Web</I> <A HREF="http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/20/3/3/1">article</A> on iconic equations, which quoted Gauss' assertion that if Euler's formula wasn't immediately obvious, the reader probably has no chance at being a first-class mathematician.