She's So Serious
Bagheera always looks so intense. She's either polishing up her unified field theory or plotting world domination.
Shocker
The trouble with Tasers, CrunchGear explains, is "there appears to be an aggressive effort by [Taser International] to silence critics and to control data and, on occasion, manipulate statistics with the intent of preserving an illusion of safety surrounding its products."
Shoot the Videographer!
Excellent performance of "Crossroads" by a Cream that came to play. But kids, this video is evidence that you shouldn't take acid and operate a camera.
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Shostakovich Rules!
Audiophiles are lucky when it comes to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, especially when you consider the embarrassment of riches that are the Shostakovich String Quartets. If you dig LPs, there are two essential batches of complete recordings: the Borodin Quartet and the Fitzwilliam Quartet. On CD, there's the fabulous live edition by the Emerson">http://www.stereophile.com//musicrecordings/671/">Emerson Quartet, rendered in superb sound by Da-Hong Seetoo.
Show Me Your Pleasures, Show Me Your Fears
Sixwise.com posts an interesting article listing the "10 most-feared, but least-likely causes of death." That airplane crash you're so worried about? Not so likely. On the other hand, the list of the 10 leading causes of death is more, um sobering. (Alcohol consumption is third.)
Showing Up at a Car Show with a Listening Room
Visitors to the 2008 International Auto Show, currently taking place at NYC's Jacob Javits Convention Center, might discover something different at the Bentley display: a high-end audio listening room. Bentley Motors and Naim have teamed up for the "Naim">http://stereophile.com/news/022108bentley/">"Naim For Bentley" program, which will be offered as a sound package upgrade for all Bentley models by year's end.
Silicon Valley: The Radio Age
Silicon Valley's culture didn't begin with Hewlett and Packard's garage or, for that matter, the "treacherous eight" from Fairchild Semiconductor. The stage was set in 1909, in the wake of the great quake—and at the birth of radio.
Silly Symphonies Study Guide
Cartoon Brew has come to the aide of those of us looking for the perfect Kwanzanukmas gift for animaniacs with its review of Walt">http://www.cinetecadelfriuli.org/pubblicazioni/Libri/publications_06.ht… Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series.
Simian Syntax
Apparently, unlike high school students, monkeys communicate in complete sentences.
Simple Is Better
As a sometime wood-butcher myself, I assumed that the multifaceted Focal cabinets would require some pretty fancy clamps. Not so, Jean-Paul Guy explained. Modern materials technology has given us a stretchy, incredibly strong, adhesive film that's quick to apply, infinitely versatile, and also cheap.