The Art of Complex Problem Solving
Perhaps not brilliant in content, but certainly dazzling in its execution.
The Art of Sales
When I was hired to sell hi-fi almost 20 years ago, I figured I knew my stuff and I knew audiophiles. How hard could selling good gear be? I wondered. Phenomenally hard, it turned out. I began to learn how to sell and the crux of it wasn't trickery or fast-talk, but actually listening to what people wanted (and, granted, sometimes hearing stuff they weren't actually saying).
The Art of Science
Princeton has published its 2006 60 images that best represent accomplishments and concepts of science.
The Aural Equivalent of Trainspotting?
My friend Jeff Wong sends this "Beatles Anomalies List," suggesting that it's the audio analog to other obsessions for geeks who need a life—people like me, in other words.
The Bard's Tube Map
Mark">http://blog.hometheatermag.com/markfleischmann/">Mark Fleischmann, knowing my fascination with Harry Beck's London Tube Map, sends along this tasty variation.
The Basement Tour
Entertaining a nightly audience of 60,000 in your rumpus room.
The Battle of the Somme From the Other Side
George Kerevan reviews Christopher Duffy's Through German Eyes: the British and the Somme 1916, which sounds like a corker. In the first 24 hours of that battle, Britain lost more men than in the Crimean, Boer, and Korean wars combined.
The Beatles Changed Everything
Not what you're necessarily thinking.
The Bebop Bentley
Over at Rifftides, Doug Ramsey has a lovely recollection of the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter and her Bentley S1.
The Best Puffery Article Ever
Well, he couldn't call it that if it wasn't true, could he?