File conversion Utility
Here's an interesting looking little program for converting iTunes files to MP3. Anybody out there tried it yet?
Filming Bob
Murray Lerner spent 1963–1965 filming Bob Dylan, "a study of a major artist in transition." Soon, we'll finally see it.
Finding His Voice
This 10-minute F. Lyle Goldman/Max Fleischer cartoon about how talking pictures work is full of interest for us audiophiles. Vintage technology, vacuum tubes, and Western Electric Research Project humor—what's not to love?
Finishing a Panel
This precision sander puts the lovely exterior finish on the Anat's panels. Yes, the machine does the grunt work, but factory manager Roger Wertz supervises the entire time with his hand on a deadman's switch.
Fireworks For the Fourth
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First Amendment Battle Blog
I read The San Francisco Gate every morning as part of my my get-ready-to-work ritual, mostly, I admit, for Jon Carroll's fine column, which teaches that wit and grace mean that you don't actually have to have anything to write about (but when he does have something to write about, it's always a corker). Now I've added the link below, which traces the adventures of reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada, who had the audacity to break the BALCO juicing scandal.
First Person Ever on TV Is Dead
Elma G. Farnsworth, wife of electronic TV's inventor Philo T. Farnsworth, is dead at 98. She has been called the "mother of television" because of her technical drawings of the early Farnsworth experiments, which are now ensconced in the Smithsonian.
First TDF Posts of the Year
Okay, no Lance this year, but the TDF is still going to be exciting. Ditto, the Tour de Georgia, even if it does venture into Tennessee.
First the Foam
Stiff, extremely light "aircraft" foam is stretched over a mold by hand and gently heated to maintain "dimensional stability," according to Dominic Baker, Focal's export sales director. The molds have different flares, depending on the driver's purpose—and they are produced in-house by Opus 42.
First to Relativity?
Had James Clerk Maxwell lived to a ripe old age, might he have beaten Einstein to the theory of Relativity? Francis Everitt seems to lean that way.