Guenter Grass Discovers Racism
Amir Taheri has an interesting take on Grass' recent revelation of his Waffen SS past.
Guess the Google!
My contribution to office productivity today—a game you can neither win nor quit.
Guitar Face
When it comes to guitar solos, apparently it is all in the way you hold your lips.
Guitar Face
It is a well-known fact that a rock guitarist's ability to squeeze those really hard-to-reach notes out of a guitar is directly tied to the facial muscles. Over at WFMU's fabulous Beware of the Blog, Scott Williams has posted a tribute to the "guitar face."
Guitar Lust
JC Costa alerted me to this beauty. Of course, $15k is out of my price bracket, but a man can dream.
Gustavo Dudamel
Born in poverty on the outskirts of Barquisimeto in the Venezuelan interior, Gustavo Dudamel has become what Simon Rattle calls "the most astonishingly gifted conductor I have ever come across."
Guy.HF Factory Tour
Guy.HF is located in Bourbon-Lancy, about two hours north of Focal's St. Etienne factory. The facility has produced Focal's cabinets since Jacques Mahul founded JMLab in 1980. The front of the cabinet-making facility is the original woodworking shop Guy's father Emile founded in 1945—the back end of the factory is newly built and state-of-the-art. Focal and Guy.HF were so intertwined that Focal bought a 49% interest in Guy.HF and the cabinet maker's entire output is now 100% Focal.
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The secret life of the F word. Now that you know what it's about, you know not to click the link if that sort of thing offends you. Me? I live in Brooklyn—we use it because "uh" sounds so inexpressive.
Habitat For Humanity
When I was going to carpentry school learning that I wasn't a good carpenter, my teacher put us to work at HFH, saying that nothing taught you faster than doing a job for somebody who needed you to do it right. He was correct—and it felt good, too.
Hack Your Shower Head
After a week in a Vegas hotel, it was such a relief to come home to real water pressure in my shower, although I do understand why a city in the desert legislates low-pressure nozzles. I'm not sure I am unreservedly in favor of hacking showers, however. I stayed in a hotel in Sicuani, Peru once where the hot water function was a bare 220V wire wrapped around the water pipe. That woke me up—as did the cold shower I took after making sure the wire was disconnected. I think I may have even turned off the bathroom light just to be on the safe side.