Thomas Dolby, A Slight Return
Dolby's got a new record and is touring. So what does a self-confessed musician/geek do these days? Why start a blog, of course.
Wes Phillips
Join Us at HE2006 and Save
I just bought my airline tix to HE2006, so I know I'm going to be there. I hope you will, too—because it;ll be a lot more fun if somebody else is there, too.
Warning Humanoid Musicians!
LEMURs are coming. Great videos, especially for the Guitarbot.
Now That's Ball Control
This video stuns me, although it does go on. I guess even perfection gets old.
Chaos = Order
Introducing random behavior stabilizes systems. In other words, the only way to establish an orderly system is to introduce something unpredictable. My role at Stereophile has now been justified empirically.
The Alchymical Notebooks of Isaac Newton
I'm linking to these because they are extremely cool and because John Atkinson is halfway through Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Trilogy.
Oh Baby, That's What I Like!
Now I can get a computer case that makes my computer run quiet as a tomb—and makes it look like a Krell or ML33!
Sarcasm Explained
Of course, if you have to explain it, it must not be that good.
The Gun That Shoots Around Corners
And it's not made by Acme, apparently.
This Is Huge
Seven patients have received bladders grown from their own cells—that means no rejection, as in normal procedures. Forget organ-legging, organ farming is the future.