Slim Devices Transporter network music player
Is a high-end music server the audio equivalent of polishing a turd?
Wes Phillips
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No Answers, Only Questions
Finding myself in the Northwest on business, I reckoned I'd grab some Seattle dim sum with my nephew before heading my rental car south on I-5 to visit old friends in Oregon. "You live here," I said to Sean. "What are the good radio stations?"
Is This the End of Copy Protection?
An essay with the unassuming title of <A HREF="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/">"Thoughts on Music"</A> has certainly caused a furor over the last week. Of course, it didn't hurt that it was written by Apple's Steve Jobs or that he stated absolutely that digital rights management copy restriction systems "haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy."
Hmmmmm
As Dave Barry is wont to say, <I>The Singing Neanderthals</I> would be a good name for a rock band, but it's a book by cognitive archeologist Steven Mithen, arging that language and music evolved from a common ancestor. He calls that ur-communication "Hmmmmm" (holistic, manipulative, multi-modal, musical, and memetic).
Bagheera Baby!
Doesn't this phiz look like it should be on a car hood?
Bliss
Huckleberry gets comfy on the NAS drive.
Vandals Attack Dragon
Distressing news: Vandal punks have defaced the Gaudi-designed dragon at Barcelona's Parque Güell.
Music Wants to be Free
<I>The Economist</I> opines that Steve Jobs' anti-DRM argument is "in short, . . . transparently self-serving. It also happens to be right."
Faces of War
<I>The Smithsonian</I> has a fascinating article about the Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department, which fitted disfigured veterans of the Great War with prosthetic faces. One benefit of reading it online is that there's an accompanying video.
Jamaican Label Art
Really cool site with labels from Jamaican singles. Get your analog nerd on.