Some Things Seem Made For One Another
Others, not so much.
Wes Phillips
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Why You Should Be Glad You're Not AT CES
Basically, the press conference day is crowded and noisy and pointless. Even worse, they play irritating techno music at you for what seems like hours.
"Billboard"
Through a process that R. Luke Dubois has dubbed "time-lapse phongraphy," you can listen to all of <I>Billboard</I>'s number one singles since 1958. Playing a "spectral average" of each piece, lasting one second for each week it charted, the 857 songs create a spacey collage.
In Praise of Idleness
That Bertie Russell is <I>my</I> idea of a philosopher.
A Unified Physics Theory
Not the you're thinking about, but one that explains how animals run, fly, and swim.
Science Gives Us the Answer!
It starts to rain: Do you run or walk?
30 Great Westerns
The thing I like about lists like this—and the enthusiasts like me who devour them—is the way they serve as starting points for debate. Fer instance, I think <I>Unforgiven</I> is overrated, although I have a soft spot for <I>Pale Rider</I>, which most critics seem to feel was second-rate Eastwood.
A Song for the Computer Age
Chorus: "Every computer crashes / 'cause every OS sucks."
I Know Exactly What He Means
Steve Jobs apparently hated the iPod's earbuds.
I'll Be Attending CES
Starting on Wednesday, I'll be blogging from CES in Las Vegas, so posting here will be sporadic—although I'll get a few items up each day, I won't guarantee how many or by when. Go to <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2006/">CES Blog</A> for our minute-by-minute coverage.