Animated Knots
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Doonebury's War
I think Gene Weingarten may be the best long-form newspaper writer in the country and this profile of <I>Doonesbury</I> artist-writer Garry Trudeau is Exhibit A.
In a Personal and Emotive Fashion
Besides dumpsters and dust, IN New York magazine left us with some profound silence. We spent much of the morning admiring it. Today, the ninth floor of 261 Madison Avenue, which can comfortably accommodate nearly 100 dedicated employees, saw only seven.
Ending on a High Note
Although it can sometimes seem quite illusive, or only reserved for the chosen few, high-end proof of the proverbial scales of justice surfaced in the last room I was privileged to visit.
Don't Be a Douche
Jack Black on the need to stop piracy.
Artful Artemis and Mozartian Verity
Fortune found in the fortune cookie that accompanied my evening meal of Chinese take-out: "When in doubt, let your instincts guide you."
Desperation
For some system configurations, hotel rooms present near impossible challenges. Such was the case in one padded cell on the 5th floor of the Marriott Denver Tech Center, where the frustrated purveyors of a modestly priced A/V surround system raided the linen closet in a desperate attempt to tame errant sound. I didn’t have the heart to ask if the reflective surface of the black plastic tape might be making matters worse.
Order Amidst Chaos
Photographed in a state of mild panic, as your truly was trying to figure out what was wrong with his new Canon digital camera [<I>Answer: nothing but his brain</I>], the dedicated Serinus RMAF work area at the Marriott is pictured in its characteristically unglorious state.
Smiles and Blue Circles
Gilbert Yeung of Blue Circle Audio never fails to brighten my day. In this case, his electronics did likewise.
Green Mountain Ecology
At the suggestion of a fellow BAAS (Bay Area Audiophile Society) member, I abandoned futile attempts to cover every room on a given floor, and instead pinpointed systems that had turned my brothers on. In this case, it was the room shared by Flying Mole Digital and Green Mountain speakers.