Just as the mythical Phoenix arose from its own ashes, the birds of the Talon Audio line have again taken flight, this time as Talon Loudspeakers. As of August 7, Rives Audio (www.rivesaudio.com) has acquired Talon Audio and plans to reintroduce many of the company's most successful models.
<i>I see her from across the pool. She's tall and beautiful and dressed all in white.</i>
<I>The Age</I> profiles Dava Sobel, author of <I>Longitude</I> (very highly recommended), <I>Galileo's Daughter</I> (ditto), and now <I>Planets</I>.
Okay, <I>not</I> a pop quiz, but a test of your ability to differentiate the famous musicians from the unknowns.
Bagheera is no shirker. A little heat wave doesn't deter her from her daily duty of making sure our block is thoroughly observed—especially those good-for-nothing squirrels.
Huckleberry continues his lie-down strike, protesting his exclusion from the air-conditioned bedroom.
French researchers have constructed "supercapacitors" from burnt-to-a-crisp seaweed.
<i><b>Empty Houses Are Lonely</i></b><br>
FatCat Records
I have to say that I'm a wee bit disappointed.
<I>Bad Astronomy</I> (gotta love that name) hosts a video animation of what would happen if a 500-mile wide asteroid hit the Earth. Yes, I could have embedded the <I>YouTube</I> video here, but I found <I>BA</I>'s comments worthwhile.