As I write this, I am recuperating from four days of frenzy at the 1986 Winter CES in Las Vegas, Nevada. I am also pondering why I was so unexcited by most of what I saw and heard of the high-end exhibits; high-end audio may have reached a developmental plateau of sorts.
Princeton has published its 2006 60 images that best represent accomplishments and concepts of science.
Bagheera gets thoughtful when the days get short.
Huckleberry, ever the frat boy, has just one question.
Jason Victor Serinus, who sent it our way, suggests it might. It will certainly make your morning coffee spurt out your nose.
For 2007, Home Entertainment Show makes a return engagement to New York City—one of the most popular destinations ever for this event! The venue is the elegant and gracious Grand Hyatt New York Hotel, where the consumer-electronics industry and music lovers alike will descend on May 11–13, 2007 to see and hear the latest high-end home audio and video entertainment products, gaming consoles, imaging products, and more.
Phil Ford deserves a Physics prize for his explanation of time as it relates to the beat in the work of James Brown. It's a delightful read.
I saw JB in concert about this time and it was a life altering experience. I probably wasn't the only white boy-child in the audience, but it sure felt like it. I wasn't unwelcome—I was simply out of place. Once the Flames started playing, and we music geeks were pulled towards the stage, I felt right at home. JB was mesmerizing.
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John Potts delivers a Parnassian appreciation of the boy genius.
<I>The New Yorker</I>, right on the money, as usual.