I'm fascinated by how tiny little things affect world history—take the malaria parasite for instance. Forget the Black Death or the Influenza outbreak of 1917, Malaria has had a bigger impact on humanity than any other rampaging pathogen—yet, we still don't completely understand how it works.
As a fan of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin romances and Bernard Cornwell's <I>Sharpe's Rifles</I> novels, I'm a sucker for this type of collection.
<i>In her final blog entry, Kristina asks for your expert opinion. The girl needs a new pair of speakers. I think she's looking for something "wicked cute," as they say in Boston.</i><br>
–SM
Need I say more? And, unlike many parodies, these are ha-ha funny, not simply funny strange.
Hilarious send-up of Internet advice columns: An "expert" advises great photographers on how to improve their iconic images.
If you're like me, it might seem in retrospect that you spent longer laboring over Thucydides than it took Athens and Sparta to fight the dang thing.
One misplaced comma can cost you $2.13 million. Granted, those are Canadian dollars, but that still makes my hourly rates pretty fargin' cheap.
The Tangent Audio AMP-100 and CD-100 cost $350 each.
Under the hood of the Tangent Audio AMP-100.
VMAX Services' Richard Kohlruss followed-up with <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/072806sleek/">some information on Tangent Audio</a>. Here's how the CD-100 looks on the inside.