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Anybody can make humor out of a banana peel and a hapless schlub, but it take a genius of sorts to game theory funny.

My speakers haven't moved very far from where they first landed on the night that <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/111005may/">John DeVore visited Jersey City</a>. The Arros, after the Gibbons, found a similar home &#151; a comfortable spot, if nothing else, which works fine enough for me. It's a spot that allows me to walk into my bedroom easily, without having to brush up against a side wall or trip over any turncoat cable. A spot that appreciates symmetry and cleanliness and my apartment's obsession with order.

And it's not made by Acme, apparently.

Now I can get a computer case that makes my computer run quiet as a tomb&mdash;and makes it look like a Krell or ML33!

I'm linking to these because they are extremely cool and because John Atkinson is halfway through Neal Stephenson's <I>The Baroque Trilogy</I>.

A not completely tongue-in-cheek explanation of the late lunch.

<b>in stinct</b> <i>n.</i> 1. An inner pattern of behavior that is not learned and results in complex animal responses such as building of nests and nursing of young. 2. A powerful motivation or impulse. 3. A natural capability or aptitude.