Do Robots Understand Mirrors?
Is this the first step towards true AI?
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Yo—Manly Men!
Something to keep your heads warm when you're using that big block snowblower.
Sony SS-R10 Loudspeakers
You can't buy 'em here, but they sure look sexy. "Full condenser-type three-way speaker system (76kg), with outboard crossovers (18kg)." Not too sensitive at 80dB/W/m, but rated at 35Hz–40kHz. "Open price."
All I Want For Christmas
"You know what I want for Christmas, mom."<br>
"What?"<br>
"I'm not asking you <i>if</i> you know; I'm telling you that you <i>do</i> know."<br>
"<i>What?</i>"<br>
"What do you mean, '<i>What</i>'?" You know, right?"<br>
"How would I know?"<br>
"Mom, you always know."<br>
"Not this year, Stephen. This year I don't know. Tell me."<br>
"I don't want to tell you. I want you to just know."<br>
"Stephen, I'm telling you: I. Don't. Know."<br>
"Yes, you do."<br>
"Stephen!"<br>
"Mom!"<br>
"Just tell me, boy."<br>
"Nope."<br>
"That's it."<br>
"What?"<br>
"You're getting socks."
Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope
Sonic Youth gets jolly, too, on everyone's favorite radio station, <a href="http://wfmu.org/">WFMU</a>.
My Contribution to the Audio Glossary
There are currently no "Y" words in the <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/reference/50/index1.html">Audio Glossary</a>, so my contribution should induce no unnecessary pushing or shoving.
Transit Strike: Day 2
Madison Avenue is normally a nearly impenetrable fortress of buses. Crossing it is a choking, weaving, stuttering adventure; a New York City version of Chutes and Ladders.
Outsourcing Your Memory
Who needs a memory now that we have Google?
iPod Suckers
Possibly a comment on our fascination with the little gizmo, although sometimes a sucker is just a sucker.
People Drink This Stuff?
Fernet Branca. "If you can imagine getting punched squarely in the nose while sucking on a mentholated cough drop, you'll have an idea. . ."