He was looking at me. I acknowledged, nodded politely, turned away.

John Atkinson just emailed this link asking, "Have you blogged this?" Well, no—although I do believe I emailed it to him back in ought-three. Disirregardless, it's a good'un.

A 1959 Walt Kelly <I>Pogo</I> page commemorating the best note ever. Nowadays you'd never get away with humor this wordy, but the language is intoxicating.

Putting the "fun" into "functional kitsch." Sure.

Cool interactive timeline that allows you to slide the point of reference along a timeline starting with the Big Bang and ending with . . . .

John Humphreys spills the beans.

<I>Meet the new boss:</I> Tannoy has announced the promotion of sales and marketing director Andrzej Sosna to managing director of the Scotland-based loudspeaker manufacturer. The company's former managing director, Anders Fauerskov, will now assume the title of CEO of Tannoy's parent, TC Group, which bought the TGI group of companies, including Tannoy, in 2002. Sosna, in his role of product development director, has been called "the driving force behind Tannoy’s recent product successes."

<A HREF="http://www.vacuumtube.com"><I>Vacuum Tube Valley</I></A>, "The Classic Tube Electronics Journal & Tube Audio Electronics Resource," is hosting the VTV Audio and Music Expo at the Piscataway Embassy Suites May 6&ndash;7, 2006. (Embassy Suites, 121 Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Tel: (732) 980-0500.)