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Now this is cognitive research that is interesting! When we concentrate on tasks, we switch off our awareness of self—one of those tricky areas that defines us as human in the first place.Maybe the real Turing test is what computers do when we're not working 'em so hard.
Savan wrote Slam Dunks and No Brainers: Language in Your Life, the Media, Business, Politics, and, Like, Whatever. Looks like a book I'll have to read.Via Blog of a Book Slut.
SynthMania's list of synthesizer sounds created by (and frequently overused by) people through the years. You'll recognize almost all of these. And SM's looking for suggestions.
On the corner of Monmouth and Third, in the parking lot of the Genesis Educational Center, where the blood lines erase the color lines, a drummer needs practice. I wasn't expecting this. It might interfere with our listening session. The bad beats are hopping into my third floor window and making themselves comfortable, crowding the sweet spot. The singer, it seems, needs practice, too. And is that a preacher hollering the gospel, or a drunk abusing his wife? Around here, one can never be certain. Perhaps it's both...
You know what's funny is that I really did worry about this…
Of course, I don't care how good the lock is, I ain't parking My Trek 5900 on the street.
Huckleberry insists that he has no idea how those paper towels met such an unfortunate end. Oh who, oh who would do such a thing?
Welcome to visitors from The Friday Ark and Carnival of the Cats.
Such as, "When's dinner?"
Welcome to visitors from The Friday Ark and Carnival of the Cats.
Economist Richard Florida's 2002 article, called "The Rise of the Creative Class: Why cities without gays and rock bands are losing the economic development race." Basically, Florida argues that "lifestyle amenities" like a cultural scene and diversity makes some cities more attractive to creative people who build economically successful enterprises than other cities that lack these features. Fine, I accept this, especially since Florida bolsters his arguments with impressive charts and metrics. I should also add that the "lifestyle amenities" argument is taken very seriously by cities like…
The real Victorians who inspired Sherlock Holmes.
I'm a Holmes nut, so I'm a sucker for this kind of thing. Anybody else out there a big fan of Michael Didbin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Story? Kinda the last word on the subject.
Medeski Martin & Wood @ HE2005.
Over in the Stereophile Photo Galleries, the category with the most uploads is "Live Music Events." This is no mere coincidence; we are, after all, music lovers. We've posted several images of the memorable performances that swung and rocked past Home Entertainment Shows.
This year's event in Los Angeles will offer many more photo opportunities. In addition to the always awesome John Atkinson Trio, I'm especially looking forward to the Anthony Wilson Nonet (Tom Conrad's beautiful piece, "Okay, We're Rollin'," in our May issue…