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Living In Stereo posts Dave Marsh's 1983 must-read about Florence Thompson, the subject of Dorothea Lange's harrowing FSA photo portrait. It's a great read—and add LIS to my daily rounds of the 'Net.
Physics Web has a fascinating story on astronomers' newest theories on how far the Milky Way's arms extend. The illustrations are way cool, but I have to confess that it was the title that hooked me.
According to researchers at the University of Illinois, if you drop food on hardwood or tile floors and pick it up within five seconds, it probably is safe to eat.That's because it takes at least that long for germs to devour dropped dry food. It takes wet food less time to become contaminated—and if you drop food onto carpet, all bets are off. "That's an entirely different story and we haven't done that study yet."
Dusting it off doesn't work, the study shows. But what if you kiss it and hold it up to God? Hah, that's the study I want to see!
Though the finish of the Cain & Cain speakers was lovely, all I could really focus on were their Frisbee-like belly buttons. I'm a little bit sorry to admit that, because I found the speaker itself unattractive, I lost interest in what it had to say. I couldn't get around the looks to examine the sound. This is something I will have to work on.
Imagine HiFi's Paul Lim redirected my attention to Almarro's cute A205A amplifier in sassy iPod white finish. The price of this amp with iPod input has yet to be determined, but the standard version goes for $800.
Paul Lim then introduced me to the diminutive NuForce Reference 9 monoblock amps ($4200/pair) in their very attractive Rose Copper Special Edition finish. I'm all about the fancy colors, y'all.
I was impressed to find these little guys driving the hefty JAS Audio Plato loudspeakers ($24,800/pair).
The discs were spun by Esoteric, power conditioning by Furutech, and mercurial glow by Passthru.
John Atkinson caught the cables' strange glow on film, but, in reality, they were plain-Jane. Can anyone tell us why they appear to be glowing?
Interesting collection of images from Cornell's division of rare and manuscript collections.
Corey Doctorow over at Boing-Boing links to this amazing clip of "Tumse Hai Dil Ko" from the 1965 movie Jaanwar. It is, of course, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" filtered through a Bollywood sensibility, and it's great fun.
I try not to link to stuff featured on Boing-Boing, since I figure everybody goes there anyway, but this was just too good to not share.
Great photo essay on the growth of Hummingbirds from eggs to fully grown—and leaving the nest.