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William Golding on thinking—and how almost everybody has got it all wrong. Hint: It ain't sedentary; it's active.
Now there's a term you don't hear every day.As Dave Barry says, it would be a good name for a rock band (WBAGNFARB).
Thanks, Monty.
While Buddha keeps asking me about hands, and Wonko wanted to know more about the glove, Christian had some more practical questions. First, he asked, "What are you running through the Moscode now? Are you still using the Arcam as your source, and are you running it through the Arros or the DeVores?"
I haven't used the Arcam as a source for the Moscode; I've been using the Musical Fidelity A3.5 player. Come to think of it, I'm not quite sure how I'd use the Arcam, as it has its own amplifier. I realize, though, that it must be possible to use the two together. I guess there's some…
I grew up in the South and I cannot pronounce "pen" and "pin" so they are distinguishable. I showed Ms Ph.D. in Linguistics this article and said, "See, my dialect isn't weird after all."
"No," she said, "your brain is weird."
A site dedicated to the BBC's Old Radio Broadcasting Equipment an Memories. Lots of microphone porn—and lots of other audio-related goodness.
As a writer, I applaud the new essay section of the SAT, but Karin Klein got up close and personal with it by passing the test to score the essays. She discovered some interesting things about taking—and scoring—the SATs.
My favorite: "I will not have Henry throwing tomatoes at a spinning fan blade whilst yelling at Montjoy."
The way I figure it, the least Popular Science can do is publish articles like this about jet-packs. If I recall correctly, it predicted we'd all have one in the Twenty-First Century.
While riding the F train this morning, I, for some reason, found myself face down on the Hawkins Street School asphalt. All over again, on this hot, summer, 5th grade afternoon: Jose Quiros pushed his weight down against my lower spine, clenched his angry hands around my 10-year old throat, and announced, clearly and confidently: "I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you..."
A few days ago, I asked George Kaye to provide me with the pros and cons of using a passive preamp in conjunction with his 401HR, and to also go into some detail regarding the benefits of…
This A/V presentation from the BBC is a three-minute vacation from your day job. Wonderful pictures.