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Good Math, Bad Math says phi is more fun. After all, "if you write φ as a continued fraction, it's [1;1,1,1,1...]; and if you write it as a continued square root, it's 1 + sqrt(1+sqrt(1+sqrt(1+sqrt(1...))))."
My buddy Jeff Wong sent this little video along and I initially resisted posting it, primarily because I used to work in a light show that featured strobe light effects (ah, the '60s, I'm told I enjoyed them). We used to create lots of chaos with unsynchronized strobes moving in different planes, so I was blasé about The Time Fountain's reversing time schtick.
Then I watched it again this morning and saw it as a restful interlude with pretty lights and soothing music—sort of a two-minute vacation from your computer priorities.
Plus, it has a cool how-to.
Your enthusiastic response has inspired Kristina to come out of blog-retirement. She could only stay away for an evening. Ladies and gentlemen, it seems she may be hooked. Any suggestions for an amp and CD player?
–SM
–SM
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So I lied in my last blog entry. It wasn't my final goodbye after all, but the beginning to an interesting process of putting together a nearly-affordable audio system.
Now let's remember that I still need to buy several pizza pies a week, and my budget is limited. However, before I contemplate jumping off a bridge, as the cost…
This time Science News' late-summer science reading list. Lots of good stuff here, and, other than Blink and The Wisdom of Crowds, I haven't even heard of any of them.
Text and photos by Bob Sacha. "Looking beneath a city street is like peeking under your skin: the terrain upon which your well-being depends is so close, yet so full of secrets."
Does music represent the pleasure of counting without the burden of numbers? John S. Allen makes a strong case—sort of.
The Morning News' Clay Risen thinks the LA Times shouldn't have published Claire Hoffman's story on Girls Gone Wild sleazeball Joe Francis. Risen thinks Hoffman couldn't write objectively about a man who assaulted her.
Possible photo captions:
An album cover art that finally gives the pathetic voyeur old man strata of the audiophile community what it needs most.
A record cover that finally understands that audiophiles are really not that high falutin and hard to please after all.
Has frontal nudity gone the way of the cassette?
Hi Def Gratuitous Nudity: A Format With Something For Everyone.
Just another day, beyond the velvet rope, outside Stephen Mejias office.
Brazilian swimwear: analog or digital?
Slow afternoon at the South Jersey's only all…
KR: "What the hell did you people do to me?"
SM: "They call it 'The Bug.' You've been bitten by speaker lust."
KR: "You do know that if I get these speakers and go away to Boston I may have to ask you if I can post a blog entry every now and then. I'll need help figuring out where to put these babies and I'll let you know how they really sound to my young ears."
SM: "I love that idea."
KR: "The bite itches."
I'll have to check with JA to be sure (he remembers these things better than anyone), but I think it was Thursday, August 10, 2000 — exactly six years ago — that I first sat down in front of a computer screen for Stereophile.
Happy Anniversary to me. To me?
To me!