I just glossed the article and thought seems far-fetched to me and moved on. Over at the Freakonomics blog, Steven D. Levitt did what he does so well: Examine the data and explore how it might yield false positives. I don't always agree with Levitt and Dubner's conclusions, but I love the way they approach data—they suspect it of trying to trick them, which John Atkinson assures me, is the only way to approach testing.
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"So, what am I looking at?" she asked.
That's the Fatman iTube vacuum tube amp and docking station for your iPod. It's pretty cool, right?
"It's ugly."
Ugly?
"Yeah, I mean look at that metal bar holding the iPod in place, and why do the tubes have to stick out like that, and what's that big black thing to the left of the tubes? What is that thing? What am I supposed to do with it, and where am I supposed to put it???"
Interesting.
"Here: This looks interesting to me."
The Guardian says it's possible.
Jerome Harris sends along a link to "White & Nerdy'"
I'm hooked. Here's a recent two-part essay on music and electronics:
"Turning the Knob"
"Tweak Me Up Baby"
This cell phone microscope is what John needed—and it's cheap!
Via Gizmodo.
You've really got to love one that continues, "The moguls, especially at MGM, meant to entertain and improve minds—or at least wean them from actual books, which, great or not, kept potential customers at home."
Giddons has a refreshing lack of reverence for acknowledged classics.
Indeed, I'm almost sure of it.