Edsel Turns 50
It's funny, but everybody knows the Edsel was a flop and a wretched car. Everybody that is, except people who own one. I've known four people who were proud Edsel owners and their cars were all great rides.
Wes Phillips
Pink Moan
Remember all that furor over research results indicating women's brains are hard-wired to prefer pink? Well, you needn't.
Blogging Update
Blogging on Stereophilia will be sporadic this week because of CEDIA—although the chaos kitties will make their Friday appearance as usual.
Anna Netrebko
Who can resist an article that begins like this? "The sniffles of a diva are like the tantrums of La Nina: a tropical depression in the Pacific is ready, by the time it gets to the North Atlantic, to produce lightning bolts, pelting hail and a deluge of biblical ferocity."
Disconnected Delta
Really want to protect New Orleans? Restore the Mississippi Deltaic Plain. The Army Corps of Engineers—those busy little khaki covered beavers—have much more than those sub-par levees to answer for.
Happy Labor Day
Flame on!
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Three Laws Safe
Catherine Arnst writes that making robots more like humans—cosmetically and perceptively—will make them safer, better colleagues for their human co-workers.I'm not convinced, but her account of the first robot "murder" of a human being makes a strong case. (I'm no lawyer, but lacking intent, wouldn't it have to be manslaughter or negligent homicide?)
Remembering Jack Kerouac
Yeah, yeah, the relentless drumbeating about On the Road is getting annoying. See the manuscript, read the novel, nostalge about the beats, buy the anniversary edition and the Library of America canonization.
"King of Porn" Empties Out His Castle
Before reading this article, put down that cup of coffee and swallow that last sip. I will not be responsible for any spewage.
Bagheera is Ready for her Close Up
As long, that is, as I don't touch her.