Einstein and the Old One
Mark Mortimer's review of <I>Einstein and the Old One</I> makes an interesting point—just because we "know" stuff our ancestors didn't doesn't actually make us smarter. We "know" without comprehending.
Wes Phillips
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The Philadelphia Experiment: Downloads Done Right?
The Philadelphia Orchestra, one of America's prestigious "Big Five" orchestras, has established its own <A HREF="http://www.thephiladelphiaorchestra.com/">digital online music store</A> to directly market its soundboard recordings of current Philadelphia Orchestra performances.
Portal Audio Paladin monoblock power amplifier
When most of us think about the folks who populate the high-end audio industry, we tend to conjure up the designers—the names above the titles, as it were. Or, in many cases, the names that <I>are</I> the titles: <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/688vandersteen">Richard Vandersteen</A>, <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/221">Jim Thiel</A>, Bill Conrad and Lew Johnson, Mike Creek, to name just a few.
Famous Last Words
I've always been partial to Rabelais' "Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-être." (I am off in search of the great perhaps.)
You Turned the Amp Off?
Bagheera is outraged that I powered off her heated perch.
But I Like It Rumpled!
Huckleberry fails to see the appeal of a perfectly flat rug.
New Fossil
Discovery of a "hybrid" skeleton in Portugal has paleontologists speculating that it might be the result of Neanderthal/modern human mating, perhaps challenging the "out of Africa" scenario.
How Common is Your Surname in America?
Mindless fun—and it's ed-u-ma-cational!
Tiki Tiki Tiki
How sex, rum, and WWII ignited the fad that will not die.
Crypto-Musicology
How Matmos came to use an Enigma machine on <I>For Alan Turing</I>.