Assume the following: You are an audiophile. You can’t enjoy music in any situation unless it is at “audiophile-acceptable quality.” You have money to burn, and yes, that’s in “today’s economy.” Now consider the following account, by Mark Jaquith: Canal phones offer much better sound than their “in ear†cousins, but in order to hear… Continue reading this entry
We’ve all come across this kind of online feature before: “top 25″ this, “top ten” that, of any subject from skin care products to methods of murder. Most models follow two paradigms for presenting a feature like this. The first is your usual long article, with a jump or pagination, featuring more than one entry… Continue reading this entry
The Obama reaffirms his victory in response to opposition suggestions on how to handle national matters. What he needs next is a framed poster of the 2008 electoral map, along with a vote tally. Something like this: Then all he has to do anytime someone disagrees with him is to point at the poster.
Thanks to Ian’s Shoelace Site and his entry on the lacing technique, I’ve rescued two pairs of shoes from being nigh unusable due to corrugation. A link on the shoelace site leads to the inventor’s webpage; it turns out the lacing is patented. How about that?
There. I took the chance with less than 24 hours to go, to declare that as of press time, January 19th, 2009 at 7PM, Barack Obama is not my President. Neither is he anyone’s because he hasn’t been sworn in yet. Inspired by XRLQ, whose post includes something I do want to touch on. He… Continue reading this entry
For a man who had history foisted upon him, who set aside party and principle in the name of results (yes, I know, it’s really a “yuck” quality of his), and yes, despite all the criticism from every political party imaginable, I want to at least say “thank you” to the outgoing President of the… Continue reading this entry
I was doing some random reading on Wikipedia and the subject of survivalism when I came across an entry for Jerry Pournelle’s Footfall. The Cliff’s Notes version of course would leave out nuances that would otherwise be detected in a reading of the book, but it raised an interesting question for me. The Fithp were… Continue reading this entry
Without it, no narrative in any medium of any will carry color. Every viewer or reader determines the limits of that suspension, but it’s always there. Even when reading historical accounts or watching documentaries, I see the need for it. I tend to be a generally skeptical guy, but I’m not the type to deconstruct… Continue reading this entry
Take any dynamic—or relationship—between two people, or two groups of people. Now, give this dynamic enough time for both parties to discover a fair and relatively full disclosure of each other. I have come to the conclusion that whatever the consquences of that dynamic—good or bad, triumphant or tragic, whatever they may be—after a certain… Continue reading this entry
I turn twenty-nine this year, and as quickly as 2008 flew by, I know this year will, too. I have no progeny, and as of now I have not what is typically called a career. Then again how is a career defined? A post by John A. Cohen has me thinking about how it is… Continue reading this entry