TwelveSouth, a firm specializing in Mac-oriented periphs and gadgets, has created an ingenious solution for the traveling audiophile: a subwoofer that creates good to very good results out of your tinny MacBook Pro speakers. Powered by a simple USB adaptor, this 5x5-inch box boosts not just bass but … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2011
EDDIE IZZARD, PERU CALLING
Image via WikipediaFrom the first verse to Peru's previous national anthem: For a long time the oppressed Peruvian Dragged the ominous chain; Condemned to cruel servitude He moaned for a long time in silence. But as soon as the sacred cry of "Freedom!" was heard on … [Read more...]
Top 25 Star Disses: David Thomson, Insult Comic Dog – The Race
Image via WikipediaDavid Thomson's 25 Best Spit Nails in the new edition of his New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Leonardo DiCaprio: "Beginning to look a touch puffy ... that touch of fey magic he once had has slipped from his face." Ben Affleck: "Boring, complacent and criminally lucky to have … [Read more...]
DETERIORATA XI:1
Favorite new cloud tools: pinterest, social bulletin boards, more and more addictiveworkflowy, a place to make quick and dirty lists in outline formpaprika, more involved but very useful sugarsync, icloud, 3 gigs of free auto-storage, auto-syncingpinboard.in, delicious mirror … [Read more...]
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rock culture approximately by NPR's Tim Riley Follow @triley60 Emerson Journalist, Author, Speaker, Pianist Share on Tumblr COMING SOON: Learn Music Theory | Add your site Nowhere Boy video quote The Lehrer News Hour 2009: APPEARANCES: October 1, 7:30pm: Dix Hills Performing Arts … [Read more...]