September 2010
The Worst Family Feud Answers Ever →
GM audio engineer lists Top 10 songs to test your... →
1. “Don’t Know Why” by Norah Jones. Listen for Norah’s voice to sound natural, and centered in front of you.
2. “Diamonds and Rust” by Joan Baez. Listen for strong vocals, and for the instruments to be set across a wide sound stage
3. “No One” by Alicia Keys. Listen for clarity in Alicia’s vocals and spacious background sound.
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“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s...”
– Richard Feynman
(via scienceisbeauty)
Unlucky Animal Lover Nearly Loses Another Arm :... →
A while ago, he burned his arm so badly while trying to save a nest of baby birds from a power-line that he had to have it amputated. But that didn’t stop him from coming to the aid of an alligator last Sunday — with nearly the same result…Despite nearly losing another arm in the attack, Alcantare did manage to get the alligator out of the water, but that didn’t end well...
E-mail to Barack Obama Gets UK Teen Banned from... →
UK teen Luke Angel sent an angry e-mail to the White House and was consequently visited by local police and banned for life from stepping foot on U.S. soil. This state of affairs proves that the U.S. government takes digital threats just as seriously as any others.
The 17-year-old Bedfordshire resident became upset after watching a TV documentary about 9/11, leading him to compose an...
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The Late Movies: Simon’s Cat →
If you’ve been checking out web videos in the past two years, it’s a good bet that you’ve seen Simon’s Cat, a video series by animator Simon Tofield featuring the adventures of a man and his cat. Tofield does all the animation and sounds (including the meows) himself.
