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Whilst checking out snake oil/valid opinions on the merits of HiFi interconnects. I came across this gem:

http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/product-reviews/B000I1X6PM/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Nice one 
Pete

It seems to me that the world is 'speeding up' exponentially these days - massive sensory overload.
For me, ambient music is an antidote to all of this - to slow down and reflect.

Quote from: jkn on May 03, 2010, 10:07:40 AM

I'm still reading LOTR.  :-)   

I remember the first time I read LOTR straight-through in junior high school and it took me the entire school year!  I wish I could re-experience that again, that first read-through.

That sounds interesting, Sundummy.  I know a guy who keeps bees as a hobby and he must have forwarded me two dozen articles over the past 18 months or so regarding this bizarre colony collapse thing.

I myself have been doing a ton of reading and (audiobook) listening lately.

I finished Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End a couple of weeks ago and loved it all the way through.  It also stood up incredibly well for science fiction over half a century old.  Great writing, a fascinating central "mystery" slowly revealed, pretty good characters (though this is tough with any story that unfolds over more than a century of story-time), and such a world-shifting turn of events toward the end.  Overall, just fantastic.  I wish there were more books containing this kind of simple, imaginative wonder.



I know there are other Clarke fans out there -- would you say the next logical step in exploring this author would be Rendezvous With Rama?  I can't believe I've waited this long to start checking him out, especially given how much I liked the film of 2001: A Space Odyssey and even 2010.

The phrase "not so much" really annoys me.   

Any fans of China Mieville out there? Perdido Street Station and The Scar are for me probably the best modern fantasy out there.

Hi,

This will sound weird, but I'm sure that some of you have sound design and engineering knowledge and might be able to help. My sister lives in a large neighborhood that is less than 5 years old. It has the usual winding streets and even a cul-de-sac is near her house. I believe all the houses have vinyl siding. Not all lots are developed.

When I have stayed at her house overnight, I stay in a bedroom that has a west facing window. I hear cars on the access road outside the neighborhood, the funny thing is that 1-2 seconds after a car goes by I hear what sounds like a distant small bell ringing. It's very strange and the only thing I can guess is that the car sound is making multiple echoes on the vinyl siding of the houses. I find it strange. I haven't been at her house recently, and another house got put up on the lot beside hers. This phenomenon might not occur now.

Any guesses to this weirdness?  I do know that I tend to be a bit sensitive to the environment and would notice things like this.

Thanks.