A friend just asked for our Pgh recommendations. Here is what I came up with, which I thought I’d share in case you ever go there: You’ll have to google the addresses but here were our favorite restos in Pgh: Zarra’s (italian) Taco Loco (tacqueria) El Campusino (mexican) The thai place on Forbes in Squirrel …
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…a long and moving post about the job market. Perhaps more cynical than I’d be, but I suspect it’s a difference of discipline.
Ten Things that happened or that I learned on our 8-day trip to Seattle
1. I wrote a sentence in my book about how depending on what country you’re in, you get a totally different view of the psychoacoustic research leading up to mp3 coding (though the concepts — masking, critical bands, etc., are all the same). Then Lucent (the fools who closed Bell Labs) won a suit against …
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Weird
There used to be a whole post here about my Carbondale trip. Now there isn’t. Hmmm. I’m off to Seattle for 8 days tomorrow, but I hope to get to post my photo essay about the anechoic chamber. We’ll see.
d’oh!
As I went through security today at the Montreal airport, the guy ahead of me was trying to import a lava lamp into the U.S. Which is absurd on at least two counts: 1. It is a sealed chamber containing an unidentified clear liquid. Which is exactly what every public service announcement and newscaster has …
Off to Carbondale + Even Apple Thinks DRM is a Terrible Idea
Tomorrow I head off for Carbondale, Illinois to give a talk at their Center for Global Media. While there, I may have a chance to visit an anaechoic chamber. I hope I get to! In the meantime, I leave you with this new twist from Apple. For years, their iTunes Music Store has been solidly …
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…and a good halftime show, to boot
Yes, it’s nice that the Colts finally won even though they think god did it (that’s an old one) and Peyton’s a republican. And they bailed on Baltimore. But the halftime show was simply outstanding. Definitely the best I’ve ever seen. I’d forgotten what a great performer Prince is. I will have to dig out …