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Journalist Accepts $1 Million Challenge: Do $7250 Cables Sound Better or Not? (Or they could use
these $43,000 cables instead). At least, it
sounded like acceptance, even to James Randi. But then...
maybe not.
So while you're waiting to find out if you should spend that much for cables, maybe you can buy something from
this collection of fine audiophile products.
$400 for a pair tweeters may not be too bad. You can use them with your
$350,000 amplifier, and
your awesome-looking $100,000 turntable. Make sure you set aside
$13,416 for a decent power cable, though, or you're just wasting your money.
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 9:43 AM on October 21, 2007
(148 comments)
The Living Room Candidate.
A fascinating archive of presidential campaign commerials. (Yes, I saw in on the Colbert Report, and so did you.)
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 8:47 AM on September 30, 2007
(11 comments)
I loved this beautifully filmed short documentary on
The Letterpress. For those of us who have ever risked our very own fingers for the cause of printing, or had the California Job Case burned into memory, this will be a trip down memory lane. For the rest of you, it may give you an idea for your next hobby.
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 8:28 PM on August 23, 2007
(30 comments)
How do you fit Fred "Rerun" Berry, Shaun Cassidy, Howard Cosell, Kate Jackson, Hal Linden, Penny Marhsall, Kristy McNichol, Donny & Marie, Parker Stevenson, Dick Van Patten, Adam Rich, Abe Vigoda, and Cindy Williams all into a single 48 minute TV show? It would take a magician like
David Copperfield, in his first television special in 1977.
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 9:23 PM on August 18, 2007
(42 comments)
Nostalgia and skepticism collide in
this short video of Uri Geller's legendary failure on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, introduced by frequent MeFi subject James Randi. More context and nostalgia in
this longer version, which features Geller with a young Barbara Walters, and on The Mike Douglas Show, along with Randi's expose of "healing evangelist" Peter Popoff.
If you want to waste even more time, just start clicking on
these YouTube search results.
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 1:03 PM on August 5, 2007
(93 comments)
"Japanese Relocation" - A short propaganda film created by the US government & the "Office of War Information - Bureau of Motion Pictures."
The subject has been much discussed previously on MetaFilter.
Here and
here, among other threads.
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 4:19 PM on July 25, 2007
(21 comments)
Danger in Tow - Driving with rented risks.
U-Haul International is the nation's largest provider of rental trailers. A Los Angeles Times investigation finds the company's practices raise the risk of accidents on the road.
This in-depth article is the first in a 3 part series. "Times reporters Alan C. Miller and Myron Levin reviewed thousands of pages of court records, police reports and other documents on U-Haul operations and accidents. They interviewed more than 200 people, including about 60 current and former U-Haul employees and dealers. They spoke at length with senior U-Haul executives and toured company facilities in Phoenix."
(About this series.)
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 9:30 AM on June 24, 2007
(49 comments)
Theme Magazine
I'm not even going to try and flesh this out with my favorite sub-links. Just dive in.
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 12:42 PM on February 16, 2007
(3 comments)
Since I was only a child,
Arnold Newman (gallery; another gallery) (obituary) has been my favorite photographer. He specialized in "environmental portraiture," carefully posing his subjects in surroundings that spoke to their personalities. He usually spent hours or days meticulously planning every aspect of the shot, and not always to make the
subject look good. Many of his photos became
the definitive photograph of the person. I hope one day to make even one photograph that comes close to what he was able to do.
posted to MetaFilter by The Deej
at 3:37 PM on February 3, 2007
(15 comments)
