NPR just did an exhaustive survey of their readership to form a list of their readers’ top 100 science fiction and fantasy books of all time: More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR’s Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey are …
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage My rating: 4 of 5 stars Entertaining overview of a fun premise. A bit euro-centric (the history of the beverages is mostly discussed as they enter the history of Europe and, in Coke’s case, the USA, regardless of when they first came on the …
If your VW is having trouble and you need to find out what those cryptic DTC codes mean, here’s the place to look, for posterity. Related: looks like I have a big car repair bill coming. 🙁
The Sony MDR-7506 headphones seem to be a default staple of the TV production world since the mid-90s, and so when I got a pair for myself, those were the ones to get. They sound great, have reasonably neutral frequency response, and seem to last forever, no matter how much you beat them up. (Mine …
I’m almost loathe to write anything up about Final Cut Pro X at this point. There’s been so much wailing and gnashing of teeth (and joking) about it, plus a couple of over overly rosy reviews, but I figure one more voice from a more centrist position can’t hurt. However, note that I’ve only played …
I just bought a used Mac Pro yesterday, and the latch that releases the side panel opened just great when I was looking it over. However, this morning, when I gave it a go to pop in a video card, instead of the satisfying thunk of the latch’s usual opening, I heard scrunch, and the …
The missus and I got to see Super 8 on Thursday morning at a sparsely-attended “secret sneak preview” that they had promoted only through Twitter. It’s the first time I think I’ve seen a 4K projection locally, and let me tell you — the entire thing was amazingly clean and detailed. But not in a …
