more times tidbits
Nov. 9th, 2003 11:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jfb"Cornell University physicists reported last week that they had used a laser beam to pluck the strings of an invisibly tiny silicon guitar just 10 millionths of a meter long." The best part, which you can't make out on the web, is that the electron microscope display identifies the guitar as a Flying V.
High art, low art, City Opera and Ground Zero.
"The new album is aptly titled, as the timing is good for R.E.M.--with young listeners apparently downloading the music they want and saving their money for video games or other diversions, veteran acts are topping the charts, because they appeal to older audiences that still buy CD's." I feel roughly this sad when I hear Talking Heads on a classic rock station.
Kelefa Sanneh's Playlist calls Dolorean the legacy of Elliott Smith.
Democracy in Russia is threatened by public apathy, bred by decades of fake civics and centuries of czars. And in America, voting machines remain susceptible to internal and external hacking.
High art, low art, City Opera and Ground Zero.
"The new album is aptly titled, as the timing is good for R.E.M.--with young listeners apparently downloading the music they want and saving their money for video games or other diversions, veteran acts are topping the charts, because they appeal to older audiences that still buy CD's." I feel roughly this sad when I hear Talking Heads on a classic rock station.
Kelefa Sanneh's Playlist calls Dolorean the legacy of Elliott Smith.
Democracy in Russia is threatened by public apathy, bred by decades of fake civics and centuries of czars. And in America, voting machines remain susceptible to internal and external hacking.
