This sucks the "appropriate technology" aspect out of riding your bike.

What's with the Joanna Newsom portrait?

Once upon a time my old band played a rather high profile outdoor festival with lots of internationally known reggae acts. Being American and White, we were at a distinct disadvantage in terms of backstage hobnobbing. We mostly kept to ourselves under a shade tree and watched various Jamaican hotshots mix with each other throughout the day.
Eventually a wizened old man sat down with us and started to shoot the shit, very casually. Didn't recognize him at first, but after a while I realized he was Joe Higgs. Once I got over my initial blush of fanboy praise, we hung out for quite some time and gabbed, he was extremely friendly and open. He was curious about what we were doing, and answered any questions we had of him.
A lot of those reggae acts who have "made it" feel as if they have some secret ancient wisdom to impart on us mere humans, should we be so lucky. Joe was just a regular guy who, despite his wealth of history (including teaching Bob Marley how to sing) hung out and gave us the time of day that none of those other self-righteous Rastafarians had the time for. I bet some of those bands didn't even knew who he was. Made my year.

My highest recommendation goes to that Roots Rock Reggae documentary, by the way.

"Don't waste your money, buy Canare or Mogami cable"

Um, please just use lamp cord at .30 cents a foot. Strip the ends and screw on a banana plug. 16 gauge is plenny-plenny large, even for many PA applications. It's electrons moving through copper, period. ALL manufactured home stereo cables are a scam, not just Monster® and Pear®.

"a coat hanger is not very durable, flexible and is not designed be protected or shielded from noise and electric fields."

But shielding is not so much of an issue as speaker cables are powered, in effect it's electrically self-shielding. What you should be concerned with is low-level lines near the speaker cable. Shielding is best for line level, mic level, instrument level, data, and other low power signal cables.

You are right about coat hangers not being very flexible. I probably will avoid using them for speaker cable. :)

I'd like to see what Christo could do with the Moon.

Operation Debris Cloud Collision Chain Reaction... for which we criticized China just a few months ago...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/science/space/06orbi.html?pagewanted=all

Really though, maybe not ever being able to go into space again due to our own short-sighted ineptitude would prevent us from colonizing the galaxy and thus do the universe an incalculable favor.

Just what I need to make my house look even more disheveled.

Is the Edward Gorey estate aware of this product?

VINCENT
What do you mean, walk the earth?

JULES
You know, like Caine in "KUNG FU." Just walk from town to town, meet people, get in adventures.

VINCENT
No Jules, you're gonna be like those pieces of shit out there who beg for change. They walk around like a bunch of fuckin' zombies, they sleep in garbage bins, they eat what I throw away, and dogs piss on 'em. They got a word for 'em, they're called bums. And without a job, residence, or legal tender, that's what you're gonna be -- a fuckin' bum!

Flash mobs are soooo 20th century.

Flash mobs are soooo 20th century.

A sculptural representation of "The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife". Exquisite, but not original.

http://www.obscurica.com/incredible.jpg
How incredible, that he's able to levitate his sitting platform at the same time! I'm sure that length of rebar-reinforced bamboo is there strictly for reference, so he doesn't space out completely and float away. Weird how this trick works best over manholes. Amazing!

Maybe someday this will be a convenient landbridge. I've always wanted to drive to Hawaii!