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Prince battles sound problems on one-night tour. The article doesn't say what sound problems...

Were you at the Daily Grind...

Were you at the Daily Grind in the Grand Hyatt
reading 'Days of Cain' on September 14, 1998 ?

If so, I have your receipt for a large cup of coffee...

Sonoluminescence, Quasars, and the Prandtl-Glauert Singularity

just because i was thinking about sound, light, sonoluminescence, quasars, throat singing, and the Prandtl-Glauert Singularity :

Sound and Light :

Pistol Shrimp

"snaps a specialized claw to create a cavitation wave that generates pressure levels of 218dB, the pressure wave is strong enough to kill small fish, and can also produce Sonoluminescence (the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound....)" ... from Wikipedia

Deadly pistol shrimp that stuns prey with sound as loud as Concorde found in UK waters .... from Mail Online

Light :

Brightest object in the universe

"The brightest object yet observed in the universe has been discovered by a University of Washington astronomer and his colleagues.
The quasar (or quasi-stellar object) is 4 million-billion to 5 million-billion times brighter than the Sun. It is estimated to be more than 10 times brighter than any other quasar, and outshines the brightest galaxy by more than 100 times." ... from EurekAlert!

Kongar-ol Ondar on David Letterman's Late Show
on YouTube

Sound :

How Math Unraveled the 'Hard Day's Night' Mystery

"It took Dalhousie University professor Jason Brown six months and some advanced mathematical analytical techniques to crack the code behind one of the most mysterious sounds in music: the "prraaaaaangg" sound at the beginning of the Beatles' "Hard Day's Night." Guitarists have puzzled over how this chord is played for decades because it contains a note that would be impossible for the Beatles' two guitarists and bassist to play in one take, and experts have concluded that no multitracking was involved in this part of the song. The secret sauce, as it turns out, includes five piano notes apparently played by producer George Martin. Brown made the discovery by disassembling the sampled amplitudes into the original frequencies using Fourier transforms." ... from wired

Sound :

Breaking the Sound Barrier

...interesting condensation clouds that form around jets as they fly at or near the speed of sound, (often called "going through the sound barrier" or "accelerating past the speed of sound"). Under the right conditions, and even at lower speeds, they sometimes cause a vapor cone effect. Understand that these Prandtl-Glauert condensation clouds can also occur at lower speeds, and are not really a visible manifestation of some kind of a sound barrier being broken... from Wilk4

Gas $1.74

via GasBuddy.com: regular at $1.74/gallon...

ahh..brown bread

I finally found a place in Ohio

(Weiland's Gourmet Market)

to buy Brown Bread...

there is nothing better than

toasted brown bread with butter....

now, if I could only find someplace that sells

coffee ice cream....

(the cat has to inspect everything)

seasons

Three seasons at Glen Echo Park in Columbus, Ohio

My next purchase

I just need another $146,533,000....

MALTESE FALCON represents a true break through in yachting with her unstayed carbon fiber rotating “Falcon Rig” and unique fully retractable sails on custom Perini built carbon fiber yards with the sails coming out of and disappearing into the carbon masts.

more from Yachtworld.com

"To make an apple pie from scratch, 

you must first invent the universe." 

Carl Sagan

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331

wow...

thirsty....

it's a small world

it's a small world...I wouldn't want to paint it....

According to Sitemeter recent visitors to "have podium mic"
have been from the following places ;

Melbourne, Australia
Manchester, England
Enniskerry, Ireland
Bothel, WA
Oxford Park, Australia
Buffalo, NY
Sevenoaks, England
Liverpool, England
Hamburg, Germany
Newark, DE
Cranbury, NJ
Gray, ME
Sydney, Australia
Altrincham, England
Brooklyn, NY
Edinburgh, England
Gold Coast, Australia
Ipswich, England

it would not be a crime

It would not be a crime if
someone were
to break into my house...

and clean it...

i'm just sayin'....

places i visit...

When the cat is not sleeping on my computer these are some of the non-audio related web sites I've been visiting recently :

• Whatever - the online home of author John Scalzi
• lifehacker - tips and downloads for getting things done
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
  
• Gizmodo - the Gadget Guide

Ring Nebula (M57)

from German website Astro-Kooperation
with some cool space pictures.
As they say, "klicken Sie hier..."

WalMart

From Flowing Data

This cool animation shows the spread of WalMart :
"Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America"

my other photos

Pictures of 'Bugs' the cat (named after Bugs Bunny)

Here are some
pictures of
Glen Echo Park
in Columbus


and some
random pictures

..who knew ?

Muskingum County Fair Part 2

we had a break after soundcheck and went for a walk around the fairgrounds to look at the 'sights'..

--for the first time in my life saw a sheep with no fur(hair?) - I had no idea what it was - then I saw it's eyes - what the?? ...

--swine arena ???