Things seem different now! I'm back to shop for some IEMs since my Ety 4s died.

Great game for the locals!

Will someone please help me with hand held weed whacking, lawn smacking, string whipping devices? Brand names, relative merits of 2 vs. 4 stroke engines, etc.? I had a battery powered one that sucked for about 20 hours of use before the battery died, so I'm not looking to go battery or...

The summer basho is on in Kyoto. The new yokozuna, Hakuho, is off to a good 2-0 start, but the other, Asashoryu, lost on the first day!! The best online print source I've found for following this is: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html If you've got no local cable coverage (like me...

OK, the Tar Heels are in and so are my old team: the UC, Irvine Anteaters. Looks like ESPN is having pretty good coverage this year. Last year the Heels muffed it in the final series, so I'm hoping for better this time around. As I write this, I'm checking out the Fullerton/UCLA qualifying game...

With just two days to go in the big May basho, Asashoryu is out of it with three losses! Hakuho is undefeated and looks very like to get the yusho and promotino to yokozuna!! There are just two guys at two losses with any chance of catching him. For a long time now, there has been only one...

Boy, that was a long wait. Haru basho is now on in Osaka. The first day was full of upsets including Yokozuna Asashoryu losing to Tokitenhu. Perhaps this time will be more competitive than usual. A good place to follow along is http://www.sumonow.net/200703/200703..._now_day_1.php Another...

Anyone else bummed out that Mark Martin got pipped at the finish line? That would've been a great career climax for an old guy! I'd like to see what Montoya would do with a good car....

I just saw that ad for a free trial of the Genesis cord from VD. Has anyone here taken them up on it yet? I still have a Power 3

Well, we're now past the halfway point and Asashoryu is at only one loss and on his way to another yusho! Otherwise the story is the continued impact of the non-Japanese rikishi. There are now top guys from Russia, Georgia, Korea, Bulgaria, Estonia, and especially Mongolia. The only guy with a...

Well, this time around Asashoryu cleaned up again on the 13th day--zensho (undefeated). Kaio is OK this time with ten wins so far, but no one can touch the yokozuna. Hamasho, just up from the juryo division is currently second with 11 wins. No prospects for promotion to Ozeki, so things are...

Complete archives of this ultra cool science stuff are available free for two months! This goes back to Isaac Newton, folks. http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/index.cfm?page=1373

OK, Sumo fans, it is here! The basho is off to a very interesting start as all of the Ozeki are having trouble. Kaio, in particular, has dropped out with an injured hip. Asashoryu looks strong as usual, though he has dropped an early bout to Kisenosato. A good place for updates is here...

Asashoryu has won again, and on the 14th day! He hasn't lost a single match. No surprise there. I suppose that the big news is the growing dominance of non-Japanese wrestlers. There are no longer any Americans in the top two divisions, but various Koreans, eastern Europeans, and especially...

Today might be the final game. The Tarheels are leading Oregon State 1-0 in the best two out of three. Woohoo!

In the past, head-fiers have made big responses to these! Everything is 20% off the already good prices. The code is: supersale

I've been trying the new search engine and been having some trouble. There are some things it misses and other places where it searches too deeply into profiles and other material. It is hard to find a thread unless you have the exact title, as far as I can tell. (Sorry if there is another...

I see that the Stax line of headphones (and amps) is now available from Elusive Disc. I wonder if this is the start of general availability here in the US?

Not too many surprises this time. The #1 seeds were pretty straightforward, though if OSU wins the big 10, they'll look good after the fact. None of the top teams finished really strongly this year... And it is hard to see how Tenn. got the last #2 seeding.... I'm hoping for the Tar Heels to...

The season opened today in Bahrain. A very tight race between Alonso and Big Schuey, with Alonso taking the lead for good on the last pit stop. Raikonnen worked his way from the back of the grid up to third. Some of the cars have V8s this year and they are back to changing tires in the...

Sumo time, everyone! The March basho is underway. Asashoryu, the yokozuna won on the first day. There are two Ozeki kabodan (in danger of demotion) this time: Kaio and Chiyotaikai---that'll be worth watching. Also, Hakuho will be trying to get promoted to Ozeki!

Who can remember using a transistor radio with one of those crummy single ear, unsealed, semi-canal earplugs they sometimes came with? Now when I listen with an earbud in one ear it seems really creepy! When I was a kid, it seemed almost inconceivably high tech to have a single-side earphone!

It's already Basho time! Kotooshu made Ozeki, but lost on the first day! (He did recover on Day 2). Asashoryu has lost on Day 2--this has happened very rarely on his remarkable run over the past two years...it'll be interesting to see what happens. (BTW: did anyone catch the amateur...

Here is an interesting story on the inventor of the Walkman--it suggests that this was responsible for the earphone revolution. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/in...html?th&emc=th

I just had a look at the front page post count for the first time in a while. Lots of changes and, it would appear, impending changes. Another sign of the evolution of head-fi!