Doug Sax, mastering engineer and founder of Sheffield Labs, has died, aged 78.

Folklorist Alan Lomax spent about 60 years, beginning in the 1930s, traveling around the USA and the rest of the world, recording folk, blues, jazz, anything traditional he could find.   Now, the Association for Cultural Equity, a nonprofit organization founded by Lomax, have just put up...

Just thought you ought to know. It may be only a temporary feature, but by God it is fun!   Just look up a location on Google Maps and look for the Pac-Man button. If it doesn't work for your neighbourhood, go back to maps and zoom out a bit.   Or you could play anywhere you like in the...

An unpleasant experience for Tyll at Vegas: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/ces-2015-what-happens-vegas

Peace on Earth and good will to all Head-Fi people!   Make it a good 'un.

I don't know what h meant to folks outside the UK, but following on from the untimely death of Mel Smith, comedy has lost another treasure. Only 56 years old, too.  

Okay, I have read the stuff on the Peter Belt website and it all looks like mumbo and maybe also jumbo to me.   But they are willing to post a strip of their 'magic' foil and pay the postage themselves, so I (after a few drinks) sent the fateful email requesting a sample.   More as we get...

I've seen a few bits and pieces about using the Raspberry Pi for audio, but have any of our resident computer audio bods had thoughts about this Intel one-board computer yet?  http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/03/intel-releases-99-minnowboard-max-an-open-source-single-board-computer/    

The British satirical magazine 'Private Eye' has a regular spoof message board.   However, I'm not sure this one is actually a spoof... (sorry it's a bit small).   PCS 3042