Dec 20, 2007

As usual, there are lots of things happening and I have little time to write about them:

• Lance forwarded an article opposing railroad “quiet zones”. The author concludes by writing “[500 pedestrian deaths are] far too high a price to pay for the sounds of silence.” I suspect that there are 150,000 people who might disagree.
• Smith and Larson Audio are holding a month-long contest - they are giving away a Woofer Tester 2 every week through December. Two units have already been awarded, two more remain so get in while you can!
• In addition to some insightful comments in response to my post from a few weeks ago, Savant also considers the effect that impact of a “99.999998%” reduction (the reduction that is claimed from the MIT/University of Cambridge SAX-40) in the noise levels of everyday products.
• An NPR bloggers roundtable discusses the perception that blacks are unfairly targeted by nuisance laws like noise ordinances. I’ve covered this ground before.

By the way, there might be a picture of Michael Bolton on the right side of this webpage. It’s not there by choice: those iTunes ads are served by Apple and they advertise a “Free Song of the Week. I swear to you, I’m not a closet Michael Bolton fan. Really.

permanent link