In Greek myth, the sirens were women with the bodies of birds whose song was so alluring that it enticed men to their death. In the early 19th century, French engineer and physicist Charles Cagniard de la Tour built a device that sent blasts of air...
A lovely evening of classical music at San Diego’s new Rady Shell at Jacobs Park leads to a conversation with an audio engineer about the term cocktail party effect, referring to the brain’s ability to focus in on the sound of one conversation...
dildocam n.— «They do the crazy baby math while Doc is prepping the ultrasound wand (I once heard someone refer to it as a “dildocam”).» —“The rest of the ultrasound story” by Chris Not the Mama (Higginsville, Missouri) June 28, 2007. (source:...
