REUTERS: THE SHAMELESS ART OF HEADLINE - GRABBING

Reuters has published a horrible story arguing that digital music (e.g., mp3s) is actually more wasteful than physical music (e.g., CDs). Click here for the article.

Maybe their conclusion is fair, maybe it’s not. It’s impossible to tell because the article itself draws it’s conclusions from such a selective set of facts. A scientific researcher presented this article would quickly ask at least the following “first-blush” questions: Read more »

VINYL RECORDS – NEEDLES, SLIPMATS, AND MORE (PT 3)

So you’ve got a record player. It didn’t come with a needle, did it? Hope you saved a little money because having a decent cartridge may be even more important than having a good record player. Read more »