Monthly Archives: January 2016

What she does

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Doc Searls

Over the holidays I asked my nineteen-year-old son, a music maven, to name a tune he liked that I probably hadn’t heard. He quickly brought up “What You Don’t Do,” by Lianne La Havas: Blew me away. Still does. Can’t … Continue reading →

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Speeding on the Subway

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Doc Searls

At the uptown end of the 59th Street/Columbus Circle subway platform there hangs from the ceiling a box with three disks on fat stalks, connected by thick black cables that run to something unseen in the downtown direction. Knowing a … Continue reading →

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Rethinking John Wanamaker

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Doc Searls

This is an improved edit of a post I made to a list I’m on. Rather than let it scroll off to oblivion, I decided to put it here as well. The other parties are in italics. I’m in plain … Continue reading →

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Can somebody fix this subwoofer?

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Doc Searls

So I’ve got this Onix x-sub subwoofer that doesn’t work. It’s the bass side of a Sonos ZP-100 system driving a pair of Cambridge Soundworks Newton MC300 speakers in our living room. Together the system sounds great. (Consistent with Tom Andry‘s … Continue reading →

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The slow sidelining of over-the-air radio

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Doc Searls

I’ve always loved AM radio. But it’s not a requited love. AM radios these days are harder to get, and tend to suck. The band is thick with electronic noise from things that compute (a sum of devices that rounds … Continue reading →

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