which one arrived first?

 Sun Ra did not use the term "birthday" - he referred to "arrival day"... 

so which of the following "arrived" first?

the Western Electric 555...

or Marshall Allen?

the answer below the scroll..

Marshall Allen arrived first! ... in 1924... 

the first 555 drivers were made in the BTL lab in 1926....

fwiw, the two go well together... 

(and see, Iain, I can post!)

peace,

me

(the other one)

work in progress tease

 something that is creeping from the back of my mind into reality....  more to come (and at the rate we add content here....)

Why nickel is so yummy.

 Here is a simple set of low frequency plots of steel (red) vs. nickel (blue) with applied signal levels.

This clearly shows that for low level low frequency information retrieval, steel takes a certain amount of energy to "turn on".

Sequerra Auction

 Up for auction is the last system Dick Sequerra built and was listening to when he passed away a year ago.   No connection other than he was a friend and I am trying to help the estate.  Please spread the word.

https://www.auctionninja.com/hamilton-grp/sales/details/sequerra-audio-system-stamford-home-furnishings-collectibles-more-16.html?Page=1#items

Your Brain on Reggae

 Matisyahu.  Born Jewish... rebelled... followed phish.... found reggae... became Hasidic...  released "Youth".... went off my radar.... just resurfaced to me...

My favorite line of his came in an interview asking if he had ever performed on the Sabbath.  His response was along the lines  that he did a show on a Friday night in Alaska.  He then added since it was summer, technically the sun never went down.

Happy Birthday!

 

Twenty-seven years ago today this little 8lb 14oz baby was born.

Dick Sequerra's last speaker.

 Here is a cell phone pic of what Dick was working on before he passed last fall.