You're Surrounded

The Screen Savers had an excellent January 30 episode featuring a couple of new twists on surround sound.

Jack Buser, manger of game development for Dolby Labs, showed off a pair of wireless headphones that deliver full 5.1 surround sound. How did they pull this off? "We reverse-engineered your head."

Herbie Hancock has created "an unprecedented live concert experience" by incorporating a surround sound deck and engineer. "The first time Hancock heard the live surround sound at work, 'it blew my mind,' he says. And this coming from a man who played for seven years with Miles Davis. Such a mind is not easily blown."

(Screen Savers devotees: I'm missing those lost thirty minutes. I feel sure you feel my pain.)

A Theory...

Some say too much debt. Could it be, rather, too few blogs?

Lawgus Interruptus

More from Rick about the focus of the Brobeck dissolution coverage and the Merc's deeper look. The Google list keeps growing. Law.com has a Rise/Fall chart.
[Update] Rick's observation about businesses that essentially zero out at year end is a zinger.

Nobeck

The Recorder: "Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison -- just two years ago the most profitable firm in the Bay Area -- is dissolving following the collapse of merger negotiations with Philadelphia-based Morgan, Lewis & Bockius."
Greedy SF/SV Board (Mace Windu): "Dead Pool winning date is January 30, 2003."
[Update] Rick Klau's thoughtful comments and perspective.

This Not Yet Out

But recently in: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Book V in the series. Pre-order now for the June 21, 2003 release. That's . Amazon.com Sales Rank: 1. Barnes & Noble Sales Rank: 1.