Inside looking out
by Paul McGowan From PS Audio There’s a very important picture within each of us, one we believe represents our persona. It’s almost always wrong. It’s wrong because of the constant conflict within our heads: I am good at this—well,…
The importance of prayer
From Dr. James Dobson’s family talk Dr. James Dobson Discusses the Importance of Prayer with Sarah Perry This is a rush transcript and may contain minor errors and/or discrepancies from the audio. This copy may not be in its final…
List of ingredients
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Prepackaged foods list their ingredients so consumers know what they’re putting into their bodies. My rule of thumb is not to eat anything I cannot pronounce or if the list sounds more like a Gilbert…
They’re not instruments
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Reader Timothy Price posed an interesting thought: “How many musical instruments project sound in a narrow dispersion? Even a trumpet or better yet a clarinet seem to have fully tonal perception off axis. They…
Stealin’ from the best
By Paul McGowan from P.S. Audio Artist Pablo Picasso is credited with an old saying. “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” Composers routinely lift riffs and melodies from each other. In 1775, at the age of nineteen, Mozart composed the…
5 things you learn about a person on a road trip
A road trip can do more for travelers than just take you from one destination to the next. When traveling as a couple or with friends, it’s possible that you learn something about a person with every kilometer traversed. The…
Offering opinions
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Audio shows are often difficult. When I wander the halls and go into the different rooms as a curious onlooker I’d like to remain anonymous in order to get an unbiased opinion of what…
Caribbean citizens invited to join conversation about human dignity
From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – People in Trinidad and online audiences are invited to participate in “Living good: dignified lives and just communities” Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The community dialogue is jointly hosted by the University…
Wringing emotions
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio The finest in music and the arts wring emotions and connects to our inner beings in ways that are hard to imagine living without. If my soul isn’t touched for a very long time…
The company behind the YotaPhone declares bankruptcy [filed in the Cayman Islands]
By Deirdre O’Donnell From Notebook Check Yota is an OEM associated with innovative dual-screen phones of the same name. It made its last such device in 2017, and hadn’t been heard from since. Now, it has emerged that Yota has…