By Jeffrey the Barak. Having the opportunity this year to attend NAMM, that is the National Association of Music Merchants Incorporated, show, in Anaheim, California, I decided to take a very selective approach and set off on a quest for a professional-quality, tiny, electronic drum ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak Music belongs to the world. In every country and every society there is music, good and bad. This music is categorized, and bundled into pigeonholes so that someone such as yourself can say, “Hey I like Free-Jazz, so I want to ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak. How my knowledge of my ancestry suddenly jumped from the 19th Century to tens of thousands of years ago. A couple of months ago a friend told me she had used an online DNA testing service, 23andMe, to research her ancestry. ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak. When you buy a hardwood flooring, or engineered hardwood flooring system for your home, the flooring retailer will tell you with the tone of a stern and dire warning that in order for the warranty to be valid and effective on ... Read More
By Sigmund Shonholtz. FOUR PILLARS METHOD© OF ACCENT MANAGEMENT. Learning another language as an adult is not easy. One of the most difficult aspects is learning how to pronounce words with sounds that you have never used in your native tongue. The FOUR PILLARS METHOD ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak Walking around the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show gives us the opportunity to see cars, almost every type of car. Even the marques who choose not to display here are usually to be found in the aftermarket hall. The big newcomer ... Read More
Not mine! Not mine! By Jeffrey the Barak I am a happy owner of a gasoline engined, Volkswagen Rabbit, (USA Golf Mark V), that I bought new in 2008, and which is in near perfect condition with exceptionally low mileage. It has more value to ... Read More
After more than fifteen years of keeping every post and every comment, except in a few cases where an author requested that the article be unpublished, the-vu did a little cleaning up today. One entire section of articles was removed. It was prominent many years ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak. For the last thirty years or so, I have been slightly unwell. A constant pressure, bloating, inflammation. The ever present acid inside. I have taken pills and put up with it, and even become used to it except when it really ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak. Recently in the-vu we reviewed the Zumaround Zum electric scooter and consequently we recently received a press release for a new German design, still in it’s capital crowdsourcing stage. The prototype Skujou Cruise looks great and the specs are excellent, so ... Read More
