They can pay a few dollars to listen to, say, Flaco Jimenez, a frenetic and brilliant San Antonio accordionist, or slip next door to catch Mitch Watkins, a hometown guitar legend, or mooch even further down Sixth Street to catch a promising young funk band.

ECONOMIST: Country music

Transcoding occurs at 1:1 speed, meaning an hour of footage will take an hour of processing, but you do have the option of converting your videos immediately after they're recorded, so they're prepped before you need to run out the door to catch a flight (the actual wireless transfer takes between five and eight minutes for each hour-long show).

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Finally, he stumbled down the corridor and out the front door, trying to catch his breath.

NEWYORKER: Trial by Fire