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Carina Jaramillo

Carina is a writer and graphic designer with an interest in film, TV and furniture design. She especially likes indie films and quirky comedy series. She likes modern furniture inspired by mid-century design. She has a background in art and has many arts and craft related hobbies like coloring and yarn-work. She is also a fitness enthusiast and particularly enjoys weight-lifting. She loves dogs and spending time with her family.

The Theater Organ: Then and Now the theater organ then and nowTheater

The Theater Organ: Then and Now

One of the lesser-known musical instruments is the theater organ, a massive instrument consisting of pipes, keyboards, and pedals. The pipes are sold in sets called ranks, with each set of pipes producing similar pitches and timbres. It took thousands of years to develop this instrument, as inventors faced the challenge of having to pressurize air and force it through…
Carina Jaramillo
January 4, 2012
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It’s Time For Muppet Theater!

Remember Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy's love affair? How about Fozzie Bear and his joke-telling? There was a resurgence of Muppet theater in the early aughts and 2010s thanks to the release of several Muppet movies. Since then, the Muppets have been streaming into home theaters delighting audiences of all ages as they come together on the sofa and…
Carina Jaramillo
December 13, 2011
An Annotated History of the Vaudeville Theater vaudeville-theater-featuredHistoryTheater

An Annotated History of the Vaudeville Theater

Theater in the United States has long been one of the most popular and ever-evolving entertainment sectors. Considering it from the earliest beginnings to today’s Broadway spectacles, the theater is an exceedingly important part of people’s lives—from authors and actors to audience members and enthusiasts. We might be familiar with the earliest origins of theater, including the amphitheaters of the…
Carina Jaramillo
October 11, 2011
Theater or Theatre? Couch or Sofa? Discerning the Differences Between American English and British English gladiatorial gamesOther

Theater or Theatre? Couch or Sofa? Discerning the Differences Between American English and British English

Although American English originated from British English, even a casual observer would be able to tell that there is a world of difference between the two dialects today. British English first spread in the West when Britain started to colonize parts of America in the early 1600s. Over the next few centuries, the language gradually evolved to accommodate local differences…
Carina Jaramillo
July 13, 2011
Palliser Product Comparison Chart palliser comparison chartHome TheaterProduct Reviews

Palliser Product Comparison Chart

With so many choices, it can be difficult to pinpoint the right Palliser home theater seats to fit your needs. Fortunately, this theater seating review and product comparison gives you all of Palliser's home theater seating products at a glance. Palliser model differences vary between different seats and cover the gamut from wall hugging designs to bucket style seating. Whether…
Carina Jaramillo
April 2, 2011
All about 3D in Home Theater all about 3d home theaterHome TheaterTechnology

All about 3D in Home Theater

When Avatar exploded the screens last year, the box office smash took $2.7bn worldwide and became the highest-grossing movie ever and by a gigantic margin. Not only was James Cameron’s visual extravaganza a financial success, but it heralded a new era in 3D technology (and while it certainly wasn’t the first 3D movie, it was the behemoth that really made…
Carina Jaramillo
November 25, 2010