audio gadgetware
The other day someone called with an interesting problem. He wanted to record the far side of a telephone conversation using his laptop sound device, and he did not have access to a regular telephone line to use one of the telephone recording interfaces described here. He was using a VOIP phone device that plugs … Read more
The respected Secret Life of Machines TV series explains the inner workings of radio: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ehVVpY6XE4]
Here is a product to generate fake background noise for cell phones, as an excuse for terminating the call. A lower-tech device addresses the same need, and works with any phone. This web site features several sound clips for ending calls, grouped by category.
A favorite television series around this office is the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. One music theme keeps playing in my head, “Cylons Were Created”, available for download from scifi.com, characterized by a single repeated syncopated piano note with short sustain, B above middle-C, 493.88Hz. Although we don’t claim perfect pitch, we do seem to hear that … Read more
Chocolate Mousse (Low carb) 1 cup half-and-half (or 1/2 cup half-and half and 1/2 cup unsweetened soy milk) 2 egg yolks 1oz bakers unsweetened chocolate 1/2 oz Ghirardelli 100% cacao unsweetened chocolate 3/4 cup cream 1/4 cup Splenda (or equivalent amount stevia) 1/2 tsp vanilla extract Scald half-and-half in double boiler. (Remember, top pot in … Read more
Magnetic pulses recorded by NASA’s Voyager are converted to audio, including a cyclone on Saturn and geysers on Europa. This inspires us to update WaveSong to allow users to import audio.
Cell phone ringtones of mooing cows are used to lure leopards away from human dwellings in Gujarat, India. “The moos of a cow, bleating of a goat from the phone has proved effective to trap leopards,” said D. Vasani, a senior forest official in Gujarat. “This trick works.” CNN and Reuters
Hard drive crash? Try building this disk drive wind chime, and regain inner peace. (via Instructables)
We have been looking at Windows Vista (TM Microsoft) for a few weeks, seeing how it will affect Sagebrush products. View earlier articles Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4. Another Look at Monitoring Sound Input. In the previous part of this series, we looked at a change in the way that sound is routed to the speakers … Read more
Since Google Street View began, our cats have been jealous of the attention received by Monty (Internet celebrity cat back in the day). We don’t have Street View available in our community yet, but Google Earth does show a couple of pets at our home. Image used by permission. Just two the left of the … Read more