Listening between the lines

I’m guessing there are at least two other members on Metafilter that listen to Do or D-I-Y on WFMU. How else to explain this and this popping up as threads so soon after they were featured on the latest show/podcast? Or maybe it’s just a bit of synchronicity and the world really does appear to…

Drone

This is eerily great and horrible all at the same time. Conference call ambiance [1]. I’ve listened to it for a few hours and it totally enhanced my flow since working felt like I was ducking a horribly long meeting. http://conferencecall.biz/

What have you done for beer today?

Awesome story ripped from Metafilter [1]. WWII vet learns his gesture has been immortalized in a Belgian town. Makes me smile. …except for the latrine helmet thing. Maybe didn’t need that detail. [1] http://www.metafilter.com/134178/That-time-a-beer-wasnt-just-a-beer

Steampunk WWW

Overheard in re: a Metafilter conversation [1] about the original cross platform web browser; a line-mode application which is essentially a TTY [2] interface. Imagine that… a typewriter that types by itself like some kind of terrible player piano. You read what it’s writing while it chatters away. And then once in a while it…

International radio

Because I lack a good bookmarking system, here’s a few Internet broadcasts I want to remember. Perhaps you will as well. FIP [1] Planet Nova [2] AskMefi Question on international radio [3] AskMefi question on eclectic radio [4] [1] http://www.fipradio.fr/ [2] http://www.novaplanet.com/ [3] http://ask.metafilter.com/225547/NonUS-radio-please [4] http://ask.metafilter.com/248260/Eclectic-music-Radio-recommendations-please

Powerbawl!

Ran across a Powerball simulator today. I played six sets of 20 year runs and the best run turned every dollar I played into one thin dime. Most runs turn my dollar into a lucky $.07. In 120 years of playing two tickets a drawing I netted exactly 1 $100 prize. So, yeah, depressing/sobering. Time…

Time machine

Mefi time machine posts are a great way to relive that simpler way of life on the Intarwebs. Case in point: Canadian McDonalds Employee Simulator.

Calling Nemo

Is it pretty cool to listen to real-time underwater acoustic observation platforms? You bet it is! Problems encountered Very few of the listening posts are currently active Some of the listening posts didn’t load in a timely fashion Godforsaken, stupid, Flash-only interface to whole damn site But the site is probably bandwidth heavy and currently…