Calling a live radio show in the Internet Age
My coworker Alan was just on NPR's Talk of the Nation. He found out they would be talking about a website he maintains, Foetry, literally two minutes before the story aired. A friend heard the teaser on the radio and called him. Alan immediately called the show and was able to talk with Neal Conan and Edward Wyatt, author of a New York Times article about Foetry.Meanwhile, since we have no radios in our office, two of us crowded around my computer listening to the live feed from our local station, and IMing others downstairs to tune in.
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Dang, I missed it. And it doesn't look like I will be able to listen to it after the fact. Why can't I get a podcast of Talk of the Nation?
Thanks for the links. I just finished listening to it. It is kind of surreal to hear somebody I know talking on the radio. Good job Foetry!
The audio is available on NPR. I don't think they do video on radio - that would be a neat trick, but we'd then have to call it something like TV.
Actually - the piece was kind of superficial. Alan sounded giddy, something which I find distasteful for all the discord he has brought to the art of poetry.
It is amazing how much credit and attention he has been give considering he is not even a poet.
Actually - the piece was kind of superficial. Alan sounded giddy, something which I find distasteful for all the discord he has brought to the art of poetry.
It is amazing how much credit and attention he has been give considering he is not even a poet.
If he is a poet than what he has done either advances or retards his ascent/descent on the greasy pole so goes the reasoning. And whatever he does is tempered by his poetic production which can be assessed by his peers and readers. A question of his authenticity or in this case, literalness.
Whether he is a poet or not is irrelevant to the foetry enterprise- which is about, depending on the context: coteries, identity failure, selling-out, co-option, recognition, fame, honor, and what words mean. The woodcutter doesn't have to be a forester.
Whether he is a poet or not is irrelevant to the foetry enterprise- which is about, depending on the context: coteries, identity failure, selling-out, co-option, recognition, fame, honor, and what words mean. The woodcutter doesn't have to be a forester.
"Whether he is a poet or not is irrelevant to the foetry enterprise," perhaps, but not without value in assessing the sincerety of a mission to enhance the poetry community, or simply run an enterprising blog.
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I just became a Mac person
I've finally joined the fold and bought a PowerBook. Everything about the experience has been excellent so far.
Except there was a missing apostrophe in the confirmation email.
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Hey!
Congrats on becoming a Mac person. Tiger will be released in eight days, and yes, I am enough of a Mac-geek that I plan on buying it immediately.
A great OS really does make using a computer a more enjoyable experience. While OS X isn't perfect, I really believe it's the best thing out there when it comes to user-friendliness.
Also - congratulations on your upcoming move to Pittsburgh. The Steel City is no almost-Boston, but it's a fine city nonetheless. What a skyline the burgh has! I haven't lived there since 1996, but every now and then I miss it.
Congrats on becoming a Mac person. Tiger will be released in eight days, and yes, I am enough of a Mac-geek that I plan on buying it immediately.
A great OS really does make using a computer a more enjoyable experience. While OS X isn't perfect, I really believe it's the best thing out there when it comes to user-friendliness.
Also - congratulations on your upcoming move to Pittsburgh. The Steel City is no almost-Boston, but it's a fine city nonetheless. What a skyline the burgh has! I haven't lived there since 1996, but every now and then I miss it.
Surprisingly, *I* bought myself a PowerBook four days prior to your purchase. I guess it's the season...
....to respond to jalpuna!, the bestest view ever of the skyline is coming out of the tunnel on 279. Which is to say, should you fly to Pittsburgh again, get someone to pick you up and drive you into the city (as the bus doesn't show you the skyline).
...to respond to andy, the cheapo LogiTech three-button scrollwheel mouse integrates perfectly into the OS without configuration, and works just how you'd expect.
....to respond to jalpuna!, the bestest view ever of the skyline is coming out of the tunnel on 279. Which is to say, should you fly to Pittsburgh again, get someone to pick you up and drive you into the city (as the bus doesn't show you the skyline).
...to respond to andy, the cheapo LogiTech three-button scrollwheel mouse integrates perfectly into the OS without configuration, and works just how you'd expect.
Wheee! I've had a few hardware problems with my iBook, but on the whole it's been very pleasant to use.
macosxhints.com is a good place to go for tips on neat things to do with your Mac.
(I'm looking forward to Tiger, too.)
macosxhints.com is a good place to go for tips on neat things to do with your Mac.
(I'm looking forward to Tiger, too.)
Oh my gosh--it just found my printer automatically. I feel like one of those people in the Errol Morris "Switch" commercial.
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Readymade magazine on eBay
I'm selling my back issues of ReadyMade Magazine on eBay. If your life wouldn't be complete without crochet patterns of 8-tracks, a recipe for absinthe, and blueprints for a couch made out of grass, you might want to check out the listing.Comments
Post a Comment Hide CommentsSynesthesia and mismatched sheets
Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which the stimulation of one sense evokes another. Certainly the taste/smell connection is well documented, but other combinations are much more interesting, such as the colors pianist Laura Rosser sees when playing music. Not only does she associate Db major with periwinkle blue and B major with silver ("with all those silver sharps in it"), but color combinations perfectly acceptable to visual aesthetes sometimes strike her for their musical dissonance:I have a periwinkle room at my house and I couldn't figure out one day why it just didn't make sense to have yellow sheets on the mattress, because everybody else seemed to like it fine. Something just didn't seem right. And then I put it into musical terms and thought, No, that's a tritone. That's Db and G. No wonder I don't like it.A tritone (sometimes called the "devil's interval") is an augmented fourth, or a perfect fourth stretched another half step to make a jarring dissonance. You can make a tritone yourself: just hum the first two notes of "The Simpsons" theme. Ugly, no?
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The whole idea that you could hear an interval just by seeing the colours together is amazing.
I remember a music teacher once saying that if he goes to the piano and plays a tritone a few times before going to bed, he just can't go to sleep without getting up and going back to the piano to resolve it.
Root 2 is a funny number. I wonder what interval the golden ratio corresponds to?
I remember a music teacher once saying that if he goes to the piano and plays a tritone a few times before going to bed, he just can't go to sleep without getting up and going back to the piano to resolve it.
Root 2 is a funny number. I wonder what interval the golden ratio corresponds to?
It looks like the golden ratio would correspond to something between a minor and major sixth (according to this article about musical intervals and frequencies).
The Golden Ratio is approximately 1.62. Minor sixth = 1.584 and major sixth = 1.6818.
Perhaps a golden ratio interval is common in Indian music?
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The Golden Ratio is approximately 1.62. Minor sixth = 1.584 and major sixth = 1.6818.
Perhaps a golden ratio interval is common in Indian music?
Human-food interaction
Substantive posts about the CHI conference last week will follow shortly, but for now, here are snippets of dinner conversation.Given many tasty choices at Nicholas' Restaurant, my advisor exhorted us to follow his lead, because he is "a published expert on menu search."
When invited to join us at the vegetarian Chinese buffet, James replied, "I can do vegetarian, and I can do Chinese, but combine the two and you suck all the joy out of eating."
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After four years, this blog now has comments. Those who can correctly use an apostrophe are welcome to contribute. By the way, this post's title is meant in the piratey-exclamation way, and does not in any way reflect upon the lifestyle of individuals posting comments.Comments
Post a Comment Hide CommentsSMART benefit at the Bagdad
Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) is having a fundraiser at the Bagdad Theater on April 19th. Half of the food and drink proceeds from the 5:30 show will go to this nifty program that matches adult reading buddies with elementary school kids.Things to do outside of CHI
For those of you here for CHI: Looking for the obligatory sightseeing spots in Portland? These are all close to each other and a short, free MAX ride from the conference hotel:- The Diane Arbus exhibit at the Portland Art Museum. Downtown (map from conference hotel).
- Powell's Books. West Burnside (map).
- The Chinese Garden. Chinatown (map).
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I love how the comments pop down when I'd like to post one. Very nice. I know CHI is over, but I just saw Arbus and just as (or more)interesting is the local Native exhibit, which leaves soon.
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Grad school visit photos
Pictures from my visits to various grad schools last month are now online. Highlights include: tightrope walkers, patriotic soap, doggy love, and a statuesque rodent. And lots of pretty buildings. Cities include:
Seattle
Boulder
Pittsburgh
Berkeley
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I'm afraid to say that that's as pretty as Pittsburgh will probably ever be...though the Cathedral of Learning over at Pitt gives it a nifty "Gotham City" feel...
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Thank you for showing it to me.