Links for 03-02-08

Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)
"Just because you're not a drummer, doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.", "Don't play the piano part, I'm playing that" and more pearls of wisdom.

Gridplane
"I collaborated with Instrument to develop a series of data visualization concepts for Google. These interface sketches are are all based around a concept of aggregating and visualizing online media buzz across various social media outlets."

Making Maps with Sound « Making Maps: DIY Cartography
"Quite a few years ago I wrote an overview article on the use of sound for representing geographic data, including a series of sound variables for mapping I developed. "

The Motorola Museum: 2 - Boing Boing
"Car radios in the 1930s were plagued with electrical interference from naked electrical sparks in the automotive ignition system. This Super Power Auto Radio contains a “Magic Eliminode” (presumably, a diode in the power supply) so that you won’t need a “spark plug suppressor” (a capacitor on the electrical system), but I’ll bet some crackle was still audible."

1928 BBC uptime infographics on Flickr
"British Broadcasting: 65,800 hours of programmes in one year (represented by large inclusive square) Breakdown Time: 0.7% of total time (represented by small black square)" - historical infographics via @bowbrick

Fauxshow: tuning into a personalized radio tribute - Springwise
" Fauxshow creates personalized radio shows that put a recipient in the spotlight ... Customers pick a recipient's favourite music tracks and submit anecdotes for the presenters to read out in the show. Arrangements are then made for friends and family to call in to Fauxshow and record messages about or for the recipient. Jingles and effects are added in the final stage of recording to make the show sound as authentic as possible."

A day in the life of BBC Radio/Music and Twitter « Common User
Jem collects tweets about BBC radio on a Saturday in January.

Libby » Blog Archive » CharBotGreen - a Twitter Radio 4 announcement bot
Twitter bot announces Radio 4 schedules - just like Charlotte Green. Uses #pid hashtags

BBC - Radio Labs - How we make websites
Michael's epic (in the sense of finally getting it all out of his head and on paper) post on how we build websites has gone down very well.

Infrastructure for Modern Web Sites « random($foo)
Very comprehensive list of functions that a modern web framework should support.

About Enquire: People's Network
"Enquire instantly connects you to library staff who are trained to help you find answers to questions on any subject. Best of all the service is free and anyone can use it at any time! Enquire is a world-first, offering a nation-wide live question and answer service 24 hours a day, every day. It works like instant messaging or 'chat', so you can put questions to librarians, just as if you were talking to them in the library or on the phone." - I didn't know that.

Cloudboxer.com | Unique Bird Photography | Bird Art
Lovely action photos of garden birds, something to aspire to.

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