Tag: audio
Designing a listen later pipeline
I've had this long, long running relationship with bookmarking and read it later services. I'll commit to one, excited about whatever feature set it offers and then, without fail, my list grows and grows and grows and grows. I archive things to reset, repeat and then move to a different service. The only thing that's ever worked has been listening to articles as audio when I have a spare moment. Sometimes it's background noise but, generally, I absorb things better as audio.
New Bluetooth hearing aids
Back in autumn 2022, following a decline in my hearing, I started wearing hearing aids. Almost four years on, and following a new hearing test, I've got new, upgraded hearing aids - and these ones have Bluetooth. Bluetooth hearing aids have been around for some time now, but were normally only available if you paid...
Une rumeur dit que tu me ressembles (chanson)
On désigne à la ressemblance des personnes. Elles ont beau être parfois de la même famille, ce n'est pas toujours simple à porter
Onze chansons diverses et bizarres
onze chansons inventées au printemps 2026 et enregistrées à la maison aussi diverses que bizarres
e544 — Are We Bananas?
This week's episode dives into the latest on AI devices, privacy issues, and tech giants like Apple and Meta. Plus, some fun chats about listening through fruit and the fate of VR.
Using Kyutai's low latency audio models on macOS in one command
Quick setup guide for running Kyutai's high-quality speech-to-text model locally on Mac using their MLX implementation.
Hausmeister Klaus
Ganz großes Dankeschön an Wiebke aus der Schweiz, ohne die ich selber bestimmt nie auf Bummelkasten gekommen wäre!
Sounding Board
After pissing off half the internet with our list on faded graphics formats, we’re doing the same thing with outdated audio formats. We’re fearing the worst.
Recoding Audio Data From Nest Camera
Adding audio capture to FoggyCam by parsing the Google Nest protobuf packet types streamed over the live camera connection alongside the video frames.
Generative Art
In which a computer is used as divination tool for random numbers (for the purposes of beauty, art, and poetry)
A Little Bit of Background Noise
Relaxation through audio is more than a mere matter of white noise. Read on for a little history of background noise, and why it’s so effective.
Broken Bells
The evolution of the doorbell, and some spare thoughts inspired by a doorbell malfunction in the middle of the night on a weekend.
The Bagdasarian Effect
How one man’s discovery of a clever sound effect gave us Alvin and the Chipmunks, one of the most enduring novelty musical acts of all time.
Make Some Noise
Sound cards like the Creative Sound Blaster were the missing element that computers needed to take on multimedia. Then, they faded from view. Here's why.
The Polyphonic Screed
The evolution of the modern cell phone ringtone—and the Ukrainian guy who wants to give Apple’s default noises a refresh.
Talking Self-Driving Cars, Docs And Community On MSDevShow
Guest appearance on MSDevShow with Jason Young and Carl Schweitzer covering self-driving cars, documentation work, and developer community.
The Sound Of Science
Bose Wave stereo systems were legitimately innovative when they launched in the '90s—as was Bose itself. The marketing might make you forget that, though.