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Boing Boing audio interview with Mind
Hacks editor Matt Webb

Boing Boing audio interview with Mind
Hacks editor Matt Webb 12/22/2004 01:30 AM
Mark Frauenfelder: I'm starting to get interested in podcasting, so I interviewed Matt Webb, the co-editor of the new book, Mind Hacks, just published by O'Reilly. It's 25 minutes long, and I even created a cheesy Garageband theme song for what I hope is the first of many interviews.

Note: Matt wrote me with the following info -- "This is the McGu rk video I was talking about. Just proving that I'm nothing without my notes, I incorrectly remembered the McGurk sounds! It's a visual 'ga' and an aural 'ba' that combine to the perception of 'da.' No 'va' at all (that's a variation on the experiment)."

The Mind Hack's weblog is here.

Link to BitTorrent file of my interview with Matt Webb.

Link to BitTorrent stats. (Thanks, Chuck!)

Now available: Mr Webb's Mind Hacks!

Now available: Mr Webb's Mind Hacks! 12/17/2004 06:42 PM

My work colleague and R&D partner has a book out (with Tom Stafford)! It's called Mind Hacks and it's from O'Reilly in their Hacks series. So when you've finished fiddling with your Tivo or with Google's API, now you can take that spare screwdriver and start mucking around with that most interesting pieces of squishyware in the world: your brain.

The book is about how your mind works and is put together, but it's not one of those long boring books where you just have to nod sagely and stroke your beard. Instead, this is more of a things-to-make-and-do of cognitive neuroscience. It's full of experiments, tricks and tips designed to expose how your vision, motor skills, attention, cognition and subliminally perceptual systems work. Moreover the hacks have entertaining and non-threatening names like Why people don't work like elevator buttons (PDF) and Why can't you tickle yourself? (PDF). The only annoying thing about the book is that it would be really ideal as a Christmas gift for Mr Webb, except he had to scupper my plans by being one of the people who wrote it. Bastard.

I think I was lucky enough to be around when the idea for the book first emerged a few years ago at a social software summit in Finland organised by Clay Shirky. At the time I think there was general agreement that it was a bloody good idea, but I don't know how many of us actually expected to see it in print. Of course in order for it to make it to print, Mr Webb had to part-time abandon me in the bowels of the BBC to ponce off and have fun inside The British Library. He has been much missed (not that he's coming back or anything), but I think it's been worth it. There's a weblog to accompany the book at mindhacks.com.

Anyway, it's in my best interests to bask in the reflected glory of my chum, so I'm going to ask all of you to go and buy a copy immediately and recommend it to all of your friends - particularly those you think could do with some help keeping their brains ticking over. And I expect to see some pictures of you lazy bastards performing impromptu neurosurgery on each other by the end of the year!

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Audio Codec Quality Shootout

Audio Codec Quality Shootout 04/09/2004 04:12 PM
WMA, Ogg, AAC, MP3: They all have their strengths and weaknesses and everyone has their favorite. We set out to find out which one sounds best – not by expert listeners in an artificial lab environment, but under normal listening conditions by normal people.

Audio interview with moi

Audio interview with moi 12/16/2003 10:01 AM
You can listen to Doug Kaye's interview of me at the ITConversations site, or you can read the transcript here. It's about the Dean campaign and e-democracy....

Audio interview with me, me, me

Audio interview with me, me, me 04/09/2004 04:11 PM

Some of the topics covered are rather ancient and/or embarrassing but if you're curious to hear what I sound like... http://www.i tconversations.com/shows/detail94.html

Audio Interview with Me at Syndicate

Audio Interview with Me at Syndicate 06/05/2005 11:08 PM

Rok Hrastnik has posted h is audio interview with me at Syndicate.

Tip: Drag-and-drop the MP3 link from Rok's post onto FeedStation to download it and copy it to your iPod or WMP-enabled media device.

An audio-bl0gged interview with Noah

An audio-bl0gged interview with Noah 03/13/2003 10:26 AM
(answers to come)

Douglas Adams interview audio from 1988

Douglas Adams interview audio from 1988 07/15/2004 10:02 AM
Alex sez, "An interview with Douglas Adams originally broadcast in 1988 has now been made available online. It was recorded while he was promoting The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul." 24MB MP3 Link (Thanks, Alex!)

Audio Interview with the CEO of the
Democratic National Convention, Rod
O'Connor

Audio Interview with the CEO of the
Democratic National Convention, Rod
O'Connor 07/27/2004 09:30 PM
I interviewed CEO Rod O'Connor about some of the ideas in yesterday's PressThink post. I've been trying to understand the thinking behind the convention-as-television-show. Figured I'd bring the puzzle to Rod, CEO. This is my first try at audio blogging, and so it's rough. His answers I will weave into another post. Listen for yourself as O'Connor defends--and ably explains-- the logic of the made-for-TV convention. And he reveals why the party decided to invite bloggers. They're an "internet property," which, like a broadcast property, is a way Americans "get their information" these days. It's fifteen minutes that will help you understand what you are watching this week.

Audio Interview -- authors of report
about P2P's effect on CD sales

Audio Interview -- authors of report
about P2P's effect on CD sales 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
Alberto Escarlate of thep2pweblog points us to an audio interview with Koleman Strumpf and Felix Oberholzer -- the two economists who made headlines last week when they published "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis." Here's the interview: Link (in RealAudio only, ugh)

Interview with Intel's Thomas Loza; High
Definition Audio

Interview with Intel's Thomas Loza; High
Definition Audio 06/08/2004 03:17 PM

Audio Interview with Greg Hoglund and
Gary McGraw, Authors of "Exploiting
Software: How to Break Code"

Audio Interview with Greg Hoglund and
Gary McGraw, Authors of "Exploiting
Software: How to Break Code" 04/15/2004 10:17 AM

Quality assurance: Does QA really assure
quality?

Quality assurance: Does QA really assure
quality? 07/14/2002 11:29 PM
CNET Jul 14 2002 10:13PM ET

Sound Audio Systems Announces Huge Sale
on Selected Professional Audio Products

Sound Audio Systems Announces Huge Sale
on Selected Professional Audio Products 03/14/2005 05:26 PM
Sound Audio Systems announced today that the company will have a huge sale on selected items. [PRWEB Mar 1, 2005]

Elemental Audio offers Neodynium audio
compressor

Elemental Audio offers Neodynium audio
compressor 09/14/2004 07:23 AM
Elemental Audio Systems on Tuesday introduced Neo dynium, a plug-in for RTAS, Audio Unit and VST-compatible audio software designed for compression and dynamics processing. It uses an "I/O Map" visual interface that helps audio pros optimize and direct their efforts, rather than relying on more common transfer curves and displays. Neodynium costs US$159 (and is available for $139 for a limited time). It works with Digidesign Pro Tools, Emagic Logic and other software. System requirements call for a G3 or faster with Mac OS X v10.2 or newer and a compatible host application.

Westec InterActive Selects the Voice
Tracker™ Array Microphone for Enhanced
Audio in Retail and Restaurant
Audio/Video Surveillance and Operations
Audit

Westec InterActive Selects the Voice
Tracker™ Array Microphone for Enhanced
Audio in Retail and Restaurant
Audio/Video Surveillance and Operations
Audit 03/17/2005 03:36 AM
Westec InterActive, the leader in interactive remote security monitoring for convenience store, retail, restaurant and other business applications, selected Acoustic Magic’s Voice Tracker™ array microphone to be used for enhanced audio for audio/video monitoring. Enhanced audio is especially important for Operational Audits, enabling clear reception of conversations between employees and customers. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

Audio controller promises next gen audio
systems

Audio controller promises next gen audio
systems 06/25/2004 11:57 AM
The latest version of Oxford Semiconductor's OXFW970 FireWire audio controller IC allows next generation audio systems to be easily added to desktop and notebook systems on the Mac and PC platforms, reports electropages in an article noted at MacSurfer...

Enhancing all audio output via Audio
Hijack

Enhancing all audio output via Audio
Hijack 09/03/2004 08:46 AM
This is kind of a followup to this previous hint regarding an iTunes equalizer setting. Something I do as a matter of course is configure Audio Hijack Pro to enhance the sound that iTunes (and DVD Player, Real Player, you na...

M-Audio introduces Revolution 5.1 audio
card

M-Audio introduces Revolution 5.1 audio
card 08/04/2004 10:03 AM
M-Audio on Wednesday introduced the Revolution 5.1, a surround sound audio card compatible with both Macs and PCs. The PCI card comes bundled with Aspyr Media's Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray, billed as the first Mac game optimized for surround sound. The Revolution 5.1 is available for US$99.95.

AAC Audio Format Selected for DVD Audio

AAC Audio Format Selected for DVD Audio 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
Tony Smith writes for the Register, “The AAC (Advanced Audio Codec), the audio format supported by Apple’s iTunes Music Store, has been chosen as a key future DVD Audio disc technology by the standard’s governing body, the DVD Forum.” [Mar 25]

Interview: YARI (Yet Another Rasmus
Interview)

Interview: YARI (Yet Another Rasmus
Interview) 01/30/2003 09:29 AM

Rogue Amoeba Updates Audio Hijack Pro,
Audio Hijack, and Nicecast

Rogue Amoeba Updates Audio Hijack Pro,
Audio Hijack, and Nicecast 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
Rogue Amoeba Software has released a flurry of free updates for its products. A moderate update to Audio Hijack Pro, the company's feature-rich application for recording any audio, has bumped it to version 1.3. This update includes a fix for recording iTunes when crossfades are on, as well as other small improvements. Audio Hijack Pro 2 is in heavy development, and is expected to be released sometime this summer.

Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign

Two little CSS hacks

Two little CSS hacks 03/11/2003 10:46 AM
Workarounds to vertically align nested blocks and to emulate the CSS's min-height property in MSIE.

BSD Hacks

BSD Hacks 07/27/2004 02:44 PM

Mac OS X Hacks Put to Bed

Mac OS X Hacks Put to Bed 03/11/2003 11:41 PM
Mac OS X Hacks was just sent to the printer, which means it'll be appearing in online bookstores and on your local brick-and-mortar bookstore shelves in a couple-three weeks. Whew!

Gmail Hacks

Gmail Hacks 06/26/2004 07:45 AM

Lots of Gmail hacks are already showing up. I surely do love programmers that are curious enough to figure out how stuff works to write mini utilities to let us utilize our time more wisely. [G-mailto]

Google Hacks

Google Hacks 03/30/2005 05:47 PM

The MIT Gallery of Hacks.

The MIT Gallery of Hacks. 01/04/2004 05:52 PM
The MIT Gallery of Hacks. Good-natured creative pranks by MIT students. The pinnacle was possibly 1999's Great Droid, with the Great Dome made to resemble R2D2's head to mark the release of some film or other at the time. In the spirit of the tradition, students left detailed instructions for the safe removal of the decoration.

PSP Hacks and the Mainstream

PSP Hacks and the Mainstream 04/07/2005 01:03 PM

Looks like NEWS HACKS get to run the CIA
again

Looks like NEWS HACKS get to run the CIA
again 06/27/2004 05:58 PM
CIA Puts Harsh Tactics On Hold .. Washington Post report .. information

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8534-2004Jun26.html< br />track this site | 4 links

IM hacks way up in first quarter

IM hacks way up in first quarter 03/23/2005 12:56 PM
The number of combined IM- and Web-based attacks increased by 300 percent in the first quarter, Websense says.

New: Firefox Hacks

New: Firefox Hacks 03/30/2005 11:47 AM
O'Reilly released Firefox Hacks, which includes coverage of migration from Internet Explorer, anonymous browsing, increasing security, creation of tags and widgets, and more.

OCLC Hacks

OCLC Hacks 02/01/2005 10:09 PM

OCLC is is loosening up and having some fun in a Google Labs kind of way!

OCLC Research Software Contest

“In celebration of libraries and their heritage of technological innovation, OCLC Research is sponsoring a software contest to encourage innovation in the use of web-based services for libraries.

Prize

• $2,500 in cash
• Visit with OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc., in Dublin, Ohio
• Potentially have your code incorporated in OCLC services for libraries

The challenge

OCLC is providing a set of bi bliographic records extracted from WorldCat plus a set of services:

• Research Works
• Terminology Services

You may also use Open WorldCat, either by simply incorporating links to publicly accessible records or by enrolling in Open WorldCat's Partner Access program. Contact us if you wish to discuss enrolling in this program for the purposes of this contest.

Your mission is to write a program that does something interesting and innovative with the WorldCat data using at least one of the OCLC-provided services. You must submit a working prototype.

Part of your job is to convince us of why your program is interesting and why it will help libraries and/or library users; other than that, you're free to implement whatever strikes your fancy.”

And they were smart enough to ask Jon Udell to be a judge – good call! I hope we see some really cool stuff come out of this, in more than just a proof-of-concept way. Makes me wish I could actually program. Entries are due by midnight on May 15. If you’re entering, good luck!

OCSmart Hacks 1.0

OCSmart Hacks 1.0 08/03/2004 08:01 PM
Extends services of any Cocoa application, with tear-off menu support and more.

Hacks.O'Reilly.com

Hacks.O'Reilly.com 03/11/2003 09:43 AM
The full-blown version of O'Reilly's Hacks Series site is now up at hacks.oreilly.com. In addition to info about the current crop of books (Linux Server, Google, Mac OS X), there are listings of published hacks, some complete hacks, and each has its own discussion forum.

Gotta Hack? Got a non-obvious solution to an interesting problem? Throw your hack into the ring and it just might be in a Hacks book-to-be. Not a hacker yourself but have a hack or Hacks book you'd like to see? Suggest it and perhaps it will be so written.

Firefox Hacks

Firefox Hacks 02/01/2005 09:08 PM

Firefox Hacks: Coming in March. I ache with anticipation.

Firefox Hacks is ideal for power users who want to maximize the effectiveness of Firefox, the next-generation web browser that is quickly gaining in popularity. This highly-focused book offers all the valuable tips and tools you need to enjoy a superior and safer browsing experience. Learn how to customize its deployment, appearance, features, and functionality.

Wireless Hacks

Wireless Hacks 10/30/2003 11:48 PM

Developers eye PSP hacks

Developers eye PSP hacks 04/05/2005 05:24 PM
Blog: Keep your multiplayer racing games and widescreen movies. For some people, Sony's PlayStation Portable won't be really cool...

phpAdsNew Hacks

phpAdsNew Hacks 08/16/2004 10:15 PM
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