Can you hear this sound?

Click through to this web page and test whether you can hear a sound that supposedly can only be heard by young people. It's said to be used to drive teenagers away from malls. It could also drive listeners away from your radio program. The site allows you to download the sound, so you might like to use it for EQ (equalization) practice. Audacity has an equalization plug-in under the Effects menu on the toolbar. High-end rolloff would probably cut it.

Created by Oatmeal

By the way, I can hear the sound so not all older people lose high-end hearing. If you hear it when you're not even listening to the computer, google tinnitis.

Spoken Word Coordinating - Job Description

Today at the CJSF Board Meeting, Des asked that the coordinators keep some sort of diary describing what we do in our jobs. When I got home, I saw this line in a book that encapsulates part of it:

"Hospitality is a productive crisis in which we work constantly toward reconceptualizing our thinking and reconsidering our values..."
-Rauna Kuokkanen, in Reshaping the University: Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes, and the Logic of the Gift, p. 163 (UBC Press, 2007)

When someone walks in the door of the station (or when I meet them outside of the station as a representative of it), my job as coordinator is to see them, to start to recognize them, and to help engage those aspects of them that can be part of and make use of the radio station to engage with themselves and with others. So I have to know what the station has to offer, or how to find out, how to make radio in its many aspects, how to converse and listen, but I also have to be open to the probability that this stranger or member has something unique to add to the station, in perspectives, talents, knowledge, etc.

Story Verification - Skillsharing

Thanks to Jennifer Moreau for sharing her story verification skills with the Spoken Word Gathering on Thursday Nov 5, 2009. There were six of us at the gathering, and the workshop was well designed and the information was very useful. We are hoping for it to be offered again in the new year. Meanwhile, here are some photos of the initial information posted on the whiteboard by Jennifer, for your edification. Meghan Murphy took three shots of it, and I post them all here:

Free Sound Effects Downloads

Top 5 Sites For Free Sound Effects Downloads
Nov. 4th, 2009 By John McClain (forwarded by Melissa Kaestner)

Whether you’re working with things like video, music, animation,
games, or any other media, sound is critical. The use of sound effects
can make or break a project, but sometimes finding that right,
good-quality piece of audio can be difficult.

Before you open up your wallet for expensive software or try to make
your own sound effects, you may easily be able to find free sound
effects on the Web. There are plenty of great resources available
online. Best of all, it doesn’t have to cost you anything!

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-sites-for-free-sound-effects-downloads/

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Some other favourite MakeUseOf.com links/posts of mine:

15 Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pdf-manuals-round-up/

Top 3 Tips To Motivate Yourself While Learning A Second Language
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-3-tips-to-motivate-you-while-learning-a-second-language/

How To Troubleshoot Weak Wireless Connections
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-troubleshoot-weak-wireless-connections/

5 Sites To Learn How To Repair Your Own Computer
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-learn-how-to-repair-your-own-computer/

3 Websites To View Your PDFs Online
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-websites-to-view-your-pdfs-online/