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Explore the sounds of NYC's Lower East

Explore the sounds of NYC's Lower East Side on the Folks Songs for the Five Points site. (thx, david)

By Jason Kottke  •  Dec 13, 2005  •  cities   music   NYC   sound

Hong Kong walk signal

The streets of Hong Kong can be a hectic place, but one of the first things you notice is that the pedestrian street crossing signals have a very clear audio signal (one would assume, for the blind and/or very nearsighted). Some American signals has audio as well, but very few, they're not very loud, and they generally kind of lacking. Anyway, I made an audio recording of the signals (30 sec, 240 KB mp3). The sound is kind of blown out (it's my first experiment with the iTalk) and the signal doesn't sound that loud IRL, but you get the gist.

By Jason Kottke  •  Nov 13, 2005  •  Asia 2005   audio   cities   Hong Kong   MP3   podcasting   sound   travel

The club-winged manakin sings by playing its

The club-winged manakin sings by playing its feathers like a washboard. Crickets do this, but the manakin is the first vertebrate observed to do it.

By Jason Kottke  •  Aug 3, 2005  •  animals   biology   birds   sound

Yuri Lane demonstrates his beatbox harmonica technique

Yuri Lane demonstrates his beatbox harmonica technique. Saw this guy today at GEL...fricking great.

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 29, 2005  •  audio   conferences   gel   music   sound

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