akstuhl

akstuhl, 21 days ago to random

a little too on the nose

akstuhl, 29 days ago to random

late to this, but WKCR has been doing live coverage of the student protests at Columbia: https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/wkcr-news-coverage-cuad-students-occupying-columbia

last night, they report, Columbia security tried to evacuate the station but then backtracked

#radio

liaizon, 1 month ago to random

There are a lot of radio and playlist formats and I am trying to wrap my head around them. I was reading about .XSPF (pronounced as "spiff" according to the internet :skull360:) and it seems a spiff file is just a type of XML file so it can be opened in Firefox (not sure about other browsers) and styled with CSS and it can contain a list of radio streams or files inside that when opened in something like VLC are playable.

akstuhl, 1 month ago to random

still searching for the right term for something I emphasize a lot in a thesis chapter: how radio automation software still uses the tape cartridge as a {structural metaphor? virtual component? skeuomorph? process metaphor?} in its architecture. skeuomorph seems almost right but rings too ornamental/visual, when the organization of digital audio into "carts" has structural implications. any ideas? #softwarestudies #sts

inquiline, 1 month ago to random

One of my best friends runs a business shipping things people order and just texted me:

I am way too paranoid to have two Bronwyns order within 24 hrs

josh, 2 months ago to linux

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akstuhl, 4 months ago to random

if you have $4,500 and half a basement to burn, you could become the proud owner-operator of this entire ~1970 radio automation system https://www.ebay.com/itm/266622212176

(please, please inform me if one of you buys this)

akstuhl, 4 months ago to random

finished (I think) this term's syllabus, for an #sts course on automation https://akstuhl.net/syllabi/24S-automation.html

also put up last term's course on programming for good measure https://akstuhl.net/syllabi/23F-programming.html

akstuhl, 5 months ago to random

The solar-powered website reflection by @rra (https://limits.pubpub.org/pub/lecuxefc/release/1?readingCollection=30dbba69) went over really well in my STS course on programming today. One student said it had kicked off a big exchange on degrowth among their friend group.

akstuhl, 5 months ago to random

Really enjoyed the closing chat on writing tools in @erazlogo's Phantom Power interview (https://phantompod.org/elena-razlogova/). A plain text workflow has been such a boon for me, but I struggle to say why in a straightforward way that won't come across as evangelizing tech – Elena's explanations cut right through both hangups. And of course, the role of her research in recovering the agency of listeners/musicians/DJs over technology through radio history, which nicely comes to the fore mid-ep, is so crucial.

akstuhl, 5 months ago to random

In new england, the intersection of art and technology is actually a roundabout. A fifth spoke connects to theory, but it's local traffic only. And there's a sort of semi-maintained patch of milkweed in the raised median that was put in as a pollinator garden in 2014 under a municipal greening initiative. And that's where my work exists ✨️

akstuhl, 7 months ago to random

Out today: "Google Radio Automation and the broadcast plights behind platformization" https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231203616 🔓

in which I narrate the weird story of Google's late-aughts entry into the radio industry and argue that the recession, on top of "traditional" media consolidation, played a decisive role in spurring the rhetorical and infrastructural separation of the streaming/platform model as a "new" medium

#commodon #mediastudies #radiostudies #platformstudies

akstuhl, 7 months ago to random

local LPFM aired the alert immediately, cutting into a pre-recorded show. phone got it 3 minutes late, separate alerts in English and Spanish, at the same time as a predatory spam call (which the os gave precedence despite flagging it as scam likely).

akstuhl, 8 months ago to random

today's speech to text software intervention: "R. Murray Schafer" -> "armory shaper"

magnus, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to sts

I am looking for historical accounts of geophysical exploration and oil prospecting in the 1950s in the US. Can you recommend anything? @sts, @histodons, @inquiline