Things

MBTA to close Red Line stations on weekends all winter; not tell anyone. http://t.co/E1DMMM0b

“Ryan Berdeen has almost one follower.” - http://t.co/rE4RmGO5

RT @Ihnatko: Congrats, NY! Welcome to the “Our state gave marriage rights to gay couples and the world didn’t end” club! We have tee shirts.

Just set my clock forward for daylight savings time. I might not need this clock.

Happy to have a face again.

Google

Google has apparently stopped updating their index with new posts to things.ryanberdeen.com, despite crawling the page multiple times per day. I don’t need any more reasons to leave Tumblr.

Generating Sound with the Web Audio API

The nascent Web Audio API is a neat addition to the HTML5 (6?) landscape. It opens the door to realtime audio synthesis directly in JavaScript, something that is currently only possible using Flash.

It’s easy to use. The following code generates a simple sine wave:

If you’re running a build of Safari or Chromium with support for the API (available here), running the example and clicking “play” will produce a lovely tone.

Trying to use iPad to embed a YouTube video. Failing.

The best job: working for @echonest, insulting peoples music taste. http://bit.ly/cSfAUl

The U.S. Army does bee research: “We got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk”. http://j.mp/9aJRee