related to rain:

Slightly related to my last post, in which I mention that I miss rain. This is maybe kind of weird, but I really do love rain. There are not a lot of climatic differences between France and the US, but the lack of proper rainstorms is one of them. And even when it does rain, the lack of grass and leaves for the rain to bounce off of, not to mention the fact that I'm four floors above the ground, leaves it a little unsatisfying.

With that in mind, here are internet noisemakers that sound like rain!

RainyMood.com (a half-hour loop, with some thunder)

Nature Sounds, which is what it sounds like - not just rain but other things ranging from the pleasant (ocean) to the slightly suspicious (children laughing) to the inexplicable (Darth Vader??), so you can combine them however you want. I recommend adding a loon, because loon sounds are just fantastic.

I've never actually seen a loon. Where do they live? I'd like to live somewhere with a loon. I hear that some people find that sound creepy, but I'm quite fond of it.

let's look at some sounds

Chladni Singing from meara o'reilly on Vimeo.

Have you seen this? I had not, until now, but OH WOW. This is incredible for the following reasons:

1. geometric patterns
2. a person making really awesome sounds
3. a person making sounds that manifest as geometric patterns
4. I just really like that one shot of her looking serious with all those spoons and things hanging about
5. SCIENCE!

(via the debonaire)