What The Internet Sounds Like
So I was wandering around the Science Museum absorbing all the science when I came across this thing.
It's called the Listening Post, and it's quite brilliant. Basically, it's monitoring a load of different internet chat-rooms and feeds in real time, and it reads out the things it picks up in an awesome robot voice, to some haunting music. It's quite eerie, and often quite hilarious.
While I was sat there, it was filtering stuff using the phrase 'I like/love'. Some of the things it came out with:
"I like Germans." "I like thunderstorms." "I like Static-X." "I like my ass too." "I like this movie." "I like sex with animals." "I like a good Pinot Grigio." "I like it down there." "I like sex with animals." "I love Krispy-G."
It's a strange feeling, sitting in a darkened room and listening in on people's private conversations. It's a strange high-tech voyeurism. It's all totally anonymous, so there's no way to find out who likes sex with animals, or indeed who/what Krispy-G is. But it's still an oddly unsettling experience. I'd highly recommend checking it out if you can.
