On the left sidebar there is now a verbal greeting for newcomers to my blog. Go listen to it if you’re new. Otherwise, you no clicky!
UPDATE: I think it’s volume may be too low. I don’t have any audio software; anyone know how to enhance it without increasing the file size?
First!
The point is no point.
I was never good with koans
A cornucopia full of nothing?
I think I just entered the IMAOtrix. Or else I’m in the Twiblog Zone.
Oh and by the way, I listened to it and you couldn’t stop me. neener.
cornacopia….meaning plentiful..
anyways that greeting gives the blog a great touch..
Frank,
I’m editing and normalizing the volume of your file now…
Steve Bragg
DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS
My readers kick pinky-toe!
Okay, your readers with the exception of the Loki-critter, ’cause my computer is crap & cannot bring your verbal greating up! Dang it up to all hecky-doodle! Must. procure. new. computer! Rarr!
Frankj:
Soory I wanted to hear thou mighty voice and be shocked and awed by thine G*DLY commandments, but alas, Connecticut Yankees’ boss does not allow him to play sounds lest he might listen to streaming radio at work and acually have fun while improving his production. Think the galley scene in “Ben Hur” with CY rowing as fast as he can as his work conditions.
Okay, see what you think:
http://christnu.org/imao_greeting.mp3
(this file will disappear in one hour.)
I used Goldwave for the editing, which is the same software I used to edit sermons and music for my church.
I rendered it in MP3, because that way more IMAO readers can be indoctrinated (mwahahahaha!) than just those who have Windoze Media Scrambler. It’s only 44k, just 5k bigger than your wma file. By the way, expanding the volume doesn’t make the file bigger; it’s the encoding.
The weird, “Twilight-Zone” quality has been enhanced (worsened?) by the volume normalization and file compression, but I think it’s fitting. I edited down a couple of the pauses; I hope you don’t mind, because the cadence has been preserved.
IMAOers: Comments please…
FrankJ: your wish is my command…
Steve
DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS
While the voice is undeniably sexy, and makes me want to hear and read more just to bask in the wisdom of this great and mighty blogger, my rational side mightly shoves into the forefront, and concludes that FrankJ has way entirely too much time on his hands.
Thanks, Steve; I’ll have to wait until I get home from work to check it out.
FrankJ actually WORKS? I thought he just designed shirts and gallivanted all over the country with a certain blogging T-shirt babe…
How can my worldview withstand this blow…?
OK, Frank, for you I’ll leave it up.
Steve
DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS
sexy?
cool?
mmmm… nooooooooo… sorry… the word that comes to mind is lame. Trust me… in 10 years, you’ll listen to that audio clip and cringe.
NOW… if you could get that guy from the e-security commercial… you know, the fat one with the little flashlight that screeches “LIAR” to do a bit for you… THAT would be cool.
Of course, I’m probably in a distinct minority 😛
That’s a guy?! i’m confused.
Nice. In fact, maybe it was too nice. I think your verbal greeting should be more of a verbal beating. It weeds out the undesireables–kind of a survival of the fittest test…an “Only the strong survive IMAO” kinda thing. Think about it.
Think mean thoughts, kids!
Sounds like “the voice of one crying in the wilderness…” Maybe I need new speakers… ~;^)
mojo musta missed reading the above comments
To me, that entire deal sounded totally muffled and after halfway through it was incomprehensible. I heard something about a “cornucopia of humor” and that’s about it.
Nice voice, Frank:
The eloquence of Rod Serling mixed with the megolomanical arrogance of The Brain!
Jack.