{"id":645,"date":"2007-09-10T20:27:12","date_gmt":"2007-09-10T19:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=645"},"modified":"2007-09-10T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2007-09-10T16:28:18","slug":"its-amazing-how-they-can-fit-an-entire-radio-station-in-those-little-glass-fibers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/09\/10\/its-amazing-how-they-can-fit-an-entire-radio-station-in-those-little-glass-fibers\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s amazing how they can fit an entire radio station in those little glass fibers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/422985228\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/174\/422985228_65e2aee26a_m.jpg?resize=211%2C240\" width=\"211\" height=\"240\" alt=\"That's David down the end\" align='right' vspace='10' hspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nToday (no doubt inspired by my visit with Cory) I finally got around to wiring up the (not terribly impressive) speakers in my monitor in the office and ginning up the mighty <a href=\"http:\/\/kumm.org\/\">U-90 Alternative<\/a>!  Yup, I was tying up valuable trans-Atlantic bandwidth, listening to Morris&#8217;s finest radio station, streaming in real-time from Minnesota here to the UK through little glass fibers buried in the ocean floor.<\/p>\n<p>And it was sweet, and very rarely smelled of seafood.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, it wasn&#8217;t quite as cool as it might have been, since all I got was the loop &#8211; apparently there were no live DJs in the studio this morning.  This was a serious bummer, as my plan was to IM the poor DJ and freak them out with the news that someone was listening all the over in the UK.  There&#8217;s always tomorrow, though, and many more days after that.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today (no doubt inspired by my visit with Cory) I finally got around to wiring up the (not terribly impressive) speakers in my monitor in the office and ginning up the mighty U-90 Alternative! Yup, I was tying up valuable trans-Atlantic bandwidth, listening to Morris&#8217;s finest radio station, streaming in real-time from Minnesota here to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/09\/10\/its-amazing-how-they-can-fit-an-entire-radio-station-in-those-little-glass-fibers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s amazing how they can fit an entire radio station in those little glass fibers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[2,20,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-ap","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":610,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/07\/29\/our-last-radio-show-for-a-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":645,"position":0},"title":"Our last radio show for a year!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"29 Jul 07","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sad to report that WeatherGirl and I are in the midst of what will probably be our last radio show here at KUMM for the better part of a year! We leave Morris a week from tomorrow for our year in Colchester (UK), and I can't imagine that next\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":797,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/02\/19\/31415927-reasons-to-tune-in-to-kumm-on-or-off-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":645,"position":1},"title":"3.1415927 reasons to tune in to KUMM (on- or off-line)","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"19 Feb 08","format":false,"excerpt":"They have a fancy new redesigned web site. You can check out cool photos like the one above in their new gallery. They have the schedule on-line so you know who you're listening to! They're way cooler than the lame radio station that those other people are listening to. You\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":516,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/18\/what-exactly-is-the-future-of-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":645,"position":2},"title":"What exactly is the future of radio?","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"18 Mar 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Modulatio(n), originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. 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