Hi, All!
I’ve been absent for a bit, competing in the twice-annual Race to a Conference Publication. It’s a full-out sprint that lasts for… five months. No comment on how I did, but hey, here’s a fun quotation that is totally not at all in any way related:
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
– Douglas Adams
Anywho! Last time I wrote about “The Sound of CERN,” as inspired by a reporter on the hunt for it, but I wasn’t able to share anything more than a description of those sounds. Well, I went out and did some field recordings of my own! So put on your headphones, and listen closely: This is what CERN sounds like. 
In order: The ATLAS cooling towers, the CERN computing center, high-voltage power lines outside Building 40, a computer that’s working too hard, coffee machines at Restaurant 1, a conversation in French. Alas, I wasn’t able to track down the flock of sheep with bells on their necks — they have a few different grazing fields, and we only cross paths when I’m without a microphone. Better luck next time… when I’ll include video with the audio?
Burton 
