Comments on: Noise http://aralbalkan.com/1118 Aral on Flash, SWX, Flex, ActionScript, and life. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Matthew http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98832 Matthew Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:02:25 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98832 I live in a central location, I've actually move my bed to my living to get more sleep during the seasonal period. I have 2 walls of supposed double glazing in my bedroom on the ground floor. There is a certain truth though, you gotta take the rough with the smooth, they don't change for us. Ear Plugs perhaps? Really good, rubber coated concrete ones? :) I live in a central location, I’ve actually move my bed to my living to get more sleep during the seasonal period. I have 2 walls of supposed double glazing in my bedroom on the ground floor.

There is a certain truth though, you gotta take the rough with the smooth, they don’t change for us. Ear Plugs perhaps? Really good, rubber coated concrete ones? :)

]]> By: John Dowdell http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98770 John Dowdell Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:17:13 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98770 Current societies are very sensitive to chemical contaminants (look at organic produce), but the health effects of noise pollution are far more obvious. Foam earplugs can give up to 36db reduction. Any kind of ear covering (fleece nightcap with earflaps, eg) can reduce more atop that -- the combo is stronger than an ear cover alone. Damage from external sound can also be reduced through internal orientation -- doing mental sums, or remembering music -- both have been shown in studies to reduce the physiological effects of noise pollution. They're polluters. A neighborhood picket line during peak business hours might be a way to improve things...? Current societies are very sensitive to chemical contaminants (look at organic produce), but the health effects of noise pollution are far more obvious.

Foam earplugs can give up to 36db reduction. Any kind of ear covering (fleece nightcap with earflaps, eg) can reduce more atop that — the combo is stronger than an ear cover alone. Damage from external sound can also be reduced through internal orientation — doing mental sums, or remembering music — both have been shown in studies to reduce the physiological effects of noise pollution.

They’re polluters. A neighborhood picket line during peak business hours might be a way to improve things…?

]]> By: Seb http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98767 Seb Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:13:55 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98767 Yes I live next to two pubs so also experience the joy of the bottle recycling... It's getting to the stage where I sleep through it but only just! And I've been here 2 years! I think you'll have that pretty much anywhere central, or at least within 5 minutes walk of "the office"! Seb Yes I live next to two pubs so also experience the joy of the bottle recycling… It’s getting to the stage where I sleep through it but only just! And I’ve been here 2 years! I think you’ll have that pretty much anywhere central, or at least within 5 minutes walk of “the office”!

Seb

]]> By: Olly http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98718 Olly Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:07:19 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98718 Ah yes. The glass recycling truck. I love the mornings when that arrives. Zzzzzz... [sound of hundreds of bottles crashing into a metal lorry] ...WIDEAWAKE! Ah yes. The glass recycling truck. I love the mornings when that arrives. Zzzzzz… [sound of hundreds of bottles crashing into a metal lorry] …WIDEAWAKE!

]]> By: sascha/hdrs http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98709 sascha/hdrs Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:53:39 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98709 Noise? I tell you about noise while living in Tokyo ... That means ambulance cars with sirens and megaphone yelling out to other cars to make space for them all around the clock, yes even at 3 AM when there are barely any other cars on the street! That means stupid junk 'buying' cars with loudspeakers announcing that they want to have your old/new junk electronic appliances and it will only cost you a few bucks ... from Monday to Saturday! That means Gyooza sale cars with loudspeakers yelling out from the streets right into your bedroom from afternoon to midnight! And if there are elections in Japan, heck, even the politicians go down to that level and yell through lodspeakers from their cars (because they are not allowed to say anything directive, they instead just yell their names repeatedly! Noise? I tell you about noise while living in Tokyo … That means ambulance cars with sirens and megaphone yelling out to other cars to make space for them all around the clock, yes even at 3 AM when there are barely any other cars on the street! That means stupid junk ‘buying’ cars with loudspeakers announcing that they want to have your old/new junk electronic appliances and it will only cost you a few bucks … from Monday to Saturday! That means Gyooza sale cars with loudspeakers yelling out from the streets right into your bedroom from afternoon to midnight!
And if there are elections in Japan, heck, even the politicians go down to that level and yell through lodspeakers from their cars (because they are not allowed to say anything directive, they instead just yell their names repeatedly!

]]> By: Stefan http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98706 Stefan Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:45:57 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98706 Location, location, location. Or Aral's getting old ;-) At FOTB I thought the Old Ship was just in a bad spot but maybe the whole of Brighton is noisy... Location, location, location. Or Aral’s getting old ;-)
At FOTB I thought the Old Ship was just in a bad spot but maybe the whole of Brighton is noisy…

]]> By: Thom Shannon http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98703 Thom Shannon Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:33:35 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98703 There are a couple of pubs just opposite my flat, who regularly have karaoke till past midnight. If you think smashing bottles is bad try a gang of scouse girls screaming robbie williams angels for the 15th time through a cheap PA system turned up far too loud. I remember the very day the smoking ban came in, they all headed outside to carry on wailing at the top of their voices. I might invest in a paintball gun. There are a couple of pubs just opposite my flat, who regularly have karaoke till past midnight. If you think smashing bottles is bad try a gang of scouse girls screaming robbie williams angels for the 15th time through a cheap PA system turned up far too loud. I remember the very day the smoking ban came in, they all headed outside to carry on wailing at the top of their voices. I might invest in a paintball gun.

]]> By: Paulo Moreira http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98691 Paulo Moreira Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:46:07 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98691 I tottaly understand you...I only had the last 2 nights of bad sleeping, because of a storm that is in my area. So the noise that the rain and wind does against my windows is making me insane. Lucky me that this is temporary and that in Lisbon we dont have many storms.... Hope you find a cool place to live next! I tottaly understand you…I only had the last 2 nights of bad sleeping, because of a storm that is in my area. So the noise that the rain and wind does against my windows is making me insane. Lucky me that this is temporary and that in Lisbon we dont have many storms….
Hope you find a cool place to live next!

]]> By: martian77 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98686 martian77 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:29:31 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98686 I lived in central Bournemouth once. People used to use our front step as a toilet, and we had a 'massage parlour' (quotes use obvious) in one of the flats underneath. And the pub opposite, the Church round the back with bells, and a club round the corner where someone got shot. Good luck with the council... I lived in central Bournemouth once. People used to use our front step as a toilet, and we had a ‘massage parlour’ (quotes use obvious) in one of the flats underneath. And the pub opposite, the Church round the back with bells, and a club round the corner where someone got shot. Good luck with the council…

]]> By: Mike D http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98675 Mike D Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:45:24 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1118#comment-98675 Not much comfort, but could be worse.. I stay in a very central location myself, and have both clanging delivery men, the glass tipping.. plus a violent pub (fighting/occasional riot on match day/nights + accompanying police sirens) and some sort of dodgy crime den house (whores+drugs dealers+punters fighting and screaming, usually 3/4am + more sirens) all within 50 meters of the bedroom window. I eventually got an extra cavity window thingy that wasn't cheap but money well spent, has deadened it a fair bit. It did occur to me to move elsewhere but I kinda like having a 5 minute walk to the office. Not much comfort, but could be worse.. I stay in a very central location myself, and have both clanging delivery men, the glass tipping.. plus a violent pub (fighting/occasional riot on match day/nights + accompanying police sirens) and some sort of dodgy crime den house (whores+drugs dealers+punters fighting and screaming, usually 3/4am + more sirens) all within 50 meters of the bedroom window.

I eventually got an extra cavity window thingy that wasn’t cheap but money well spent, has deadened it a fair bit. It did occur to me to move elsewhere but I kinda like having a 5 minute walk to the office.

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