{"id":677070,"date":"2010-02-26T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5481310"},"modified":"2010-02-26T16:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T21:40:00","slug":"an-ear-conic-interview-with-the-mac-start-up-chimes-creator-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/677070","title":{"rendered":"An &quot;Ear-conic&quot; Interview With the Mac Start-Up Chime&#8217;s Creator [Interviews]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: 9370716 --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vimeo.com\\\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9370716&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":375,\"ratio\":0.75,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"vimeo\"} );\n<\/script><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/9370716.jpg\"><\/a><!-- \/videoId: 9370716 --><a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #jimreekes\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/jimreekes\/\">Jim Reekes<\/a> is one fascinating guy. He created the start-up chime you hear every time you restart your Mac. He uses the word &#8220;ear-conic&#8221; in a sentence. And in this (slightly NSFW) interview with Dutch TV, he brings the awesome.<\/p>\n<p>The segment starts out in Dutch, but the interview is all in English. Other fun tidbits worth watching for: The name for &#8220;Sosumi&#8221; came out of Apple&#8217;s legal spat with the Beatles. The Apple II sounds were built around &#8220;The Interval of the Devil.&#8221; And an Amazon review for Wall-E made the Apple sound guy feel like a rockstar. It&#8217;s more than worth ten minutes of your Friday. [<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/9370716\">Vimeo<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2010\/02\/26\/reekes\">Daring Fireball<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=586fdac6664e10f0ea9b61db6d5afd2e&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=586fdac6664e10f0ea9b61db6d5afd2e&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?resize=0%2C0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=JbkQvgmmqjU:9yJwUZeUEyc:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=JbkQvgmmqjU:9yJwUZeUEyc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=JbkQvgmmqjU:9yJwUZeUEyc:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=JbkQvgmmqjU:9yJwUZeUEyc:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=JbkQvgmmqjU:9yJwUZeUEyc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=JbkQvgmmqjU:9yJwUZeUEyc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/JbkQvgmmqjU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Reekes is one fascinating guy. He created the start-up chime you hear every time you restart your Mac. He uses the word &#8220;ear-conic&#8221; in a sentence. And in this (slightly NSFW) interview with Dutch TV, he brings the awesome. The segment starts out in Dutch, but the interview is all in English. 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