An attempt to make javascript play ambient music and speak the latest Guardian headlines.
Only tested in Chrome & Firefox Doesn't seem to work in Safari, not tested in IE
- Running here: http://revdancatt.github.com/CAT508-guardian-ambient-headline-radio/
- Information here: http://revdancatt.com/2012/04/25/guardian-ambient-headline-radio-the-definitive-blogpost/
The page polls the Guardian Content API for the latest headlines, if it sees one it hasn't spotted before then it "announces" it and changes the background image.
You can read notes about the background image stuff here: http://revdancatt.com/2012/03/31/the-pxl-effect-with-javascript-and-canvas-and-maths/