Chill out, listen to some rain • Hacker News Board

Visited this on my Nexus 7 and got a message saying it doesn't work because mobile devices don't support the audio tag well. But they do support the Web Audio API! So why not use that?

Re: Chill out, listen to some rain

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Post by geoka9 » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 5:34 PM UTC

Oh no, we get so much of it here (Vancouver, BC), this site actually made me hurt reminding me of what's to come.

Re: Chill out, listen to some rain

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Post by devgutt » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 5:37 PM UTC

I use Clementine music player (Ubuntu). Go to Extra|Rain.

Re: Chill out, listen to some rain

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Post by exogen » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 7:35 PM UTC

I like the sound much better than RainyMood.com.

Kinda weird feedback, but I actually find the images with people in them a bit stressful. When I think of enjoying some rain, it's from a cozy dry spot. Being where those people are just looks uncomfortable. :)

Re: Chill out, listen to some rain

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Post by windock » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 8:43 PM UTC

The need for noise of nature is ultimately solved by http://www.naturespace.com/ already, with their mobile app. The collection of over 80 different tracks, grouped by topic (thunderstorms, rivers, etc) is amazing. Every track is about $1-4, though. That app is the only thing which allows me to sleep in the night and work productively.

Re: Chill out, listen to some rain

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Post by wookiehangover » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 9:42 PM UTC

If you're like me and you like the sound of white noise more than rain, you can relax to this http://wookiehangover.github.com/whitenoise/

Re: Chill out, listen to some rain

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Post by lightyrs » Sun, Aug 12, 2012, 10:10 PM UTC

josscrowcroft wrote: post #31

davidism wrote: post #2

Is the only difference from http://www.rainymood.com/ the lack of thunder?

You left out the obligatory "Being A C--t In Your Source Code" warning: view-source: http://www.rainymood.com/ That just makes me think "what a loser" @sealo I love the raining.fm site, definitely a neat side project. You could just start selling white noise audio through the site for affiliate commissions, if you focus on getting people to visit the site. Or make it into a simple app with one function and sell that…

From the source:

DO NOT COPY THIS WEBSITE.

If you copy this website, Tailored Music, Inc. will find out.

Just look at the code below - do you really think you can understand it? Of course not.

Can you find all the places where it contacts outside servers to report its location? Nope.

Hey, do you know about trademarks? "Rainy Mood", "RainyMood", "RainyMood.com", and "Rain makes everything better" are trademarks of Tailored Music, Inc. That means it's against the law to impersonate us or to make products that use our trademarks.

Sorry if all that sounded snarky. But seriously, there are lots of great business ideas out there. Find something you love, and do it better than anyone ever dreamed. You can't lose with that formula! -->