Hi there. My name is Greg and this the origin story of Arbitrary Noise 3.0
More than a few years ago I hosted a radio show for my college radio station(WIXQ). We named the show Arbitrary Noise for the random stuff we would play and talk about. We had a blast. We didn’t always make it in every morning, but we had a great time when we were there.
A few years ago, I found a cassette tape (yes a cassette) of one our broadcasts. It’s loud, the music is firmly planted in the early 2000s and I think I had a cold, but it was fun.
Remembering all of the good times, I reached out to a friend to do a podcast using the same name. It was a great idea…for 2 episodes. It didn’t help that my wife and I were expecting our first child and my cohost had 2 children in college…the very definition of being at different points in our lives. So, arbitrary noise went quiet.
About a month ago, I had an idea. Arbitrary Noise the domain name was coming up for renewal and I wanted to do something with it…but what? I was pondering this thought and was trying to figure out what I wanted to do.
The original list was something like this
- Podcast again
- Pop culture News
- Active Twitter
- Music Question of the Week
- Games Den
- Movie Reviews
- D&D Gaming
- What ever happened to…
When I looked at it, I realized that all of these things had been done before. What could I add? What could I say that others hadn’t? So the the question had become “but why?” I am a 38 year old father of 2 living in PA with my wife, kids and 2 dogs…wait a minute…how often were these topics (and others) talked about from the perspective of a soon to be middle aged dad? I called my good friend Aaron (also a 38 year old father of 3 living in NJ with his wife, kids and a cat) and pitched the idea. He was in!
Since then Aaron and I have been bouncing ideas back and forth while I switched the old iWeb site (RIP iWeb) to WordPress and we would get started so here we go.
What you can expect
We are going to update the site on a regular basis as we find things of interest to us: video games, role-playing, music, tech, etc- a true arbitrary experience. We are going to do a podcast…once I figure out the tools to do that (suggestions welcome). We are going to build our YouTube Channel, our Twitter and maybe a few other things. Please feel free to comment and add in the discussions.
Both Aaron and I are excited to get started so let’s go!
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