in the late 90s i used a script someone made that would trigger callbacks on syslog patterns. there's different types of icmp traffic; i had iptables log the type that the ping command uses, and i played a submarine ping for each that my gateway received. i'm on the east coast usa, and i remember that i would get barraged with pings overnight, around 4am, as my ssh port got hammered simultaneously.

its 25 years later and the thought of having a single discoverable element on the net scares me.

i would really like an app that can create ambient music with composition: small songs that can overlay with harmony; if my network is running hot the baseline ramps up. if i have emails waiting, little tweets from a treble track that are fleeting but line up with the beat. there's so many ways i could use that soundtrack. plug it into the ide, errors in the buffer, subtle cues.