The radio started beeping at me. Not just your average beeps, but special beeps. Temperature alert beeps. When the official temperature for Perth hit 41 degrees Celsius I got my warning. Through the radio. I hadn't expected that.
Whilst it was the radio I was listening to, it wasn't your average radio station. This was my own radio station, broadcasting from a box attached to my computer. Created from a kit that I had soldered together. The music I was listening to was being narrowcast over the Internet, and thus coming into the house via the phone line via ADSL.
For the past few months my PC has been monitoring the local temperature using Australian Weather Stats. It pops up an alert at a predefined temperature, in my case 41 degrees Celsius. It beeps simultaneously.
Hence the magical result.
And proof that it's hot.
