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Posted By Peter Bentley
I did an interview for Asylum (an online magazine for guys run by AOL) a while ago. They've now put a slightly edited version online. (I get the feeling I was a little too detailed for them, but this is a magazine currently giving fashion tips for swine fever face mask designs...) You can see the article here:

http://www.asylum.com/2009/05/06/8-common-ways-sh-t-happens- and-how-you-can-prevent-it/


 
Posted By Peter Bentley
Although I haven't received my author's copy yet, Brilliance Audio have already released the US audio book version of Why Sh*t Happens. I think it's very funny - especially when they bleep out the word sh*t. You can listen to an mp3 audio sample by clicking here.


 
Posted By Peter Bentley
Another day and another review. From the really nice one I posted yesterday, this one is so short it's almost a haiku.


 
Posted By Peter Bentley
Just spotted what has to be one of my favourite reviews of Why Sh*t Happens so far. More like this one please!

You can read it by clicking here.

The original was here:

http://media.www.paisano- online.com/media/storage/paper975/news/2009/04/14/Ae/The- Sht.Of.Our.Lives.Takes.On.Scientific.Meaning-3708956.shtml


 
Posted By Peter Bentley
I just received my version of The Undercover Scientist audio book by Clipper Audio. Four box sets, each containing 9 CDs. I'm so glad we got the actor Roger May to read it all! Listening to it now for the first time, I think he's done a really nice job. Even I find it entertaining and I wrote every word he says! I guess this is something to get from the library and put on your mp3 player. (I'm more of a reader than a listener, but I can certainly see the appeal after hearing this version.)

The publisher's website, which includes an audio sample of my introduction, is here: http://www.wfhowes.co.uk/catalogue/titles.php?&t=3837

Here's a sample by Roger May from the soap chapter.


 
Posted By Peter Bentley
Phew! It's hard to keep up with the media fuss over the book Why Sh*t Happens. Yesterday an interview with me was published on Time.com - this one was quite hard work as the journalist asked me lots of questions about all kinds of things. It was apparently on the front page of Digg today - spotted by one of my students. You can read it by clicking here.

The book was the book of the week on the Skeptic Friends Network, you can check it out by clicking here.

There was also a quickie review in Discover Magazine, see below. I even did an interview for Dutch radio yesterday and yet more radio interviews to do tomorrow.


 
Posted By Peter Bentley
Another day and another radio tour of USA for the book Why Sh*t Happens. Today being Friday 13, I found myself describing lucky and unlucky events. As before, the hosts of the shows found themselves in a dilemma about how to say the book title. In fact in the last interview they played a little trick and pretended we were live on air and then actually said the title of the book, followed by all kinds of swearwords. I was slightly taken aback! We then spent the whole of the actual interview talking about sheep. "Oh Sheep!" I figure if the audience numbers for all the shows are accurate I've been heard by nearly 10 million Americans in the last 3 days. Poor people, yes that's right. These were the shows I was on today:

Cleveland, OH. WMJI-FM “Lanigan & Malone Morning Show” Listen to the interview here!

Tri Cities, TN. WJCW-AM “Thinking out Loud”

Portland, OR. KEX-AM “The Morning Update”

Miami, FL. WIOD-AM “South FL’s First News”

New York, NY. WCBS-AM “WCBS News”

Minneapolis, MN. KQRS-FM “Bob & Tom Show” Listen to the interview here! (This was the only interview where I actually got cut off - we were running late for the next show but by co-incidence the line went horrible at the end. Listening back it seems to have triggered quite a conversation!)

Cleveland, OH. WEOL-AM “Les in the Morning”

Colorado Springs, CO. KCMN-AM “Tron Talk”

Springfield, MA. WAQY-FM "The Bax and O'Brien Show"

Poughkeepsie, NY. WBWZ-FM “Mark Bolger in The Morning”


 
Posted By Peter Bentley
Yesterday I spent most of the day on a "radio tour" of USA appearing on 8 different radio shows to publicize the release of the book Why Sh*t Happens. The funny thing about US radio is that they can't say the title of the book. The solutions used by the hosts of each show were kinda funny. They called it "Why Shtuff Happens," or "Why ess-aitch- asterisk-tee Happens," or even "Why Shaaaaah Happens." The hosts of one show had a long discussion with me about it, saying they preferred the European title "The Undercover Scientist." Well, it remains to be seen if Rodale's decision on the title is a good one, but it's certainly attracting attention. These are the shows I've been on so far; I'll be on another bunch tomorrow.

National. ABC Radio Networks syndicated Talk “It’s a New Day”

New York, NY. WLNA-AM “Good Morning Hudson Valley”

Atlanta, GA. WDUN-AM “The Bill and Joel Show”

Minneapolis, MN. WFMP-FM “Ian and Margery” Listen to the interview here!

Philadelphia, PA. KYW-AM “KYW News”

Rochester, NY. WHAM-AM “WHAM Morning News”

National. All Star Radio Networks Syndicated Talk “All Star Minute”

Chicago, IL. WLBK-AM NPR “Walking on Air with Betsy and Sal” Listen to the interview here!

Cincinnati, OH/National WLW-AM/XM Radio Channel 173 “The Scott Sloan Show”


 
Posted By Peter Bentley

I've now written a second iphone application, this time to publicize the US version of the Undercover Scientist book, which is called Why Sh*t Happens. The program is called "iSmash" - it allows you to choose your own images and then "smash" them, with appropriate sound effects.

For those interested in how it was created here's a few gory details: The image of the glass is made from four photos of a real piece of glass that I smashed (carefully) with a hammer. Depending on the angle of the device, different images are merged together to give the impression that the light is changing. Underneath the photos are four partially translucent patterns of shaded glass which are also merged together differently depending on the angle. Underneath that, your five images are randomly shown.

Note that this is a simulation of a smashed image - there is absolutely nothing wrong with your device and pressing the "Home" button will quit the application as normal. If you have any problems with the program then leave a message on this page and I'll try and leave a reply here in a few days. I'll do a YouTube video for the app soon. iSmash is now available on Cydia, hosted by bigboss so anyone with a jalibroken iPod Touch or iPhone can enjoy the app.

If you like the application, please do check out the book by touching the screen during the countdown - you should enjoy it too!

the webpage for the application is here: http://www.peterjbentley.com/ismash.h tml

Enjoy iSmash!


 
Posted By Peter Bentley
This is the official iStethoscope support page. I've moved all previous comments here to make it easier. Please check out the following information. If you still have a problem, then please leave a message below and I'll reply on this page within a day or 3. If you enjoy this application, please check out the popular science book: The Undercover Scientist.

Help page for iStethoscope: http://www.peterjbentley.com/istethoscope.html

For details of how everything works, check out:

-the entry for version 2.03

-the entry for version 2.0

-the entry for version 1.1

-the entry for version 1.0

Also try watching the video for version 2:

And the video for version 1: