Soundings https://xavierroy.com/podcasts/soundings/ Short audio fragments exploring ideas, words, and observations that catch my attention. Two to three minute soundings of whatever makes me pause and think. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:56:08 +0000 en-US © 2025 Xavier Roy a microcast by Xavier Xavier Roy episodic Short audio fragments exploring ideas, words, and observations that catch my attention. Two to three minute soundings of whatever makes me pause and think. Xavier Roy xavier+soundings@xavierroy.com false https://xavierroy.com/wp-content/uploads/soundings-1.jpg Soundings https://xavierroy.com/podcasts/soundings/ xavier+soundings@xavierroy.com Short audio fragments exploring ideas, words, and observations that catch my attention. Two to three minute soundings of whatever makes me pause and think. No 785c9c89-2aca-5a8c-8997-56bc63f3ac55 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Soundings 02: Transclude This https://xavierroy.com/podcast/soundings-02-transclude-this/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:07:53 +0000 https://xavierroy.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1294 A simple question about embedding Word documents led me to use the word transclude - and taught me a lesson about the curse of knowledge.

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]]> false no 1:22 No no Soundings 01: Making Sense of Chaos https://xavierroy.com/podcast/soundings-01-making-sense-of-chaos/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:33:42 +0000 https://xavierroy.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1291 A line from Brandon Sanderson's Oathbringer about finding meaning in random elements gets me thinking about Brownian motion and how humans can't help looking for patterns in chaos.

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]]> false no 1:33 No no Soundings 00: The Experiment Begins https://xavierroy.com/podcast/soundings-00-the-experiment-begins/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 09:47:29 +0000 https://xavierroy.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1286 Welcome to Soundings - an introduction to this tiny experiment in short audio fragments.

In this episode zero, I talk about why I chose the name, what to expect, and how Anne-Laure Le Cunff's Tiny Experiments book inspired this microcast.

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In this episode zero, I talk about why I chose the name, what to expect, and how Anne-Laure Le Cunff's Tiny Experiments book inspired this microcast.

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