{"id":5445,"date":"2004-03-10T08:44:27","date_gmt":"2004-03-10T15:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/03\/10\/background-check.html"},"modified":"2004-03-10T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2004-03-10T15:44:27","slug":"background_chec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/03\/10\/background_chec.html","title":{"rendered":"Background check"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new cell-phone feature: fake background noises<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Did you ever wish you could hide your location when talking on the phone? Ever wanted to give the impression you were somewhere else?
\nSounderCover gives you the ability to add a background sound to any incoming or outgoing call, giving the impression that you really are in the environment where the background sound is normally heard.<\/p>\n

Actually, I more often want to screen out <\/i>background noise. Though, I suppose, it would be nice sometimes to have a key to press to queue up an insistent demand for attention from Katherine, followed by a crash and a wail …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new cell-phone feature: fake background noises. Did you ever wish you could hide your location when talking on the phone? 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