Sometimes a theme develops out of nothing (and sometimes a cigar is just a cigar). We’re not really sure how the theme of this week’s We Made It: It’s Friday became sounds, but it did. So here are some useful/funny/interesting sound related links for your enjoyment and relaxation this Friday.

• Network Alum Braydon Beaulieu recently alerted us to the existence of soundrown.com – an ambient noise generator that allows you to work to the sounds of the coffee shop/a crackling fire/birds, etc. Just don’t try them all at the same time.
• Speaking of noise generators, ever wish you could sound more like a professor? What about a Matt Groening animated professor from the future? Futurama fans: someone made a Professor Farnswarth soundboard. Because who knows how to say “Bushwah” properly anymore.
• Ever notice how some sounds just sound scarier than others? Of course you have. Well, apparently there’s a very scientific answer for what makes a sound scary. Katie McDonough from salon.com uses science to break down “how movies use music to manipulate viewers into becoming whimpering scared little baby people” here.

We get it, enough with the noise. So, in closing, here’s this totally unrelated note about cat and dog espionage in the WWI.