LUGRadio Ending After 5 Seasons

Say it isn’t so!  After LUGRadio LIVE in the UK, the blokes at LUGRadio are hanging up thier microphones for good.  For details, listen to the latest LUGRadio.

Long podcasts….

I might have to use Linc’s Technic for speeding up my podcasts. I listen to at least 3 show sthat will be over 1 hour and some that are over 2 hours. Shows like, well, The Linux Linc Tech Show (well I listen to the stream), Otaku Generation(the longest….sometimes as long as 3 hours) and LUGRadio which is usually around an hour and a half. It also seems that Wednesday is the day for all of these shows to come out which means I usually don’t finish the podcast playlist buy the end of the day! Lots of stuff to listen to. Anyway, I love all of these shows and they have been on my podroll since the beginning, almost.

Then comes the next subject….what is the perfect length for a podcast? I think there is none. Some shows are great at only 20 minutes long while others (Otaku Generation) are a show that maks me laugh the entire 2:30 hours!

So, if your thinking about starting a podcast and are afraid about blathering on endlessly, make sure your blather is interesting….like these 3 excellent long shows!

Oh and as Linc would say, TLLTS is NOT A PODCAST! It’s a radio show….that just happens to make their content available as a podcast…..whatever Linc! It works either way.

Oh and we’ll see you in IRC tonight buddy….

ISG and Ardour GTK

I have started a new podcast called The Incredible Shrinking Geek  on podshow.  This show will kind of chronicle my weight loss program of sorts as well as provide people with hints on how I got around things like eating out and more.  It’s located at:

http://incredibleshrinkinggeek.podshow.com

Anyway, as I want to always have the ability to record this show, I decided to use Ardour as the editor.  Ardour runs on Linux and is a full Digital Audio Workstation.  It can also record multi tracks as well.  It’s a bit complicated but it does work.  It uses another program called JackD which is a audio server on steroids.  It can handle working in realtime if your kernel supports it.  Anyway, take a listen to the show and try Ardour if you want something better then Audacity.

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Adam Likes the N800

I was listening to today’s Daily Source Code and Nokia apparantly gave Adam Curry as a gift a new Nokia N800.  While Patricia and Christina don’t necessarily like it, Adam does and he says screw the iPhone and let’s do something like this.  Build better stuff on Open Source and Apple Inc. will have to open up more.

If you are buried under a rock and have not listened to the Daily Source Code, listen to today’s show and then subscribe!

My Opinion on Apple’s Jobsnote….

Now that Apple’s released em, I am going to post my inital Opinion on each:

Apple iPhone

Sleek Design.  Very nice looking.  I totally disagree with not including a keypad or a stylus.  All of that pressing on the screen is going to leave greasy goobers all over that beautiful screen.  PLUS they could have put Inkwell on it and had a Newton reborn.  Anyway, the two finger navigation is kind of intresting and we all saw the Demo from TED.  That’s almost exactly what this is.  Anyway, the network choice is lousy.  Cingular sucks.  They’d have been better off going with Verizon or Sprint.  Only EDGE and WiFi??  Not even HSDPA.  If they’d have gone the CDMA route, they’d have EVDO in the handset and then it would be great.  Why do you need  broadband?  Because with 8 gig max, you ain’t going to have a whole lot of Video on it so that means streaming.

Airport Extreme

Nice update.  Easy to see why they skipped it.  Even though 802.11N isn’t final just yet, it’s going to be soon and you’ll need this to stream highdef to your Apple TV.

Apple TV

A good idea, but I think they’d have been better off with just building it on top of the Mac Mini.  The price would have been higher, but then you’d have a bigger hard disk.  40 gig ain’t a whole lot anymore.  I’ll probably get one once I get a HDTV.  If I can hook it up to my regular old school TV then I’d go for it now.

In another blog, they mentioned this was the greatest keynote ever.  While it had some nice products,they are not THAT revolutionary.  No 8 core MacPro’s??  Maybe they are coming out later this week….

Bashpodder Rocking the 770…

I played around with Bashpodder on the 770. Linc’s got a post here.

It’s pretty simple to get working on the 770.

1. Install wget.
2. Setup your bp.conf on the 770 or copy your bp.conf from another machine you have used or do use bashpodder on. Also copy the podcast.log.
3. Edit the bashpodder script and swap out the bash with sh.
4. Run it from Xterm with: sh bashpodder.shell.

Make sure you have a swap file setup and do this before you go to bed and any podcasts that are new will be downloaded right on the 770. Nice.

Podcasts Repeating Radio’s Mistakes??

It’s New Years Day and I went back to my Mac to check out what iTunes downloaded fully expecting to see nothing and I see the little blue dot by the Daily Source Code. I know I know, why the heck do you listen to it?? Well, frankly, it makes me laugh at the stupid crap that big haired fag can bring up. Anyway, I connect my iPod (Total Linux geeks eat it….I’ll explain in another post) and sync it up, hit my smart playlist and …..it’s a BOC. Call it the Best of Charlie, the Bride of Chucky or the Bag of Crap like W00t call’s it, but it’s a clip show essentially.

Back in the day when I listened to Talk Radio (I still do on occasion) all of the time, I used to listen to John Corby regularly. WTVN used to put a best of Corby on which actually was worse then a Best of Charlie because it was usually minute per minute a replay of another Corby show. This was horrible and the listener’s let WTVN know it. Now, WTVN actually brings someone else in to sub for Corby. Last week it was ex NBC 4 sports caster Dave Maetzold. Usually I don’t listen to WTVN, but I was out of podcast audio from the past week and I needed something to listen to as I drove back to Columbus. Surprisingly, this actually was intresting. They were talking about new things at the station and other things going on(Ford’s death) and while it may seem like Clear Channel is having difficulties, this station isn’t among many of the other Clear Channel stations in having alot of remote shows…..WTVN alot of local content. Only limited listening times like the 1pm-3pm (Rush) 10pm-1am(Sean Hannity) and 1am-6am(Noory) slots are syndicated during the week. All major dirve times on WTVN in Columbus are locally produced and live content. In fact, WTVN DROPPED Glenn Beck. Now, starting January 9th they will have Joel Riley on from 9-12. In fact here is the new WTVN Line up for the weekday:

12:00-5:00am	“Coast to Coast AM” with George Noory	Website
5:00-5:35am	“News First at 5″ including Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story” at 5:20am.
5:35-9:00am	Bob Conners	Website
9:00am-12noon	Joel Riley (Paul Harvey “Mid-Day News and Comment” at 11:42)	Website
12noon-3:00pm	Rush Limbaugh	Website
3:00pm-7:00pm	John Corby	Website
7:00pm-10:00pm	Sean Hannity	Website
10:00pm-12:00am	Mark Levin	Website

On this list, there’s only 4 syndicated shows which I actually think is pretty good. You also have 4 locally produced content shows as well. So WTVN is balanced in this respect. Politically, it’s definitely a conservitive bunch. Air America is off of our air waves here in Columbus on WTPG. In fact the call letters are changing to WTYS.

So how is this radio stuff related? Well, Adam used to bring up alot of controversial talk about things in the podosphere. He also used to talk alot about how we can make podcast catchers and other software around podcasting better. Now when he touches on these subjects, it’s to promote Podshow’s stuff and to also promote Castblaster. There’s nothing wrong with that, but he also seems to crap on stuff others are doing….sometimes. Not all of the time. Anyway, the intresting stuff he used to talk about have been replaced by bits that are fit for crap morning radio…..folder or scruncher?? Metro Sexual Moment?? (ok he hasn’t had one for a while). Anyway, the DSC seems more and more contrived and artificial to me. It was better when he just turned on the mike and had only vague plannings of a show. Now he has a ton of prerecorded stuff and plays very little in the promo area. Oh and this burp was brought to you by Senseo with Splenda(ad for splenda) Anyway, I still listen to the DSC but it’s just on for noise 90 percent of the time with me. Anyway some people are apparantly so addicted to the DSC that they want a BOC and will listen to it. I usually do turn it on, but I listen with vague intrest…..I already heard the stuff before. Also BOC’s are put together by alot of people in Adam’s Inner Circle and some other fans….Marcus Couch, CSB and others. What the BOC is, to me, is ego stroking for Adam when he can’t get a show together. Also, get used to them as it appears he’s going to use that alot as they move to the new cottage. I preffered the mobile shows he did when his broadband wasn’t in the Curry Cottage.

Of the shows I listen to, the majority of them are the non professional shows…..shows like:

• The Linux Link Tech Show (ok I listen on the stream and very rarely to the podcast) http://www.tllts.org
• LUGRadio http://www.lugradio.org
• Mobile Tech Roundup http://www.mobiletechroundup.com/
• Binary Revolution Radio http://www.binrev.com
• OnTheRun With Tablet PCs http://jkontherun.blogs.com/otrwithtpcs/

That’s just a few off of my podroll. I DO listen to some professional stuff, but it’s limited to the really good professional stuff. There’ so much professional content out there that completely lacks soul. Ever been to a place with a sportscaster who’s NOT from the area? They can’t and do not have the passion needed for a local sports program. The best local spoertscasters and newscasters are the ones who are passionate about the area. Look at the bios for the station. Find the ones who have always been in that area and you will find the best news cast.

The more I listen to the DSC the more I think Adam is loosing his passion for podcasting. He’s more intrested in making podshow money then having fun. The podcasters who have fun doing it are by far the best ones out there.