One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Saturday, 18 September 2004

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iPodder, Weblogging (Blogging), AudioBlogging
Now I sit here wondering if they fully realize what they have.

What they have is a radio station with infinite variety and without the FCC, CRTC or any other regulatory pain in the ass. A few key tools will have to be developed to further the idea. A 15G iPod can store more than a days worth of audio. A utility to create a structured playlist could be used to create a listening experience more like radio with talk shows interspersed with music (amount, and choice to the users liking). Adam Curry's experiments with using Skype while recording his audio blog show that it is now possible to do a complete radio show, complete with call-in interviews with readily available tools (most of them free) once the required hardware, and not much at that, is in front of you.

Unlike the 'radio' stations on the Internet now though, there is no DJ, or station manager. The contents of the station are structured by the user, the choice in programming is entirely based on their personal preferences.

.< 11:27:58 PM >
I've had trouble with my...

I've had trouble with my Address Book a couple of times in the past months. I boot up the app after a crash and there are no entries. Make sure Address Book isn't running. Go to ~:Library:Application Support:AddressBook: and make a backup of the folder just to be safe. Now delete the file inside the folder called AddressBook.data. Rename the file called AddressBook.data.previous to AddressBook.data. Now boot Address Book and everything's as it was. OK, it worked for me . . . this time. Certainly it's worth a try. [Canuck]

< 3:50:10 PM >

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - International squads of beer drinkers, leather-clad Bavarians and devotees of excess young and old converged in Munich on Saturday for the start of the planet's biggest beer festival, the Oktoberfest. [Reuters: World]

< 2:14:13 PM >

< 2:02:49 AM >

Draft of Iraq Survey Group's final report finds no sign of alleged illegal stockpiles. [Guardian Unlimited]

What we knew all along.

< 1:48:02 AM >

Sir John Eliot Gardiner launches own label
Label will begin by releasing Bach Cantata Pilgrimage recordings
[Gramophone - News]

< 1:39:42 AM >

And so do their owners [The Register] 'It supports the theory that online downloads are complementing, rather than replacing traditional CD sales; with shoppers using the online stores to sample music before getting "the real thing". 80 per cent of "legal" downloaders surveyed said they will buy as many or more CDs buy as many or more CDs in the future.

CDs have better sound quality than music downloads, and in most countries have no restrictions on how the user listens to the music.'

< 1:29:35 AM >

[Daypop Top 40]

< 1:12:28 AM >

Librarian.Net: Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library. [Scripting News]

Funny signs. Scary that they are serious.

< 1:06:44 AM >

“The single most effective way to avoid viruses and spyware is to simply chuck Windows altogether and buy an Apple Macintosh,” writes Walt Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal. “There has never been a successful virus written for Mac OS X, and there is almost no spyware that targets the Mac. Plus, the Mac is invulnerable to viruses and spyware written for Windows. Not only is it more secure, but the Mac operating system is more capable, more modern and more attractive than Windows XP, and just as stable.” [Sep 17] [Apple Hot News]

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Chip Eberhart writes in Post magazine, “DVD Studio Pro Version 3.0 is truly a world-class DVD authoring application. This outstanding version of DVD Studio Pro adds enough bells, whistles and real-world functionality to make even a seasoned DVD author take notice and say, ‘Wow!’” [Sep 16] [Apple Hot News]