This podcast in MP3 Format

Although I did not like the noise factor in my little protable recorder, I think it is good enough for one pod cast. I don't think I am going to use the rest of the the recordings though. It is too much work to clean it up. Enjoy the photos at FLickr.

I would also like to mention that I have begun ro upload photos and music to my profile over at Geeks!. The live stream is also up most of the time now. I am not always there but music almost always is and the script lets you know where to find the artist.

• The show opened with Chinatown by Leif Willumsen
• Immediately followed by George Wood performing Seeing the Light
• Escape by The Eternal
• Black and White Bossa by Brouf Art
• Three in a row by George Wood; Slack Jaw, Fatal Attrction and Goal
• Kehbal - Architectural NicheRiad Abdel-Gawad
• Two by Deyo, Tall Fiddler and Retro 90210 Fun
• Mutiny by Devin Anderson
• Propaganda by George Wood

Things can go wrong. All in all, I don't think too bad.

Hey there, I knew you would ask. I had fun last time so here we go again. This time I am more prepared. I have, hopefully correctly, tagged up and readied over 30 songs to stream with tonight. Click on over to the live page and my chat to learn more.

The show notes and, after I mix it, an audio only version will be available here.

Regrettably, it seems likely we will have a few glitches to overcome. I have no clue why but my XP machine has been acting weird ever since I went to SP3. I can find nothing wrong with it but I do see it acting wrong. The first bump was that my Microsoft live camera freezes in ustream. Despite frozen video the audio would still stream. Since my live show is mostly music, that is not too bad.

Then, just as inexplicably, the video stopped freezing and all I can get for ustream audio is a steady hiss. I don't care what audio source I use, all I get is hiss. I can, however, still do the show. I just have to fall back to an archaic Winblows ME box. Anyhow, all I hope to see you all at 8 PM EST tomorrow. Just be forewarned that there may be a few glitches with the podcast when I take calls and such.

I am also flattered by the positive feedback on the project. I promise you I will pursue it more. Right now here is what I plan to do:

• This is mostly done but clean up the code and look of this site. Your feedback is welcome. There are a few more things I would like to do, especially since I am getting used to the Movable Type 4.???
• It seems that many are enjoying my live streams. They are fun to do but a good bit of work to mix down. I think what I am going to do is try to do 2-4 live shows per week. I will vary the times so that those of you half way about the globe can participate. Keep you browser tuned here for a schedule coming the end of this week. Although I will still do show notes, I am not going to produce a separate podcast for the live show. I will work on getting a better quality video for you but Ustream is gonna be it for now.
• I also want to get back to doing a studio produced audio podcast. I am going to shoot for one hour in length and, tentatively, one show every week.

Thanks for listening and reading all. Comments are welcome.

I I think I have finally managed to dial everything in so that I can actually do a live stream and record it at the same time. The audio may still be a bit rough but I think that can be tweaked for the next one. I am also able to take on air calls which is kewl.

I don't think my mic is very good and I need to rework how my voice gets into the recorded end of it. Justplaindave on the other end seemed to have no issues understanding me nor I him. The recorded end of it is not so pretty though. There pops and hisses that I did not notice during the live portion of it. If you continue reading you will be taken to the show notes and video of the attempt.

This podcast was originally posted 23 December 2007.

Merry Christmas to All. You can get the MP3 here. I will get a feed up and runing for this Shortly after Christmas.

• We started the show off with Jingle Bells by Natalie Brown
• Special Guest - Santa Clause talking about the Santa Cam - Special Thanks to:
  
  • Wyldryde - for making sure the chat remains functional and safe
    
    • If you are feeling in the Spirit of the season you can Donate Here
  • Squirrel Cam and Databrokers for letting Santa use the workshop
  • Chris Pirillo who was nice enough to notice and show the santa cam to others
  • Ustream for putting Santa in front of so many this year
• Promo for Email Our Military
• Next we play something swirrel music - Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
• Podsafe Christmas Song by Jonathan Coulton
• Special thanks to Ewe Hermann for his excellent list (be sure and check out some of this 8-bit stuff)
• Next we played a few in a row:
  
  • We Three Kings by Derek K Miller
  • Three classics from this list at InCompeteTech
    
    • Little Town of Bethlehem - Kevin MacLeod
    • Silent Night
    • Dance of the Sugar Plum Faries
• Closed with Blue Vista by Elvis, Chris Pirillo and McInTec

This post was originally published 11 August 2007.

Welcome to my latest resurrection of an old endeavor. I have shaken off the moth balls and decided to try it again. About three years ago, I did my first audioblog. I ended up abandoning to do radiostatic. Regrettably, it seems that trying to co-ordinate two busy schedules has made it impossible for exios and I to actually make it work. It is nobody's fault or blame but the reality is that we spend more time attempting to schedule it and talking about doing it than actually doing it. The obstacles of distance, health issues and technological problems have resulted in two critical problems. The first is but a semantic excuse for the second. We failed miserably at consistently posting shows. Every time we would gain an audience, we would have and issue and not do the show consistently, which is a key factor for a sucessful podcast.

If you gain listeners, they expect you to fulfill their desires for being there the next time. That is the worse thing we did. We let our listeners down. I am very sorry for that. It will not happen again. If it does, it is totally and entirely my fault.

I have finally done it. I have made the leap to audio blogging. There is not much to write about here so tune in. One should also not that the notes below will make little sense unless you listen in.

It is far from perfect and far from what I wish to get to but it is a start.

1. HousyGroove - the sound in the back ground for my introduction. You can find out a bit more about it here
2. Usrbingeek - the on responsible for this addiction. Actually, the blame should be shared by both Steve (AKA Usrbingeek) fault and Chris Prillo (of lockergnome fame). Chris Prillo because of his show and Steve because of his Dummies Guide
   In his artcle, Steve suggested using:
   
   • audacity, which is a free audio editor program.
   • dopplerradio, which is how I capture various podcast
3. yagoohoogle
4. Trillian
5. Extensions for firefox
   
   • Add Book Mark Here
   • Bookmarks Synchronizer
   • Enhanced Bookmark Search
   • Super DragAndGo
   • Focus Last Tab
   • Hash Colored Tabs
   • Last Tab
   • Mini-T
6. Leo Laporte
7. exios