I'm finally getting around to answering mail. It's such an easy way to find something to talk about, it almost feels like cheating.
Entries from January 2006
Checkin' The Mailbag
January 31st, 2006 · 4 Comments
Tags: Podcast · Soliloquy · Soundseeing
"Shiny Mud Balls" are not a fad. (Well, maybe)
January 31st, 2006 · 5 Comments
I think I first read about this "fad" about a week ago on Boing Boing. Search Google for "shiny mud balls" in English and you get 186,000 hits. Search for the same term in Japanese (光る泥団子） and you get 413 hits. The latest fad taking Japan by storm? I think not. For what it's worth, [...]
Tags: General
Today's notcast brought to you by Stupid Flakes
January 31st, 2006 · 1 Comment
Managed to record the first 8 seconds of this morning's podcast. Got to work, turned the recorder on when I thought I was turning it off. Recorded 518 minutes of office noise but didn't realize it until I tried to record another podcast on the way home and ran out of memory after 12 minutes. [...]
Tags: General
No podcast this morning
January 27th, 2006 · 5 Comments
Dead battery. I'll do one tonight. Meanwhile, here are a few podcasts about Buddhism. Zencast – Good format. Audio clips from Buddhist superstar lecturers, music, etc. Episodes are worth saving and listening to again and again. Alan Watts Podcast – New, and I hope it's good. His son Mark runs a website where he sells [...]
Tags: General
Fade to music
January 26th, 2006 · 8 Comments
Podcasting neurosis update: I'm almost OK with the thought of nearly 1,000 people from around the world listening to each episode. (15,000+ MP3s served this month.) I can brainfart while recording without becoming overwhelmingly self-conscious. But to be honest, I still think I suck. I should be over that after another 10 or 20 more [...]
Tags: General · Music · Podcast · Soliloquy · Soundseeing
