Upgrading to the latest version of iTunes will get you easy access to managing your podcast subscriptions through the iTunes interface. It’s a great idea though frankly, I just don’t have time to listen to podcasts all that frequently. My commute is about 3 minutes by car, 6 by bike and 20 by foot. And now that it’s africahot all the time now, i haven’t been walking to work as much. That being said, i know a lot of the WB readers do have a commute or have the ability to listen to audio while they do their work so it might be worth checking out. Al Franken’s podcasts from Air America are available. I’m sure additional interesting podcasts will make their way up there soon. The service is still a bit buggy and not up to Apple’s usual user experience standards. Perhaps that’s because they don’t own the entire stack from content to delivery. They’ll learn. They have to, it’s what separates them from alternative operating systems.
Because podcasting is based on RSS which is near and dear to my interests, i was curious to check on how Apple extended the RSS spec to make it integrate more tightly with iTunes and I’m a bit dissapointed. You can read some details over at usefulinc.com. Also, folks have already started to exploit the functionality a bit to make it possible to do one-click subscription to podcasts via iTunes from any site.
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Our monthly first Saturday gig. Awesome Schezwan food!
When: Feb 7, 2009 9:00:00 PM
Where: M Shanghai Den in Brooklyn,New York
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- Morality: 2012: Online Only Video: The New Yorker - The social and cultural psychologist Jonathan Haidt talks with Henry Finder about the five foundations of morality, and why liberals often fail to get their message across. From ?2012: Stories from the Near Future,? the 2007 New Yorker Conference.
- Life With Alacrity: Community by the Numbers, Part II: Personal Circles - Unlike the group limits, personal limits actually measure something different: the number of connections that an individual can hold. They're yet another thing that you must consider when thinking about communities of people. (I'm looking for more info on Familiar Strangers).
- Findings - For Good Self-Control, Try Getting Religious About It - NYTimes.com - "Religious people, he said, are self-controlled not simply because they fear God?s wrath, but because they?ve absorbed the ideals of their religion into their own system of values, and have thereby given their personal goals an aura of sacredness. He suggested that nonbelievers try a secular version of that strategy." . . . "So what?s a heathen to do in 2009? Dr. McCullough?s advice is to try replicating some of the religious mechanisms that seem to improve self-control, like private meditation or public involvement with an organization that has strong ideals."
- Single Spot Camping - SingleSpotCamping.com? is a brand new website which offers all land- and lot owners to present their own "single-spot-camping". The idea is: Anyone who owns land (it can even consist of your garage entrance) and would like to welcome one or a couple of camping guests are welcome to connect to www.singelspotcamping.com.
- Lunch Break, Red Bank, NJ - If you're looking to make an end-of-year donation, you could do worse than Red Bank's Lunch Break. These guys need a website overhaul, badly. No online donations and I had to use google to find out whether or not my donation was tax-deductible.
- Review: Radioshift Touch for iPhone | iPhone Central | Macworld - listen to radio stations on your iphone
- EveryTrail - iPhone Application - With this geotracking application, you can record your movements, take geotagged photos, make notes and immediately upload it all to EveryTrail, the leading online community for travel storytelling
- E-Democracy.Org - Discussion Forums with Political, Elections, News, and Government Links
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- What is Equally Shared Parenting? - Equally sharing the care of your children with your partner is about balancing your life, balancing your family's collective life and sharing equally in the joys of raising a family.
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so:
if you live one mile from work - drive 20 mph, you bike 10 mph and walk 3 mph.
if you live two miles from work -drive 40mph, you bike 20 mph and walk 6mph.
if you live 9 miles from work - drive 180 mph, you bike 90 mph and walk an amazing 27 mph!!!
jim, how far do you live from work?
one mile
just loaded that podcast support update. it was a breeze and the ipod/podcasting interface gives you full control…(not sure if it will automatically delete old episodes, but I have to wait to see). very seamless itunes integration. me-rikey