1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:17,500 Hi everybody, it is the source code for Friday, August 27th, 2004. 2 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:20,500 Good afternoon or good morning or good evening, wherever you are, wherever you're listening 3 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:25,500 to this, either you clicked on the link on the website or you might be subscribing to 4 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:26,500 it through RSS. 5 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:28,500 Thank you very much for subscribing. 6 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:34,500 I've been thinking a lot about what we need to do with this show in particular 7 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:38,500 because I'm even getting pretty bored of talking about myself. 8 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:43,500 And then last night it hit me as I was trying to get to sleep around, I had to go to bed 9 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:50,500 early, only two more days, Monday and Tuesday, the last two days of the morning show. 10 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:57,500 And I was thinking that really what maybe at this audio blog or audio show can be about, 11 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,500 maybe it can just be really for users and developers to bring them together. 12 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:02,500 I mean, I'm... 13 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:08,000 100% a user on all sides of the broadcast equation. 14 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000 I really like receiving stuff and I like making stuff, 15 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 sending it out as well. 16 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 And I think that so far we've been pretty successful at 17 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:21,000 bringing together a number of developers to work on the 18 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000 iPod platform and get stuff working. 19 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,000 And these may not even be developers per se. 20 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,000 These could be just users who have a little more 21 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 knowledge and experience at making the computers do things 22 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,000 that they want them to do. 23 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,000 So I'm going to see if at all we can make this a 24 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,000 platform of its own for users and developers. 25 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,000 And if you have a comment, obviously you can leave a 26 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,000 comment on the web blog or send me an email 27 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,000 adamantcurry.com. 28 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,000 But maybe if you have something to contribute, you can 29 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 create your own audio blog post. 30 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Send me a URL point to it and I'll pick it up. 31 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 And then maybe we can share some of your ideas or 32 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,000 questions or stuff that you're looking for or things that we 33 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:08,500 need to make our computers do and how we can connect them all together through the internet. 34 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:15,500 And I made a very important discovery yesterday, although the application wiretap for Mac OS 35 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:20,500 10 had been pointed out to me a couple of times by people in my quest for getting the right 36 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:25,500 audio software to record these with. 37 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:29,500 The interface really, I had downloaded it, I think the interface just confused me so 38 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:34,500 much. I didn't realize that it does exactly what I wanted to do, namely record all the 39 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:40,500 audio that would normally come out of my speaker. I want that recorded digitally just by listening 40 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:45,500 to the core audio bits or whatever it is. And that's exactly what wiretap does. I didn't 41 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:53,500 think it did because when I looked at the preferences file and I think it's selected by default, 42 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:57,500 it says save files to and then you give it a place to save to and then it says 43 00:02:57,500 --> 00:03:03,500 you can add prefix if you want, which can be the aim. And so when I clicked on the application 44 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:05,500 name it seemed only to want to save files. 45 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,000 save files with the application name that was at the front that was recording. 46 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,000 So I figured well it only records one application at a time. 47 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:23,000 And then yesterday while I was doing the source code, Cindy Camilleri came online on iChat 48 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,000 and since she doesn't come online when usually when I am because we are in different, she's 49 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,000 in New York and I'm in obviously in Belgium. 50 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:38,000 And I always have iChat saying you know, Skipper is here which is her nickname, Skipper. 51 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:45,000 And I heard the iChat alert that she was online while I was recording and I didn't think that 52 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 you'd hear it. 53 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,000 But then I listened back to the yesterday show, yep sure enough it was there. 54 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,000 So I started experimenting and indeed it records everything. 55 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 So instead of a mixing console now in front of me, I basically have all my applications 56 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:04,000 open that I normally use to play bits of audio or use in an audio show like this. 57 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,000 I have three quick time windows open. 58 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:14,500 the Rachmaninoff remix which is, well, by default now become the tune for source code. 59 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:18,500 I have a song of the day all queued up and also I have iTunes standing by in case I think 60 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:22,500 of something I need to search and iTunes is great for that, just typing your search 61 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:25,500 and immediately you get your results. 62 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:32,500 Okay, before I go on to with more about what source code could be and a little update 63 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:37,500 on iPodder, here's something that came in through my own iPodder, at least I'm using 64 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:46,500 the get enclosure.pearl script and this came in from, what was this, blog digger 65 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:51,500 and this is from their their media RSS file and apparently some German guy has 66 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:57,500 written a book called blogs and his name is Don Alfonso and here is an audio 67 00:04:57,500 --> 00:05:01,500 show that was out there on the internet somewhere and I just want to play a 68 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:04,500 little bit of it because it's kind of cool to hear Germans talk about web logs. 69 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:08,500 15.40, you can hear the exact same thing in Germany. 70 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 These texts are only available on the Internet. 71 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:16,000 The book is a special logbook for the reader. 72 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:21,000 It shows a new world and often also a radical point of view. 73 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,000 The book is about blogs. 74 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:28,000 The title of the book is also published in the beginning of September in the book of Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf. 75 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,000 A book published by Don Alfonso and Kai... 76 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 What's the name again? 77 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Don Alfonso? 78 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Kai-Pal. 79 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Exactly. 80 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Kai-Pal. 81 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 The book is about blogs. 82 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:45,000 16 webloggers write about text and form on the Internet and why they take over the Internet. 83 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 I love it. 84 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Okay, so if you read German there's a book called Blogs. 85 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Blogs is out now in Germany. 86 00:05:51,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Okay, so about the source code, I'd like to see this turn into some form of a platform 87 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:07,000 where users and developers can talk about how we can work together and make our collective lives better. 88 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 I know one thing for sure that all of the... 89 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:15,500 users I know, if they are using shareware and they use it consistently or if there's a registration 90 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:16,500 fee. 91 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:22,500 Most everyone always says the same thing, hey, I want to pay my dues and make sure people 92 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:23,500 get paid. 93 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:24,500 So I think there is a market there. 94 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:30,500 It's probably on a per user basis, small license fees, but there's a lot of software to be 95 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:38,500 made and if we can aggregate the ideas when it comes to per topic, obviously, then 96 00:06:38,500 --> 00:06:44,500 maybe we can get some economies of scale going like has happened with iPodder. 97 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:50,500 So the history real quick, I created this script, an Apple script that takes a list of 98 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:57,500 RSS feeds with MP3 enclosures, downloads those and contrary to popular belief, by the way, 99 00:06:57,500 --> 00:07:00,500 it does check to see if the file has already been downloaded. 100 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:04,500 It doesn't download again unless the file has been removed because I use the curl 101 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:07,500 minus F switch. 102 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:11,500 It downloads them and then it transfers them to your iTunes, which if you have a 103 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:18,000 iPod automatically syncs up to your iPod and in iTunes it actually creates a playlist which 104 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:24,000 is equal or equivalent to the name of the channel that or the RSS feed that you're downloading. 105 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,000 It takes all that information from the RSS feed. 106 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 So a couple different versions showed up. 107 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:35,000 We have a Pearl version which I'm actually using myself now and there is now a Windows 108 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,000 version and apparently there's nothing extra to install, no bits that you need. 109 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,000 So I'm going to just download the script and it's good to go. 110 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:48,000 It's made by Peter Overbeke and I'm pretty sure he's Dutch. 111 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,000 I haven't met him other than online. 112 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 I've linked to him today on my web blog. 113 00:07:53,000 --> 00:08:00,000 It's opportunities.nl slash wordpress and he even sent me a ping about it because he's 114 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:05,000 up to, he's done like three versions now and it's really ready to be tested. 115 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:09,000 So please give Peter's script a test because if we can get this working for Windows, and 116 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,000 by the way it works with the iTunes, the Windows version of iTunes. 117 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:21,500 If we can get this working, then this concept of an iPod platform, meaning all mp3 devices, 118 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:28,500 that can download stuff without you doing anything and just have shows ready for you, I think 119 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:34,500 we're just on the verge of a huge potential being unleashed here. 120 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:39,500 So again, if you could, and I've linked to it on my web blog, check out the iPodder 121 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:44,500 for Windows and let's say get some feedback on how it's doing and if it's working and if it's 122 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:49,500 performing. And then of course, the next step, which is needed for both platforms, both for 123 00:08:49,500 --> 00:08:56,500 Windows and the Mac, and for Linux and anything else that we can find that people have this desire, 124 00:08:56,500 --> 00:09:07,500 is getting the shows, the mp3s from iTunes to non-ipod mp3 players. And I have a feeling 125 00:09:07,500 --> 00:09:13,500 that's going to be a little bit more challenging. So just about at the end for today, yes, that was 126 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:16,500 really long time. 127 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,000 them. As I said, I'm trying to keep these around 15 minutes, which is, you know, just believing 128 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,000 in Andy Warhol's vision. 129 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Today, 14 years ago, Patricia turned to me and said, we need to get this child up. And 130 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:37,000 we knew that we were going to have a C-section way ahead of time because Christina was a 131 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:42,000 breach. And we went to the hospital and Dr. Ladosi was there and Dr. Sony, the wife 132 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Sony with an eye at the hospital, St. Barnabas in New Jersey. And they said, okay, 133 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,000 you know, we're gonna have this kid today. And it was around seven o'clock and it was 134 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:59,000 a really great vibe in the operating room. And as the doctor literally picked 135 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Christina up out of Patricia, it was just an amazing sight. On the radio, it 136 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:10,000 was Light FM was on and the Beatles in my life started to play. And it was 137 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:15,000 something that we will never, ever forget. Now, of course, it would be easy for me 138 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 to play. 139 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:19,500 the Beatles right now and we'd all have an emotional moment. 140 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:26,500 But since my daughter, Christina, turns 14 today, I figure I'd honor her since she does 141 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:30,500 share the bar slash recording studio slash computer room with me. 142 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:35,500 I'd honor her by playing the brand new song by her favorite band. 143 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:39,500 And of course, I need to remind you that you do have to vote for them for the viewers' 144 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:45,500 choice for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards, which I believe are next Wednesday. 145 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:47,500 They're all time favorite and I've met these guys. 146 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:50,500 They are great, broke, bunch of musicians, very, very talented. 147 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:51,500 Is Good Charlotte. 148 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:53,500 Check out their new one, Predictable. 149 00:10:56,250 --> 00:12:38,750 [ Music ] 150 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,500 I'm in the middle of a fight 151 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,500 I'm so broken, I'm so cold 152 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:45,500 I'm so hurt inside, I'm so scared 153 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:48,500 I'm afraid of, I don't even know 154 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:50,500 The story's been running out of here 155 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:52,500 I'm searching for a way 156 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:54,500 I'm dreaming you won't come back 157 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:56,500 I want you in my story 158 00:12:56,500 --> 00:12:58,500 I'm ready to come and fight 159 00:13:01,250 --> 00:13:51,250 [ Music ] 160 00:13:55,500 --> 00:14:00,500 And believe me, I am just cherishing for as long as possible the fact that my daughter 161 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:02,500 and I actually like a lot of the same music. 162 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:05,500 So that's their new one. 163 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:07,500 And be on the lookout for the CD. 164 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:08,500 Right. 165 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:10,500 Okay, that's it for the source code for today. 166 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:13,500 Just within my 15 minute time limit weekend coming up. 167 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:18,500 And then two more shows Monday and Tuesday, got a big party. 168 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:19,500 And then my new life starts. 169 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:24,500 And I can get to, well, the one thing I want to start doing is having the source code up 170 00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:31,500 and available every morning before, preferably before 8 o'clock East Coast time in the United 171 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:32,500 States. 172 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:35,500 All right, well, have yourselves a great weekend. 173 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,500 Hopefully you'll check out the shows this Saturday and Sunday. 174 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:40,500 If not, talk to you on Monday and have a good one. 175 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:40,500 Bye-bye. 176 00:14:48,000 --> 00:15:12,000 The power of your intelligence. 177 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:22,000 The power of your intelligence.