1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Hi everybody welcome to the daily source code. I'm going to do a little different type of show today 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,840 Actually, when you're here in the background is a 3 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,680 What do you call out a mix down of one of the pod shows for serious running in the background? 4 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:27,520 Have all the computers running at the moment and got a kind of a tight schedule today. So I didn't want to 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,600 You 6 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,320 I'm recording on two machines and I've got another machine that's queuing stuff up and 7 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:41,360 I figured well instead of waiting for it all to be done. I just grabbed the iRiver grab the the love microphone and 8 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,720 Actually, it's a beautiful day in in Gilford 9 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:50,160 This it started off kind of windy and cold this morning. I think the wind is still still there 10 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:56,400 But it's so beautiful and this whole week I've been indoors working my ass off 11 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,040 Yeah 12 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:04,080 Sitting in here smoking up a storm. Yeah, sure the windows are open and and and that you know 13 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,880 I got a lot of fresh air coming in but I've been in this 14 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,080 Well, I call it the studio, but it's really a converted bedroom work. No, it's not even converted 15 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:17,920 It's a bedroom without a bed. It's a bedroom with a desk and you know got my stuff over here. You know what what's really cool this 16 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,120 You know, I'll just turn this up for a second 17 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,920 I was doing 18 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,080 Probably can understand it very well, but that's the four one one podcast and 19 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:37,200 Doing an interview with Senator John Edwards about his podcast. I did I'd mentioned that on a previous source code 20 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,240 And accidentally actually said John Kerry 21 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:46,160 Well, that would have been too smart if he was doing a podcast I guess now John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth do a podcast 22 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,400 I think I've only done too so far 23 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:55,360 But it's really good and I'll put links in the show notes of that and the interview which is done by a Skype 24 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:00,720 It's awesome and he really knows what the hell is going on and he listens to podcasts and 25 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,360 It's really it's it's good stuff, you know, who would have thought that 26 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:12,480 In less than a year we would have senators not only knowing what podcasts are but understanding the 27 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:18,560 The community and and also able to to do one themselves is very very exciting stuff 28 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,240 So uh, let me see so we'll go outside we'll go out for a walk on the downs 29 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:26,560 Let me just do 30 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:32,320 Set everything up here. I want to make sure my wires don't hit my my microphone continuously 31 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,960 I'm gonna grab the 32 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,360 Hello, let me just take a look at the 33 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:44,400 At the crap let because I had a couple of things I wanted to mention before I have a piece of paper with some notes which I'll take outside 34 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,360 I just wanted to mention a couple of things here 35 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,720 This is by the way a sound seeing tour and you know 36 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:58,640 I get a lot of email people talk about two different things and and I guess it's because I'm not pronouncing it correctly 37 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:02,480 Or I guess it just kind of sounds it can sound like I'm saying sound 38 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:09,680 Seeing as an SE and E whereas I've always said sound seeing 39 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:17,120 So sound seeing tour is where you know you narrate the environment and walk around shit the sun just went away 40 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:24,080 Okay, I'll have to pronounce jacket. Okay, two bits of interesting news that came in today on email 41 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,520 See who's this from this is a message 42 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:29,680 From 43 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,120 Saro a secari arrow from Finland 44 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,600 Adam just want to tell you that I received reply from 45 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,400 Uncy von Yokee of Nokia's multimedia division 46 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,840 He said that inside Nokia they are eye-podding like crazy, which is good news because 47 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,400 To me that means that 48 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,960 Nokia or Nokia which of way one pronounce it is 49 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,600 Is thinking about this and that's great. You know and I've had conversations with them too 50 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:01,280 So I'm really happy to see that that's moving along and this was kind of a frightening 51 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:09,440 Kind of a frightening email that I got we're not really frightening but finally a statement from the RIA about the 52 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,080 Legalities and licensing of podcasts 53 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,440 This came to me from 54 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,560 Sarah Sterlin who is a 55 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,280 reporter for the national journal and 56 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:31,680 She got an official position a statement from the RIA about podcasts. I'm gonna quote here 57 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,680 I'll let me just turn off this 58 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,680 You just turn that off for a second 59 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:39,920 Here we go 60 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,920 So it doesn't say who said this at the RIA but the quote is 61 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:50,160 We are always supportive of new and exciting ways for fans to discover and experience music 62 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:57,520 Podcasters like the uses of any other sound recordings must obtain the appropriate licenses from the copyright owners or their 63 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,120 Designese 64 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:06,880 Appropriate licensing is an important part of the legal system set up to protect musicians songwriters songwriters and copyright owners 65 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:13,760 Podcasts are downloads and as such do not qualify for the statutory licenses that are available to 66 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:19,200 webcasters, simulcasters, satellite radio and other digital transmission services 67 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:25,360 Wow, okay, that's it. Be careful what you're doing on your podcast because 68 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,640 They definitely have a position and they're right. I know of course they can't really have any other position 69 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,360 on that 70 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,360 So I'm walking 71 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,800 Down the stairs studios 72 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,760 up on the second floor 73 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,720 Let me sit in here. I'm going to grab a coat 74 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,280 I don't think I've actually taken you out in the backyard have I? 75 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,480 Okay, hold on I have to go back up I forgot my 76 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,160 sunglasses 77 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,160 Which is uh 78 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,160 Wishful thinking 79 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,800 Okay 80 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:15,040 So for those of you oh wait a minute now the mic is kind of covered up on my jacket when they pin this up a little bit higher 81 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,200 There we go 82 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,760 Right there, okay 83 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:29,520 This is not the oh so the for those of you there are always emailing me and asking me about my setup 84 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:31,840 This is not the 85 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:37,920 stereo griffin microphone because it's windy outside and I don't still have a windscreen for that thing 86 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,760 So this is the the wireless set 87 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:50,400 Which I have the the transmitter on my belt and I have the receiver part in my pocket 88 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,520 I think can do probably like half a mile but I'm sure the four inches 89 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,240 difference between the two will be just fine 90 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:01,280 okay 91 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:03,280 No, let's try this again 92 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,320 You can hear the cat's bell 93 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,080 Is that you ginger? 94 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,080 Hey ginger, hey baby 95 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:22,080 You want to come outside for a walk this cat is amazing he's an orange orange colored cat and 96 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,880 He's just like a dog 97 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,120 He's a stray who walked up to the 98 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:29,920 The castle when we still live there in Belgium 99 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:32,480 Never one away here go baby 100 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,600 He's always hungry 101 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:36,960 Is it good? 102 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,160 Is it good? 103 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:42,640 So he's so funny because when you go out for a walk you'll come along and they'll walk along with you like a dog 104 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,600 Welcome for a walk 105 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:50,400 I was kind of stupid. I guess the fed him of course is not gonna come for a walk. Okay out the back door 106 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,480 Oh 107 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,040 It is still kind of windy 108 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,520 So the way the cottage is situated 109 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,000 We have a really decent sized backyard 110 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,360 Surrounded by trees if you walk all the way to the back 111 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,240 Gosh, it's nice today. It's really nice and sunny if you walk all the way to the back 112 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,640 There's a gate 113 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:27,600 And if you walk through the gate which I'm coming. Oh, by the way, there's a we have a bomb shelter 114 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,880 In the backyard want to go on the bomb shelter with me. I'm gonna put my notes away 115 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,600 This was built in the second world war 116 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,880 Let's see if I can open it up 117 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,760 It's a two-person bomb shelter 118 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,200 Which is kind of weird because we have a five bedroom house 119 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,760 I guess some people just want to support me now 120 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,400 It's covered up 121 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:58,240 Shit for the second world war it's hard to get into hold on. Okay. I'm gonna 122 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:01,920 Go down now 123 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,520 I have to kind of duck to get in 124 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:10,560 I should have brought a light 125 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:12,560 Let me see what's my lighter 126 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,600 Oh shit 127 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,240 Okay, she's in the animals there 128 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,120 Bring me out 129 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,120 Okay, so here we are 130 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,120 Light still in the good home 131 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,480 There we go. So here it is. This is a chair and 132 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,800 As you can tell from the acoustics 133 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:47,280 We're underground in a tunnel kind of the construction. It's um we call this this is uh 134 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,320 Like some kind of 135 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,720 It's all concrete. It's built into the ground. It's entirely made of concrete and it has that 136 00:09:55,280 --> 00:10:00,240 Round roof structure so it can stand the forces of whatever's above it 137 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:02,320 And 138 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,320 Yeah, it's basically just 139 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,960 People in the second world war when there was an air raid and 140 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,560 There was lots of air raids over the UK 141 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,680 Then you know the silence would go and you'd scurry down in here and you'd sit here 142 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:23,920 And uh sometimes the neighbors would come in and have to sit with you and uh sometimes the people would be here for hours or maybe even an entire night 143 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,200 It's kind of funky to think about that 144 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:35,680 But again very very small I guess this was uh only for uh for the privilege for you who had enough money 145 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,400 of resources to have this type of 146 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,440 This type of shelter right near their backyard right right near their home 147 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,320 So 148 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:47,520 All right 149 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,520 Pretty boring otherwise so let's go on out again 150 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,440 Climb it up all right. Hey Jess 151 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,200 That's Jesse a big dog. Hey Jess 152 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:04,880 Wanna come for a walk 153 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,880 Let's cover it up again the reason why it's covered up is otherwise 154 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,760 All kinds of varmin might get in there 155 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,720 And 156 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,040 We have plenty of foxes 157 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:23,280 Well the perfect den for a fox but not really what you want 158 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,120 So here I am back at the 159 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,080 the gate 160 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 And now 161 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,160 From here close the gate 162 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,080 We're walking through a 163 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,200 A little bit of woods here into 164 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,320 The open field 165 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,400 Known as the downs and the downs 166 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,840 I really don't know all the precise history 167 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,240 But basically from where I am and gulford 168 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,560 The gut the down stretches all the way down to the coastline 169 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:06,720 It's just hundreds of miles of 170 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,920 Open field with trees 171 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:15,040 Sometimes is line the the borders of it and 172 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,440 What it's used for mostly is for people walking 173 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,680 Walking with their dog and also horse riding 174 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,160 Because you can 175 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,160 But Christina's pony is 176 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,600 Located I don't know five minutes drive down the road 177 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,760 So what's that like what 10 kilometers 8 kilometers 178 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,120 Yeah about five miles I guess four five miles 179 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,240 And I can actually drop her off there and then she'll show up 180 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:47,760 Right at the backyard when her horse for a cup of tea 181 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:52,960 So it's quite a bit of wind but it's 182 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:54,960 It's beautiful it's 183 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,600 It's actually the sun really is warmed it up a lot it's not cold 184 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,480 It's just it's quite a bit of wind that's I estimate 185 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,240 20 20 knots 186 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:07,760 Yeah 187 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,200 It's probably what it is actually 188 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,520 Not bad for flying but it's gusty so I'm not quite sure 189 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,720 Where it's coming from it's coming from the 190 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,800 Is that from the south 191 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,760 East I think is where the wind is coming from today 192 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,040 And you can hear uh 193 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,480 Aircraft overhead flying really high 194 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:29,920 Those are the jets 195 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,760 Going to Heathrow I can see one two 196 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,120 Three of them stacked up on their way in 197 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:44,000 Okay, let me just grab my notes a couple things I wanted to talk about with you 198 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,920 Okay, what do we have here number one oh 199 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,960 Yeah, I talked the other day about the podcast specification working group 200 00:13:55,600 --> 00:14:01,440 PSWG dot blog spot dot com so I emailed so of course after 201 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:04,880 My comments from yesterday I think it was 202 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,400 I got an email and 203 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:13,760 So you know what I said was I don't like the fact that although I think it's a good idea that we're trying to improve 204 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,280 I should wrote my camera man. This is stupid 205 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:23,040 They're trying to improve the technology of of podcasting 206 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:28,320 Primarily on the on the iPodter side on the receiver side of the equation 207 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:30,800 And when I went to that site 208 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:38,800 I saw only three links to three iPodter clients and I say well, you know what's this either you 209 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,280 Link to everybody's iPod or link to no one 210 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,120 So that was apparently just you know they set up the blog spot and 211 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,800 Weblog and there was three links and they just filled in the links of the 212 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:58,240 The founding members of the group and so they invited me to come in and I said well, you know 213 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,520 So how's this gonna work is this going to be a 214 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,320 An open discussion or closed discussion and 215 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,160 The way they want to do it apparently 216 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,360 Is they want to 217 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,080 Discuss things behind closed doors 218 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,240 And then whatever they come up where they want to bring that out into the open 219 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,360 Hello 220 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,640 He wasn't too friendly 221 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,440 I walked past a gate there's some gardens here 222 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,040 I guess garden you can rent a patch of land 223 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,240 here on the side of the downs and you can have your own little garden 224 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,840 And 225 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,120 Some guy going through the gate there a smile to Adam say hello, but 226 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:52,480 You thought the hell is wrong with you must be one of those damn podcasters 227 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,800 So the podcast the specification working group yeah 228 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,040 So I don't know I mean I don't have a lot of experience with 229 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,240 Working on 230 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:11,760 Standards and protocols and stuff like that and the only the only time I really have had an experience with it was 231 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,200 When we started the iPodter developer mailing list 232 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:22,640 Which is where all the development was done initially on on the first iPodters 233 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,440 And that was all out in the open 234 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,440 I enjoyed that very much although 235 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:29,920 Well, we need to speak now 236 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,960 I don't know walk down a little bit and then I'll turn around on my back to the wind 237 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:38,320 After we've gone like up to the golf course here because of course as golf courses everywhere in the 238 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,280 Um 239 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:45,680 So I don't know if that's a good idea to have that closed off you know their point was 240 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,080 That they 241 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:53,760 They don't want the quote groupies showing up and making a lot of noise. You know like groupies 242 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,440 Yeah, I think everyone has a say in this and everyone's interested and 243 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:05,440 I just don't have a good feeling about it and doesn't seem to me the way that to you know open source projects work 244 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:13,120 So I'm still I'm gonna wait a little bit and think about it. I just wanted to feel you know on that 245 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,320 I got a 246 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:18,720 Shoot man, let me 247 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:23,760 Went around now horrible. I got an email from Garth Kidd who is 248 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,240 One of the developers on the iPodter lemon and 249 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:31,760 If you upgraded your iTunes 250 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,080 This past week. I think it's version 4.8 251 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,360 Guess what your iPodter doesn't work anymore 252 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,880 This is totally fucking sucks 253 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:52,320 I'm not quite sure what Apple did or what they changed that I presume it's something in the in the way that you talk to it in the way that 254 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:57,600 You know you you update the playlist and and given update command 255 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,040 Which doesn't make a lot of sense to me because 256 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,320 There must be 257 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:05,840 Thousands 258 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,840 tens of thousands of programs 259 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,080 that use 260 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,080 either Apple script or 261 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,240 What is that is it it's a calm object I think in on the Windows platform 262 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,520 to update 263 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,520 and basically talk to iTunes 264 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,200 So it can do stuff both in iTunes and obviously to your iPod 265 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,600 And 266 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:33,520 Doesn't make sense that Apple would release a fix that would basically break that 267 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,560 But it happened oh man 268 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,520 I'm sorry I'm just trying to find a 269 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,680 Direction to walk you know what he's events and you go over sit here for a second 270 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,440 So it doesn't make sense to me that 271 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:51,920 Apple would purposely break 272 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:53,920 All those scripts 273 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,720 I'm sure they didn't do it on purpose, but 274 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,600 Man, they don't know their developer community 275 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,640 Certainly not the iPod in community 276 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,680 So 277 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,360 There's a new a new version of iPod element available 278 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:14,720 at ipod.sourceforge.net download that and everything will be fixed 279 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,080 and I'm sure that 280 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:23,440 Information will be available very soon about what exactly was broken and what exactly happened 281 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:28,000 Now their interesting development this past week is the release of the 282 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,640 Yahoo music engine 283 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,400 Which is basically well it's two things in one 284 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,600 It's a music player which is free for download that Yahoo released 285 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:48,400 And at the same time they have their music service where you can subscribe for I think it's four dollars and 95 cents a month 286 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,400 And you can 287 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,920 Download anything you want from their music store 288 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,040 I don't even think they call it a store from their from their service 289 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:08,960 And it will play in the Yahoo music engine and if you have friends who also subscribe then you can you know basically make playlists and 290 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:16,560 And swap those out amongst each other and they don't have to pay anything additional they'll have to still have pay the 495 a month 291 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:23,280 This is the another way of looking at at legal music on the internet because this of course is completely 292 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:32,160 Managed by DRM digital rights management and what happens is you don't actually ever own those songs 293 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:38,480 You can use them on your computer. I presume that you can use them on multiple computers 294 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:41,360 if you if you if you use the same 295 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,560 User name or whatever your idea is and you keep paying your subscription 296 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,000 But once you stop paying your subscription then it all goes away 297 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,800 And I don't know that's a good thing or bad thing 298 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,760 495 certainly seems like a very good deal and they claim to have a million songs 299 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:00,160 So 300 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:05,520 You know that may be pretty good and of course you can also put them on to your on to your mobile device 301 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:10,960 But again, you're you're locked in right you have to pay the 495 for for as long as 302 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,440 You want to be using that music 303 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:15,440 So there's 304 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,440 Pros and cons to that 305 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:21,520 What's interesting about the Yahoo music engine is they have a plug-in architecture and 306 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:27,120 I'll have to find the link and I'll put that in the show notes for today's source code 307 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,960 There's a podcast plug-in. I think it's called podcast plus 308 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:36,000 far cry from from an iPod or basically you fill in a 309 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:43,120 You could create a list of RSS links podcast feeds and then you hit download and it goes out 310 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,760 You know searches it's kind of you know a little aggregator 311 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:52,640 Goes out searches the feeds looks of anything's new and if there's a new file available it downloads it and puts it right into 312 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:57,840 Your into your player. I don't think it even creates a playlist 313 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,040 Specifically based upon the feed title 314 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,800 It's certainly not that I could find it doesn't have any automatic checking features 315 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:14,640 And of course none of the management features that we work so hard on on the iPod or developers list 316 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:22,080 Which is stuff like you know download only the the latest podcast catch-up features clean-up features 317 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,400 There's a lot of stuff there, but it's a good start 318 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:26,080 Oh 319 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,160 This wind is crazy. It's a really good start. No start walking again. It's a really good start 320 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,640 But it it made me realize that we could be doing so much more 321 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,520 like this 322 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,920 Particularly in in Windows 323 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:45,680 Media player as well as an iTunes as far as I know both of those have some form of 324 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,760 A plug-in architecture and I think that would be really 325 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:55,760 Really quite nice if we could take some of these beautiful iPod or engines and just plug them into the player 326 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:01,120 Of your choice and how about the the windamp guys? I know they have a plug-in architecture 327 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,360 I haven't seen an iPod or client for that 328 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,640 Seems like such a logical choice because instead of having a playlist in my 329 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:15,040 In my iPod or and in my player I'd much rather just you know use the player of my choice and have it be 330 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,080 iPod or enable hey we could even create a little logo iPod or inside 331 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,600 So that's the Yahoo music engine 332 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,880 I wrote down here cast blaster beta 333 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,760 I quite sure what I was gonna say about that 334 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,560 Other than that we're up to 335 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:35,360 Beta 11 right now 336 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,120 And Microsoft has offered to help that's very nice 337 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,720 They've offered to help us out 338 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:48,400 With the sound issues. I don't know if they really can actually 339 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,520 But I think it's more a hardware problem than a software issue 340 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,400 And the problem is is that 341 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,800 Unlike with the with a Mac 342 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,760 Where they have their core audio and it's a standardized 343 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,200 You know they know what the hardware is that their software's gonna be talking to 344 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,560 On windows 345 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,560 You know you're talking to 346 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:09,600 a third party 347 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,240 device that is your sound card and 348 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:18,480 Wow, I didn't know this but there's a shitloader different sound cards out there and every single one specifies 349 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,800 You know there are their capabilities a little bit differently 350 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,040 So for instance if you want to 351 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,680 Tell the sound card 352 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:32,880 Well actually if you ask the sound card through software you say okay, well, what is the 353 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,160 The master 354 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,160 Volume control 355 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,680 The sound some sound cards will say okay, it's called master volume and 356 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,080 Some will say it's the red one 357 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,000 So it's pretty funky, but that's really nice so we're gonna see if we can 358 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,520 If we can work with Microsoft and there's certainly willing to help us and I appreciate that 359 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:59,360 If you've been sending the email over this past week, you know with the start of the pod show on serious 360 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:04,320 Forget about it. I just went through 200 emails. I have 3600 361 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,280 Unread emails and you know, I rarely ever 362 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:13,520 Recheck something is unread to go back later. I try and deal with it immediately. That's the only way I know how to manage the email 363 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:19,120 So I apologize if I haven't gotten back to you 364 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,840 Oh, remember I think it was last week 365 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,360 Maybe the week before the rocket 15 pod casts 366 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,120 I played a promo. I think a rocket 15 man's getting one when we open my jacket 367 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,840 They were gonna be pod casting and I see my mic has slipped a little bit 368 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:47,760 There we go. They're gonna be pod casting from the infield of the Kentucky Derby and there was some comment there 369 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,600 Like we're all getting naked on the infield and I said, oh, yeah, right 370 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,960 You know, like people get naked if they can tucky Derby. Well, I got an email from the fine folks over at 371 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,960 Rocket15.com. Oh, yeah 372 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,960 They do get naked very nice pictures 373 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,080 I don't know if any of that will be reflected in the pod cast, but it was really nice 374 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:13,600 Just I didn't know him when I think Kentucky Derby, you know for some reason I think 375 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,560 I know I just wasn't it looks like woodstock. Let's put it that way. You know 376 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,280 Girls on guys shoulders 377 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,680 Pulling up their shirts 378 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,800 Very funny 379 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,040 So we're at the top of the hill now 380 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,520 Let me see 381 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:40,080 Everything yeah, I've talked about everything. I want to talk about so just finish this up and 382 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:45,200 Just listen to a bit of nature for a second how about that let me here the birds 383 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,880 See if I can find a spot where some birds are really talking to each other 384 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,400 I wish Patricia were along for this this walk 385 00:26:55,520 --> 00:27:02,240 She has an uncanny knack of being able to talk to birds and they talk back or are talking is a big a big statement whistles 386 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:07,520 She can whistle and they'll whistle exactly the same tune and then she changes it and then they change it 387 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,760 And there's a variation and she totally gets into sync and harmony with them. It's very cool. Oh 388 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,520 That's a nice bit of nature that hell is that 389 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,320 Leathblower too early for leaf blower 390 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,000 I think someone's doing some construction on their house. Okay. We're gonna walk through 391 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,720 The very narrow path here 392 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,960 Man haven't been up this 393 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,960 This high in a long time. It's really 394 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,240 The fields have grown 395 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,240 It's up to my waist 396 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,040 Count okay 397 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:47,200 To reduce some of the swing boy. I'm glad I didn't bring the the stereo griff and lapel mic that would have been totally 398 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,680 Electrical this is beautiful. I'm standing up here 399 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:54,320 Dude, I really I'm stupid. I didn't bring my yeah bring my camera 400 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,560 Standing at the top of the downs 401 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:02,560 So it's probably about a mile from the house and I can see 402 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:09,040 Obviously I can't see all the way to London but I can see what would that be all the way in the distance 403 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,320 I'm wondering 404 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:19,360 That's not Heathrow is it now is too close. I can see the gulfard castle which is a 405 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,040 Another spot on the sound seeing tour radar 406 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:30,160 Talks about that yesterday about the millennium two thought or the millennium two thousand time capsule 407 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,240 Which is apparently stored at the 408 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,960 Castle of Gulfard 409 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,240 Trying to hold my hand in front of the mic to reduce them with that noise out here's with it 410 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,760 Here's where the construction's going on there 411 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,960 Rebuilding a house here but on the edge of the downs. I must be beautiful to 412 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,440 To have it well. I don't know if you look out over the downs from your living room 413 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,440 That's kind of nice, but of course everybody can look back in and it's public so 414 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,200 Anybody can walk around here 415 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,640 I could easily land the sessina here too the wind is just perfect for it 416 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,560 Little downhill slope, but I could do it 417 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,480 And I know one thing for sure that would be completely illegal 418 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,920 I have a sneaky suspicion that my my buddies 419 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,440 The Dutch the pilots 420 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,080 We're over the other day who fly the shenooks and are training the bridge here how to fly 421 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:33,040 They'll probably do a low hover one of these days now that they've seen you know now 422 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:37,280 They know exactly what the coordinates are and where we are on the map and it would be perfect for them to 423 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,560 To come into a hover so I will definitely have the 424 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,640 The eye river and stuff standing by for when that happens one of these days 425 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:47,840 Okay 426 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:48,640 So 427 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,240 Looking forward to a great weekend 428 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:55,360 See how much what are going on the clock here? 29 minutes great. I'll take you all the way back in home 429 00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,160 Back inside the home and then we'll go up to the studio and then we'll switch off so we'll have about 430 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,720 35 minutes exactly 431 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,000 Wow 432 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,760 I was supposed to go flying this weekend 433 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,120 I was supposed to pick Patricia up 434 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,400 In Rotterdam fly back and then do some major training but 435 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:20,000 If the wind keeps up like this I don't know about the training because it just doesn't make sense to 436 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,640 Do a lot of touching goes and 437 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,240 And another types of training with this much wind because you're not really learning anything 438 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:29,760 You're basically fighting the elements 439 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,360 And you can only do so many configurations and so I hope it dies down a bit 440 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,800 They're predicting more winds that doesn't look too good, but 441 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:44,160 Definitely gonna pick her up. That shouldn't be a problem. We can handle a lot more wind than this 442 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,040 Okay 443 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,920 Cutting through a little path to the right here 444 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,440 Oh man, so beautiful 445 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,120 So nice to get out for a couple of minutes. I appreciate you coming along with me 446 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,720 And I hope that you're gonna have a good weekend 447 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,320 Monday 448 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,320 We have 449 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,680 The first official week of the pod show on serious 450 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,840 Thanks for all the comments on the on the test hour 451 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:23,520 As we've been formatting P.W. Phantom and I have been formatting the show and and looking at 452 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:29,840 You know different ways to put it together and you know automating a lot of the process because we have so much incoming 453 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,120 Submit at podshow.com 454 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,520 Podsafe at podshow.com and mashup at podshow.com 455 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:45,280 We're figuring out new and novel ways to basically store up the bins and have the computer do some of the work 456 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:51,200 We're not really selecting anything on you know what's good or not we haven't this nothing's ever been rejected 457 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:59,120 You know just put whatever comes in we put it in and I have the feeling that if this really takes off the way I'm planning it to work 458 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:01,920 We 459 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:06,000 We might have a whole channel before too too long and that could 460 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:12,240 Really translate well if you can keep you get the automation part working. I could translate pretty well into a 461 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:17,520 A full channel very much like open podcast.org 462 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,640 You know because like I'd love 463 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,800 To have many more full length podcast 464 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,760 Being played right now. I can do about one an hour 465 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,160 And I you know that's anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes 466 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,920 And hi guys 467 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,640 I guess 468 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,240 Swabber are too doggy they're outside back doors open 469 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,600 Barbara who comes in the thing up to 470 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,800 If the house every Friday 471 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,680 Left the door open for me. Okay, so we're back in the kitchen 472 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,560 There's ginger what we missed you ginger you didn't come along for the ride 473 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000 Hmm, we missed you 474 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000 Hey 475 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,480 Right, uh, let's go upstairs 476 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,240 It's a much shorter walk and it used to be in the castle 477 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,080 Much shorter 478 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:24,480 Okay, it's only three flights of stairs to get up to the top 479 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,040 And here we are 480 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,840 Close the door. I didn't tell Barbara what I was doing. She gave me a really strange look 481 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:44,880 What the hell is he doing? I knew he was crazy. I didn't know he was that crazy 482 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,160 Okay, and we are 483 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,840 Back in the studio. Okay, so 484 00:33:52,880 --> 00:34:00,320 Whatever you're gonna do this weekend have a good one take care of yourself stay subscribed please if you don't know how to subscribe if you're just listening to this 485 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,560 Straight from a download from the web 486 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,760 You know this is awesome little programs called iPodders 487 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,760 There's a whole bunch of them at ipodder.org you can go look for 488 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,360 Download software. It's a link on the right-hand side of the page 489 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:23,520 And you can choose for any type of operating system multiple flavors all kinds of 490 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,000 Great applications that have individual benefits 491 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,000 And 492 00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:38,480 Basically what they all do very well is you subscribe to the show and it will automatically download the new show whenever there's one there 493 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,240 So you never have to go back to the website and see if there's a new show 494 00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:43,760 That's what they're all about 495 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:48,720 Okay, that's it for the daily source code have great weekend and I'll be back on Monday. Bye bye