And I bring you the second installment of “Salt and Pepper Chess: the Story of Colin”.
This is as far as I’d got on my own, so please – comment and let me know where to go next!
Again, three ways to listen:
1) Go to the Odeo page and listen to the podcast via streaming there,
2) Go to the Odeo page, download the mp3 file and listen to the podcast whenever/whereever you want,
3) Press the pink button below and listen to the podcast via streaming all snuggled up happily in Bright Meadow.
I am pleased to bring you the first installment of “Salt and Pepper Chess: the Story of Colin”.
You can listen in three ways:
1) Go to the Odeo page and listen to the podcast via streaming there,
2) Go to the Odeo page, download the mp3 file and listen to the podcast whenever/whereever you want,
3) Press the pink button below and listen to the podcast via streaming all snuggled up happily in Bright Meadow.
I’m still working the kinks out of this whole “recording my voice” shenanigans. And I’m trying to keep the installments below the 2 minute mark to keep them nice and small for download purposes (not everyone has shiny broadband you know).
Second episode tomorrow 🙂
I know I swore blind I would never podcast, but hey, I’m female and we’re known for changing our minds!
Anyway there are several ways for you to listen to my dulcit tones:
1) Click on the big pink button on the embedded player below. (I know, pink, but I had no choice)
2) Go to the Odeo page for the BrightCast and listen to it there. You can also subscribe to the podcast, so you will never miss an episode.
Enjoy, (and no laughing at my accent!)
As I discovered on the flight to Toronto. All “Eagles” tracks on the beloved iPod are now classed as “Beach Boys” tracks. Makes for one very odd playlist, let me tell you!
Anyway, a teeny tiny Roast this week. I blame jet lag and my currently jaded outlook on life. It’s taking a lot to impress and/or amuse me at the moment and, as those are the criteria that must be met to gain entry into the Roast, it’s understandable only a few things make it through. Enjoy anyways 🙂
ProBlogger has a great piece on whether RSS is the downfall of building relationships on blogs? Personally, I’d rather have the option of RSS than not have the option – I just don’t have the time to check in manually on each and every blog/site I read. At the same time, I do know that reading in the RSS reader makes me even less likely to comment, so perhaps there’s a point to the argument. How about you lot – do the pros of RSS outweigh the cons? Do you even use RSS? Does using RSS make you less likely to comment? Minimize the relationship you have with a site? What does it take to make you interact? (I know there’s at least 15 of you out there who subscribe to the RSS feed, so now is the time to make yourself heard, and I am genuinely curious).
Apparently, people using search engines stop looking at the third page of results. Yeah, this feels true, unless I am looking really hard for something. I’m teaching Curly Durly how to use the Internet at the moment, and I doubt she’s even aware of the existence of a second page of results, let alone a third, or fourth, page.
A little warning for all you Windows freaks fans who are champing at the bit to get Vista – make sure your new pc can actually cope with it. Vista is going to need a high-spec machine. From all accounts, a very high-spec machine.
And to round off the week, something from the delectable danah all about the trials and tribulations of being notable on Wikipedia. It sure is a screwed up universe when something Bill O’Reilly says is taken as more true than something the person them self says.
I’m back.
I’m writing a post, but it’s gonna take a day or so (jet lag is a bitch).
In the mean time, here are some pictures to keep you occupied.
Feel free to comment there, or here. I read both 🙂
Just a mini Roast to keep you occupied till I get back on the 12th:
It’s not often I get all excited about Firefox extensions, or not excited enough to Roast them anyways, but Stuart of Design Meme has built the X-Ray extension which sweetly displays the coding on a given page without having to view the source. Very, very sweetly done.
Whilst the grass-stains would be phenomenal, this grass armchair looks amazing! Like the turf has been draped over a chair left on the lawn. Hell to get the mower on it, but classy to look at!
A List Apart have a great piece on how identity matters in online communities. Something to think about whilst you drink your morning cup of coffee.
Apparently, America Online is to rebrand as AOL. Now, I (and most of my associates) have been calling them F***ing AO Hell for many years now, (rude, but gets the sentiment across nicely I feel), so a rebrand is going to help how, exactly?
Everyone knows you should never by the first gen of anything, and this rule holds doubly true for Apple products. Even if they work fine, they are guaranteed to be made obsolete with the very first upgrade that comes along. So it comes as no real surprise when Apple acknowledges flaws with the new MacBookPro and announces that they will be releasing version two which is miles better. Bought yourself a MacBookPro already? You should have listened to Aunty Cas… (Still, you will always have the dubious honour of having on of the first MacBookPro’s before they become commonplace).
And for my nuclear historian flatemate, some footage of nuclear tests set to the William Tell Overture.
Well, I’m (more or less packed). If I’ve inherited nothing else from my mother, it seems I have inherited the ability to pack large quantities of clothes into small bags. One thing I didn’t get from my mother is the need to start packing the month before. Yes, my lovely Mum insists on starting her packing a month or so before she is due to leave. The bags themselves are fully packed about a week before. I, on the other hand, did my first and only packing this evening, a bare 24 hours before I am due to leave. And did that suffering from the after effects of a migraine. Here’s hoping I haven’t forgotten anything (though as Moose points out, I’m going to Canada, not Mars. I should be able to purchase anything I desperately need).
I think the hardest part of the packing was deciding to leave my laptop at home. Very, very pathetic, but I’ve never been without my beloved Pocket Calculator for so long before. Normally, it comes with me even when I’m only going away for the night! Logically I know I shouldn’t need it – I have the iPod and a copy of Cryptonomicon for the plane, whilst I am sure the CC will let me borrow his comp to check emails and things… Still, a large chunk of my life is on/involves the laptop. It’s gonna be odd without it.
If you were in any doubts as to my geekiness, doubt no more.
I’ve queued up a mini-Sunday Roast which will (hopefully) appear on Sunday morning, but other than that, don’t look for any posts till I return on Wednesday next week. (Found a flaw with WP – you can’t email in posts like you can with Blogger. Never thought I would miss a feature of Blogger, but that feature I do miss).
If you really need to get hold of me, use the contact form which has been temporarily diverted to an email I can check on the web. Can’t promise how often I’ll check the email but *shrug* at least you have that option 🙂
And on that note, I shall leave you to have fun with the archives, and am off to have my own fun with my Cute Canadian.