Archive for October, 2004
Tuesday, October 19th, 2004
The second edition of Alternative Media Notes is now online. In this edition I feature a piece from Interworld Radio, glance briefly at the issue of localism - something I will come back to in later editions and posts - and feature of range of news items you may have ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2004
Who'd-a thunk? Early voting started in Florida today, and it's already seen problems:A Democratic state legislator said she was not given a complete absentee ballot when she opted for paper instead of the electronic method, as she is legally entitled to do.Add this to the strange absentee ballot for Michigan ...
Posted in Electoral politics, Electronic Voting | Comments Off on Fun! Fun! Fun! Ballot problems in the US already!
Monday, October 18th, 2004
There's an interesting analysis in the Boston Phoenix of Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire. As inspiring as the piece is, I was struck by the fact that Stewart didn't seem to acknowledge his own position and influence - even as something problematic - and while I wouldn't go as far ...
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Sunday, October 17th, 2004
For some reason, ever since my disk failed, I've been having difficulty playing .avi files under QuickTime. I've come across explanations online, about problems with how QuickTime implements the standards, and work-arounds such as the VLC player. However, I'd prefer to just be able to play the things in QuickTime ...
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Sunday, October 17th, 2004
I presume I'm not the only person with this issue, but would appreciate comment or feedback. On an ongoing, but occasional, basis, requests are being made to add me to various mailing lists. Since not all lists have a confirmation process, I've been added to some lists involuntarily. On other ...
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Saturday, October 16th, 2004
I've seen it twice, and I'll probably view it again. Jon Stewart was on Crossfire, and took the opportunity not to be the funny guy Carlson asked him to be, but rather to hold the hosts to account. Well worth seeing - and available by Windows Media stream here. Also ...
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Thursday, October 14th, 2004
I've decided to try my hand at 'podcasting' and the attached file is my first - and admittedly introductory - effort. I'm still trying to figure out an easy, reliable, method to generate .mp3 files. Currently I'm creating the file in iMovie, changing it to .AIFF in Sound Studio, and ...
Posted in Alternative Media | Comments Off on Introducing Alternative Media Notes
Thursday, October 14th, 2004
How thoughtful of Cllr. Danny Callanan of Sinn Féin. He was worried that a proposed minute of silence, at Galway City Council, for Ken Bigley would ignore all the other victims of violence. So he proposed that the silence should also honour those abducted and murdered by the IRA over ...
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2004
Mediageek has some thoughts on those people using iPods and mini-transmitters to run ad hoc radio stations:If you want to quit playing with toys and get serious about broadcasting, for the $300 - $400 it costs to buy an iPod, you can get a much better legal low-power microtransmitter or ...
Posted in Computing Technology, International Affairs, Radio | Comments Off on mediageek: (i)Pirate Radio — It’s not cool until hipster yuppies are doing it
Wednesday, October 13th, 2004
As I mentioned in my piece on podcasting, I gave a talk to the Radio Society in Galway while I was home, looking at the future of college radio. I include my notes below. They're in rather abbreviated form, but should give an idea of what I covered.
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