Archive for the ‘Computing Technology’ Category
Thursday, November 4th, 2004
OK, a little bit more than a 'feature'. Podcasting is all very well, and it makes it easy to choose the information that's pushed at you, and have it automatically moved to your library, so you can play it as you wish.
However, the actual distribution channel isn't changed - content ...
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
There's been lots of attention paid to the iPod photo (over-hyped, not what I want) and to the U2-themed iPod (generally negative) but I haven't seen anyone comment on the announcement that the iTunes music store will soon sell the entire U2 back-catalogue as a bundle. Some time ago I ...
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
Wow. It appears that no-one is claiming responsibility for the seizure of the Indymedia servers. The UK authorities weren't involved (even though the seizure took place on British soil, and their involvement would presumably be required). The FBI claim that they know nothing about it - though they had earlier ...
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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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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 ...
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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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Wednesday, October 13th, 2004
A lot of the stuff I read today has been about Podcasting. It really is the 'pop concept' of the moment, not yet mainstream, but beginning to get clusters of attention. The term refers to an interesting convergence whereby links to audio files - or, potentially, video or some ...
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004
The annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers takes place at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England.
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2004
Blogs being blogs there has been widespread coverage of the release of MT 3.0. Now Mena Trott has asked for feedback on their proposed packages and pricing plans. Specifically, she has asked people to outline how they are using MT at the moment, with the implication that this will demonstrate ...
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