December 28th, 2008
This week, podcast hosting and publishing service Podango anounced they are about to shut down.
In a notice to all Podango users just two days ago, president Douglas G. Smith announced likely closure to take place Wednesday December 31st and that all users should take immediate measures to back-up media files uploaded there.
Today saw the Blubrry.com [...]
July 14th, 2008
Back in April when PodShow re-branded to MEVIO, there was a a fair bit of spitting over the CEO’s comments that the company had “…never believed in user-generated content as a business, or even as a sustainable entertainment offering“. This created all manner of waves amongst podcast producers. Here is my personal take on why [...]
June 17th, 2008
Commercial Audiobook distribution is flawed. At one time they were only available on cassette tape (remember those?), now it is CD plus some online distribution using DRM (Digital Rights Management) to prevent piracy. Each of these systems is flawed because they cross the boundaries between books and music.
Readers read books (I know, it’s obvious, but [...]
March 3rd, 2008
2008 is doing a grand job of eliminating noise and embracing substance – I am sensing an optimism on one particular area that I have not seen for the past two years. This year, podcasting (for want of an alternate name) is finally forging onwards and upwards.
Is podcasting truly mainstream? Big media content is perhaps [...]
January 19th, 2008
Deziner Folio» Blog Archive » Ultimate Web 2.0 Layer Styles – Free Download
(tags: photoshop web2.0 graphics free color css design)
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December 16th, 2007
Gnaural Java – Entrain Your Brain!
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(tags: binaural beat player)
Scrollovers – A New Way of Linking
(tags: javascript css scrollovers design)
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December 15th, 2007
It has been two weeks now since first using the Philips HF3461 Wake-Up Light Alarm Clock mentioned in this recent post, so I thought I would post a quick update.
So far, this device has changed my life.
Still waking with relative ease at 6-6.30 am each morning – including weekends. I’m coherent and productive within an [...]
December 13th, 2007
PodShow FLV embed
A straightforward way to embed PodShow.com FLV videos into your Wordpress blog posts.
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December 13th, 2007
Vancouver technology writer and photographer » the duane storey » Crossroads Plugin
(tags: wordpress flickr plugin photos lightbox photography)
Updated AdSense Manager Plugin: Ad Slot IDs and Rounded Corners — Konstruktors Notes
(tags: wordpress adsense plugin)
curvyCorners – Ultimate Rounded Corners.
(tags: javascript webdesign corners design rounded css)
favikon
(tags: favicon tools generator icons)
How to Make a Mac Start Up Disk Image [...]
December 10th, 2007
cockney history, tower hamlets, east end of london, Charles Coborn, music hall, Bow, Mile End, Victorian
(tags: edwardian crime criminals gangs)
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east end of london, bessarabians, krays, whitechapel, jack the ripper, london vacation, tower of london, tower bridge
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