AAR has gone to a “paid premium” service. You can listen for free in real time, but if you want to time-shift or download a podcast, you pay. Hmm. See Air America Radio Premium for more info, but I won’t be subscribing. I’ve been a listener since Day 1, I was a charter member on the website when they started that feature. I’ll listen, for free. I’ll check for free podcasts elsewhere. I’ll happily watch the Sundance Channel’s 1-hour broadcasts when and if they start up again. But pay for access? Probably not.
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Disclaimer: I have always been a Windows user. Thus, I am used to the frustration that comes with this. I am used to the Blue Screen of Death (thankfully, it happens rarely now). I have struggled with upgrades that were most definitely NOT “plug and play.” I am used to the clunky uncoolness of the Winbox “design aesthetic” (stop snickering, Kevin and Steve) although as a Dell laptop user, I always snicker to myself when I watch Atlantis. Must have been a hell of a product placement deal, and I want a sticker for my laptop, too. Anyway, I am…
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A few days ago, I listened to an interesting piece on National Public Radio about “Google mashups” – fun projects that combine Google’s mapping technology with feeds or GPS data or something completely off-the-wall. One of the examples given was dartmaps – the Dublin Area Rapid Transit systems live-time system maps. Annie from Going Underground has recently been riding the DART, so I thought she’d get a kick out of this. They’re useful, and cute, too – all Thomas the Tank Engine and not at all what you’d expect from a regional transit outfit. Due to the time difference, I…
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I’ve really been enjoying National Pulbic Radio’s Marketplace from American Public Media show this week – they’re broadcasting live from Chongqing, China. Not only that, but all the music is performed by Chinese musicians. And there’s photos of the musicians on a Flickr set! In fact, their Flickr page is packed with interesting photos. I really enjoy Marketplace, and the China shows have given excellent coverage in a way that really pricks up your ears. Not only that, but host Kai Ryssdal lived in China some years ago and speaks fluent Chinese, so you get lively sounding interviews with people…
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The Chicago Tribune | The Swamp blog reports that Sen. Barack Obama‘s new task is to be the “face” guy for the Democratic Party’s ethics and reform initiative. I’m pretty happy about this (actually I’m very happy about this) because I think Obama is the best choice for this job, and also because of his standing in the minority party (he jokes that in spite of his high profile, he’s ranked about 99th or so in seniority) he can’t get much legislation passed unless it’s a total bi-partisan no-brainer. UPDATE: His remarks today on “Honest Leadership and Open Government” from…
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Ah, bagel Mondays. It used to be “burger Mondays” because I always want to go off-site on Mondays for lunch just to get away, but then I realized what a huge amount of bad fat and extra calories I was dumping into my system. So, easily enough, I switched to lox and a bagle. Yeah, I know there’s cream cheese. But the salmon is yummy and good for me. And I love the capers. And the tomatoes, they’re so perky. Pip pip pip pip pip. Via: Flickr Title: Bagel monday By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 16 Jan ’06, 8.13pm PST
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Well, this is pretty stupid looking. I accessed the blog from another computer and a lot of the button graphics and other images on my front page have my little “hotlinking denied” graphic. Not to mention the main banner image (good one) and all the “drop shadow” images, which underlie most of my posted photos. E-eee-eeexcellent. I’ve already sent an email to David so we can mess around with this tonight. Meanwhile, enjoy the lime green. This same thing happened on the Holy Moly blog, but it corrected itself when I cleared cache on my browser. So don’t feel sad…
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Via: Flickr Title: Blue light special By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Jan ’06, 6.49pm PST
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Via: Flickr Title: Quiz By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Jan ’06, 4.56pm PST
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Via: Flickr Title: Interlude By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Jan ’06, 4.28pm PST