10.31.2005
podsafe music network
Quickly: Podshow.com has great free music for podcasts
The podsafe music network is a great resource for free music licensed to be used in podcasts and other online works.
In the next 24 hours or so, you can laugh at my first attempt to use ourmedia.org and Podshow.com to create an audio slideshow.
The podsafe music network is a great resource for free music licensed to be used in podcasts and other online works.
In the next 24 hours or so, you can laugh at my first attempt to use ourmedia.org and Podshow.com to create an audio slideshow.
10.30.2005
feed on this
Quickly: Use RSS to save time online
RSS -- Really Simple Syndication -- is a way to subscribe to parts or all of a site you're interested in.
For example, if you want to keep up on Cleveland news? Subscribe to the wkyc.com RSS feed. And, while you're at it -- subscribe to feeds from other Cleveland-area news outlets.
1) Get a feed reader. If you use Google or Yahoo mail, you can set one up online. Try the Yahoo service here: my.yahoo.com
Or, download a free program. Windows users can try BlogExpress.
2) Find a feed that you're interested in. More often than not, feeds are marked with the following image:
. On blogs, these images are often at the bottom-right of the page.
3) Copy the shortcut (link) to the feed and paste it into your feed reader.
For example, that feed for Cleveland-area news looks like this: http://www.wkyc.com/rss/rss_localnews.aspx
If I click on it using Internet Explorer 6, you get an ugly page. Try it.
But, if you paste that link into your feed reader, you'll get every headline posted about Cleveland news from Channel 3.
RSS lets you keep up with information of interest quickly and easily.
Once you set up a few feeds of interest -- there's no need to return to those web sites until you find a story / link / update of interest.
No more aimlessly going to a news homepage while bored at work. Instead, you can scan headlines from dozens of sites and find articles of interest -- without hunting and pecking on individual sites.
BlogExpress
More free feedreaders: wikipedia.org
wkyc.com feeds
RSS -- Really Simple Syndication -- is a way to subscribe to parts or all of a site you're interested in.
For example, if you want to keep up on Cleveland news? Subscribe to the wkyc.com RSS feed. And, while you're at it -- subscribe to feeds from other Cleveland-area news outlets.
How do you subscribe?
1) Get a feed reader. If you use Google or Yahoo mail, you can set one up online. Try the Yahoo service here: my.yahoo.com
Or, download a free program. Windows users can try BlogExpress.
2) Find a feed that you're interested in. More often than not, feeds are marked with the following image:
. On blogs, these images are often at the bottom-right of the page.3) Copy the shortcut (link) to the feed and paste it into your feed reader.
For example, that feed for Cleveland-area news looks like this: http://www.wkyc.com/rss/rss_localnews.aspx
If I click on it using Internet Explorer 6, you get an ugly page. Try it.
But, if you paste that link into your feed reader, you'll get every headline posted about Cleveland news from Channel 3.
Why do I care?
RSS lets you keep up with information of interest quickly and easily.
Once you set up a few feeds of interest -- there's no need to return to those web sites until you find a story / link / update of interest.
No more aimlessly going to a news homepage while bored at work. Instead, you can scan headlines from dozens of sites and find articles of interest -- without hunting and pecking on individual sites.
BlogExpress
More free feedreaders: wikipedia.org
wkyc.com feeds
Del.icio.us rocks!
Quickly: delicious has a mp3 player
I can't say enough about Del.icio.us.
Haven't used Del.icio.us yet?
Get going -- it's one of many social bookmark services online that allow you to not only have your important bookmarks anywhere you go online (home, work, travel) but also let you in on the zeitgeist of what's what online.
Why am I writing about Del.icio.us now? Because they've built an audio player into their webpages. While not "rock your socks off cool" to most -- this certainly is a new way to find and share interesting mp3s.
Check out the media player: del.icio.us/popular/system:filetype:mp3
Check out my links: del.icio.us/dketterick
Get started yourself: del.icio.us
via digg.com
I can't say enough about Del.icio.us.
Haven't used Del.icio.us yet?
Get going -- it's one of many social bookmark services online that allow you to not only have your important bookmarks anywhere you go online (home, work, travel) but also let you in on the zeitgeist of what's what online.
Why am I writing about Del.icio.us now? Because they've built an audio player into their webpages. While not "rock your socks off cool" to most -- this certainly is a new way to find and share interesting mp3s.
Check out the media player: del.icio.us/popular/system:filetype:mp3
Check out my links: del.icio.us/dketterick
Get started yourself: del.icio.us
via digg.com
10.23.2005
HD-Day: 1200+ days to go
Senate panel sets end to analog TV broadcasts
Well, boys and girls, only 1,200 some days until your analog TV no longer works.
If I was smart, I'd set aside $1/day and then I'd be able to pick up a cheap HD TV on HD-Day.
But, I'm not smart. So, it will be no interest charges until April 7, 2010 for Michele and me.
Well, boys and girls, only 1,200 some days until your analog TV no longer works.
If I was smart, I'd set aside $1/day and then I'd be able to pick up a cheap HD TV on HD-Day.
But, I'm not smart. So, it will be no interest charges until April 7, 2010 for Michele and me.
10.05.2005
Doppler the cat
So, spent my day off worrying about our dying cat, Doppler.
She has a red cell count of 9. 39 is normal.
Basically, she should be dead.
http://del.icio.us/dketterick/anemia
So, she's getting tested and a blood tranfusion in Akron. Or, she's dead. I'll find out Thursday.
She has a red cell count of 9. 39 is normal.
Basically, she should be dead.
http://del.icio.us/dketterick/anemia
So, she's getting tested and a blood tranfusion in Akron. Or, she's dead. I'll find out Thursday.
