Getting a nice mix of opinion, comedy and music now on my Zen Micro - all thanks to 'casting (yes, I still refute the "pod" prefix, since I organize the files in WMP and listen to it either there or on the Zen)
Public internet
Media is one of fields of interest, both professionally and personally, so naturally I dig the 'cast of the On the Media show.
They had a good piece on the coverage of the Schiavo debacle - how the coverage hardly reflected (or commented on) the polls.
Another interesting piece almost directly related to this blog... on blogging and sources vs. trade secrets. Where is the limit? What is good faith hype-building and what constitutes damaging information (ie giving competitors the chance to make knockoffs before the original reaches the market)
Then there was the interview with Ed Schultz - talking about talk radio and a more liberal point of view.
"They gotta talk to Joe Beer Can. They gotta figure out how to talk to middle America. " (Big Ed)
"Lefties can get mean too." (Big Ed)
- since it is online maybe I should listen in one day, just need to get the timezones and such right. Always good to hear different views and agendas! 3:00PM to 6:00PM (Eastern) - would be something like gmt - 5, with CET at gmt + 1 that would be around 9-ish here? Whoo-ha 8 Kb makes for rather interesting sound quality! Stay clear if you don't like "snow".
Faith
Another interesting and definitely opinionated 'cast is the dutch priest onCatholic Insider; "father Roderick Vonhögen, catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Utrech" - who uses minidisc to record but really likes his Mac stuff (the page design is a good tribute/spoof of the iPod ads)
Short digression - way back in '98 I bought what was then a really hot and compact Mini Disc player from Sharp [img, info] on my Hong Kong visit. I used it quite a bit the first months, but basically the hassle of getting the right "mix" (or playlist) at any time more or less meant it ended up being used less and less. But now that I have most of my music already in digital format (for using on the PC rather than swapping cds all the time) - getting some of it onto the Zen is fast and easy. So now there is no real need to buy new stuff for a while since I can actually listen to all the stuff I have... at least until they sort things out and get iTunes working in Norway (at reasonable rates!) ... it is just too good and easy to browse and pick a song here and a song there. Good stuff!
One of his more relevant segments is the bit on the Da Vinci code - even if his view might be considered rather "partial" up front, since he opens up for debate rather than just shooting it down outright.
And right now with all the general media coverage of the late pope, his personal and on location mood-reports [img] is making it big time - vaulting him up to the number one spot in terms of votes (and probably downloads as well).
...and the sun stays longer by the day - especially now in "summer time" (or daylight saving)
