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Back on February 9th, I wrote a post about how I was feeling like a podcasting hippy, because I asserted that I wasn’t going to beg people to vote for me on any of a number of different sites which attempt to rank podcasts. I didn’t really expect it to be noticed, but Dave Slusher […]

Where your host chats about photography in public, blogging in the workplace, and his usual assortment of podcasting and gadget related experiences. Links from the show: I’ve used netstumbler in the past while wardriving, but their version for the Pocket PC called ministumbler doesn’t appear to work on the Dell Axim x50v. I did find […]

I’ve come to suspect, as my brother has often asserted, that I’m a hippy. You won’t find me squatting in a geodesic dome, smoking plants that I grow in my garden. I don’t drive a broken down VW bus, crudely decorated with cans of spray paint. I’m not a fan of “free love”: my wife […]

Lisa Williams has done it again. She’s created a nice little four (closer to five, actually) minute video that will tell you all you need to know to begin to listen to podcasts. Try checking out: Learning The Lessons of Nixon > 4 Minutes About Podcasting Oh, and she kindly lists me in the credits! […]

Where your host wakes up early and knocks out another podcast, even while suffering through an at-times painful head cold. Hope the sound of nasal drip didn’t offend. Links from the show: My new PDA is a Dell Axim x50v. 802.11, Bluetooth, VGA resolution screen, both SD and CompactFlash slots, lots to love! Got a […]

This link is a guide for kids, but us adult podcasters can certainly learn a thing or two from this article. Transom Tools: SHOUT OUT – A Kid’s Guide to Recording Stories Link courtesy of I Love Radio.org.

Wherein your host tries out his new Behringer UB802 mixer (with mixed results) and goes on about his new project: hacking on “the Slug”, a Linksys NSLU2 network storage device. For all the enthusiastic support that I’ve read for the Behringer as a decent mixer for the beginner, I’m still getting a substantial amount of […]

Awesome hack, courtesy of ipodlinux.org. Ran on the front page of slashdot, but they don’t need my link.

Over at The Social Customer Manifesto, they have a cute hack. Basically, he buys a simple $25 mp3 player that also looks like a thumb drive. He copies Doppler to it, and sets it to autorun so that when he plugs the MP3 player into his laptop, it automatically runs Doppler and copies new files […]

Try comparing this blog entry with the audioblog that I mentioned yesterday. Same event, different media, different impressions. Thanks Wil! Addendum: Perhaps I should expand on why I think this is interesting. Some people have claimed that audioblogs are a waste of time because of their many “disadvantages” compared to the written word. Yes, the […]

My audioblog gives very dim hints as to what goes on in my personal life. This is largely by design: there are parts of my life that I choose to share, and other parts I choose to keep hidden. Once again, Wil Wheaton demonstrates a certain fearlessness in letting us into a part of his […]

Where your noble host apologizes for his infrequent podcasts, and goes on to describe why he thinks small devices are interesting as webservers, with some suggestions. Also, the history of his involvement in telescope making. My interest in these small webservers are for implementing an idea that I’ve been calling a digital homestead: a small, […]

Well, everyone in the universe seems to be having fun with Skype, so I thought I would join the fun and open my very own: Brainwagon Comment Line! If you have some comments or questions about the show, feel free to call the Skype user brainwagon and leave a message and I’ll try to use […]

In the first of what will likely be many attempts at commercializing podcasting, Gizmodo is reporting that the NFL has inked a deal with audible.com to make their games available for download via the Apple iTunes music store. Complete recordings of games, including versions that feature local sportscasters, are expected to cost around $10 each, […]

With the combination of my iPod suffering a meltdown and the Christmas holiday, I must admit that I am way behind on my podcast listening. While trying to catch up, I ran across yet another bit of “controversy” involving the PodFathers, Dave Winer and Adam Curry. Apparently in a recent episode, Adam excerpted some bits […]