Roz Savage, Rows solo across the Pacific Ocean – Podcast

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This is the latest podcast to be released from Leo Laporte’s TWIT Network. “Roz rows the Pacific” is a series of regular interviews with Ocean Adventurer Roz Savage as she rows solo across the Pacific Ocean from the USA to Australia. The Podcast is updated three times a week.

Roz admits that she is an unlikely adventurer. An office-bound salary slave for most of her adult life, it wasn’t until her mid-thirties that she decided that there had to be more to life than four grey walls.

She took her first foray into the world of adventure in 2003, with a three month exploration of Peru. Her confidence boosted, she then looked around for her next big project. It had to be:
-    environmentally friendly (to make amends for 11 years’ of business travel)
-    solo (so she could test her capabilities without relying on someone else)
-    challenging (so she could grow as a person)
-    unusual (so she could make a living from writing and talking about it)
-    physical (so she could shed a few pounds).

Ocean rowing seemed to tick all the boxes, and eight years of rowing on the River Thames was enough to give Roz the happy delusion that this was something she was vaguely qualified to do. So the choice was made.

In 2005-6 Roz rowed across the Atlantic Ocean as the only solo female competitor in the 3000-mile Atlantic Rowing Race from the Canaries to Antigua.

And in Summer 2008 she will set out on a  three stage, three year project to row solo across the Pacific – 7600 miles from the United States to Australia.

How to get Great New Music Delivered to you daily for Free – and it’s Legal!

If you’re like me, you probably have already given up on commercial FM music stations and instead joined the Ipod revolution. The problem with this is that it does not matter if your music library has 5000, 10000 or even 30000 thousand songs in it, if you listen to it long enough it will begin to get repetitive and you will begin to crave new music.

So how do you find new music, sure you could read the music reviews, or follow the iTunes suggestions, but these can be time consuming and often misleading. So why not follow the method I have been using lately.

There are a number of Podcasts that deliver DRM free music to subscribers on a daily basis. Two of my favourites are:-

Triple J – New Music Podcast

KCRW’s Today’s Top Tune

These two Podcasts are created by radio stations that take new music very seriously. The files are in the MP3 format. And all have a BitRate of at least 125kps. If you know of any other Music Podcasts, feel free to suggest them to me.

Once you have started receiving music via these services the next tip is to move the music from your iTunes Podcast library to your iTunes Music library. This has taken quite a bit of research on my part but I have discovered a method to do this my modifying the files ID3 tags.

It sounds complicated but it’s not really. mp3tag – Univeral Tag Editor is a great free program for doing this.

1. Locate the mp3 file or files you want to modify using “File – Add Directory”.

2. Highlight the file or files and right click on them

3. Select the “Extended Tags” option

4. Under Metadata you will see “ITUNESPODCAST=1”

5. Highlight this and delete it, you will be left with “ITUNESPODCAST=blank”

6. Make any other changes to the Artist and Song name tags that you feel appropriate.

7. Save your changes, the MP3 file is now ready to be added to your iTunes Music Library.

If you have any feedback on this method please leave me a comment.

Summer Heights High – Podcast

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This is probably our favourite TV Show at the moment. Summer Heights High is an Australian comedy that airs on the ABC Wednesday’s at 9:30pm. The great news is that it also available as a Podcast. Hilarious, absurd and frequently shocking Summer Heights High reveals a world where small issues become huge, social groups are important, careers are built, young minds are moulded, hopes are shattered and dreams are realised.

MP4 VERSION – iTunes – Video iPod

http://abc.net.au/tv/summerheightshigh/video/shh_mp4.xml

WMV VERSION – Juice, PDA, iRiver, Zune

http://abc.net.au/tv/summerheightshigh/video/shh_wmv.xml

All about Podcasts

Over the past twelve months I have become a big fan of Podcasts. Podcasting is a method of delivering audio content to iPods and other portable media players on demand, so that it can be listened to at the user’s convenience. The main benefit of podcasting is that listeners can sync content to their media player and take it with them to listen whenever they want to. Because podcasts are typically saved in MP3 format, they can also be listened to on nearly any computer, or burned to a CD Disc. While working all day in Earthmoving Machinery, I have lots of time to listen to podcasts. Click on this Link to read my reviews about some of my Favourite Podcasts.

The easiest way to subscribe to podcasts is to search by title at the iTunes Music Store or if you have iTunes, click on the Advanced tab, then select Subscribe to Podcast, then paste the URL into the dialogue box.

Shutter’s Inc – Podcast

I have listened to a number of Podcasts relating to the subject of Digital Photography. Most of them struggle to convey what is a visual medium in the audio format. However Shutter’s Inc is a cut above the rest. Pro Photographer, Shelton Muller, brings a week by week digital SLR camera review, along with all kinds of photography tips and techniques. Bruce Williams does a great job hosting the show, and an even better job editing it to provide a high quality Podcast. Episodes are released once a week around midday Sunday (GMT).

Subscribe in iTunes

URL:- http://www.audio2u.com/xml/si.xml

Leo Laporte – The Tech Guy

Leo Laporte – The Tech Guy is one of my favourite technology podcasts. No one does a better job of explaining computers, Home Theatre, Camera’s, Smart Phone’s, and the Internet than Leo Laporte. This podcast is of his twice weekly three-hour talk show on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, minus traffic reports, news, and commercials.

URL:- http://leo.am/podcasts/kfi

KCRW’S Today’s Top Tune

KCRW”s Today’s Top Tune is song a day, from KCRWmusic.com, that represents a cross section of KCRW’s eclectic music format. Tracks selected are chosen from recent and upcoming releases as well as songs performed live on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

URL:- http://media.kcrw.com/podcast/show_itms/tu

Hughesy and Kate Podcast

Comedy

Title:- Nova 100 – Hughesy and Kate Podcast

URL:- http://www.nova100.com.au/nova100PodcastRSS.xml

Melbourne Breakfast Radio with Kate Langbrook and Dave Hughes