On 5/1/05, Scott Granneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 01 May 2005 12:53 am, Robert Citek wrote: > > On Saturday, Apr 30, 2005, at 20:36 US/Central, Scott Granneman wrote: > > > http://www.sciencefriday.com/audio/scifriaudio.xml > > > > > > now if only Fresh Air was available, i'd be happy. > > > > So, I've read up a little on podcasting ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting ) but am still not quite clear > > on what it is or what I do with it or what I need to get it to work. > > The obvious thing seemed to be opening the link with FireFox, which > > didn't work. The link is just XML. The next obvious thing seemed to > > be copying the URL in to iTunes. Nope, even though podcasting has > > something to do with audio, that didn't work either. > > the following assumes you know what rss is. if you don't, > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29. > > 1. get a rss feedreader that supports enclosures (the mp3 files that are the > basis for the podcasts). one that runs on your client machine will hopefully > download enclosures; one that is web-based, like bloglines > (http://www.bloglines.com), will provide a link to the enclosure that you can > download. or, you can get a specific podcast client tool that only works with > rss feeds that contain enclosures, like: > > a. windows: ipodder http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/ > b. linux: bashpodder http://linc.homeunix.org:8080/scripts/bashpodder > c. mac os x: ipodder http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/ > > you can find a list of podcast clients at > http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/ipodderSoftware. > > 2. subscribe to rss feeds that contain podcasts/enclosures. i previously > included such a feed in my last email. if anyone is interested, i can send a > list of other podcast feeds i'm subscribed to. > > 3. once every 24 hrs, your feedreader connects to the rss feed and downloads > the enclosure, which is, in effect, the podcast. 99.9% of the time, this is > an mp3 file. > > 4. ideally, your podcast software automatically transfers the enclosure - the > mp3 file - to your iPod/iRiver/digital music device. then when you get up in > the morning, you take your device with you to listen to on your commute or > throughout the day. otherwise, you copy the files manually to your music > device on your schedule. > > 5. don't forget to delete the enclosures/mp3s off your computer! > > and that, my friends, is podcasting. > > for more, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting > > or this: http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsPodcasting > > scott > > -- > R. Scott Granneman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com > Full list of publications: http://www.granneman.com/publications > My new book on Firefox: Don't Click on the Blue E! > Info at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bluee/ > Read the Open Source Blog: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com > Join GranneNotes! Information at www.granneman.com > > "You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance." > ---Ray Bradbury > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > http://www.cwelug.org/ > [email protected] > http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug >
I'll have to check that out. Thanks. If you're into physics, there are 4 full lectures (1 to 1.5 hours each) in streaming video by Richard Feynman which was turned into his book "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter". Here's the link to the streams. http://www.vega.org.uk/series/lectures/feynman/ Bob _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ [email protected] http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
