Re: [Hpr] Forums

2014-04-07 Thread lostnbronx
I, too, vote for integrating the existing forums (if we're having a vote). It seems logical to use the tools at hand if they'll do the job, instead of going out and getting new ones. ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradi

Re: [Hpr] Next AudioBookClub

2014-07-09 Thread lostnbronx
Is that "David," me? I don't really need the calendar notifications, because I follow Audiobook Club announcements on this mailing list. Do you still intend to announce them here? I find this list very convenient and informative. ___ Hpr mailing list H

Re: [Hpr] Next two AudioBookClub books

2014-07-21 Thread lostnbronx
I don't even have a tar or zip file for "Street Candles" yet, so "Revolution Radio" is one up on me! The size total for all mp3 files in "SC" is something like 1.2 GB. The ogg files are something like 850 MB total. Grabbing them through the Stardrifter RSS feed is probably the easiest way to go.

Re: [Hpr] Next two AudioBookClub books

2014-07-22 Thread lostnbronx
You can grab "Street Candles" at: http://www.cavalcadeaudio.com/stardrifter.html RSS options are there on the side. I'm grabbing "Revolution Radio" today, but I'm not sure about making the review. ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://

Re: [Hpr] Next two AudioBookClub books

2014-08-01 Thread lostnbronx
FWIW, gpodder grabs both feeds just fine. On 8/1/14, x1101 wrote: > Well, that's what I get for trying to figure out what's wrong as I go to > bed. > > > /x1101 > > On Aug 1, 2014, Dave Morriss wrote: >>On 01/08/14 02:30, x1101 wrote: >>> I can't tell if the issue is on my end or what, but when

Re: [Hpr] Next two AudioBookClub books

2014-08-01 Thread lostnbronx
nerate the feeds. There's probably a way to get the tag in there. I'll look into it for the future. -Thanks! On 8/1/14, Dave Morriss wrote: > On 01/08/14 16:57, lostnbronx wrote: >> FWIW, gpodder grabs both feeds just fine. > > I stand in awe of gPodder. Someone has presu

Re: [Hpr] Stardrifter RSS

2014-08-06 Thread lostnbronx
Thanks to the magic Perl mojo of David Morriss, the Stardrifter RSS feeds are working fine now! Thanks to David and everyone else in this wonderful community for their help. Grab the feeds here: http://www.cavalcadeaudio.com/rss/rss.stardri.ogg.xml http://www.cavalcadeaudio.com/rss/rss.stardri.m

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12

2014-09-13 Thread lostnbronx
I second the Sanza Clip idea. The recording quality is remarkably good, considering what it is. I've found you can still get a fair amount of handling noise with it attached to a stick, but if you keep a steady grip on it, it works very well this way. Another approach for interviews is to use th

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 72, Issue 16

2014-09-19 Thread lostnbronx
I think it's clear that HPR needs a couple of regular shows -- that is, tech podcasts released through HPR instead of on the producer's own on a regular basis. I, personally, don't feel qualified to produce a tech-based program, and I don't have a buttload of time, anyway, but I'd be willing to ge

[Hpr] HPR Music Confusion

2015-01-05 Thread lostnbronx
I know this has been discussed to death, but there seems to a be a number of legacy "official" themes on this page: http://hackerpublicradio.org/media/theme-music/ which is linked to in several places from this page: http://hackerpublicradio.org/theme.php The Intros aren't that big a deal, I gu

Re: [Hpr] Cybrary Cross-Promotional Offer

2015-02-12 Thread lostnbronx
I think an episode profiling what they offer, or even a series, would be a better fit than advertising with or for them. I'm not against an organization utilizing different promotion methods per se, but, as has been stated, HPR has always been careful to do so with shows and groups that are closel

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 84, Issue 16

2015-09-15 Thread lostnbronx
I know this may seem heretical, but I'm not entirely convinced that there IS a problem here, except in the area of running out of shows (which is always a danger). I mean, what exactly IS a community podcast? To my way of mind, it's a show where listeners are free to contribute, with no (or few)

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 96, Issue 2

2016-09-22 Thread lostnbronx
I think Pokey has it. He said something about it the other night. On 9/22/16, hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org wrote: > Send Hpr mailing list submissions to > hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailm

Re: [Hpr] Download Stats Question

2016-10-06 Thread lostnbronx
> OK Let me explain. Should I count all the hits or just downloads ? The > feeds or the audio files ? From every ip or filter the bots etc. > > So basically what would you grep the logs for a HPR download ? I would think that each of those, parsed separately, would be of some value. It would al

Re: [Hpr] Lord D

2016-12-08 Thread lostnbronx
Now that just sucks. I'll put together something in the next couple of days. Klaatu, should we send our clips directly to you? ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 99, Issue 7

2016-12-13 Thread lostnbronx
I believe the Explicit tag is adequate. Anything further becomes some sort of ratings system, which is a rabbit hole no one wants to go down. This has hardly been the first episode with enough bad language or questionable content to make people stop and think, and it's not the first time this conve

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 100, Issue 2

2017-01-06 Thread lostnbronx
I second Klaatu's assessment. Ham radio is such a huge, complicated topic, it might be very useful to have one or two "non-hams" on the round-table, to act as surrogates for ignorant listeners like me -- people whose only function would be to ask basic questions about what ham radio is, how you ge

Re: [Hpr] New Years RPG

2017-12-08 Thread lostnbronx
Well, I'm in! I did open my mouth, so I'm sorta committed here. Anyone else? ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 111, Issue 4

2017-12-09 Thread lostnbronx
> From: Kevin Wisher > I would suggest those wanting to participate in the game use another > channel/room on the server so as not to interrupt the normal banter. Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of doing it on the HPR New's Year's Eve show? Are you saying you'd prefer it didn't happen on the sh

Re: [Hpr] HPR paying back to Anhonesthost.com

2017-12-10 Thread lostnbronx
Is it possible to offer Bitcoin as one of the donation options for HPR/Anhonesthost? Considering tech make-up of this community, I should think so, but I realize that's it's not necessarily straightforward. Bitcoin would make donating easier for me, so this is mostly a selfish request. ___

Re: [Hpr] Dropping the Call in Numbers

2017-12-11 Thread lostnbronx
I'd say it could go away without any problem. It was a good idea, but it didn't get much play, and seems like it was hard to maintain. ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org

Re: [Hpr] Klaatu's Community play RPG

2018-01-13 Thread lostnbronx
the cover, and removed the interior art. The Creative Commons Zero license of the original version made this possible, and, of course, this version is released under the same license. Grab that from here: http://gopher.info-underground.net:70/lostnbronx/Dungeon-Raiders_revised-edition-d03.epub I&#

Re: [Hpr] Xoke's Reservation

2018-01-17 Thread lostnbronx
On 1/17/18, hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org wrote: > Xoke has requested that we reserve Fri 2018-02-23: hpr2495 for him. > > Any objections ? Sounds good! -- http://www.cavalcadeaudio.com/ ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hack

Re: [Hpr] HPR Branding

2018-09-01 Thread lostnbronx
I know it's been brought up in the past, but if we're revisiting the whole thing, is there a better voice available for espeak these days? I like the idea of having the host announced, along with a simple description of the ep, but every time I recommend an episode to someone outside the HPR commun

Re: [Hpr] Another HPR tune

2018-09-17 Thread lostnbronx
jba...@i2rs.nl > _ __ | web : www.i2rs.nl > | )|_)(_ | tel : +31 (0)345 - 75 26 28 > _|_/_| \__) | Molenwindsingel 46, 4105 HK, Culemborg, the > Netherlands These are great! Wonderful themes. I personally prefer the firs

Re: [Hpr] A proposed change to the show upload form

2019-03-03 Thread lostnbronx
I think it's a great idea! And I wholeheartedly endorse the idea of making the Explicit/Clean flags mandatory as well, rather than defaulting to Explicit. Sometimes I've missed setting this button when uploading in a hurry, and my ep went out marked as Explicit, when it wasn't. ___

[Hpr] I Don't Like This Day Of The Year

2019-03-31 Thread lostnbronx
At all. On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 10:04 PM wrote: > Send Hpr mailing list submissions to > hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > or, via email, send a message wit

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 127, Issue 13

2019-04-15 Thread lostnbronx
It does not render in Vivaldi, for whatever that's worth. On 4/15/19, hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org wrote: > Send Hpr mailing list submissions to > hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listin

Re: [Hpr] HPR By Request

2019-04-17 Thread lostnbronx
Nice hardware! Will you be using a separate mic, or the built in mics on the Zoom? Either way, you'll probably want some sort of wind or pop screen as well, so people aren't breathing into the mic as you interview them. On Wed, Apr 17, 2019, 6:08 AM wrote: > Send Hpr mailing list submissions to

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 128, Issue 5

2019-05-23 Thread lostnbronx
The question really isn't about this one episode, is it? This is really about policy. When it come to policy, I see the question in these terms: Is there reasonable concern about the copyright of the content? I don't know about others, but the fact that this has become the subject of so much disc

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 128, Issue 11

2019-05-27 Thread lostnbronx
On 5/27/19, hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org wrote: >1. HPR Community News - next Saturday on 2019-06-01T18:00:00Z Please cover the recent discussion on this list about fair use vs. open licenses. It might be good for the larger HPR listener community to hear about it. -- http://www.cavalc

Re: [Hpr] Policy Change Scheduling Guidelines

2019-08-17 Thread lostnbronx
> 2. Policy change to Scheduling Guidelines > > Given we now host on the IA, we have more time needed to process the > shows in the event that something goes wrong. To that end I would like > to update the second point on the "Scheduling Guidelines" to say fill up > slots in the coming two weeks, i

[Hpr] Series Idea

2019-08-25 Thread lostnbronx
This is cribbed from a letter I sent to Ken, and he suggested I might want to run it by the list. I had an idea for an HPR series. As you might recall, among the many podcasts he did, Lord Drachenblut had one called "Ten Buck Review", wherein he reviewed movies from the bargain bin at Wal-mart tha

Re: [Hpr] Series Idea

2019-08-25 Thread lostnbronx
On 8/25/19, Jeroen Baten wrote: > Sounds like fun. Create a review panel, record the review. Let's do a > tryout. > > Regards, > Jeroen Baten I think there was a film review series on HPR a while back that was a group chat thing. That's a real hassle to edit (at least, I find it to be). I'm more

Re: [Hpr] Series Idea

2019-08-25 Thread lostnbronx
On 8/25/19, Nigel Verity wrote: > How strictly do you feel the term "free" should be interpreted? I'm sure > most of us know how to get hold of movies for free as in beer, even if they > are not necessarily 100% legitimate in terms of all the copyright > legalities. That's a good question. I gue

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 131, Issue 4

2019-08-25 Thread lostnbronx
From: Nigel Verity > On that basis I will certainly submit a review. Perhaps your idea could be > expanded to include books or even music as well. I don't see a reason why it couldn't. Certainly, it wouldn't bother me. From: "Christopher M. Hobbs" > Granted I haven't contributed an episode i

Re: [Hpr] Series Idea

2019-08-26 Thread lostnbronx
> From: "Thaj A. Sara" > At the end of the day if someone only wants technical discussion they can > skip these episodes, or contribute what they feel is lacking. Just my two > cents. In my mind, this is an open series, with an open format. I have a particular way I want to do mine, but there's

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 131, Issue 7

2019-08-27 Thread lostnbronx
From: cobra2 > Ok LnB, I'd like to see your format so I can derive something similar > without going too far outside of your structures. I love the idea of "I > watched this, it was horrible and here is why you should watch it" Okay, well this is what I'm going to go with right off the bat. Again

Re: [Hpr] 5150's Passing

2019-09-08 Thread lostnbronx
No way! Fifty was one of those guys whom I half-thought was invincible. Such a nice guy, and such a loss. This is terribly shocking news. ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.o

Re: [Hpr] Harassment

2019-12-14 Thread lostnbronx
When you think about it, it's surprising we haven't had this problem before. Unless we did, and it just wasn't brought to light. Can we assume the harassment source was from within the community, and not just from random trolls on the Internet? I think removing email addresses of hosts is a great

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 136, Issue 2

2020-01-07 Thread lostnbronx
If you're taking votes, I like: seetee_free_culture_podcasts-hand.svg On 1/7/20, hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org wrote: > Send Hpr mailing list submissions to > hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://hackerpublicradio.org/m

Re: [Hpr] (no subject)

2020-03-12 Thread lostnbronx
On 3/12/20, hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org wrote: > Send Hpr mailing list submissions to > hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > or, via email, send a mess

Re: [Hpr] The Case of the Disappearing Links

2020-03-12 Thread lostnbronx
Dave Morris said: >> So, here's my request: can we make efforts to reduce the "vulnerability" >> of shows to unavailable links in the future? >> >> Discuss please :-) I suppose I'm guilty of this: just off the top of my head, I know I've put up links to several audio dramas that will almost certa

Re: [Hpr] Hpr Digest, Vol 151, Issue 9

2021-04-25 Thread lostnbronx
To me, the biggest issue for HPR is, and always has been, attracting contributors. It stands to reason then, that lowering the barrier to entry matters more than anything else, including raising the audio quality. While many longtime podcasters find the process of recording quality audio to be triv