Monday, June 15

How to attend a live broadcase of NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!" in Chicago

"It was a great time in Grant Park. The show was very funny"


How I did it: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me had its annual free out door show.
The weather was awful. But it cleared up by showtime.
The show was at Millennium Park instead of the Chase auditorium.


It took me 2 years.


It made me Laugh

Monday, January 26

Speed up your podcasts, part 2

I listen to a lot of podcasts during the week. But that doesn't mean I like to listen to long casts. With podcasts longer than ~40 minutes. I like to get some of my life back. I do this by speeding up them up.
I used the Juice pod-catcher and converted the file using WMP9 Encoder, detailed in this post

Now that I use an iPhone I've stopped using Juice infavor of iTunes
iTunes/iPhone/iPods can play the audiobook/podcast "faster". Approx 1.8x speed.
It does adjust the pitch so people don't sound like chipmonks.

How to do this:
1. Convert the mp3 to AAC.
2. Right click on the file and select "Show in Windows Explorer"
3. When the conversion completes rename the extension m4a to m4b (Audiobook) and delete the mp3 file
4. Add the m4b file to the Audobook folder in iTunes.

Good news is that it will maintain the mp3 tags and embeded images.

More tips:
Create a smart playlist that filters by time and Kind contains mpeg

Monday, January 19

Scott Sigler reading Contagious

Monday, December 29

Harlem Globetrotters in Columbus

Wednesday, November 5

Yes We Did!

Tuesday, November 4

Obama crowd looking toward the city

Camera boom for CNN

I voted!

Wednesday, August 27

No Way, No How, No McCain

Friday, August 22

Lovie's post game responses summed up for 2008..

Lovie's post game responses summed up for 2008...
Game 1 - Kyle Orton is our starting quarterback
Game 2 - Kyle Orton is our starting quarterback
Game 3 - Kyle Orton is our starting quarterback
Game 4 - Kyle Orton is our starting quarterback
Game 5 - Rex Grossman is our starting quarterback
Game 6 - Rex Grossman is our starting quarterback
Game 7 - Rex Grossman is our starting quarterback
Game 8 - Rex Grossman is our starting quarterback
Game 9 - Kyle Orton is our starting quarterback
Game 10 - Kyle Orton is our starting quarterback
Game 11 - The starting quarterback will be a surprise
Game 12 - I have no idea who our starting quarterback will be
Game 13 - Brian Urlacher is our starting quarterback
Game 14 - Devin Hester is our starting quarterback
Game 15 - We never really had what you would call a "quarterback"
Game 16 - I'd like to introduce the 2009 head coach for the Chicago Bears..

Wednesday, July 23

Caprica Trailer

Caprica Trailer. The new prequel to Battlestar Galactica coming soon