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Kind Robot - Fragapella EP - Definitive w/extras released

2007-11-05T08:32:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I've posted, but I wanted to let a few more people know that a huge
torrent has been released with all of what Kind Robot has released so far.

You can find it in the link, or here directly:

Kind Robot - Fragapella EP - Definitive with extras-art-etc

It's a pretty big file, about 575 megs, but it contains everything including an uncompressed
master copy of the original EP, as well as uncompressed versions of a few other tracks.
It has extras, unreleased stuff, art for stickers, posters(pdf rasterbator files) alternate covers,
remixes and other's songs that used samples from ccmixter shared tracks.

It's all free stuff, Creative Commons as always and you can share, mix, messup or otherwise
throw it around in as many creative ways you wish without selling it.

Be sure to seed.

This is everything so far. Enjoy...

Not Work Safe Radio Reviewed!!

2004-12-03T14:05:00.000-08:00

The New, New Podcast Review!
(fair and balanced podcast reviews)

... and unlike that other place that says they are fair and balanced,
this place really IS fair and balanced.

Totally fair and accurate review. Matter of fact, in a way better
than we deserve right now. Much appreciated. It's great to have
some really good, critical but fair feedback.

LINK

(also, I re-read the rant on his site about announcing the length
of songs before they play.. and I must remember to POUND
that into my head from now on before I produce a show. It
makes perfect sense)

Podcasting at Newsweek.

2004-12-03T14:01:00.000-08:00

Nice article, without as many of the usual errors and
sillyness.

LINK

P.S. - New (not works safe radio) show is running late, but is coming along.

In the meantime, link to the feed is here, in case you were looking:

LINK

Not Work Safe Radio Podcast #0006

2004-11-27T02:57:00.000-08:00

Direct Torrent Link: HERE

Seeders needed for the first few days after release. If you'd like
to seed, just download via the direct link above and leave the
torrent open after it's finished downloading. With a client like
bittornado you can control your upload rate. Any rate will help.

Featured in this show:
Chat transcripts read aloud!!! Immanuel Velikovsky!! Broccoli
brain farts! The Science Missionaries! Star Wars and Menstrual
voyeurism!! (well... there's a first)

Show notes(well, links really):

RIAA-free songs featured in the show:

1. The Dresden Dolls - Truce

http://www.dresdendolls.com/

2. Gravy Train - Titties Bounce

http://www.rapbitches.com/

Sites mentioned:

Blog Torrent - a simplified bittorrent experience.

http://www.blogtorrent.com/

Immanuel Velikovsky Archives

http://www.varchive.org/

SPECIAL NOTE: Those of you who got the file early
have a version of the "chat transcript" bit without the
background music. And boy does it suck (more) without
it. So if that's the version you got... sorry. You can
download the final version here or just re-subscribe
to the feed.

Podcaster vs. Mac Store

2004-11-21T23:12:00.000-08:00

Walked into the mac store at the mall this evening. I browsed around
for a while and looked at all the macs I want and cannot afford. Checked
out the ipods and drooled a bit. That's right. A podcaster without an ipod.
Hell, I don't even have the equivilant. Since they had a net connection, I
took it upon myself to open a few browsers to the front page of
ipodder.org just for the hell of it. One of the gurus, macsturbators or
whatever they're called said hi and asked me if he could help me blah blah..
whatever the schpiel was. (not bashing these folks, nice people every one
of them) I said no, but that I was just drooling a bit at the new macs. I
mentioned I was a podcaster and he said "cool". Which I took as:

1. He has NO idea what the fuck I was talking about.

2. He's one of those of the "not easily impressed" generation. You know, the
same one that worships reality TV.

or.

3. He was thinking "yeah.. so what am I supposed to do now.. blow you
right here? Do you see kneepads?"

I get the feeling it was at least one if not two of the above.

But still, fun stuff. And those macs... wow. MUST HAVE NOW!

Not Work Safe Radio Podcast #0005

2004-11-18T02:39:00.000-08:00

There's a new "Not Work Safe Radio"
Show number 5. Long time coming, I know. But I'm having a
bit of trouble settling on a format. So I'm experimenting.

It's about 30 minutes this time and you can get the file
here with a direct torrent link. (bittorrent)

http://66.93.46.148/not_work_safe11_18_04.mp3.torrent

Special guest Ash. No links or show notes this time around.

But it is definately not work safe.

Topics: Bellies, breasts, fucking bigfoot and Uhuru's nipples.

You had to be there I guess.

Battle the Podcast Bandwidth Beast with Bittorrent (updated)

2004-11-11T14:37:00.000-08:00

Ok, I just finished the latest revision of my podcasting with Bittorrent
guide. It has a new home HERE.

Changes? Cosmetic, broken links, new links and corrections.

Please send questions/comments/corrections to gotilk@gmail.com

There's a new HARD Hardcore Insomnia Radio podcast

2004-11-07T13:19:00.000-08:00

You can donwload it directly via the torrent here:

http://66.93.46.148/HardcoreInsomniaRadio6.mp3.torrent

And if you feel like seeding, it's always appreciated by all involved.

And HERE is the subscribe link.

Not Work Safe Radio Podcast #0004

2004-11-03T16:19:00.000-08:00

The long awaited 4 th NOT Work Safe Radio is out.
(approx 18 minutes)
Direct Torrent Link:
HERE

In this show, some music from Elbow and Cornelius.
Some tips on how to stay pure in this morally questionable
world and commentary on the election.

Some quick links (not many for this show):

Elbow:
http://www.elbow.co.uk/index.asp

Cornelius:
http://www.cornelius-sound.com/

Have a great weekend and I hope to see you with a new show
fairly soon. No more huge gaps.

More Podcasting in The News

2004-10-27T13:45:00.000-07:00

IT world - Podcasting: The latest buzz

Guerilla iPodder attack

2004-10-25T18:24:00.000-07:00

Guerilla iPodder attack gets serious
Podcasting in the 21st century
theinquirer

"ADAM CURRY'S latest guerilla warfare campaign
against the entertainment Establishment is starting
to kick into high gear."

Podcast: Time-shifted radio listening gets a new name

2004-10-24T17:10:00.000-07:00

Good podcasting article at the WebTalk site.

New Livejournal Community for Podcasting

2004-10-22T22:25:00.000-07:00

Just a few people there right now, but it'll grow.

LINK

Battle the Podcast Bandwidth Beast with Bittorrent

2004-10-22T07:43:00.000-07:00

Oooh.. that sure is a lot of "b" words.

Anyway. Let's get to the meat.

Scenario: You've set up a podcast. People have started listening.
A LOT of people. As a matter of fact, for every person that listens
to your podcast, there's approximately 200 annoying little freaks
who merely download your show for the sole purpose of getting
a sick thrill out of knowing what your face will look like when your
provider sends you a 2500 dollar bandwidth overage bill at the
end of this month. That's right. It hasn't REALLY happened yet
has it? It's too early. The gnashing of teeth and the news reports
of random podcasters leaping from remote bridges in the middle
of the night have not begun... yet. Hopefully, with the wonder of
bittorrent, they will never begin at all.

Solution!!:

BITTORRENT!

First let's get to the basic things you'll need.
(this tutorial/primer/etc is for Windows XP)

1. A podcast. Plenty of tutorials for this are already out there.
Get your mp3 together and scoot a little closer now. (ok, that
was just creepy, stop that)

2. A RSS 2.0 with enclosures feed. You can hack mine or Hardcore
Insomnia's. Just look at the codey stuff and type your stuff in place
of our stuff. Technical stuff gives me wood. (more details later... NO!!
not about that, about the RSS.. you are a bit of a perv, huh?)

3. A decent connection to the "INTERNETS" (thanks George)
with a static or NEAR static IP address. (that's when your IP address
remains the same all the time or until you boot your dsl modem/router)

4. A web server of some kind. If you're on a static IP address, you can use
a wonnerful little server appropriately named "Simple Server WWW". It's
FREE! (support the people who make this stuff if you end up using it)

LINK : http://www.analogx.com

Or if you have a hosting provider, you can use that. You'll only be serving
the tiny little torrent file, so don't fret.

5. A way to download a torrent file (other than ipodder). I suggest using
BitTornado. It's small, simple, not too "bloaty" and FREE!!

LINK: http://www.bittornado.com

6. A way to create a torrent. I suggest using MakeTorrent. It's simple and
small and FREE!

LINK: MakeTorrent 2.1

7. Access to a public tracker. I've been using Athlazan's. Sign up and upload those
torrents! (please, I beg you, send me your favorite reliable trackers)

LINK: Athlazan's BNBT Tracker (try it twice if it doesn't work the first time)

Now, let's do it!

Step 1: Join a public tracker. (like the one mentioned above, or one
you've found)

Step 2: Get your mp3 file and make a torrent using MakeTorrent. It's a very simple
process, but you can find directions here:
Making a torrent with MakeTorrent
Just be sure to pay attention and put the tracker YOU have joined and chosen
in the tracker field, not the one on that site. It's important that you find the
tracker's "announce URL" to enter into this field. If not, the kitten gets it.

Step 3: Upload your torrent to the tracker. Directions on how to do this will
be at the tracker site and will be fairly obvious. Be sure to fill in a name for
the listing and a description. Also be sure it's in the proper category. Until word
gets out a bit more, that'll usually be "misc" or "other". Check to be sure the
listing works by going to the front page of the tracker and looking in the latest
torrents listing. When you get there, download your own torrent and complete
the file download by pointing to your mp3 when your bittorrent client asks
where to put the file. The "download" will complete quickly. Now, if you use
bittornado, click on "advanced" then "external announce" and enter the
tracker's "announce URL" and click "ok". (necessary? not sure, but it works
so I wouldn't skip it) Trust me, after the first time this'll get easier. Minimize
that bittornado window and let's move on to step 4.

Step 4: Still with me? Good. Go get coffee. Back? Good. Did I SAY stop and
take a pee? FOCUS! Sorry. I'm a little punchy. Now take that torrent file
you made earlier and...

Simple Server WWW or other local web server running on your machine:

Right-click it. Choose "copy". Go to your simple server
www folder (follow the directions on the site to set up the server) you
chose to host files in and right click on it. Choose "paste". The URL for
your torrent file now exists. It will be http://your.ip.address/torrentname.torrent

External Web Server:

FTP the file to the folder of choice. Now figure out the URL to that file.
If you uploaded it to a sub folder off your main HTML folder it would be
http://www.yourdomain.com/subfolderwherethefileis/torrentname.torrent

Now that you have that torrent URL, you're ready for step 5.

Step 5: Grab that rss 2.0 with enclosures file of yours and modify it.
In the enclosures tag, for enclosure URL, use the direct address to
the torrent on YOUR web server.
Instead of type="audio/mpeg" inside the enclosure tag, you'll be using
type="application/x-bittorrent"
Now, go back to your torrent file, the one you created earlier. Right
click and and choose "properties". Look at the file size in bytes, size...
not "size on disk". THAT is your length=, not the size of the MP3 file.
Enter all the other normal information you would enter between the
tags to identify this particular podcast. (many tutorials are available
on the net here-bouts) Save that new RSS 2.0 XML file and upload it to
the place it goes.

Step 6: Check your feed with ipodder and watch those new seeds appear.
You'll see your bandwidth usage in real time and can adjust it within the
bittornado client program. And remember, keep that torrent open for as
long as you want that file to be available. Hopefully, people who visit
the tracker will be curious about this whole "podcasting thingee" and download
your show. A few of them may even leave the torrent open for a while or
become a seeder.

(this tutorial is in flux... if you see mistakes or can offer more in
depth information on a step, or links, keep 'em to yourself buddy..
this aint' no WIKI, K??!! Nahh... please help. I probably made
some mistakes and welcome any input or suggestions.

heh... he said he "welcomes ANY INPUT" huh.. huhuh

Bandwidth and Podcasting - A Torrent nightmare

2004-10-22T05:39:00.000-07:00

Watch this space for a pretty comprehensive podcasting with
bittorrent tutorial/guide.

Why?

Well, I was up until just now figuring it out. I think I exchanged
about 50 e-mails with Hardcore Insomnia Radio's host Jason
before we finally gave up and called it a night. But I decided to
test it all on my own web server(s) with a different approach and
actually managed to get it working. And the solution was so
goofy and simple I managed to overlook it.
But now it's time for sleep.

The bad news is that my podcast isn't done yet. The good news
is that now the bandwidth won't be killing me and when my next
show is ready (look for Sat/Sun as a goal) for podcasting, it'll be
a torrent download. Yay.

I'll post every step I took here after I actually finish my own
podcast.
bed calls to me...

More Podcasting in the press.

2004-10-19T15:12:00.000-07:00

Digital-music players such as iPods aren't just for music anymore.

The handheld devices are increasingly repositories for audiobooks,
radio-style talk shows, news reporting, feature stories and even the
recent presidential debates.

A new tech craze called "podcasting" makes much of this possible

(St Plaul Pioneer Press)

..and it continues, actually offering links to how-tos, etc.

Stern Article mentions Podcasting

2004-10-17T14:15:00.000-07:00

"Meanwhile, down in the trenches of the technology world, some clever folks are creating something they're calling ``podcasting,'' delivering audio programming to MP3 players like Apple's iPod. The genre is at the distant periphery of radio today, but it has major potential.

Its significance is the flexibility it adds to the ecosystem. It helps us collect radio-like programming, some of which is being created by people using low-cost yet adequate audio tools, that we can put on our MP3 players and then listen to at our leisure. More intriguing, this is going to be a delivery system for gifted amateurs and, if they're smart, professional programmers as well."

Well, at least I have "smart" down. heh. I have no idea about that other part.
yet.

NWS Radio Podcast Show Notes Show #0003

2004-10-15T03:07:00.000-07:00

Show notes for Not Work Safe Radio Show #0003
Chronological

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation

Hardcore Insomnia Podcast (subscribe link for ipodder)

KOMO radio Podcast (subscribe link for ipodder)

Morning Sedition (mp3 archive)

Morning Sedition (blog)

For the copies of my own XML file and the one with
comments, e-mail a request to gotilk@gmail.com

RSS 2.0 Feed Validator

Theory of Everything (subscribe link for ipodder)

Scott Walker Links:
http://www.phinnweb.com/retro/scott/
http://www.photofeatures.com/scottwalker/

Podkeywords
(cool map!!)

Lockergnome

This was a fun one to do, except for the beginning.
Hope to have a weekend show just like last week.
Thanks for listening!

New Podcast Blog

2004-10-14T22:36:00.000-07:00

Well, first I've heard of it anyway.
I decided to hit the recently updated weblogs page at weblogs.com
and do a text search for the word "podcast" and *ping* there it was.

Podcasting Avenue-
Articles and info related to podcasting/podcasts.
http://podcasters.blogspot.com/

Looks like a good one. Plenty of links for listeners and
podcasters.

(note: show notes for show #0003 coming soon)

NWSradio subscribe link

Not Work Safe Radio - Podcast #0003

2004-10-14T18:57:00.000-07:00

Not Work Safe Radio Podcast Number 3.
More work safe than you'd think...

"I thought it was already as heavy as can be"
- The Flaming Lips, Waiting for a superman.

ipodder - podcast subscribe link:
http://www.gotilk.com/rss.xml

NWS Radio Podcast Show Notes

2004-10-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

First off, the proper SUBSCRIBE LINK for my Podcast:
http://www.gotilk.com/rss.xml
(copy/paste into ipodder)

Now.. the show notes for the latest show:

Podsturbation
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=podsturbation&btnG=Google+Search
(no results yet, we'll check next week)

Suprnova
http://www.suprnova.org
Suprnova torrent upload possible fix:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/drtcp/
Directions:
Select connection.
Set Max MTU to 1480 or lower. Reboot or reset your connection.
Use this tool at your own risk.

FBI sieze Indymedia Servers:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/08/fbi_indymedia_raids/
(the register)

Eric Rice Podcast:
http://ericrice.com/podcast/index.xml
(ipodder subscribe link, copy paste into ipodder)

Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything
http://www.toeradio.org/index.xml
(ipodder subscribe link, copy paste into ipodder)

Leo Laporte's Tech Guy on KFI
http://leoville.tv/airchecks/rss.xml
(ipodder subscribe link, copy paste into ipodder)

Death Cab for Cutie
http://www.barsuk.com/web.cgi?dcfc&dcfcpics

NWSradio Podcast Show #0002

2004-10-10T16:01:00.000-07:00

What do you do when the power goes off 3 times? Re-record your new show,
of course, over and over! Yay! So fun!

This show is shorter, clocking in at under a half an hour.

If you use Ipodder, here's the subscribe link to paste into ipodder:
http://www.gotilk.com/rss.xml

If you just want to directly download the show, here's
THAT link: (right click save target as)
http://66.93.46.148/nws0002_10_09_04.mp3

(show notes to follow later)

Bittorrent Link:
http://www.torrentreactor.net/torrents/download_31437

RSS 2.0 Subscribe Link for NWSradio podcast

2004-10-10T10:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.gotilk.com/rss.xml

For easy copy/paste into ipodder, up top here until the listing at ipodder.org is fixed.

I'm going to be hosting someone else's podcast, too! This is
a blast.

Wired mentions Podcasting

2004-10-08T11:45:00.000-07:00

You know it's hittin' big when Wired mentions it. Right?
Nice article.

Podcasts: New Twist on Net Audio
To some, podcasting is one of the most exciting innovations to come along in quite awhile. They see it opening up an endlessly varied universe of audio content to anyone who wants it at any time.

NWSradio Podcast 0001 Show links.

2004-10-07T23:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks for downloading this week's Not Work Safe Radio.

Links:
Sites mentioned on the show.

Ipodder:
http://www.ipodder.org/
(note: New version released today!! Now support for bittorrent)
Adam Curry Links:
http://live.curry.com/
Daily Source Code
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/
Trade Secrets
http://secrets.scripting.com/
Speakeasy
http://www.speakeasy.net
Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
Mombojo
http://www.mombojo.com.br/
Kind Robot
http://www.gotilk.com
the Beehive Tracker Listing
http://thebeehive.info/
Adobe Audition
http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Shareaza
http://www.shareaza.com/
Suprnova
http://www.suprnova.org/

Be sure to watch out for show #002, available within a week from this show.
Possibly sooner. Please send all feedback to comments at my blog or to gotilk@gmail.com
Also be sure to ask if you need a gmail account.