December 2
A few months ago I signed up for an account with Audible, an online subscription service wherein one pays for a certain number of monthly credits that can be redeemed for mp3 versions of audiobooks. It’s completely legit, by the way, Audible acting as a certified reseller of digital media — and not [...]

As yet another spawn of the likes of unusually popular posts such as Mid.Month.Music.Mashup, I almost hesitate to post another “what I’m listening to” entry. Likely, with the onslaught of search traffic to that particular previous post, I’m not doing my server any favors. That said, my music tastes continue to border on [...]

December 13
I spent the day dealing with Audacity because a few months ago I threw the idea onto the table at work that we should make a podcast for the website. Someone liked it. Now I’m in the final stages of editing — mostly delayed as I try to figure out the nuances for [...]

December 10
I was listening to a writing podcast the other day and they were talking about doing character development through the use of whitespace. That is to say, by filling in the spaces around a character, one is left with a vacant spot where the character would fit. At first I thought that [...]

Mid-November arrives right on queue and I find myself in a jazz mood. I suppose this is because I’ve found myself sitting around in the bog listening to music more lately — and sitting around music tends to be, for me, some light jazz and lighter, worldly sounds. The breakdown goes something like [...]

I was enjoying our new receiver last night. It comes across as quite droll, I’m sure, but — apart from my car — I haven’t had good access to a high quality radio in years. The AM band still holds a certain randomized mystique of you-never-know what you’ll hear kind-of pleasure. Click [...]

My ongoing quest to extract the pathos of my music tastes from the lingering residual sludge-time memories of the nineties continues this month with a Canadian band of whom I’ve been peppered with media and other enticements to podload and audibly ingest for the next few weeks. I wouldn’t even want to hazard a [...]

It’s the end of the month, and the last few weeks since coming back from vacation has been one of some musical experimentation. I’ve been threading the iPod with an often eclectic collection of modern sounds to keep the brain fresh and spry with tastes that are trending away from what I learned to [...]

The medium is maturing, to be certain. Forget satellite radio; customize your listening with a blossoming selection of custom audio-files updated to your pod on a daily basis. Skip the commercials, and go right to the juicy stuff.

I’ve been hooked on podcasts lately. There is a certain nudge of control that comes [...]

I’ve been flushing the iPod. I’ve downloaded a half-dozen new albums in the past few weeks in an effort to re-energize my listening collection, gradually upgrading from the nineties pop-alt that has been melting my brain as of late. The plan, thus far, has been to surf the archives of iTunes for albums that [...]

Having just last week finished listening to The Diamond Age in audio format, and then having downloaded a promotional copy of the (abridged) The Areas of My Expertise from iTunes as read by the author (otherwise known as John Hodgman, aka. “PC” from the popular Mac and PC commercials) in a way only the author [...]

Not having a vast abundance of free time to read these days (what with all the little projects that keep me busy from dawn ’til dusk) I’m finding it thoroughly enjoyable to use the twenty minutes each way to and from work to listen to audio books on my iPod. Not only does this [...]