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friendly as she seems...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.outsidethebeltway.com\/progressive-insurance-defends-killer-rather-than-pay-insureds-claim\/\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.outsidethebeltway.com\/progressive-insurance-defends-killer-rather-than-pay-insureds-claim\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt's hard to believe an insurance company can be such an incredible jerk, until it happens to you.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI received a letter from Progressive stating that my homeowner's policy has been cancelled because \"the roof is lifting and\/or buckling\" on my home. I have just purchased the home and had it inspected. The roof is older, but the inspector said I will get 5-7 more years out of it. There is no leaking. There is most definitely not \"lifting and\/or buckling\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe date the cancellation was in effect is 3\/19. I understand that they mailed the letter Jan 24, but because I do not live in the home yet, I did not receive the letter until Mar 2. That leaves me only 2 weeks. Also, I had elected to receive all online communication from Progressive, which they failed to send.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI called Progressive and said that I can do the roof repairs, but given they are weather dependent and I hadn't even had a chance to get quotes, and begged for more time. They refused, saying this is \"policy\". Even if I had gotten the letter as scheduled, 45 days is not alot of time to find a contractor and cough up thousands of dollars for roof repairs. \u0026nbsp;Especially when re-roofing requires relatively good weather and I live in the Pacific Northwest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere seems to be no recourse with them. I can't appeal to them that the roof is actually not in bad shape, their inspector is employed by them and they will not accept opinions of any other inspectors. 45 days is way too short a timeframe to make repairs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUPDATE: I did go ahead and get a new roof. \u0026nbsp;But I also took all 6 policies I had with Progressive and went elsewhere. \u0026nbsp;As it turns out, I am getting better coverage at a lower cost.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere simply is no reason to do business with a company that doesn't care about you, and it more expensive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/1387701107910406720\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2013\/04\/please-avoid-progressive-insurance.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/1387701107910406720"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/1387701107910406720"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2013\/04\/please-avoid-progressive-insurance.html","title":"Please avoid Progressive Insurance"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-79686334046139353"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-13T14:50:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-13T14:50:31.533-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Petition for Amendment of a State Administrative Rule - WDFW Rule Change #65 (Cabezon)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EI went ahead and sent in the petition \"PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL OF A STATE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE\" with the cover letter below.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EEven though the Commission is reconsidering rule change #65, it needs to be on record that they did not follow procedure.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003E---\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EMarch 14, 2013\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EWashington Dept. of Fish \u0026amp; Wildlife\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EATTN: Loreva Preuss\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EP.O. Box 43144\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EOlympia, WA 98504-3144\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EDear Loreva Preuss,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EI have attached a completed Petition for Amendment of a State Administrative Rule.\u0026nbsp; The rule in question is rule change #65 - \"Cabezon minimum size requirement\".\u0026nbsp; The attached petition asks that the Commission amend the adopted rule, removing the catch limit and season restriction that were added after the public comment\/testimony period was over.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EThe CR-102 WAC language and the WDFW web site page requesting public comment mention only a size restriction of 18\" on Cabezon (attached relevant pages).\u0026nbsp; This is what was presented for the public comment period and the February 8, 2013 public testimony in Olympia, which I attended.\u0026nbsp; For unknown reasons, the rule language was amended considerably to include a catch limit reduction a season restriction, after public comment and public testimony were completed. These additional restrictions appeared in the Concise Explanatory Statement, dated February 22, 2013 (attached relevant pages).\u0026nbsp; The CES shows that options 2-4 were not included in the CR-102 language.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;The March 5, 2013 WDFW press release (attached) shows that the commissioners chose to adopt three of the four restrictions, again, only one of which was presented to the public (the 18\" size restriction).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EThis is a violation of the The Administrative Procedure Act.\u0026nbsp; RCW 34.05.340 specifically addresses this, \"Variance between proposed and final rule\" (attached).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EAdditionally, I believe a WDFW and possibly even the State of Washington should examine exactly why procedure was not followed in this instance.\u0026nbsp; While sportfishing restrictions are obviously warranted in certain circumstances, proper procedure must be followed.\u0026nbsp; The Commission should be held accountable for acting outside of established policy.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EAwaiting your reply,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003ERory O'Connor\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003EReferences:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;WDFW Public Comment for Rule Change #65 -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\"bbc_link\" href=\"http:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/fishing\/regulations\/rule_proposals\/comments\/proposal.php?id=143\" style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; border-bottom-color: rgb(168, 182, 207); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #334466; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/fishing\/regulations\/rule_proposals\/comments\/proposal.php?id=143\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;CR-102 WAC -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\"bbc_link\" href=\"http:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/about\/regulations\/2013\/wsr_13-02-094.pdf\" style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; border-bottom-color: rgb(168, 182, 207); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #334466; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/about\/regulations\/2013\/wsr_13-02-094.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;CES -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\"bbc_link\" href=\"http:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/fishing\/regulations\/rule_proposals\/comments\/2012-2013CESSummaryofPublicCommentStaffRecommendation_02222013.pdf\" style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; border-bottom-color: rgb(168, 182, 207); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #334466; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/fishing\/regulations\/rule_proposals\/comments\/2012-2013CESSummaryofPublicCommentStaffRecommendation_02222013.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;March 5 WDFW Press Release -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\"bbc_link\" href=\"http:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/news\/mar0513a\/\" style=\"background-color: #f0f4f7; border-bottom-color: rgb(168, 182, 207); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #334466; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.46875px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/news\/mar0513a\/\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/79686334046139353\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2013\/03\/petition-for-amendment-of-state.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/79686334046139353"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/79686334046139353"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2013\/03\/petition-for-amendment-of-state.html","title":"Petition for Amendment of a State Administrative Rule - WDFW Rule Change #65 (Cabezon)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-2313778380038230341"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-12T12:31:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-13T15:11:41.470-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Unimaginable, but CenturyLink is actually worse than Comcast!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Please, I am begging you...never, ever, ever do business with CenturyLink. From the day I signed up two months ago I have not yet had a successful, error-free interaction with their site. I call, and their phone agents tell me I need to call someone else or \"our site is having problems today, please try again tomorrow\". \u0026nbsp;Another person actually told me, \"our site does not work with Chrome.\" I can't even log in and pay my bill. And I thought Comcast was bad.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VZk0T7fbGfo\/UT-ChCfhGqI\/AAAAAAAAALI\/OA6Rna2UUsA\/s1600\/acct.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VZk0T7fbGfo\/UT-ChCfhGqI\/AAAAAAAAALI\/OA6Rna2UUsA\/s320\/acct.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/2313778380038230341\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2013\/03\/unimaginable-but-centurylink-is.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/2313778380038230341"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/2313778380038230341"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2013\/03\/unimaginable-but-centurylink-is.html","title":"Unimaginable, but CenturyLink is actually worse than Comcast!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VZk0T7fbGfo\/UT-ChCfhGqI\/AAAAAAAAALI\/OA6Rna2UUsA\/s72-c\/acct.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-4702433243618427079"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-16T11:43:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-01-16T11:45:35.042-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Letter to WDFW Concerning WDFW Rule Change Proposal #69 (MA4B lingcod season restriction)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Dear WDFW,\n\nI am writing to express my deep concern regarding WDFW's \"# 69. Reduce lingcod season in Marine Area 4B\" rule change proposal.  If this rule went into effect it would have a HUGE impact on Washington's fishing community and the economy that supports it.  Additionally, I believe this rule change would create a serious safety issue.  Most importantly, the data behind this proposal does not justify the action.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nI understand that this rule change is being considered in order to reduce the by catch of \"protected\" rockfish species.  We anglers are very interested in conservation, because we know if we are not, we are compromising the future of the sport we love.  However, as avid fishermen of area 4B for Lingcod, the by-catch issue just does not correlate for me and my colleagues at the North West Kayak Anglers (NWKA).  We know from experience that very few rockfish are caught while targeting Lingcod.  And, it is rare to catch Canary or Yelloweye in 4B due to the 120 foot depth restriction.  If you are catching rockfish, you either change bait or move.  Nobody wants to sit there and catch rockfish after rockfish that are illegal to retain.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nBut we didn't want to rely on our own experience alone, so we inquired to WDFW to find out what data was used to back the proposal.  A WDFW representative sent us data that was from 2010 and 2011 dockside sampling.  This sampling occurred throughout the entire season and has standard statistical methods for determining complete harvest from MA4B.  This data, which the WDFW considers valid, shows that for each legal Lingcod caught, 1.6 “protected” rockfish were caught.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nFurthermore, according to this WDFW document: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/publications\/00035\/wdfw00035.pdf\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/publications\/00035\/wdfw00035.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E \"...For rockfish found in Puget Sound, mortality rates of released rockfish from 120 feet (36 m) or less in depth ranged from 17% to 37%.\" During the dockside sampling period, the total number of \"protected\" rockfish encountered in 4B was on average 4195 rockfish per year. Considering the mortality rates above, this translates to 712-1552 rockfish that perished. Consider that there were 18,905 black rockfish retained per year on average. Now, if you considered only Yelloweye and Canary, there were 242 Yelloweye and 642 Canary encountered per year on average.  The resulting mortality would be 41-90 Yelloweye and 109-238 Canary.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe 120 foot depth restriction already sufficiently protects rockfish, which is why the WDFW itself is estimating a survival rate of roughly 75%.  And the average depth Lingcod are targeted (by NWKA estimation) is 70-80 feet, which gives rockfish an even better chance.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nWhile by-catch is never great, it is a reality in both commercial and sportfishing and there is an acceptable threshold…these numbers just do not merit a 75% reduction in the Lingcod sportfishing season for 4B, from 180 to 45 days.  That is the most important reason why this rule change proposal should not be passed.  And if that weren't enough, here's a couple more…\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe first is safety.  Because of its unique geographical situation, 4B allows anglers access to rich, world-class, ocean fishing with good protection from westerly wind and swell.  Naturally, 4B is fished by anglers with smaller boats that can't normally fish the ocean side (4A), and by almost ALL boats on choppy or bigger swell days.  Severely restricting 4B to bottomfishing will likely result in more boats taking risks they shouldn't, by trying to fish 4A.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nA scenario: A few guys with a smaller boat, an 18', plan a July weekend out at Neah Bay targeting bottomfish.  Saturday's weather is great, they get out to 4A and the fishing is good.  Sunday the weather is marginal...the kind of day they would in the past stay in 4B, but with the rule change they can't.  Rather than cut their big fishing weekend short, they take the risk and run out to 4A...and put themselves in danger and those that have to come to their aid, be it private boats or the Coast Guard.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nAnd for every scenario like that, there will likely be many trips that get cancelled because 4B would no longer be an option.  Because of fast-changing coastal weather, planning a fishing trip where only 4A is fishable is too risky, given 4B would be illegal to bottomfish.  Not to mention the many, many trips never even planned by those who ONLY fish 4B.  That would add up to a lot of fishing trips that never get made.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nWhich leads to another important factor…economic impact.  Neah Bay is a community that depends on sport fishing, of which 4B's Lingcod season is a large part. Guides, foodservice, lodging would all take a severe hit.  And it's not just Neah Bay, but all the towns in the Olympic Peninsula anglers pass through on their way to Neah Bay, where they stay, eat and fill up their tanks.  Then the tackle shops across Washington that won't sell the bottomfishing gear, the manufacturers who make that gear…even lost WDFW license revenue from those who come from out of state just to fish Neah Bay (it is, most definitely, a world-class fishing destination).  And that's just naming a few.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe American Sportfishing Association reported that Washington State's saltwater fishing economy is worth nearly $600 million \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/asafishing.org\/uploads\/2011_ASASportfishing_in_America_Report_January_2013.pdf\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/asafishing.org\/uploads\/2011_ASASportfishing_in_America_Report_January_2013.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E.  It's hard to say how much of that MA4 is responsible for, but given that area 4B's unique geographic protection from the ocean, access to world-class fish, and the fact that it's considered fishing heaven by so many anglers...I'm quite certain it's responsible for a good chunk.  The economic ripple effect of this rule change would be devastating.  Please consider the livelihoods that would be impacted by this single rule change.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nFishing is something I am very passionate about, and 4B is one of my favorite places to fish on this earth. It's a place myself and my fishing friends visit often throughout the 180-day season (most of those trips take place AFTER June 15, when the weather is more predictable). Marine area 4B's fishing, and it's beauty, is unparalleled.  Please do not make this proposal a rule change.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nThanks for your consideration and all of your hard work, \n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nR. O'Connor"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/4702433243618427079\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2013\/01\/letter-to-wdfw-concerning-wdfw-rule.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/4702433243618427079"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/4702433243618427079"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2013\/01\/letter-to-wdfw-concerning-wdfw-rule.html","title":"Letter to WDFW Concerning WDFW Rule Change Proposal #69 (MA4B lingcod season restriction)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-7903637924297694227"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-10T02:45:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-02-27T18:15:14.943-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"macbook pro"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"multiple displays"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"thunderbolt"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Multiple \"Legacy\" DVI Displays with new Macbook Pro via Thunderbolt?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"There's incredibly little info out there about anyone connecting multiple \"old\" (non-Thunderbolt) displays to a new macbook pro (equipped with a Thunderbolt port).  I've even been corresponding with some hardware manufacturers and even they are not sure.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI need to re-create \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/04\/connecting-multiple-external-monitors.html\"\u003Ethis scenario\u003C\/a\u003E, but with thunderbolt crap I guess.  Here's some crude ASCII art illustrating a possible (the most likely?) scenario.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003Emacbook pro \n(is also display 4)\n        |\n        |\n   (thunderbolt)\n        |\n        |\n        V\n 2-port Thunderbolt \n   to PCIe adapter ---\u003E (daisy-chain, thunderbolt-to-dvi) --\u003E display 3\n  with 2-head card\n  |            |\n  |            |\n(dvi)        (dvi)\n  |            |\n  |            |\n  V            V\ndisplay 1   display 2\n\u003C\/pre\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/7903637924297694227\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2012\/02\/multiple-legacy-dvi-displays-with-new.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/7903637924297694227"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/7903637924297694227"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2012\/02\/multiple-legacy-dvi-displays-with-new.html","title":"Multiple \"Legacy\" DVI Displays with new Macbook Pro via Thunderbolt?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-1244009053760483470"},"published":{"$t":"2011-06-06T11:28:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-06-09T12:09:36.912-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"stoner rock"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"top 10"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rory's Top 10 Stoner Metal Hits!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003E\ndiv.figure {\n  border: thin silver solid;\n  margin: 7px;\n  padding: 0px;\n}\ndiv.figure p {\n  text-align: center;\n  font-style: italic;\n  font-size: smaller;\n  text-indent: 0px;\n  margin: 0px;\n  padding: 0px;\n}\n\u003C\/style\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"figure\" style=\"float: right; width: 270px; margin-left:10px; padding-bottom: 5px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nashvillescene.com\/imager\/impress-your-friends-the-five-most-important-stoner-metal-records-of-all-t\/b\/big\/1485699\/b2e8\/Dopethrone.jpg\" width=\"260\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Satan gets blaaaaaazed\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESatan gets blazed\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EI don't smoke the greenery, worship satan, slay dragons, or get off on metal music in general.  But boy do I love me some bone-crunching, massively overdriven, visceral stoner rock jams.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHoly Mountain - \u003Cb\u003ESleep\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBedouin's Vigil - \u003Cb\u003EOm\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E10,000 Years - \u003Cb\u003EHigh on Fire\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EVinum Sabbathi - \u003Cb\u003EElectric Wizard\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ENight Goat \u003Ci\u003Eand\/or\u003C\/i\u003E The Bit - \u003Cb\u003EThe Melvins\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOff Off Broadway - \u003Cb\u003EBig Business\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHome - \u003Cb\u003EThe God Machine\u003C\/b\u003E (Bonus vid! Dude goes \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cJmZbBdCxK0\"\u003Eballistic on his guitar\u003C\/a\u003E at the Reading Fest)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EFrom Beyond - \u003Cb\u003ESleep\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIron Man - \u003Cb\u003EBlack Sabbath\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGet No Toys (When You Pay the Money) - \u003Cb\u003EKarp\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003EListen to them all on this \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?p=PL2E6F05037A0DF57A\"\u003EYouTube playlist\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003ENote: You'll notice a strong Sleep and Sleep-derivative-band slant to this list.  This is because nobody does stoner rock better than those guys.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003ENote 2: Ever wonder where that sound clip preceding Electric Wizard's \"Vinum Sabbathi\" comes from?  The one that goes \"When you get into one of these groups, there's only a couple ways you can get out.  One, is death.  The other is...mental institutions\"...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/samples\/when_you_get_into_one_of_these_groups.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt's Police Chief Dale Griffis of Tiffin, Ohio.  What, is Tiffin some sort of Satanism hostspot?  Anyway, the clip is from this early (possibly mid) 80s 20\/20 story, entitled \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HwSP3j7RJlU\u0026feature=player_detailpage#t=339s\"\u003E\"The Devil Worshippers\"\u003C\/a\u003E.  Which is totally awesome. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/1244009053760483470\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2011\/06\/rorys-top-10-stoner-metal-hits.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/1244009053760483470"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/1244009053760483470"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2011\/06\/rorys-top-10-stoner-metal-hits.html","title":"Rory's Top 10 Stoner Metal Hits!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-3571127847527378232"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-01T14:17:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-02-01T14:17:45.576-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Workaround for Snow Leopard (10.6) issue with osascript command"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"If you see this bizarre error when using the osascript command:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E2011-02-01 14:11:28.727 osascript[11990:903] Error loading \/Library\/ScriptingAdditions\/Adobe Unit Types.osax\/Contents\/MacOS\/Adobe Unit Types:  dlopen(\/Library\/ScriptingAdditions\/Adobe Unit Types.osax\/Contents\/MacOS\/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found.  Did find:\n        \/Library\/ScriptingAdditions\/Adobe Unit Types.osax\/Contents\/MacOS\/Adobe Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper\n\u003C\/pre\u003Eit apparently has to do with the mixing of 32 and 64-bit architectures.  I don't know what the \u003Ci\u003Ereal\u003C\/i\u003E fix is, but the workaround is to force osascript to use 32-bit like this:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:bash;light:true\"\u003Earch -i386 \/usr\/bin\/osascript -e '[your applescript]'\n\u003C\/pre\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/3571127847527378232\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2011\/02\/workaround-for-snow-leopard-106-issue.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/3571127847527378232"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/3571127847527378232"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2011\/02\/workaround-for-snow-leopard-106-issue.html","title":"Workaround for Snow Leopard (10.6) issue with osascript command"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-7899285711524601597"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-13T20:44:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-13T20:45:35.795-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Reflections on the Kodak PlaySport Zx3 HD Waterproof Video Camera"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cimg align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/fishing\/kodak_playsport.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Kodak Playsport\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI've been using the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/store.kodak.com\/store\/ekconsus\/en_US\/pd\/PLAYSPORT_Video_Camera__Zx3\/productID.169976100\"\u003EKodak Playsport\u003C\/a\u003E video camera for about a year, for recording my fun \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=To1uIRRqjB8\"\u003Ekayak fishing videos\u003C\/a\u003E which nobody really watches but me :)  Helps me re-live the thrilling moments of big hookups!  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI give the Playsport one thumb up, and the other thumb sort of halfway up...like, imagine my thumb even with the horizon.  It's durable, records fairly good quality video, has decent battery life, and is \u003Ci\u003Egreat\u003C\/i\u003E value for the price ($119 at the time of writing).  True to it's name, it actually \u003Ci\u003Eis\u003C\/i\u003E built for sports use.  It does, however, have some small drawbacks which have frustrated me at times.  But again, given the price, I shouldn't have a complaint in the world! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EDesign\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI really like the shape and layout of the device.  The vertical orientation of the camera fits well in your hand and makes it easy to operate with one hand, which is important for action video.  Oftentimes you don't have both hands free to fiddle with a device.  This is an advantage over the compact horizontal layout of a traditional digital camera (somewhat competitive with this device because many now do video, and also, the PlaySport takes stills), which are really designed for two-hand usage.  The sides and back of the PlaySport have a tacky rubber coating which helps with grip when the device is wet - nice when you're out on the water.  This rubber coating also helps absorb shocks if the camera is dropped.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe PlaySport is very easy to operate.  Just hit the power button on the side, and then the giant button in the middle to start\/stop recording.  The display is big and bright and has very impressive color and definition.  There are just a few other simple, pretty self-explanatory buttons, \"playback\", \"settings\" and \"delete\".  You can zoom in an out using the arrow buttons surrounding the main start\/stop button.  I applaud the simplicity!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOne of the best things about this camera is its durability.  I've had it in some rough situations, and have pretty much smacked the crap out of it.  And it takes it like a champ!  Saltwater is brutual, but I've had zero issues with the PlaySport and corrosion.  Granted, I do give it a cursory rinse-off almost always after each use (it's very nice to be able to rinse off your camera and not worry about ruining it).  But even when I haven't, it's just fine.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EVideo and Audio\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKodak says the PlaySport HD.  I am not exactly sure what qualifies as \"HD\" (certain number of pixels maybe? widescreen?), but I will say that picture quality is surprisingly good for a small, cheap handheld device.  It doesn't handle extremely contrast-y situations that well - for example, a frame with both sun and shade in it - but that's to be expected from a camera at this price point.  Only thing you really have to watch out for is back-lit situations.  When the sun is behind you, you're just a dark silhouette.  But this is a general photography issue, not really an issue with the PlaySport itself.  The camera does not do well in low-light situations.  But around sunset, this can actually be an advantage.  Those lower-light images are very rich and saturated.  But at night (like around streetlights)...no way.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe audio is one of the camera's weaknesses.  It's passable at best.  It's WAY too wind noise-prone.  Even the smallest breeze sounds like a hurricane in the recording.  I've been meaning to see if I can affix a small windscreen over the mic to try to reduce this.  Since I yakfish in windy places, I actually came up with another solution.  I got a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.radioshack.com\/product\/index.jsp?productId=2102927\"\u003Echeapo lapel mic\u003C\/a\u003E with a foam windscreen at radio shack, plugged it into an mp3 recorder, and just let it roll the entire time (doesn't need a battery change).  This creates a good-sounding, wind-free audio track.  Now you can clearly hear me shout \"FISH ON\"!  There's an extra layer of complexity having to sync the audio and video tracks in the editing software, but if you clap a few times when you start a new video clip (after, say, a battery change) it's relatively easy  Just sync the external audio track to the on-camera audio track in the timeline, then mute the on-camera track. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn non-windy situations, the mic is fine.  But even then the audio seems a little distant.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMemory\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe PlaySport comes with 128MB internal memory - only enough for about 20 minutes of recording.  Get a SD or SDHC card (preferably the latter).  I got a cheap \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/products\/catalog?q=32GB+SDHC+CARD\u0026hl=en\u0026client=firefox-a\u0026hs=Dfw\u0026rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official\u0026prmd=ivns\u0026resnum=1\u0026um=1\u0026ie=UTF-8\u0026cid=8508699950430115639\u0026ei=u88vTce_EoeglAeNqbCsCg\u0026sa=X\u0026oi=product_catalog_result\u0026ct=result\u0026resnum=2\u0026ved=0CIIBEPMCMAE#\"\u003E32BG SDHC card\u003C\/a\u003E and can get about 8h45m of recording time.  More than enough for the average day on the water.  One thing I noticed is that the PlaySport breaks up long video files into 3.67GB chunks, I am not sure if that's a limitation of the camera, the SDHC card or the .MOV format it records with.  This is not a huge deal though, because the files end up getting chopped up during editing anyway.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EBattery Life\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe camera comes with one Kodak KLIC-7004 lithium ion battery.  At full charge (assuming at least an 8GB SD card), the battery will last for approximately 1h40m.  This is a pretty decent amount of time for users like me, who keep the camera rolling to capture action that could happen at any time.  But to capture a full day of fishing I need several batteries.  Problem!  The manufacturer's KLIC-7004 batteries are about $30 a pop, which is darn pricey. So I ended up getting a whole bunch\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nof these \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/KLIC-7004-Pentax-DL-I68-Compatible-Battery\/dp\/B001207YMY\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8\u0026qid=1294763875\u0026sr=8-3\"\u003Eaftermarket KLIC-7004 Li-ion batteries\u003C\/a\u003E for cheap and they work \u003Ci\u003Ejust as well as the Kodak ones\u003C\/i\u003E.  And wow, the price sure is right.  While you're there, pick up one of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/KLIC-7004-Pentax-DL-I68-Compatible-Battery\/dp\/B001207YMY\"\u003EKLIC-7004 wall chargers\u003C\/a\u003E for virtually nothing, the PlaySport does not come with one (charges only with camera cord).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSo I keep five or six fully-charged batteries in a small, watertight case near where the camera is mounted on my kayak.  A nice feature of the PlaySport is that it makes an audible beep when the battery is about to die.  When I hear that, I know to switch out the battery.  VERY handy, because you want that camera rolling as much as possible.  This \u003Ci\u003Ehas\u003C\/i\u003E happened when I've had a fish on...but what can ya do.  The PlaySport also has a small red light near the lens the blinks on and off when the camera is recording. It's good to check every now and then just to make sure you're rolling, because if you're in a noisy environment you may not hear the \"low battery\" beep.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMounting and Usage\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI mount the PlaySport on my kayak with an \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.xshot.com\"\u003EXShot telescoping mount\u003C\/a\u003E with kayak adapter.  This allows me to set the camera to record, extend the mount out as far as it can go, and then push it down towards the front of the boat (pointing back at me...what can I say, I'm a narcissist).  This way, I get video of the fish fight and (hopefully) the landing.  I also generally use video stills as pictures rather than stopping the recording and taking a still shot with the remote.  It's nice to just be able to \"set it and forget it\", concentrate on fishing, and be confident that your fight to the death with a massive lunker will be caught on video. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis isn't a review of the XShot mount, but I'll throw my 2 cents in about it...it's a very nice idea, but not great quality, and definitely not good value.  The cost of the XShot with the kayak adapter is about $56 which is WAY too high.  There's alot of metal so it's prone to saltwater corrosion and the telescoping part gets gummed up pretty easily.  You have to take extra special care of it after each use, which is a pain.  The mount itself (part that joins to the camera) is the standard screw-in type, and it almost immediately stripped out the threads on the PlaySport (I am not sure if this is a Kodak quality issue or an XShot, but I am guessing the latter).  So I've had to zip-tie the camera to the mount.  It works, I just can't use the mount for any other camera - or use the camera without the mount - without having to cut the zip-ties.  And the whole setup is less portable with the camera always attached to it.  Lame, but it gets the job done.  If anyone out there has a better boat camera mount solution than the XShot, let me know!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhen I hear the \"low battery\" beep, I lean forward, loosen the kayak ball-mount at the base of the XShot (just a little), swing the telecoping arm around towards me (while still attached to the ball so it doesn't drop in the water), switch out the battery, hit record, swing it back, and tighten the mount.  Takes about 30 seconds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ERemote\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere is an \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kodak-Remote-Control-PlaySport-Cameras\/dp\/B002FECHQ4\/ref=pd_bxgy_p_img_c\"\u003Eoptional remote control\u003C\/a\u003E available for the PlaySport.  I do use this from time to time.  It allows you to start and stop the recording without having to handle the camera.  But even better, you can use it to snap the shutter for still pictures.  For a fisherman, this is by far it's biggest advantage.  There is one \u003Ci\u003Ehuge\u003C\/i\u003E disadvantage though...you cannot use the remote to control the power.  The camera will power off after a few minutes of inactivity (recording is considered activity).  But you can't use the remote to power it back on!  You actually have to stop what you're doing, and power it up on the device itself.  A real pain if the camera is on a mount far from you.  I really, really wish they could fix this.  If you can power up a TV with a remote, the technology obviously exists!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EIdiosyncracies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI do have some small beefs with the camera.  One is that the display doesn't auto-dim after x number of minutes when recording.  Think how much longer the battery would last!  Perhaps 3 hours or more.  Obviously this camera lends itself to use during sports (thus the name), so many people, like me, want to keep the video rolling for hours.  I DO NOT NEED the display on all the time, especially if there's a way to \"wake\" it with a button click.  Seems like it'd be easy to do, perhaps even in a firmware update.  Make screen-dimming after x minutes or \"never\" an option in the configuration!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAlso, sometimes when the battery is about to run out it doesn't leave enough juice to complete the writing of the current .MOV file, and the file gets corrupted.  Same with when it runs out of memory -- it doesn't leave just a smidgeon of space to complete the writing of the file.  Goodbye awesome fish video!  Again it seems that a simple firmware fix could remedy this.  What I've learned to do is to stop the camera after catching a big fish, and then start it again - bit of a pain, but this way I am sure my big fish video file gets saved.  It is possible that using a faster SDHC card could fix the problem (particularly the low battery problem), but we're talking about bucks for those things.  I'm less affected by the out-of-memory issue since I got the 32GB SDHC card.  Though I keep an 8GB one handy just in case.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCouple other small things.  It would be good if the camera mount threads were metal rather than plastic.  It would be harder to strip out metal.  Also, a small flash would be nice.  Then you would be able to use it as an all-in-one picture and video device.  It pretty much is already, except you can't take pictures in low-light situations.  And again, it would be nice to be able to power the camera on with the remote.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFinally, after using it for several months I did notice a problem with the camera shutting off when it was bumped.  After hours of frustration, I finally figured it out.  It turned out that the spring-loaded contacts inside the battery compartment were losing their springy-ness.  So the battery wasn't sitting solidly inside the compartment.  When the camera was bumped, the battery would come off the contacts and the camera would lose power.  I fixed this by rolling up a small piece of duct tape and cutting it to the length of the edge of the battery.  I then stuck it to the inside of the battery door.  It has the effect of keeping the battery sitting snugly inside the compartment and always on the contacts.  When I open the compartment, the duct tape sticks to the inside of the door so I don't have to replace it every time I replace the battery.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ESummary\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere is actually nothing quite like the Kodak PlaySport (waterproof, shockproof video camera) at this price point.  The \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.fujifilm.com\/products\/digital_cameras\/xp\/finepix_xp10\/\"\u003EFuji XP10 (Z33WP)\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/panasonic.net\/avc\/lumix\/compact\/ts2_ft2\/index.html\"\u003EPanasonic Lumix DSC-TM2\u003C\/a\u003E both do video, but are geared toward still photos.  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/JVC-Picsio-GC-WP10-Waterproof-VERSION\/dp\/B003Z6QHSK\/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics\u0026ie=UTF8\u0026qid=1294979392\u0026sr=1-1\"\u003EJVC\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DV1-LG-Waterproof-Shockproof-Pocket-Camera\/dp\/B0044DEEJM\/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt\"\u003EGE\u003C\/a\u003E both have sports video cameras that are shaped similarly to the PlaySport, but the battery is molded into the case.  How stupid is that!  There's also the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.goprocamera.com\/products\/?area=2\"\u003EGoPro\u003C\/a\u003E, which appears to be a very good camera, but costs more.  In sum, the PlaySport is a very good camera for the price...foibles and all.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSince I'm usually out there on the water alone, having this camera has allowed me to share my fishing experiences with friends and fellow kayak fisherman, as well as for me to re-live the adrenaline-coursing thrills of reeling in big fish!  I certainly enjoy watching other people's fishing videos, and wish my yakfishing friends would make more.  Maybe they will after reading this!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/7899285711524601597\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2011\/01\/reflections-on-kodak-playsport-zx3-hd.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/7899285711524601597"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/7899285711524601597"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2011\/01\/reflections-on-kodak-playsport-zx3-hd.html","title":"Reflections on the Kodak PlaySport Zx3 HD Waterproof Video Camera"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-5890764714765660998"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-20T10:01:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-12-06T12:54:10.408-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"final cut express"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"kodak playsport"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"mpeg streamclip"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"youtube"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Final Cut Express Import\/Export settings for getting Kodak Playsport Videos onto YouTube (mac howto)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"If you have ever used Final Cut Express (FCE), and are not already familiar with video editing software, you know that there's nothing \"Express\" about it.  It's basically just a slightly less feature-rich version of Final Cut Pro.  I'm not sure who the target audience is for FCE, because it ain't newbies!  NOTE: Pro editors will probably have a more efficient way of doing this...but that's not what I am, and that info is nowhere that I can find on the internets.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnyway, after alot of trial an error, I figured out a decent process for getting videos from my \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/store.kodak.com\/store\/ekconsus\/en_US\/pd\/PLAYSPORT_Video_Camera__Zx3\/productID.169976100\"\u003EKodak Playsport\u003C\/a\u003E camera, into FCE, editing them, and then exporting for YouTube.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFor max expediency, scrub your raw footage with Quicktime.  Create a folder of small clips you want to edit in FCE.  Otherwise the next step (conversion) will take many hours.  Use Quicktime's \"Trim\" function.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EYou have to convert your Quicktime files to something FCE can use \u003Ci\u003Ewithout\u003C\/i\u003E having to render.  Super lame.  So, get \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.squared5.com\/svideo\/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html\"\u003EMPEG Streamclip\u003C\/a\u003E.  It's free.  Open that, hit Command-B (Batch list) and drag the clips you want to convert into that window.  Choose \"Export to Quicktime\" on the next dialog box, choose a destination folder for your converted clips in the next dialog...then in the final window use these settings: Compression: DV\/DVCPRO - NTSC, Quality: 100%, un-check \"Interlaced Scaling\" and leave everything else the way it is.  Click \"To Batch\" and then click \"go\" in the batch window.  This takes a long time.  If I have alot of long clips I just let it run overnight.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECreate a new FCE project, and add your clips to the project.  Do the editing on them.  You shouldn't need to render.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWhen you're all done editing, go File-\u003EExport-\u003EUsing QuickTime Conversion.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EClick \"Options\" in the file dialog box.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIn the \"Movie Settings\" dialog, click \"Settings\" and use these settings: Compression Type: H.264, Quality: Best.  Leave everything else.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIn the \"Size\" dialog, use \"Custom\", enter \"960 x 720\" (can also try 1280x960) and leave everything else.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIn the \"Movie Settings\" dialog, leave everything else, and go ahead and export\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003EThat's going to produce a file that should be good to go for YouTube.  I do not know why it doesn't fill the whole screen.  I'd love to know.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFinal note: if you also use the Fuji Z33WP or XP10 in video mode and mix in footage in with the playsport, you have to crop the fuji stuff.  In the \"Motion\" tab of the viewer, expand \"Crop\" and add a value of 1.5 for left and right, and a value of 12.5 for top and bottom.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUpdate: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/re-run.com\/post\/4092723132\/avoid-rendering-in-final-cut-express-even-in-hd\"\u003Ethis is very helpful\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/5890764714765660998\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/12\/final-cut-express-importexport-settings.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/5890764714765660998"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/5890764714765660998"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/12\/final-cut-express-importexport-settings.html","title":"Final Cut Express Import\/Export settings for getting Kodak Playsport Videos onto YouTube (mac howto)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-8166989268715988853"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-16T08:24:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-16T08:28:43.407-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Comcast SUCKS!  Sucks, Sucks, Sucks..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I am visiting my parents in Florida for Christmas.  They, like millions of people in America, suffer under the oppressive thumb of the giant cable-and-internet monopoly known as Comcast.  I have disliked Comcast for years for their ambilavent attitude about service and support, but this experience broke me.  I wanted to post this on the internet just to have it out there.  Rather than typing it all out, I'll just give you the Instant Message chat transcript where I tell the story to my friend.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI implore you...IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE - DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH COMCAST!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E2:08:10 PM rory: we should dump comcast\n2:08:12 PM friend: sounds like Comcast pissed you off?\n2:08:21 PM rory: they outright lie to their customers\n2:08:42 PM friend: what happened?\n2:09:02 PM rory: our internet was out all day the other day.  I suspected it was may have been due to high winds (even tho i think cables are buried), but I gave it time\n2:09:31 PM rory: finally contacted them in the evening...oh yes, there's an outage in your area, but it's showing here they are 98.9% complete fixing it.\n2:09:41 PM rory: Please be patient for 24-48 hours.\n2:09:44 PM friend: haha\n2:09:49 PM friend: 24-48 hours\n2:09:50 PM rory: what?? 98% complete??\n2:09:56 PM rory: but ok, i'll check in the am\n2:10:17 PM rory: am comes, still no internet.  contact them again...we're not showing a record of any outage in your area\n2:10:24 PM rory: for [CENSORED]'S sake!\n2:10:56 PM rory: they determine it's the cable modem.  so i take it to the damn office and wait in the [CENSORED]ing line to get it replaced.\n2:11:07 PM rory: get back, set it up, activate it\n2:11:34 PM rory: all i get when I try to connect is redirected to a comcast.net page \"OOPS - your activation is not complete\"\n2:11:38 PM friend: haha\n2:11:45 PM friend: jeeez\n2:12:20 PM rory: call them again.  the idiot woman goes thru all this same bs they do every time someone calls.  finally she says, \"sounds like a software problem on your computer\"\n2:12:39 PM rory: I say, \"well, it's the same on both the pc and mac\". \n2:12:48 PM rory: she says, then they are both broken\n2:12:58 PM rory: that I need to contact microsoft\n2:13:18 PM friend: oh my god\n2:13:20 PM rory: I was LIVID\n2:13:23 PM friend: i bet \n2:13:36 PM rory: I flew off the handle.  my mom had to come take the phone from me.\n2:14:01 PM friend: haha\n2:14:10 PM rory: so i said, no way.  no [CENSORED]ing way are we doing business with them anymore\n2:14:21 PM rory: I will do whatever it takes to switch to verizon.\n2:14:34 PM friend: so did they eventually get it working at your parents' place?\n2:14:37 PM rory: which is a FAR better service\n2:14:45 PM rory: well...\n2:14:47 PM friend: or you switched already\n2:14:54 PM rory: they're coming saturday\n2:15:04 PM friend: they have cable?\n2:15:07 PM rory: but I can't tether til then\n2:15:08 PM rory: yeah\n2:15:22 PM rory: so I contacted comcast again today\n2:15:51 PM rory: on the \"live chat\", so they couldn't [CENSORED]ing say it was a problem with the computer\n2:16:10 PM rory: because if i'm [CENSORED]ing chatting with you over the internet, then the [CENSORED]ing computer works\n2:16:37 PM rory: anyway, the dude in india finally got it to work\n2:16:44 PM friend: did he say what the problem was?\n2:17:10 PM rory: he didn't know, he just \"sent a new signal\" to the modem a couple times and it started working\n2:17:18 PM friend: sounds fishy\n2:17:30 PM rory: the whole [CENSORED] company is fishy\n2:17:39 PM friend: yeah, i've never liked them\n2:17:40 PM rory: they have been doing this to people for years\n2:17:43 PM rory: years and years\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/pictures\/yousuck.jpg\"\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/8166989268715988853\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/12\/comcast-sucks-sucks-sucks-sucks.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/8166989268715988853"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/8166989268715988853"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/12\/comcast-sucks-sucks-sucks-sucks.html","title":"Comcast SUCKS!  Sucks, Sucks, Sucks..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-2111234157478474911"},"published":{"$t":"2010-11-05T15:45:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-11-05T15:45:33.510-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"aacgain"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bash"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MP3"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"mp3gain"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Adjust volume on an entire mp3 collection with mp3gain\/aacgain"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This command will adjust the audio so that the gain is roughly the same on an entire mp3 music collection.  In other words, makes it so the output volume on different tracks is the same to your ears.  It is assuming you have mp3gain\/aacgain installed. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYou'd have to be feeling pretty gamey to do this.  Having said that, the risk is fairly low since no \u003Ci\u003Eactual\u003C\/i\u003E changes are being made to the mp3 itself, just the metadata (it's reversible).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:bash;light:true\"\u003Efind . -name *mp3 -exec mp3gain -a -k {} \\;\n\u003C\/pre\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/2111234157478474911\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/11\/adjust-volume-on-entire-mp3-collection.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/2111234157478474911"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/2111234157478474911"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/11\/adjust-volume-on-entire-mp3-collection.html","title":"Adjust volume on an entire mp3 collection with mp3gain\/aacgain"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-8483524827864006395"},"published":{"$t":"2010-07-08T00:00:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-07-13T11:09:17.422-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"top 10"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rory's all-time top 10 dance songs"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDaft Punk - \"One More Time\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESugarbabes' version of Adina Howard's \"Freak Like Me\" \u003Ci\u003Eset to\u003C\/i\u003E Gary Numan's \"Are Friends Electric?\"\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cobject width=\"480\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gN2hntZBIUQ\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;fs=1\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gN2hntZBIUQ\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cobject width=\"480\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/c336tadlkNk\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;fs=1\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/c336tadlkNk\u0026amp;hl=en_US\u0026amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/8483524827864006395\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/07\/rorys-all-time-top-10-dance-songs.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/8483524827864006395"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/8483524827864006395"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/07\/rorys-all-time-top-10-dance-songs.html","title":"Rory's all-time top 10 dance songs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-5491243447524668138"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-16T15:01:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-16T15:01:48.714-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"top 10"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rory's all-time top 10 classic punk songs"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGimme Gimme Gimme (Version 1) - Black Flag\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBreaking Free - Gorilla Biscuits\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHate Breeders - The Misfits\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESummer Romance - New Bomb Turks\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESlash Your Face - Dogs\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ENo Time - The Saints\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ERise Above - Black Flag\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ELexicon Devil - The Germs\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ERiot Squad - Cock Sparrer\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/5491243447524668138\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/04\/rorys-all-time-top-10-classic-punk.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/5491243447524668138"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/5491243447524668138"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/04\/rorys-all-time-top-10-classic-punk.html","title":"Rory's all-time top 10 classic punk songs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-9013274162196020132"},"published":{"$t":"2010-04-08T12:34:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-04-09T10:57:58.728-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"snow leopard"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Connecting multiple external monitors to a Macbook Pro"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003E\ndiv.figure {\n  border: thin silver solid;\n  margin: 7px;\n  padding: 0px;\n}\ndiv.figure p {\n  text-align: center;\n  font-style: italic;\n  font-size: smaller;\n  text-indent: 0px;\n  margin: 0px;\n  padding: 0px;\n}\n\u003C\/style\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"figure\" style=\"align: center; width: 810px; padding-bottom: 5px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/4monitors.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"386\" alt=\"4 Monitors\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAre four high-resolution, independently-managed monitors possible with a Macbook Pro?  Yes.  Excessive?  mmhmm.  Awesome? You bet!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStop laughing at my ancient keyboard and yes, I am watching \"The Hangover\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI've been using a Macbook Pro (MBP) for three years now and still love it.  I've made a few upgrades to it that have brought it more or less up to date: maxed out the RAM at 3GB, swapped out the drive with a 250GB solid state drive, and attached a 24\" LCD monitor to the DVI out interface.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut one thing I did miss from my desktop days was being able to connect multiple external monitors to the computer using a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Multi-monitor\"\u003Edual-head video card or multiple dual-head video cards\u003C\/a\u003E.  That extra desktop space really helps with productivity.  I suppose that begs the question...why not just get a Mac desktop?  Travel.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUntil relatively recently, MBP multi-monitor the options were surprisingly limited and\/or prohibitively expensive, despite the fact that the MBP has an ExpressCard34 slot that seemed ideal for the purpose.  But, the problem has finally been solved...and I've even tried a couple of these solutions.  Here they are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E1. Crappy\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cimg align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/see2.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"163\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tritton Technologies SEE2 Xtreme\" \/\u003EI was excited when the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.trittontechnologies.com\/products\/usb_video_technology\/#USB_Video_Technology\"\u003ETritton SEE2 Xtreme\u003C\/a\u003E became available.  At under $100 it appeared that it would affordably allow me to connect an additional 24\" LCD monitor to my Macbook Pro.  And that it does, but not very well.  My spirits sank as soon as I plugged this thing in and started dragging windows into it.  It behaved as if I was connected to it over VNC.  Anything moving lags considerably, and it has to \"refresh\" new windows really pretty much like VNC does.  It's particularly incompatible with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mozillamessaging.com\/en-US\/thunderbird\/\"\u003EThunderbird\u003C\/a\u003E - when trying to highlight text to copy\/paste, the cursor disappears!!  And video...don't even think about it.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn its defense, the 1920x1200 screen resolution of my monitor was alot for that little device to handle (though it DOES say it's supported).  So much so that it would even black out for a few seconds roughly every hour or so, almost like it was being overloaded or something.  Very annoying.  Please do not waste your money on this (but if you want mine, I'll sell it to you \u003Ci\u003Echeap\u003C\/i\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere are other USB DVI solutions out there like VillageTronic's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vibook.it\/eng\/index.html\"\u003EViBook\u003C\/a\u003E and Kensington's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/us.kensington.com\/html\/14499.html\"\u003EDual Monitor Adapter\u003C\/a\u003E.  I can't imagine they are any better though, I don't think USB is a robust enough interface to handle hi-res video properly.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E2.  Decent (I guess...haven't actually tried this one)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cimg align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matrox.com\/graphics\/media\/image\/products\/gxm\/TH2GO_displayport_sm.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Matrox TripleHead2Go\" \/\u003EThis one's been around the longest, relatively speaking.  Matrox offers \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.matrox.com\/graphics\/en\/products\/gxm\/dh2go\/\"\u003EDualHead2Go\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.matrox.com\/graphics\/en\/products\/gxm\/th2go\/\"\u003ETripleHead2Go\u003C\/a\u003E devices which do just as the names imply...allow you to connect two or three external monitors to a computer (doesn't need to be a Macbook, but that'll work).  At the time of writing, the DualHead2Go Digital Edition, which is the one you'd want with a MBP, is around $200.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt doesn't use USB or ExpressCard interfaces, it actually takes the DVI out signal and splits it into two or three.  In effect, what that does is make your external monitors one HUGE monitor in the eyes of the OS.  Now, you could look at this as an advantage or a disadvantage.  Some people \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/eskatonia.net\/qcblog\/2006\/07\/02\/triplehead2go-running-on-macbook-pro\/\"\u003Elove it\u003C\/a\u003E.  I personally think it's a dealbreaker.  You can't have your external monitor be your primary monitor unless you want the dock stretched all the way across two or three monitors.  You also have to use matched monitors because the colors and resolutions can't be independently managed in the OS.  Sorry - no thank you!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E3.  The BEST\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAfter exhaustive research I concluded that the \u003Ci\u003Eonly\u003C\/i\u003E way to go would be a solution that used the ExpressCard34 interface \u003Ci\u003Enatively\u003C\/i\u003E (i.e. no \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.addonics.com\/products\/host_controller\/adexc34cb.asp\"\u003Eadapter\u003C\/a\u003E necessary).  There are a few of these. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere's the Digital Tiger's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltigers.com\/sidecar.asp\"\u003ESideCar\u003C\/a\u003E which is about $1,500.  Ixnay on that one.  Not even sure OS X is supported.  Then there's the Magma \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.magma.com\/expressbox1.html\"\u003EExpressBox1\u003C\/a\u003E which will set you back about $725.  Nope!  Then, there's the one I actually ended up getting...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"figure\" style=\"float: right; width: 385px; margin-left:10px; padding-bottom: 5px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/vidock2macbox.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" alt=\"ViDock 2 Mac Box\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ViDock 2 Mac Box with a Sapphire 2600XT dual head video card installed.  A well done piece of machinery.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.villagetronic.com\/\"\u003EVillageTronic\u003C\/a\u003E ViDock 2 Mac Box is the \u003Ci\u003Eonly\u003C\/i\u003E affordable solution out there that does what I want...allow me to attach two external monitors, manage them as separate displays in OS X, support 1920x1200 resolution, and run high-performance apps like video with no lag.  Warning: this solution is somewhat DIY.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe box itself cost $200 and is just that...a box with a cable coming out of it.  At the business end of the cable is the \"magic\", an ExpressCard34 interface card.  Inside the box is a PCI express slot.  It's meant to take a Mac Pro ATI 2600XT Video Card, which is conveniently discontinued!  So, one must be acquired off of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.ebay.com\/i.html?_nkw=ATI+2600XT+Mac+pro\u0026_sacat=0\u0026_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313\u0026_odkw=Mac+ATI+2600XT+PCI+Express+Video+Card\u0026_osacat=0\u0026bkBtn=\"\u003EeBay\u003C\/a\u003E.  There are also a few aftermarket manufacturers that sell new ones, but you have to be very careful about the dimensions of it.  The ViDock 2 is meant to take \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/downloads\/macosx\/apple\/firmware_hardware\/atiradeonhd2600xtfirmwareupdate.html\"\u003Ethis card\u003C\/a\u003E specifically, which is 256mb.  I got the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/NEW-ATI-2600XT-2600-XT-7300-512-Meg-Mac-Pro-Video-Card_W0QQitemZ330420749472QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Video_TV_Cards?hash=item4cee9c84a0\"\u003ESapphire 512mb\u003C\/a\u003E card because that's how I roll, but you can get a used ATI 2600XT 256mb card for about $100.  So, total cost is going to be about $300 to get this thing going.  Well worth the cost relative to the productivity gain of having multiple high-performance monitors.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOnce you have the box and the card, it's relatively easy.  if you've ever installed a PCI card into a desktop the process is essentially the same...few screws, that's it really.  Plug the box's external power in, plug each monitor's DVI cable into the box, then the ExpressCard into the MBP.  One thing about the ViDock is that it's not a hot-swappable solution, so be sure you shut down before plugging in the ExpressCard.  Once you boot up, you'll see all your displays in System Preferences...no extra software needed!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere's a couple more wrinkles you should be aware of.  First, this solution will only work with generations 2 and 4 of the MBP.  To find your generation, pull down the Apple menu in the very top-left of your screen.  Select \"About this Mac\", then the \"More info...\" button.  That opens System Profiler.  Under \"Hardware Overview\" look for \"Model Identifier\".  It should say something like \"MacBookPro2,2\".  The generation number is on the \u003Ci\u003Eright\u003C\/i\u003E side of the comma.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhy only generations 2 and 4?  I got in touch with Josh at VillageTronic, a small shop out of Witchita, and he helped me a great deal with my questions.  Apparently in generation 3, resources were \"taken away\" from the ExpressCard34 slot so that it is not usable to interface with a dual-head video card.  The put those resources back in generation 4, but took them away again in generation 5.  And if I am correct, the 15\" version of the generation 5 MBPs doesn't even have an ExpressCard34 slot, only the 17\".  So that's definitely something to be aware of.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHere's the second, possibly deal-breaking wrinkle...the ViDock 2 Mac Box may no longer be available.  At the time of writing, I could not find the item on the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.harmonicinversion.com\/index.php\"\u003EHarmonic Inversion\u003C\/a\u003E (VillageTronic's store) site.  I don't know why this is.  It's possible they discontinued it because there's no future for it, I suppose that the likliest reason.  When talking to Josh a while back he tried to steer me towards the cheaper \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.harmonicinversion.com\/products.html?page=shop.product_details\u0026flypage=shop.flypage\u0026category_id=2\u0026product_id=176\"\u003EViBook Plus\u003C\/a\u003E, but when I said I'd tried USB solutions and they were too slow he agreed I needed the ViDock 2 Mac Box.  That seems to indicate they were planning on discontinuing it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYou could \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.harmonicinversion.com\/contact-us.html\"\u003Econtact\u003C\/a\u003E VillageTronic and they may be able to scare one up for you (I am pretty sure they are machining these things themselves, not getting them from China).  It's also possible that the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.harmonicinversion.com\/index.php?page=shop.product_details\u0026flypage=shop.flypage\u0026category_id=4\u0026product_id=169\u0026vmcchk=1\u0026option=com_virtuemart\u0026Itemid=21\"\u003EViDock 2 Box\u003C\/a\u003E will work just as well, but this is unverified.  If you are a \u003Ci\u003Ereal\u003C\/i\u003E nerd, you could even try to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/forum.notebookreview.com\/showthread.php?p=5383584\"\u003Ebuild your own\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut trust me...if you can get a hold of one of these, it's well worth it.  Since there are two heads on the video card, one DVI interface on the MBP itself, and of course the MBPs built-in display, you could conceivably run up to FOUR high-resolution, high-performance displays from your MBP.  Life changing!  OK, that may be overdoing it a bit..."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/9013274162196020132\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/04\/connecting-multiple-external-monitors.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/9013274162196020132"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/9013274162196020132"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/04\/connecting-multiple-external-monitors.html","title":"Connecting multiple external monitors to a Macbook Pro"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-5316041315681519659"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-13T13:57:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-10-11T10:47:08.439-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"authors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MP3"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"podcasts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wiretap"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A pocket audio guide to Peter Matthiessen, E.J. Watson and \"Shadow Country\""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003E\ndiv.figure {\n  border: thin silver solid;\n  margin: 7px;\n  padding: 0px;\n}\ndiv.figure p {\n  text-align: center;\n  font-style: italic;\n  font-size: smaller;\n  text-indent: 0px;\n  margin: 0px;\n  padding: 0px;\n}\n\u003C\/style\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"#audio\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E(click here to skip down to the audio section)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\"I don't go looking for trouble...but when trouble comes to me, why, I take care of it.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSounds like something Clint Eastwood would say in a spaghetti western.  Instead, it was uttered by an even more mysterious and enigmatic bad-ass named E.J. Watson, the real-life main character of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Matthiessen\"\u003EPeter Matthiessen's\u003C\/a\u003E epic book entitled \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shadow_Country\"\u003E\"Shadow Country - A New Rendering of the Watson Legend\"\u003C\/a\u003E.  It truly \u003Ci\u003Eis\u003C\/i\u003E the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_American_Novel\"\u003EGreat American Novel\u003C\/a\u003E.  It consumes you, makes you want to know more...stays with you long after you've finished reading it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"figure\" style=\"float: left; width: 285px; margin-right:10px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/ej_watson.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"358\" alt=\"EJ Watson\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA rare photo of E.J. Watson himself,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nfrom the PBS documentary \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.shoppbs.org\/product\/index.jsp?productId=3537159\"\u003ENo Boundaries\u003C\/a\u003E\"\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EE.J. Watson so fascinated Matthiessen that he devoted 30 years (more than a third of his life) to researching, writing, and imagining the Watson character and the myth that surrounded him.  Originally, Matthiessen published the story as three separate books, dubbed \"The Watson Trilogy\" in the 90s.  But he was never quite satisfied with it, so he took 10 years to completely re-write it, and published \"Shadow Country\" in 2008. The book is classified as a work of fiction, but as Matthiessen says, \"it's the closest to the truth that anybody's ever come.\"  Unconcerned with plot, Matthiessen kills Watson off in the first few pages of the book, and spends the remainder of the 900-some pages discovering just who this E.J. Watson guy is. Ultimately Matthiessen wanted to answer the very first question he ever had about Watson...why a large group of Watson's neighbors \u0026mdash; who admitted they genuinely liked and admired him \u0026mdash; felt they needed to kill him with a barrage of bullets.  Thirty-three bullets to be exact, not counting buckshot...and the ones that missed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE.J. Watson's various monikers speak to his diverse personality.  His given name was Edgar Artemis Watson, born 1855 in Edgefield County, South Carolina (which Matthiessen claims is \u003Ci\u003Ethe\u003C\/i\u003E most violent county in American history) where he grew up under the thumb of an abusive, drunken father.  Fleeing his father, Watson left home early and bounced between North Florida and the \"Nations\" of Oklahoma.  He developed a reputation as a killer when he was tried (but acquitted) in Oklahoma for the murder of the female outlaw \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belle_Starr\"\u003EBelle Starr\u003C\/a\u003E.  He later escaped from jail, and likely a lynching, where he was being held on suspicion of horse theivery \u0026mdash; a crime considered worse than murder in those days.  He fled to the primitive, sparsely-populated wilderness of southwest Florida known as 10,000 Islands, where he changed his name to E.J. (\"Jack\") Watson, ostensibly to seperate himself from his past. 10,000 Islands (now part of the Florida Everglades National Park) was a haven for outsiders, deserters and men on the run from the law.  It was truly a frontier land, even well into the 20th century.  A character in the book calls 10,000 Islands \"the ass end of hell.\"  Even today, the Florida Everglades and the adjacent 10,000 Islands and Big Cypress is the largest roadless area in the lower 48.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn Southwest Florida, Watson painstakingly hacked out a 40-acre sugarcane farm from the dense mangrove and shell soil, and built a very successful cane syrup business from scratch.  His sugarcane farming methods are believed to be the foundation of Florida's large sugarcane industry today.  In this frontier land, where he became known as \"Planter Watson\", he changed his reputation from that of an outlaw to one of a hard-working, entreprenurial businessman who was well-liked and well-respected among his neighbors, associates and, uh...quite a few women.  He had three wives (not all at the same time), and a number of other mistresses.  He was ruggedly handsome, intelligent (known for quoting Shakespeare), had an affable personality, was very generous, could tell a great story, and had a real sense of humor.  People just plain liked him.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"figure\" style=\"float:right; width: 360px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/chatham_bend.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"218\" alt=\"Chatham Bend\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe house at Chatham Bend, where bad, bad things happened.  The Watson Place - the only house ever built in the Everglades - ultimately burned down in the mid-1940s. It is rumored that the National Park Service itself torched it.  Photo from the book \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/912854\"\u003ETotch: A Life in the Everglades\u003C\/a\u003E\".\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EBut Watson still had a dark side.  He was a heavy drinker with an explosive temper, and considering he was unusually tall, unusually strong and had icy cold blue eyes...he seems like the kind of guy you wouldn't want to mess with.  As one character describes him, \"He looked like God, and he looked like Satan and he looked like Uncle Sam...all three at once!\" He always dressed well, even when he was at work in the fields.  Kept a pistol in his pocket at all times and was known to be a deadeye shot with any firearm.  Legend has it Watson killed dozens of people who crossed him, though Matthiessen (who's obviously done by far the most exhaustive research on Watson) isn't so generous.  He says, \"I couldn't seperate him from about seven [killings]\".  One legend is of the \"Watson Payday\" where he employed folks \u0026mdash; usually loners and drifters \u0026mdash; for an entire season of cane growing, and after the harvest when they went to get paid \u003Ci\u003Ethey got killed instead\u003C\/i\u003E.  Not quite the reward they'd hoped for!  It was through rumors like this that he earned his most infamous nickname, \"Bloody Watson.\"  In one interview, Matthiessen relates how when researching Watson, he came across a family in New York (need to verify) who used to tell their children \"now you get to bed, or \u003Ci\u003EMr. Watson's gonna git ya!\u003C\/i\u003E\"  Nice parents.  But it speaks to the power of the mythical \"Bloody Watson\"...he became the quintessential boogyman.  He was both good and evil, charismatic and dangerous.  I can see why Matthiessen would want to solve the enigma of the Watson character.  When asked how Matthiessen filled in the gaps of what was known about Watson, he says \"I put myself in him.\"  So what we get is a synthesis of the real person of Watson, with elements of the author himself.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe other important character in \"Shadow Country\" is the land itself.  Two common threads in all of Matthiessen's books (not that I've read them all, this is just what he says) are \"marginalized people, places and creatures\" and \"the frayed relationship humans and nature.\"  While not terribly hospitable to people (except the natives), the Everglades hosted a rich and diverse ecosystem of birds, fish, reptiles and other wildlife, and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calusa\"\u003ECalusa\u003C\/a\u003E (now extinct), \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seminole\"\u003ESeminole\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikasuki\"\u003EMikasuki\u003C\/a\u003E indians who had been there for thousands of years.  But commercial fishing and hunting wreaked havoc on the land, and the federal government itself nearly destroyed it entirely by undertaking a massive wetland drainage program in the late 1800s.  Three bloody \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seminole_Wars\"\u003ESeminole Wars\u003C\/a\u003E were fought there between the natives and the US Army, though the indians were never actually subverted.  Matthiessen's descriptions of the land and it's trials are a major element in the book, and are in fact a metaphor for the checkered past of the United States as a whole.  His alchemy with words sets a sense of place in my mind like no other book has ever done.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"figure\" style=\"float:left; width: 359px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?hl=en\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;t=h\u0026amp;msa=0\u0026amp;msid=100071991406435667811.00047ec0b423bbe209240\u0026amp;ll=25.712693,-81.285095\u0026amp;spn=0.216529,0.291824\u0026amp;z=11\u0026amp;output=embed\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/chatham_bend_map.jpg\" width=\"349\" height=\"274\" alt=\"Chatham Bend Map\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe approximate location of Watson's cane farm, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?hl=en\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;t=h\u0026amp;msa=0\u0026amp;msid=100071991406435667811.00047ec0b423bbe209240\u0026amp;ll=25.712693,-81.285095\u0026amp;spn=0.216529,0.291824\u0026amp;z=11\u0026amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\"\u003EChatham Bend\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(click to view in larger map)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EFor his massive 30-year undertaking, Matthiessen won the 2008 National Book Award.  It was his second \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalbook.org\/nba.html\"\u003ENational Book Award\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; his first was for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/97\/11\/23\/home\/matthiessen-raditzer.html\"\u003E\"The Snow Leopard\"\u003C\/a\u003E in 1978.  He is one of the few authors to win the award for both fiction and non-fiction books.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSimilar to Matthiessen's obsession with the character of Watson, I'm fascinated with Matthiessen himself.  I find Matthiessen's story every bit as intriguing as Watson's.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMatthiessen developed his love for nature and wild animals at an early age, having grown up in rural Connecticut (as a child he kept a den of copperhead snakes as pets).  He and his brother roamed the Connecticut backcountry hiking, fishing and birding.  For school, he boarded and later went to Yale where he presumably cut his chops as a writer.   Matthiessen then went on to serve in the Navy in WWII.  Afterwards \u0026mdash; and this is where it gets interesting \u0026mdash; he was recruited by the CIA and sent to Paris to spy on what the CIA deemed to be Communist threats.  \u003Ci\u003EAs cover\u003C\/i\u003E he began the famous literary magazine, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Paris_Review\"\u003E\"The Paris Review\"\u003C\/a\u003E with his childhood friend \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Plimpton\"\u003EGeorge Plimpton\u003C\/a\u003E.  As cover! Matthiessen calls his 2-year stint with the CIA \"the only adventure I've ever regretted.\"  He very obviously does not like to talk about it.  He says he quit because he found himself more in line with those who he was trying to spy on than his employers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHe later became a commercial fisherman, then a charter boat captain, and also tried to make a living as a fiction writer.  But, by this time he was married with kids and was having a hard time paying the bills.  He soon discovered that non-fiction was the way to go for making money.  He got hooked up with an editor at the New Yorker who liked his work, and that launched his writing career in earnest.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn total, Matthiessen's written 30-plus books, both fiction and non-fiction.  Although he is most well-known for his non-fiction (i.e. \"The Snow Leopard\"), he is very clear that his heart is in fiction writing.  He says he did non-fiction \"to pay the bills\" and doesn't like writing it because, \"you're stuck with the facts...or should be, anyway.\"  His books are usually well-received critically, though he's had only two New York Times bestsellers in his career, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/97\/11\/23\/home\/matthiessen-tortuga.html\"\u003E\"Far Tortuga\"\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/97\/11\/23\/home\/matthiessen-watson.html\"\u003E\"Killing Mister Watson\"\u003C\/a\u003E (the first book of the \"Watson Trilogy\"). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNot unlike his buddy E.J. Watson, Matthiessen is nothing if not diverse himself. In addition to a successful writing career, Matthiessen is also well-known as an explorer, a political activist, environmentalist, an expert birder, and a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C5%8Dshi\"\u003EZen R\u0026#333;shi\u003C\/a\u003E.  His spiritual path that led to Zen Buddhism began in the 60s, when he and his then-wife (who later died of cancer) were heavily into experimental drugs, particularly LSD.  To this day he claims that if properly prepared, LSD can offer deep insight into one's mind (he does not still use LSD).  Searching for non-checmically-induced methods to achieve altered states of consciousness, he and his wife eventually discovered Zen Buddhism in the 70s, which he still practices and teaches today.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EQuick Addendum: More Everglades Reading\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"figure\" style=\"float:right; width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0813012287.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" alt=\"Totch: A Life in the Everglades\" border=\"0\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/912854\"\u003ETotch: A Life in the Everglades\u003C\/a\u003E: Essential Everglades reading.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EI recently came across a book called \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/912854\"\u003ETotch: A Life in the Everglades\u003C\/a\u003E\" which I highly recommend after you've finished reading Shadow Country and\/or The Watson Trilogy.  It's an autobiography of a gentleman called Loren \"Totch\" Brown, who was born Chokoloskee, FL in 1920, and spent his life in the 10,000 islands.  The book provides additional context about the region, and corroborates alot of the facts in Matthiessen's Watson writings.  He personally knew several characters in the book like Luscious Watson, The Smallwoods...Watson's good friend C.G. McKinney was his grandfather.  He even lived at the Watson Place on Chatham Bend for a while during the Great Depression.  He can attest to the blood stains in the house.  Totch himself could easily had been a character in Shadow Country if he'd have been born earlier.  He was a farmer, fisherman, gator poacher and drug runner.  He was a real Florida outlaw, and has the stories to prove it.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EAudio of Peter Matthiessen\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"figure\" style=\"float: left; width: 250px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.planetnomad.org\/Books\/peter%20matthiessen.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Peter Matthiessen\" align=\"left\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\"audio\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPeter Matthiessen\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EI've found the best way to get into the mind of Peter Matthiessen is to listen to him talk.  Preferably, on my iPod. So, for myself, and any other Matthiessen fans who'd like to partake, I've compiled a complete set of Peter Matthiessen interview\/lecture\/monologue mp3s for your iPod listening pleasure.  Many of these were ripped from video (with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ambrosiasw.com\/utilities\/wiretap\/\"\u003EWireTap\u003C\/a\u003E), and in those cases I included the link to the video in case you want to watch that as well, which you should.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nListening to Matthiessen speak is a unique experience.  At 82 years of age, he has a deep, wise, gravelly voice...you can almost hear the Zen within it.  Some of the topics covered in the interviews are repetitive, he appears to have had \"talking points\" when making the media rounds promoting his books (mostly \"Shadow Country\").  However, there are distinct nuggets of goodness in each and every one.  No interview is exactly the same as another.  If you listen to all of these, you'll end up feeling like you know him pretty well.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAs serene as he comes across, an interesting thing I discovered is that he is also somewhat of a crank (his words).  He is an exceedingly private person.  Dislikes it when people recognize him in public and \u003Ci\u003Ehates\u003C\/i\u003E it when devotees of his writing visit his house.  Virtually nothing is known about his Tanzanian-born second wife, and he rarely mentions her in interviews.  When sitting on planes, the first thing he does is give his seat-mate a icy cold look as if to say \"I am not chatty.\"  He also says being a Zen R\u0026#333;shi does not preclude him from feeling rage about what he perceives as injustices.  He speaks quite strongly against George Bush, Big Oil, the FBI (who actually sued him) and various other people or organizations that antagonize the causes he's invested himself in.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe files are in the order of the most recent first.  I've included a brief synopsis of the forum and topic for each mp3 below.  I also bolded the ones I think are of particular interest.  Enjoy the words of one of America's most gifted and prolific living authors!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EWPSU Conversations at Penn State - Author's Reflections\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k9ytGlhEKeE\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Conversations_from_Penn_State_-_Authors_Reflections_-_Peter_Matthiessen_2010-01-21.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Conversations_from_Penn_State_-_Authors_Reflections_-_Peter_Matthiessen_2010-01-21.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E56:16\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EThursday, January 21, 2010\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EThis one's interesting because it doesn't talk much about Shadow Country.  He talks about his life and the highlights include his 2-year stint as a spy for the CIA, his LSD usage with his first wife, and his path to Zen.\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E2008 National Book Awards\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/2423212\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Peter_Matthiessens_acceptance_speech_2008_National_Book_Award_2009-02-01.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Peter_Matthiessens_acceptance_speech_2008_National_Book_Award_2009-02-01.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E10:32\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EFebruary 2, 2009\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EGail Godwin presents the 2008 National Book Award in Fiction to Peter Matthiessen, for \"Shadow Country.\" Eric Bogosian introduces Godwin.\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EPBS NewsHour's \"Art Beat\" segment\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/art\/blog\/2008\/12\/conversation-peter-matthiessen.html\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/PBS_NewsHour_Art_Beat_Conversation_Peter_Matthiessen_2008-12-31.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E  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align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDecember 31, 2008\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EJeffery Brown interviews Matthiessen, mostly about Shadow Country.  Matthiessen also reads from his book.  I included both segments in the audio.\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EForum :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESalt Lake City Public Library\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMedia :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.publicbroadcasting.net\/kuer\/news\/news.newsmain?action=article\u0026ARTICLE_ID=1413394\u0026sectionID=184\"\u003EArticle\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Peter_Matthiessen_and_Subhankar_Banerjee_-_University_of_Utah_College_of_Humanities_2008-11-13.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStream :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Peter_Matthiessen_and_Subhankar_Banerjee_-_University_of_Utah_College_of_Humanities_2008-11-13.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELength :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1:43:41\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENovember 13, 2008\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDescription :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPeter Matthiessen and photographer Subhankar Banerjee talk about their collaboration on the Arctic. Unless you're REALLY into the arctic, skip right to Matthiessen, who comes in at 38:10.  Skip to 51:00 if you want to get right to the \"Shadow Country\" material.  A very good segment because he reads quite a bit from the book, it's interesting to hear him speaking the character's parts in the southern vernacular.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EKUER RadioWest (NPR)\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.publicbroadcasting.net\/kuer\/news\/news.newsmain?action=article\u0026ARTICLE_ID=1413394\u0026sectionID=184\"\u003EArticle\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Peter_Matthiessen_Radio_West_Interview_with_Doug_Fabrizio_-_KUER_2008-11-13.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Peter_Matthiessen_Radio_West_Interview_with_Doug_Fabrizio_-_KUER_2008-11-13.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E52:02\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ENovember 12, 2008\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDoug Fabrizio talks with Peter Matthiessen about \"revealing the world through words\"\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EWBUR's \"On Point\" (NPR)\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/podcastdownload.npr.org\/anon.npr-podcasts\/podcast\/330\/510053\/95534772\/WBUR_95534772.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/podcastdownload.npr.org\/anon.npr-podcasts\/podcast\/330\/510053\/95534772\/WBUR_95534772.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E45:18\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EWednesday, October 8, 2008\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ETom Ashbrook talks with Peter Matthiessen about \"The Snow Leopard\", Zen and environmental issues.  Very little about Watson.  Has a nice call-in portion except for the first call, she's a fruitcake.\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EForum :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELeonard Lopate Show WNYC (NPR)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMedia :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/lopate\/episodes\/2008\/06\/09\"\u003EArticle\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/audio.wnyc.org\/lopate\/lopate060908bpod.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStream :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/audio.wnyc.org\/lopate\/lopate060908bpod.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELength :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E21:34\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMonday, June 09, 2008\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDescription :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELeonard Lopate interviews Peter Matthiessen mostly about Shadow Country.  A great place to start if you haven't read it yet.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EThe Charlie Rose Show\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlierose.com\/view\/interview\/9104\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_Interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Shadow_Country_2008-05-27.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_Interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Shadow_Country_2008-05-27.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E22:04\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMay 27, 2008\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ECharlie Rose interviews Peter Matthiessen about Shadow Country.  He is quite obviously irritated at Charlie's questioning about his experience as a spy for the CIA.\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EForum :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe Free Library of Philadelphia\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMedia :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/libwww.library.phila.gov\/podcast\/?podcastID=88\"\u003EArticle\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/libwww.library.phila.gov\/podcast\/media\/20080417-peterma.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStream :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/libwww.library.phila.gov\/podcast\/media\/20080417-peterma.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELength :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E58:29\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EApril 17, 2008\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDescription :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPerhaps the best interview with Matthiessen I could find.  He's has a good rapport with the interviewer, also an author.  He wanders quite a bit in his answers, it's interesting to see where his mind takes him.  Nice Q\u0026A bit with the audience at the end.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EWriter's Symposium by the Sea\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y1AJXvlexQo\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Writers_Symposium_by_the_Sea_-_Peter_Matthiessen_2005-04-01.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Writers_Symposium_by_the_Sea_-_Peter_Matthiessen_2005-04-01.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDean Nelson interview's Peter Matthiessen at a writer's forum.  This one is distinct from the others because he tells personal stories I've heard nowhere else.  He talks about nearly getting killed in the Sudan, encountering old men in the swamp backcountry, and there's an allusion to when he came across a dead guy in an alley when he was a young man.  He is actaully quite jovial.\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EApril 1, 2005\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E28:45\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\"Web Exclusive\" on Orion Magazine Website\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.orionmagazine.org\/index.php\/articles\/article\/228\/\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Peter_Matthiessen_Interview_with_Orion_Magazine_about_Politics_and_the_Environment_2004-09-01.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Peter_Matthiessen_Interview_with_Orion_Magazine_about_Politics_and_the_Environment_2004-09-01.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E13:36\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ESeptember 1, 2004\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ESort of a monologue about Politics and the Environment, Globalization, Resources, and Ethics and Corporate Profits and Common Sense. Not terribly interesting (to me, anyway), but does give some insight into his political views.\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EThe Charlie Rose Show\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlierose.com\/view\/interview\/1683\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_At_The_End_of_the_Earth_2003-12-09.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_At_The_End_of_the_Earth_2003-12-09.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E18:33\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDecember 9, 2003\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDiscussion with Matthiessen, about his book \"At The End of the Earth: Voyages to Antarctica\".  Tells Rose that his favorite book to date is \"Far Tortuga\" but hints that it might be replaced by the book he's working on (which will become \"Shadow Country\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EThe Charlie Rose Show\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlierose.com\/view\/interview\/2630\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Birds_of_Heaven_2002-03-21.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Birds_of_Heaven_2002-03-21.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E16:43\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMarch 21, 2002\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EInterview about his book \"Birds of Heaven\" about Cranes.  Bet you didn't know there's a Crane sanctuary in the DMZ between North and South Korea.  Not a terribly interesting interview otherwise, though he does talk a bit about Antarctica.\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EForum :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EThe Charlie Rose Show\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EMedia :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlierose.com\/view\/interview\/3730\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_Interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Tigers_in_the_snow_2000-04-26.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (to download, right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\")\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EStream :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_Interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Tigers_in_the_snow_2000-04-26.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003ELength :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E10:19\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EApril 26, 2000\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EDescription :\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003EFrom Charlie Rose site: \"Peter Matthiessen, nature writer and co-founder of \"The Paris Review\", discusses his book \"Tigers in the Snow\", which explores the efforts being made to save the species and contemplates the impact of their majesty and grace on our collective imagination.\"\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EForum :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe Charlie Rose Show\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMedia :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlierose.com\/view\/interview\/4137\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_Interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Bone_by_bone_1999-08-12.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   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valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E15:55\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJune 3, 1999\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDescription :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECharlie Rose interviews Peter Matthiessen about \"Bone by Bone\".  Interesting because even though Bone by Bone had just been released, he hyas already resolved to synthesize the \"Watson Trilogy\" into one book.  He tosses out \"The Labyrinth\" as a speculative title (refernce to the everglades).  He also discusses EJ Watson in depth, the Columbine shootings, and the dark side of humanity.  Good interview.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"border: solid 1px #ccc\" cellpadding=\"4\"\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"90\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EForum :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe Charlie Rose Show\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMedia :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlierose.com\/view\/interview\/5220\"\u003EVideo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_Interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Lost_Mans_River_1997-11-26.mp3\"\u003EMP3\u003C\/a\u003E (right-click and choose \"save as\" or \"save target as\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStream :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" \/\u003E\u003Cobject type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/player_mp3.swf\" width=\"140\" height=\"16\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"mp3=http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/peter_matthiessen\/Charlie_Rose_Interviews_Peter_Matthiessen_about_Lost_Mans_River_1997-11-26.mp3\u0026amp;showstop=1\" \/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELength :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003E23:10\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAir Date:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENovember 26, 1997\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"right\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDescription :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E   \u003Ctd align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Csmall\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA great interview because of its age, done at the time the second book of the Watson Trilogy, \"Lost Man's River\" was released.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/5316041315681519659\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/02\/pocket-audio-guide-to-peter-matthiessen.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/5316041315681519659"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/5316041315681519659"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/02\/pocket-audio-guide-to-peter-matthiessen.html","title":"A pocket audio guide to Peter Matthiessen, E.J. Watson and \"Shadow Country\""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-7321380923242578086"},"published":{"$t":"2010-01-29T20:28:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-01-31T13:58:08.855-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"quicksilver"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"the hits"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"top 10"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wiretap"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Top 10 OS X tools \u0026 utilities I couldn't live without"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"These are either free, cheap, or \u003Ci\u003Enot\u003C\/i\u003E super cheap but worth every penny.  All of these have made my life easier.  I often wonder how I got by before I discovered each one of these.  This is not a paid advertisement!  (free ones are noted with an asterisk *, though donating to the developers is a nice idea!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/docs.blacktree.com\/quicksilver\/what_is_quicksilver\"\u003EQuicksilver *\u003C\/a\u003E - It's hard to define Quicksilver because it does so many things.  Basically, you can configure it to perform tasks on your Mac with keystrokes.  Launch apps (obviosuly), but also launch searches on commonly-used websites, do math, pause iTunes, add an event to your calendar, etc.  It's magic.  I couldn't live without it. Seriously.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.subethaedit.net\/\"\u003ESubEthaEdit\u003C\/a\u003E - This is the greatest text editor I've ever found - and I've tried alot.  It's fast and simple, yet has all the functions you'd ever need.  I have it open all the time to use as my scratch pad, do regex on data, or convert characters or line endings.  I don't do much actual coding in it, for that I use \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eclipse.org\/\"\u003EEclipse\u003C\/a\u003E, You certainly could, as it has syntax highlighting for all big languages.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ambrosiasw.com\/utilities\/wiretap\/\"\u003EWireTap Studio\u003C\/a\u003E - This is my go-to app for almost all audio work.  It's primary function is to rip audio from any source (mac audio, or from any app specifically), but it has a great audio editor built in.  It's not as functional as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\"\u003EAudacity's\u003C\/a\u003E but it's so much easier to use.  OK, it's no \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/logicstudio\/\"\u003ELogic Studio\u003C\/a\u003E but sometimes you just need a fast, quick and dirty audio editor.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.stclairsoft.com\/DefaultFolderX\/\"\u003EDefault Folder X\u003C\/a\u003E - OS X's built-in file system navigation is decent, but leaves something to be desired.  If you open\/close\/save lots of files each day like I do, this app is incredible.  It integrates seamlessly into the OS.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.shirt-pocket.com\/\"\u003ESuperDuper!\u003C\/a\u003E - I'm a backup freak (learned the hard way), and this app makes it a cinch.  There's no backup scenario that SuperDuper! can't handle.  It's saved my ass several times and besides that, it makes transitioning to new hardware a breeze.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/iterm.sourceforge.net\/\"\u003EiTerm *\u003C\/a\u003E - Best terminal app I've ever used.  Tabbed terminals, and so much more.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/developer.apple.com\/opensource\/tools\/X11.html\"\u003EX11 *\u003C\/a\u003E - This little piece of genius is actually part of the OS X distribution (optional install, Xcode tools).  The wonder of it is, it allows you to run graphical *NIX applications (like \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gnucash.org\/\"\u003EGnuCash\u003C\/a\u003E) natively.  OS X is itself a UNIX distribution, after all.  Of course, you'll also need a slick package manager like \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.macports.org\/\"\u003EMacPorts\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.finkproject.org\/\"\u003EFink\u003C\/a\u003E to install your apps (I've used them both and they are both pretty nice).\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/download-macosx.html\"\u003EVLC *\u003C\/a\u003E - Plays pretty much any media file that's playable.  Soooooo much better than Quicktime.  Even comparing it to Quicktime is insulting to VLC, because it does so much more.  There are so many neat, tweakable functions I continue to discover.  And it's a joy.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.derlien.com\/\"\u003EDisk Inventory X *\u003C\/a\u003E - I am also a disk cleanup freak.  When your hard drive is full, or approaching full, sometimes it's hard to see where huge chunks of data are located in the filesystem.  This lays it all out for you visually so you can go in and delete, delete, delete.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/reggyapp.com\/\"\u003EReggy *\u003C\/a\u003E - Super handy little regular expression tester.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/7321380923242578086\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/01\/top-10-os-x-utilities-i-couldnt-live.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/7321380923242578086"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/7321380923242578086"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/01\/top-10-os-x-utilities-i-couldnt-live.html","title":"Top 10 OS X tools \u0026 utilities I couldn't live without"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-217004240010816527"},"published":{"$t":"2010-01-28T11:27:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-01-29T20:45:02.159-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The three things I would need to actually get work done on the iPhone"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I love my iPhone, it has freed me quite a bit from my desktop computer.  But there are many instances that I am out, and I am unable to complete simple work tasks on the iPhone because multiple applications are needed.  The hardware and OS tools that a computer has available to allow you to synthesize your workspace to get tasks done, are just not available on the iPhone...even though all the apps I need \u003Ci\u003Eare\u003C\/i\u003E.  It's not a huge deal, but I think the barriers to actually being able to get work done are small(ish).  I've narrowed it down to these three simple things:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAn External Keyboard\u003C\/b\u003E - The touchscreen keyboard just isn't workable for alot of typing.  I'd love something external that either folds up, or is very small and can \"cradle\" the iPhone.  Keyboard shortcuts (like Command-C, Command-V) would need to be incorporated into the OS.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA Pointer (Mouse\/Clickable Trackpad)\u003C\/b\u003E - This is in conjunction to, or perhaps even part of the keyboard.  This would allow for much easier editing of text, and easier highlighting of text for copy\/paste.  The copy\/paste function on the iPhone now is OK, but very cumbersome.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMultiple Applications Open\/Fast Application Switching\u003C\/b\u003E - Right now iPhone seems to have limited support for multiple apps to be open.  For example, you can listen to music while using Safari.  I'd love if you could open as many as 4 applications at a time, and have a keyboard (see #1) shortcut to switch quickly between them.  If I could have Mail, Safari, a simple text editor and TouchTerm open all at once, switch between them easily, and cut\/copy\/paste text between them, I'd be in heaven.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003EOf course, these three things are all dependent on one another.  And the big issue here would be RAM.  Supporting external hardware and multiple running applications would really slow the iPhone down.  However, I think the gain in productivity would be worth the cost of the slowdown."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/217004240010816527\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/01\/three-things-i-would-need-to-actually.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/217004240010816527"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/217004240010816527"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/01\/three-things-i-would-need-to-actually.html","title":"The three things I would need to actually get work done on the iPhone"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-3248044932038553849"},"published":{"$t":"2010-01-10T18:48:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-01-10T18:53:30.249-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"stream recording"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"streamshifter"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"this american life"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wuis"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Record an early broadcast of \"This American Life\" to listen to at your leisure"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"If you're like me, you don't like to be tied to your local NPR station's schedule for \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thislife.org\"\u003EThis American Life\u003C\/a\u003E\" each weekend, and you don't want to wait until Sunday for the This American Life podcast to become available.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSolution!  \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/06\/time-shifting-internet-radio-aka.html\"\u003ETime-shift\u003C\/a\u003E an early broadcast of This American Life on the internet.  That way, it's available for you to listen to when it's convenient for you.  For me that's usually on my iPod, on my Saturday run.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe earliest \u003Ci\u003Ereliable\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003Elistenable\u003C\/i\u003E stream I've found is on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/wuis.org\/\"\u003EWUIS\u003C\/a\u003E in Springfield, IL.  It airs on Friday evening at 7pm Central time.  They provide a quite listenable 56k stream at this URL:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/war.str3am.com:7780\/wuis.mp3\n\u003C\/pre\u003EIt's great for me because I am on the west coast, so it comes on at 5pm my time and is available at 6pm.  There \u003Ci\u003Eare\u003C\/i\u003E earlier internet broadcasts of This American Life on east coast NPR stations, but I have found their streams to be too low-quality or unreliable.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf you know of an earlier broacast that's of decent quality, let me know in the comments.  Whatever stream you use, be sure to donate to the station to compensate for the bandwidth.  And of course, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/wbez\/site\/Donation2?4101.donation=form1\u0026df_id=4101\"\u003Edonate\u003C\/a\u003E to This American Life!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/3248044932038553849\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/01\/record-earliest-broadcast-of-this.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/3248044932038553849"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/3248044932038553849"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2010\/01\/record-earliest-broadcast-of-this.html","title":"Record an early broadcast of \"This American Life\" to listen to at your leisure"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-1159434582076008770"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-31T07:46:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-01-29T20:50:46.748-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"applescript"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"itunes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"MP3"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"the hits"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Applescript to apply mp3gain to iTunes playlists from the Script Menu"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"First off, if you use iTunes \"Sound Check\" \u003Ci\u003Eand like it\u003C\/i\u003E you may not need this.  I disabled it because with iTunes 9, because I had alot of problems importing large mp3 files.  It would often hang when determing the mp3's volume.  Also, I was never able to tell the difference one way or the other.  Playlists with songs from different albums still sounded un-even when Sound Check was enabled.  If you love Sound Check and don't have any problems with it, this tip is not for you.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere are a couple other options for \"normalizing\" MP3 volume on OS X.  One is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mani.de\/ivolume\/index.html\"\u003EiVolume\u003C\/a\u003E which I've never tried.  I read good things about it...but it costs money.  Another is what I am going to focus on here: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/beryrinaldo\/AudioTron\/MacMP3Gain\/\"\u003EMacMP3Gain\u003C\/a\u003E which is a port of the open source command-line program \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mp3gain.sourceforge.net\/\"\u003Emp3gain\u003C\/a\u003E for OS X (they also added a GUI).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nmp3gain does more than just normalization, it does analysis to determine how quiet or loud an mp3 will sound to the human ear.  If you really want to get technical, mp3gain does its analysis based on the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/replaygain.hydrogenaudio.org\/\"\u003EReplay Gain\u003C\/a\u003E algorithm.  mp3gain applies lossless adjustment - it does not re-encode the mp3.  However, MacMP3Gain offers this caveat about mp3gain, \"MacMP3Gain modifies MP3 and unprotected AAC files with no provision provided to undo the changes.\"  I haven't had any trouble after using extensively.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe MacMP3Gain application does have a GUI, which allows you to process by folder \u003Ci\u003Eor\u003C\/i\u003E by iTunes playlist.  However, in the spirit of efficiency, I wanted a way to be able to normalize playlists right from iTunes.  So I wrote this script which can be run right from the iTunes script menu.  The other advantages of this script vs. the MacMP3Gain GUI is that it gives you a proper progress bar (important because it can take a long time to process), and it shows you the output when its done (so you can see exactly what changes were made to each file).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EPrerequisites\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/beryrinaldo\/AudioTron\/MacMP3Gain\/\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMacMP3Gain\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E - Install MacMP3Gain on your Mac.  To use this applescript, you'll need to create a symlink from the command-line binary to somewhere in your path.  This can be done with this command:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:bash;light:true\"\u003Esudo ln -s \/Applications\/MacMP3Gain.app\/Contents\/Resources\/aacgain \/usr\/bin\/mp3gain\n\u003C\/pre\u003EYou can now use mp3gain on the command line.  For a complete list of switches, open up Terminal and type:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:bash;light:true\"\u003Emp3gain -?\n\u003C\/pre\u003Emp3gain is also available via MacPorts, if you use that.  Though at the time of writing, the newest version was 1.7.0 while the version rolled into the Intel MacMP3Gain is 1.8.0.  To install via ports do this:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:bash;light:true\"\u003Esudo port install aacgain\nsudo ln -s \/opt\/local\/bin\/aacgain \/usr\/bin\/mp3gain\n\u003C\/pre\u003ENote: if you don't want to use any symlinks then just update the \"mp3gain\" reference in the applescript to point to the full path of your installed aacgain program.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scriptbuilders.net\/files\/bpprogressbar1.0.html\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBP Progress Bar\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E - mp3gain takes roughly 30 seconds to process each mp3.  Therefore, it can take a while to process an entire playlist.  So, I've configured this script with a handy progress indicator.  Applescript has no \"native\" progress indicator method, but you can access an external app to do this for you.  Download \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/files.macscripter.net\/ScriptBuilders\/ScriptTools\/bp_progress_bar.dmg.zip\"\u003EBP Progress Bar (download link)\u003C\/a\u003E, unzip it and mount the disk image.  Then, copy the app \"BP Progress Bar\" to your \"Applications\" folder, and the \"BP Progress Bar Controller.scpt\" to your Scripts folder \/Users\/YOU\/Library\/Scripts\/ (create if it doesn't exist) and you're all good to go!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EPlease Note\u003C\/b\u003E: The \u003Ci\u003Efirst\u003C\/i\u003E time you run this script, you might get the rainbow wheel for 10-20 seconds, and you'll probably get the \"BP Progress Bar was downloaded from the internet\" security warning.  Both of these things happen only the first time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNow, copy the script below to Script Editor, and save it as \"normalize_playlist.scpt\" in your \u003Ci\u003EiTunes\u003C\/i\u003E scripts directory \/Users\/YOU\/Library\/iTunes\/Scripts\/ (create if it doesn't exist).  This will allow you to run it from the iTunes script menu like below:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cimg class=\"post-img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/normalize_playlist1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"214\" border=\"0\" alt=\"iTunes Script Menu\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUpon launch, you're prompted to enter a playlist to normalize.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cimg class=\"post-img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/normalize_playlist2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"214\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Enter Playlist\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAs long as you enter a good one, you should see a progress bar come up.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cimg class=\"post-img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/normalize_playlist3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"277\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Progress Bar\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUpon completion you can view the log, which is written to \/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cimg class=\"post-img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/normalize_playlist4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" border=\"0\" alt=\"MP3Gain Log\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEnjoy!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text\"\u003E(* \n\nNormalize Playlist\n\nAccepts an itunes playlist as text input,\nand normalizes all mp3 files on the playlist\nwith mp3gain -r (mp3gain itself decides how \nbest to normalize).\n\nPrerequisities:\n\n* mp3gain on command-line\n* http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/beryrinaldo\/AudioTron\/MacMP3Gain\/\n* BP Progress Bar\n* http:\/\/scriptbuilders.net\/files\/bpprogressbar1.0.html\n\n*)\n\n--Ask the use for the playlist\nset myList to the text returned of (display dialog \"Enter playlist to normalize \" default answer \"\")\n\n--exit if they didn't enter anyting\nif the myList is \"\" then\n display dialog \"No playlist entered\" giving up after 2\n return\nend if\n\n--make sure itunes is running\n--SHOULD BE if it's run from the itunes script menu\n--but it could be executed directly\nset itunesOK to my itunes_is_running()\nif itunesOK is false then\n tell application \"iTunes\"\n  activate\n end tell\nend if\n\ntell application \"iTunes\"\n set oldfi to fixed indexing\n set fixed indexing to true\n \n --see if the playlist exists\n if exists user playlist myList then\n  --do nothing for now\n else\n  --show error if the playlist doesn't exist\n  display dialog \"Playlist does not exist\" giving up after 2\n  return\n end if\n set currentList to playlist myList\n \n --initialize progress bar\n set ProgressBar to load script alias (((path to scripts folder) as text) \u0026 \"BP Progress Bar Controller.scpt\")\n set myTitle to \"Normalizing \" \u0026 myList \u0026 \" - may take several minutes\"\n tell ProgressBar to initialize(myTitle) -- title of progress bar\n -- Start of Script to use ProgressBar Controller\n tell ProgressBar\n  barberPole(true)\n  setStatusTop to \"Initializing Volume Adjustment\"\n  setStatusBottom to \"\"\n end tell\n \n --get the number of items on the playlist\n set eop to index of last track of currentList\n \n -- Stop the barber pole, set up for the progress bar\n tell ProgressBar\n  barberPole(false)\n  setMax to eop -- to match the items to be processed below\n  setStatusTop to \"Examining playlist\"\n end tell\n \n --add a little progress so it doesn't start at 0\n tell ProgressBar to increase by 1\n \n with timeout of 10800 seconds --avoid \"event timed out\" error\n  \n  --delete the logfile if it already exists\n  do shell script \"if [ -e \/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log ]; then rm -f \/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log; fi;\"\n  \n  repeat with i from 1 to eop\n   \n   --write current track to log\n   do shell script \"echo \\\"------------ Track \" \u0026 i \u0026 \" of \" \u0026 eop \u0026 \" ------------\\\" \u003E\u003E \/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log\"\n   \n   --get the mac path to the mp3 file, name of the track, and extension\n   set i_location to (get location of track i of currentList)\n   set i_name to (get name of track i of currentList)\n   set theFileInfo to info for i_location\n   set ext to name extension of theFileInfo as string\n   \n   --only do this if it's an mp3\n   if ext is \"mp3\" then\n    \n    --convert mac path to POSIX path, quote it so we\n    --can use it on the cmd line\n    set mypath to POSIX path of i_location\n    set posixpath to quoted form of mypath\n    \n    --create our command\n    --mp3gain is CPU-intensive, so pass thru nice\n    --write output of mp3gain to log\n    --this will allow us to report on what changes were made\n    set myCmd to \"nice mp3gain -r -k -c -q \" \u0026 posixpath \u0026 \" \u003E\u003E \/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log\"\n    \n    --update progress window with status\n    tell ProgressBar\n     setStatusTop to \"Processing file \" \u0026 i \u0026 \" of \" \u0026 eop \u0026 \" : \" \u0026 i_name\n     setStatusBottom to \"Full path: \" \u0026 mypath\n    end tell\n    \n    --execute the shell command\n    do shell script myCmd\n   else\n    --if track is not an mp3, don't process it\n    do shell script \"echo \\\"Track \" \u0026 posixpath \u0026 \"is not an mp3...not processing\\\" \u003E\u003E \/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log\"\n    \n   end if --end if for is an mp3\n   \n   tell ProgressBar to increase by 1\n   \n  end repeat\n end timeout\n \n set fixed indexing to oldfi\nend tell\n\ntell ProgressBar to quit\n\n--tell them we're done and ask if they want to see log\nset seeLog to (display dialog ¬\n \"Done. Would you like to see the log? \" with title ¬\n \"Normalization Complete\" buttons {\"Yes\", \"No\"} ¬\n default button \"Yes\")\nset button_name to button returned of seeLog\nif button_name is \"Yes\" then\n --open log in textedit\n tell application \"TextEdit\"\n  activate\n  open \"\/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log\"\n end tell\nend if\n\n--be nice and clean up\ndo shell script \"if [ -e \/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log ]; then rm -f \/tmp\/mp3gain_output.log; fi;\"\n\nreturn\n\n--subroutine checks if itunes is running\non itunes_is_running()\n tell application \"System Events\" to return (exists process \"iTunes\")\nend itunes_is_running\n\n\u003C\/pre\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/1159434582076008770\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/12\/applescript-to-apply-mp3gainaacgain-to.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/1159434582076008770"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/1159434582076008770"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/12\/applescript-to-apply-mp3gainaacgain-to.html","title":"Applescript to apply mp3gain to iTunes playlists from the Script Menu"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-7863667430769650060"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-17T11:06:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-17T11:33:50.849-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Honky Tonk Christmas - Pinto Bennett - Lyrics and Chords"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"One of my all-time favorite Christmas songs.\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E\n\n                                     F\nMerry Christmas darlin'.  I see I've won the football pool.\n\nC                                         G\nI'll buy everyone a drink....that doesn't drool.\n\nC\nThen double mine, and triple that!\n\n    F                        C\nAnd maybe I'll believe, it's really great to be here\n\n                G         C             G climb to C         \n...with all you drunks on Christmas Eve.\n\nC                                        F\nBUT...I hung up my Christmas sock, and I sang a Christmas chant\n\n      C                               G                 climb to C\nasked Santa for a college girl, and a liver transplant\n\nC                                            F\nBut the wind still blows in Wyomin', and ol' Sam still smells like beer...\n\n     C                 G               C      G climb to C  \nI'll have a Honky Tonk Christmas, this year.  (I'll have a...)\n\n\n[chorus]\n\nC           F               C             C                                 G       climb to C\nHon-ky Tonk Christmas, this yeeeeeeeear.  Hit every bar with parkin' in the rear.\n\nC                                  F\nAnd go home with a six pack, and a bottle of good cheer...\n           \n           C          G               C       G climb to C\nand have a honky tonk Christmas, this year.\n\n[break - chorus chords]\nC F C C G C F C G C G climb to C\n\nC                          F                 C\nThe sun sun shines thru my room, and o'er my word.\n\nC                             G       climb to C\nMy chronometer, reads January third.\n\n   C          F             C                 F\nMy honky tonk Christmas has passed, and now I fear...\n\n            C          G          C      G climb to C  \nI'll have a honky tonk year, this year.  (I'll have a...)\n\n[chorus]\n\nC           F               C             C                                 G        climb to C\nHon-ky Tonk Christmas, this yeeeeeeeear.  Hit every bar with parkin' in the rear.\n\nC                                  F\nAnd go home with a six pack, and a bottle of good cheer...\n           \n           C          G               C       G to C finish\nand have a honky tonk Christmas, this year.\n\nThank you, thank you thank you, lovers of fine and classical music!\n\u003C\/pre\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/7863667430769650060\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/12\/honky-tonk-christmas-pinto-bennett.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/7863667430769650060"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/7863667430769650060"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/12\/honky-tonk-christmas-pinto-bennett.html","title":"Honky Tonk Christmas - Pinto Bennett - Lyrics and Chords"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-8073468926287367081"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-03T16:13:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-01-29T20:50:00.918-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"dell mini 10v"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"mplayer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"snow leopard"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"the hits"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"My experience with a Dell Mini 10v and Snow Leopard"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cimg class=\"post-img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/hackbook.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Hackbook\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI work on a MacBook Pro 2.33ghz laptop with 3G of RAM and it has suited me fine for almost three years now.  The only thing that worries me is that if I lost it, it was stolen or it just plain died, I'd be S.O.L.  I'd have no way to get work done until I get a new computer set up.  But I didn't want to plunk down the however many thousands for another mac just for peace of mind.  Enter the netbook. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhen I discovered that OS X could be installed on one of the more popular netbooks, the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dell.com\/content\/topics\/segtopic.aspx\/laptop-mini?c=us\u0026l=en\u0026cs=19\"\u003EDell Mini\u003C\/a\u003E, I immediately bought the 10v.  The Dell Mini is one of the few PCs out there that OS X can be installed on almost without fail, and with all the functions and devices working.  And the best thing about them, they start at $250. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhen I got it though, I was disappointed.  The whole thing is just cheap...cheap, cheap, cheap.  You truly do get what you pay for.  And \u003Ci\u003Eyes I DO realize I didn't pay much\u003C\/i\u003E.  The keyboard is tiny, the trackpad is \u003Ci\u003Eawful\u003C\/i\u003E and the worst part is, the max screen res is 1024x600.  At best, this thing is a toy.  The saving grace is that it has 3 USB ports and VGA out, so you can hook up an external keyboard, mouse and monitor and it becomes somewhat usable.  So ultimately, even though I feel this computer is not really viable on its own...it does suit my purpose for it as my backup computer. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EUpgrading the Hardware\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe 10v comes with a 1.6ghz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM and either a small solid state drive or a 160GB 5400 RPM SATA drive.  I opted for the latter, because the SSD drives were just too small.  I should have gone with an SSD drive anyway, as I later decided that a 5400rpm drive was going to be too slow. So I bought a Hitachi 360GB 7200rpm OEM drive.  I also bought a cheap 2GB stick of RAM.  I wanted to make this thing as fast as possible despite its diminutive size. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBefore doing any OS installation, I set out to replace the RAM and HD.  Dell didn't make it easy to replace the RAM.  Its buried inside, underneath the motherboard.  You basically have to disassemble the entire computer to replace it. Fortunately, I found the video below.  The guy did a very nice job...without his help I never would haven gotten it done.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cobject width=\"425\" height=\"344\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/P_jUFbxHoAU\u0026hl=en\u0026fs=1\u0026\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/P_jUFbxHoAU\u0026hl=en\u0026fs=1\u0026\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EDowngrading\u003C\/i\u003E the BIOS\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor some reason, the BIOS that ships with the 10v (A06) will not support(\/allow?) OS X to be installed, so I had to downgrade the BIOS to A04.  I followed \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mydellmini.com\/forum\/dell-mini-10-guides\/12408-downgrade-your-mini-10v-bios-a04-requires-windows.html\"\u003Ethis guide\u003C\/a\u003E and was able to accomplish that without too much difficulty (you need access to a windows computer, I used winXP\/Parallels on my mac, and a thumb drive).  NOTE: when downloading the BIOS from the Dell site, be sure you get the one that says \"DOS version\". \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EInstalling Snow Leopard\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTo do this, I followed \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5389166\/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-10v-into-the-ultimate-snow-leopard-netbook\"\u003Ethese instructions\u003C\/a\u003E precisely.  It is the best guide on the internet for installing Snow Leopard on a 10v I could find.  The only problems I encountered were that the computer would hang on the \"Dell Inspiron\" bootup screen for a long time (5 min) and then finally boot...until I realized that for some reason it doesn't like my external DVD-R drive.  So, I unplugged that at boot-time and it boots fine.  (The DVD drive works fine when I plug it in after the computer boots). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ESoftware Installation\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOnce you're in the OS, software installs like it normally would.  There were only two issues I have come across: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EVirtual Machines\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOut of the 3 main virtual machine software providers (Parallels, VirtualBox, VMware), only \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/beta\/fusion\/\"\u003EVMware's \"Fusion Desktop for Mac\"\u003C\/a\u003E will work.  They all install OK, but VirtualBox is incredibly unstable, and Parallels just shows an error message to the effect of \"You can't use this version of the application Parallels Desktop with this verson of Mac OS X\".  I saw some posts that seemed to say that it's because the hardware doesn't support \"virtualization\" and that Parallels 3.0 works.  I tried that, and it didn't (same error).  Why VMware works and the others don't?  I have no idea, but it's OK with me.  I very rarely use windows anyway. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMacports\/X11\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe other problem I had was that some Macports software would not install.  This is more of a Snow Leopard issue than a 10v issue though.  Specifically, mplayer would not install via macports.  However, I found \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mplayerosx.sttz.ch\/\"\u003Ethis very nice GUI version of mplayer for Snow Leopard\u003C\/a\u003E which has the command-line version rolled into it.  Just create a symlink to it like this: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003Esudo ln -s \/Applications\/MPlayer\\ OSX\\ Extended.app\/Contents\/Resources\/External_Binaries\/mplayer.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/mplayer \/usr\/bin\/mplayer\n\u003C\/pre\u003EUPDATE: as of 11\/5\/09 Macports mplayer is not supported in Snow Leopard, but mplayer-devel is.  My first try at installing it failed, but I tried the following today and it compiled, installed and works: \u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003Esudo port -v install mplayer-devel +binary_codecs +dts +dv +x264 +faac -glx +theora +twolame +xvid\n\u003C\/pre\u003EThe other issue I had was with gnucash, which depends on the gnome libraries and X11 (X11 is in the \"Optional Installs - Developer Tools\" on the Snow Leopard DVD).  It compiled and installed fine, but wouldn't run.  It just kept spitting this error out: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003EDynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!\n\u003C\/pre\u003EThe fix is to first make sure dbus is installed.  Then run this command \u003Ci\u003Eas the user who is running the X11 app\u003C\/i\u003E: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003Elaunchctl load -w \/Library\/LaunchAgents\/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdel\u003EBad, bad, really bad news...\u003C\/del\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/osxdaily.com\/2009\/10\/31\/hackintosh-netbook-users-take-note-snow-leopard-10-6-2-update-kills-support-for-atom-processor\/\"\u003Ethis rumor is true\u003C\/a\u003E then I will forever be stuck with 10.6.1, which isn't good.  Pretty lame, in fact. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUPDATE: Some very well-mannered gentlemen on the forums at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mydellmini.com\/forum\/dell-mini-10v-mac-os-x-discussion\/14899-my-experience-dell-mini-10v-snow-leopard.html\"\u003EmyDellMini\u003C\/a\u003E site kindly let me know that the rumor \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.electronista.com\/articles\/09\/11\/04\/crippled.atom.in.snow.leopard.was.temporary\/\"\u003Emay not be true\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EPros \u0026 Cons \/ Final thoughts\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe good... \u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EQuite portable\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECheap\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EReasonably powerful given its size and price\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EVGA out, 3 USB ports\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ELong battery life, 6-cell battery available with 7+ hours reported\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWorks flawlessly with Snow Leopard - everything supported!\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003EThe bad... \u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E1024 X 600 max screen resolution.  Nuts.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDisplay has a blue-ish cast\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETrackpad is so poor it's un-usable\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EKeyboard is compacted, issues typing on it\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ENo hardware virtualization\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cdel\u003EFurther OS updates will be impossible\u003C\/del\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EVery difficult to upgrade hard drive and memory\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ENo holes for the VGA cable to screw into, keeps falling out\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003EThis is a fun little project, but in light of the fact you have to use an external keyboard\/mouse\/display to operate this thing (making its portability basically obsolete), \u003Cdel\u003Eand the fact that I probably won't be able to upgrade the OS ever again\u003C\/del\u003E...if I could do it again I'd probably build a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/321913\/build-a-hackintosh-mac-for-under-800\"\u003Echeap hackintosh desktop\u003C\/a\u003E box with a processor that \u003Ci\u003Ewill definitely\u003C\/i\u003E continue to be supported - like a core 2 duo.  It should cost about the same amount of money - ok, maybe a little more, but not nearly as much as a new mac - and would be a much faster computer. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n...I find it somewhat ironic that Dell, notorious for making laptops too large, is now the leading manufacturer of the netbook, a laptop that's way too small.  IN MY HUMBLE OPINION!!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/8073468926287367081\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/11\/my-experience-with-dell-mini-10v-and.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/8073468926287367081"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/8073468926287367081"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/11\/my-experience-with-dell-mini-10v-and.html","title":"My experience with a Dell Mini 10v and Snow Leopard"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-6906796761450538840"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-15T11:43:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-05T22:17:02.157-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"perl"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Use Perl and Expect to auto-connect, and maintain connection, to a proxy"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"There are a number of reason to use a proxy, \u003Ci\u003Esecurity\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003Eprivacy\u003C\/i\u003E being the two biggest for me.  I use \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cotse.net\/index.html\"\u003ECotse.net\u003C\/a\u003E and am very happy with it.  There is one downside to Cotse (and alot of similar services I suppose) is that you must manually connect to the proxy server, using something like \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/projects.tynsoe.org\/en\/stm\/\"\u003ESSH Tunnel Manager\u003C\/a\u003E.  Kind of a pain.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nSo I wrote a script that manages the connection using perl and expect.  It runs as a cronjob to always make sure you're connected to the proxy when an internet connection is available.  \n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EInstallation\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EStep 1: Install the Expect.pm perl module.  As root, type this:\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E\n# perl -MCPAN -e 'install Expect'\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EStep 2: Edit this script and put in your \/Users\/user\/bin\/ directory as \"proxy.pl\".\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:perl\"\u003E\n# check if we are connected to the proxy.  If not, connect.\nmy $pid = \u0026checkAlive($command);\nif (!$pid) {\n\n # check if we even have internet before trying to connect to proxy\n my $result = \u0026checkInternet($ext_host,$timeout);\n if ($result \u003E 0) {\n  print \"Not connected. Connecting to $command\\n\";\n  \u0026connect($password,$command,$timeout);\n } else {\n  print \"No internet available.\\n\";\n }\n \n} else {\n # we do have internet, and are connected toi proxy.\n print \"connected to $command\\n\";\n}\n\nsub connect {\n # connect to the proxy and login using expect\n \n my ($password,$command,$timeout) = @_;\n \n # Create the Expect object\n my $exp = Expect-\u003Espawn($command) or die \"Cannot spawn ssh command\\n\";\n $exp-\u003Eexpect($timeout,\n  [\"Password Authentication\"],\n  [\"Are you sure you want to continue connecting\", sub {my $self = shift; $self-\u003Esend(\"yes\\n\");}]\n  );\n # answer the password\n $exp-\u003Eexpect($timeout,\n  [ qr\/Password:\/ =\u003E sub { my $exp = shift; $exp-\u003Esend(\"$password\\n\"); exp_continue; } ],\n  [ qr\/Password:\/ =\u003E sub { my $exp = shift; $exp-\u003Esend(\"$password\\n\"); } ], \n  );\n # wait forever for nothing...basically, stay connected\n $exp-\u003Eexpect(undef);\n \n} # end sub connect\n\nsub checkInternet {\n # check if the internet is up by pinging external host\n # sends back packets received, so if the return val\n # is \u003E 0 then we have internet\n\n my ($host,$timeout) = @_;\n my $packets = 0;\n \n my $pingcmd = \"\/sbin\/ping -q -t $timeout -c 1 $ext_host\";\n #print \"checking for running program with $pingcmd\\n\";\n my @raw = `$pingcmd`;\n chomp(@raw);\n foreach my $line (@raw) {\n  if ($line =~ \/([0-9]{0,2}) packets received\/) {\n   $packets = $1;\n  }\n } # end foreach\n return ($packets);\n \n} # end sub checkInternet\n\nsub checkAlive {\n # gets the PID of the process that matches a SINGLE criteria \n\n my ($text) = shift;\n my $return_pid = \"\";\n \n my $pidgetter = \"\/bin\/ps ax -o pid,command | grep '$text' | grep -v 'grep' | grep -v 'sh -c'\";\n #print \"checking for running program with $pidgetter\\n\";\n my @raw_pids = `$pidgetter`;\n chomp(@raw_pids);\n \n foreach my $raw_pid (@raw_pids) {\n  $raw_pid =~ s\/^\\s+\/\/;\n  $raw_pid =~ \/^(\\d+)\\s\/;\n  $raw_pid = $1;\n  my $pid = stripNonNumber($raw_pid);\n  my $exists = kill(\"0\",$pid);\n  if ($exists) {\n   my $message = \"checking for any program operating on $text. I found one with pid ${pid}. \";\n   $return_pid = $pid\n  }\n } # end foreach\n \n return ($return_pid);\n\n} # end sub checkAlive\n\nsub stripNonNumber {\n\n my($text) = shift;\n $text =~ s\/([^0-9])\/\/g;\n return ($text);\n\n} # end sub strip non number\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\nThen type this:\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E\ncd ~\/bin ; chmod 755 proxy.pl;\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EStep 3: Add to cron.  Type \u003Cpre style=\"display: inline\"\u003Ecrontab -e\u003C\/pre\u003E.  Add this line (you will need to edit where it says \"user\"):\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E\n* * * * * \/Users\/user\/bin\/proxy.pl  \u003E \/dev\/null 2\u003E\u00261\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/6906796761450538840\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/10\/use-perl-and-expect-to-auto-connect-and.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/6906796761450538840"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/6906796761450538840"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/10\/use-perl-and-expect-to-auto-connect-and.html","title":"Use Perl and Expect to auto-connect, and maintain connection, to a proxy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-5127204918868487225"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-11T12:58:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-13T11:17:49.718-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bash"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"internet radio"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"KEXP"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"time-shifting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Use Thunderbird Extension \"Send Later\" (or \"at\") to email requests to time-shifted programs"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"OK, here's a tip you're unlikely to use.  See if you fit these criteria...\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EYou \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/06\/time-shifting-internet-radio-aka.html\"\u003Etime-shift\u003C\/a\u003E internet radio programs.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EYou sometimes want to communicate with the host\/dj.  For example, to make a music request\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe program has a non-show-specific email address.  For example, dj *at* kexp.org (for making requests to the current DJ).\n\u003Cli\u003EYou use \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mozillamessaging.com\/en-US\/thunderbird\/\"\u003EMozilla Thunderbird\u003C\/a\u003E as your e-mail client.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EYou leave your computer on all the time, with your e-mail client open.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n...still with me?  I've got a solution for you!  There's a great extension for Thunderbird called \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.unsignedbyte.com\/?page_id=4\"\u003ESend Later\u003C\/a\u003E\".\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nBasically, it allows you to schedule emails to send at precise date\/time.  Here's what you do:\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ERight-click \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/downloads.unsignedbyte.com\/sl8tr\/sl8tr.xpi\"\u003Ethis link\u003C\/a\u003E and \"Save link as\" and save it to your desktop.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIn Tunderbird, go Tools -\u003E Add-ons and click the \"Install...\" button.  Choose the .xpi file you saved to your desktop.  You will need to re-start Thunderbird.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOnce installed, compose your e-mail message as you would any e-mail.  Instead of sending, choose File -\u003E Send Later.  That will bring up this dialog:\n\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.thewhiteroom.com\/graphics\/blog\/sendlater.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"211\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Send Later Dialog\" \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESchedule your send using the date\/time menus at the top.  Then click \"Send Later at specified time\".  I'd disregard all other options.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\nThen, listen to your time-shifted program for your request!  If you need to edit the e-mail before the schedule send time, look for it in your \"Drafts\" folder.  Just remember to choose File -\u003E Send Later again instead of clicking \"send\".  \u003Cb\u003EWARNING\u003C\/b\u003E as of Send Later version 1.2.0.0 there is a strange, annoying bug that affects replying to or forwarding messages that have large attachments.  Took me ages to figure out that the Send Later extension was causing it.  Not a deal-breaker, but the following option may be better...\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EOR, be an ultra-nerd and use the \"at\" command...\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nFor those nerdily inured to Mac OS X's UNIX features, you can accomplish the same feat as outlined above using \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/developer.apple.com\/mac\/library\/DOCUMENTATION\/Darwin\/Reference\/ManPages\/man1\/at.1.html\"\u003Eat\u003C\/a\u003E\".\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nFirst, you need to enable the \u003Cpre style=\"display: inline\"\u003Eatrun\u003C\/pre\u003E utility.  It runs commands scheduled with \u003Cpre style=\"display: inline\"\u003Eat\u003C\/pre\u003E, but is disabled by default.  \u003Cpre style=\"display: inline\"\u003Esu\u003C\/pre\u003E to root and run this command:\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E\nlaunchctl load -w \/System\/Library\/LaunchDaemons\/com.apple.atrun.plist\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\nAnd if you haven't configured postfix to send outgoing mails, you'll need to do that.  Check out \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.riverturn.com\/blog\/?p=239\"\u003Ethis great tip\u003C\/a\u003E on how to set up postfix to relay through GMail.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\nAlright, so to schedule an email to be sent, open up a terminal and first type the date\/time (in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.freebsdwiki.net\/index.php\/POSIX_time_format\"\u003EPOSIX format\u003C\/a\u003E) you want it to be sent like this:\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E\n$ at -t 200910112232\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\nYou will then enter input mode.  Enter your commands here like this:\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text;light:true\"\u003E\nmail -s \"Music Request\" [ENTER TO EMAIL HERE]\nDear DJ,\nLast night you saved my life.  Can you\nplease play, \"Crazy Horses\" by The\nOsmonds?  Thanks so much!\nLove,\nMe\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\nThen hit enter once (blank line), then CTRL-d to exit input mode.  Your mail is now scheduled!  To see scheduled jobs, enter the 'atq' command."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/5127204918868487225\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/10\/use-thunderbird-extension-send-later.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/5127204918868487225"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/5127204918868487225"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/10\/use-thunderbird-extension-send-later.html","title":"Use Thunderbird Extension \"Send Later\" (or \"at\") to email requests to time-shifted programs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376576816373300318.post-6621243132905848594"},"published":{"$t":"2009-09-22T10:13:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-09-22T10:52:56.097-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"audacity"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"soundflower."},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"stream recording"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wiretap"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Recording \"The Moth Radio Hour\" Pilot Episodes"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"As you know, \"The Moth\" is a jammin' sweet \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.themoth.org\/podcast\"\u003Epodcast\u003C\/a\u003E.  It's bringing back the lost art of storytelling.  The only downside is that the podcasts are not that frequent.  For high-volume podcast listeners like myself, it leaves you wanting more.\n\n\n\nEnter \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.prx.org\/the-moth\"\u003EThe Moth Radio Hour\u003C\/a\u003E!  An hour of well-curated stories selected from their years of archives.  It's currently in \"pilot\" mode, being tested on some of the larger Public Radio Stations around the country:\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/\"\u003EWNYC\u003C\/a\u003E - New York City\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/\"\u003EWBUR\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/\"\u003EWGBH\u003C\/a\u003E - Boston\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/wamu.org\/\"\u003EWAMU\u003C\/a\u003E - Washington, DC\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kuow.org\/\"\u003EKUOW\u003C\/a\u003E - Seattle\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wbez.org\/\"\u003EWBEZ\u003C\/a\u003E - Chicago\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/kut.org\/\"\u003EKUT\u003C\/a\u003E - Austin, Texas\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\nGreat! So just look at the program listings for those stations and set your favorite \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/06\/time-shifting-internet-radio-aka.html\"\u003Etime-shifting program\u003C\/a\u003E to record.  Only problems are the a) it's a pilot so it may not be in that spot forever (or at all) and b) you've missed the first several episodes.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\nThough it's not podcasted (yet), there is a way to listen to the first several episodes of TMRH.  See \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.prx.org\/the-moth\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.prx.org\/the-moth\u003C\/a\u003E.  There are flash players embedded under each episode summary, allowing you to stream the audio right from the site.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\nThe downside here is that you can only listen from your computer.  However, there are a couple methods you can employ to \"rip\" the stream to mp3, so you can take it with you.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMethod One: WireTap\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\nWireTap is the preferred method because it has the most flexibility...it's basically built for this sort of thing.  Unfortunately, it does cost (but in my opinion, is worth it). See this \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/06\/usrbinperl-how-to-set-up-wiretap.html\"\u003Earticle on how to set up a recording session with Wiretap\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMethod Two: Soundflower and Audacity\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\nThis one's a little more complex, \u003Ci\u003Eand\u003C\/i\u003E you will hear the audio playing as it's recorded (WireTap allows you to mute the source playing the stream, so you can still use your speakers to listen to music or whatever).  So you'd either have to mute your speakers, or record when you're not at the computer.  The upside, is that the tools are free: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\"\u003Eaudacity\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/soundflower\/\"\u003Esoundflower\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\nRather than try to explain it all myself, see \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/destefano.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/07\/audio-in-osx\/\"\u003Ethis article\u003C\/a\u003E on how to set it up.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\nBoth methods require you to manually press \"record\" on the recorder (WireTap or Audacity) and then \"play\" on the TMRH episode flash player.  When it's done (53 minutes later), you press stop on your recorder and then save as an MP3 and voila! You have your TMRH \"podcast\".\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CBr\u003E\nFor super-geeks, you can also play the stream from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/download-macosx.html\"\u003EVLC\u003C\/a\u003E.  I tried, and failed, to get mplayer to load it from the command line (my preferred method of recording).  But VLC will do. The links to the media for the first several TMRH episodes are:\n\u003Cpre class=\"brush:text\"\u003E\nhttp:\/\/themothopen.prx.org.s3.amazonaws.com\/MothHour1_broadcast.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=11RCNQMECKHP4QK3CP02%26Expires=1406388439%26Signature=aSiteObGTnrY3LEGp3He8pPxBGI%3D\nhttp:\/\/themothopen.prx.org.s3.amazonaws.com\/MothHour2_broadcast.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=11RCNQMECKHP4QK3CP02%26Expires=1406388420%26Signature=lTdGgKFB\/8UiHGtEpyO6IgBnUYk%3D\nhttp:\/\/themothopen.prx.org.s3.amazonaws.com\/MothHour3Final_broadcast.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=11RCNQMECKHP4QK3CP02%26Expires=1406999085%26Signature=fewikyPmyfjs8sAnUiveUA1qfrs%3D\nhttp:\/\/themothopen.prx.org.s3.amazonaws.com\/MothFinalHour4_broadcast.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=11RCNQMECKHP4QK3CP02%26Expires=1406388475%26Signature=fLqPoe5HUIn5mCBwsGvfAhQ30Gw%3D\nhttp:\/\/themothopen.prx.org.s3.amazonaws.com\/MothFinalHour5a_broadcast.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=11RCNQMECKHP4QK3CP02%26Expires=1406388977%26Signature=J7W1JthdNyNK7ZRKQQlbT3wdDTs%3D\n\u003C\/pre\u003E\nOpen VLC, press \"play\" to get a prompt for a MRL and enter one of the URLs above.  When you play the episode you will get errors.  Dismiss them and hit play \u003Ci\u003Eagain\u003C\/i\u003E and the episode will start playing.  Record or listen.  Enjoy!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/feeds\/6621243132905848594\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/09\/recording-moth-radio-hour-pilot.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/6621243132905848594"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8376576816373300318\/posts\/default\/6621243132905848594"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.netstreamshifter.com\/2009\/09\/recording-moth-radio-hour-pilot.html","title":"Recording \"The Moth Radio Hour\" Pilot Episodes"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rory"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14054424218630129032"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"20","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_AmQWb2B8T9g\/Sgr9-9zIqDI\/AAAAAAAAADs\/oyws7l4FMhA\/S220\/Picture+4.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});