Month: December 2005

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castogg.sh – make podcasts smaller

As you might know, podcasts are like radio shows recorded and distributed digitally (read: mp3 and RSS). Since pretty much anyone can record a show and distribute it over the Internet – everyone and their brother do that.

The file sizes of some podcasts are huge. There are shows that last for more than an hour and include pieces of music and stereo special effects. I’ve seen this eat up more than 50 MBytes each.

Since I only have a 128 MByte memory card (and about 20 of those MBytes are eaten by software intallations and other data), I was looking at ways to minimize the file sizes of the podcasts that I wanted to listen to.

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Podcasting is cool

I knew about podcasting for some time now, but I’ve got the chance to try it only since a couple of days. 128 MByte memory card for my mobile arrived in the recent order and I’ve also got myself a card reader to speed up those file copies.

I have to say that I really like podcasting. It’s one of those things that you don’t think you need until you get it. Then you just can’t live without it anymore.

It is surprising how much time there is, if small intervals can be counted in, when you seem to be doing nothing, yet being occupied. Like when driving, or eating alone, or in the bathroom. This small chunks represent a really large period of time, if combined together. And they can be combined by listening to podcasts.

The whole thing reminds me of the time when I stopped smoking. Suddenly I found a lot of free time on my hands and I really didn’t know what to do with it. Now I have the realization of all this time and I rush to choose the worthy podcasts to listen.

I really suggest you try it. You’ll be amazed yourself, I promise you.

They like to move it – move it

I’m glad to post this quick update about the shelf with Russian products in Ermes supermarket. I thought they removed the shelf completely, but they just moved it to a really good hiding place. Probably it wasn’t there last time I checked, but it doesn’t matter anymore. It’s back and I can have all tomatos that I want. The new location of the shelf is to the left of the butcher section (if faced away from the meat).