It only took Apple two days to get my podcast approved and listed! See it here.
Author: Steve Riggins
Jem / Redwalls
I have to say that since the iTunes Music Store happened, I’ve gotten more up to speed with music. With the advent of the Radio Shark, I can listen to the radio, jump back to see who sung a song, or what the title was and get into the loop quicker. With that, I’ve gotten… Continue reading Jem / Redwalls
Episode #005 2005-06-29
I took the time to learn how to make enhanced podcasts. Check out what you can do by listening in iTunes! Listen
Finally! Geeks R Us podcast is submitted
If you’re getting the “We’re having technical difficulties” error while submitting your podcast rss feed to the iTunes music store, don’t you believe it! It is your XML. I use Movable Type to generate my page and it had a bunch of extra namespaces, improper dates, etc that iTunes did not like. I stripped my… Continue reading Finally! Geeks R Us podcast is submitted
Matt reports issue with 1st gen iPod and podcasts
He says he could not stop a sync to his iPod after 30 mins, needed a reboot of the machine, etc. I’ve seen issues like this before podcasting. The Mac gets blown away by the iPod being attached, usually when my iPod is plugged into a hub, or there is a second firewire device also… Continue reading Matt reports issue with 1st gen iPod and podcasts
iPodderX disses iTunes
On the Wizards of Technology, the iPodderX guys said of iTunes, “spent the morning figuring out how it worked and what it did and didn’t do” “figuring out how they got things working and not working, all at the same time” “this isn’t just a competitor picking apart another competitor, I think Apple really rushed… Continue reading iPodderX disses iTunes
Episode #004 2005-06-28
Coverage of podcasting support in iTunes 4.9! Listen
New podcast RSS feed
If you’re interested in listening to my podcasts on your iPod, open iTunes 4.9 and from the Advanced menu, choose “Subscribe to podcast” and then paste in: http://www.geeksrus.com/podcast.xml This will update automatically with just the podcast entries from my blog. And yes, it’s time to start doing these more often 🙂
Apple ships iTunes 4.9, color iPods
Gone are the black and white ipods, all iPods (except the shuffle and minis) are color now. Even bigger news, Apple has shipped iTunes 4.9 with podcasting support. The UI is a little goofy. You go to the iTunes Music Store and subscribe to a podcast there and it is added as a new class… Continue reading Apple ships iTunes 4.9, color iPods
Microsoft at it again: Proposing extension to RSS
Why do I always get the chills when Microsoft proposes an extension to something? This time it is RSS. They want to extend it to handle lists, or e-commerce sites, etc. I wonder which servers will push this new info first? Hmm, let me tap my forehead and think… Now they are working with Winer,… Continue reading Microsoft at it again: Proposing extension to RSS
The Man Song
Thanks to Bisho for this funny song
Of Logitech, Harmony, PCs and Macs
Ok this was too beautiful to not post. I use Macs as people know by now and I’ve been a Mac bigot for a long time. I’m much less of one now, but when something egregious happens, I love to post about it. So I also use the wonderful Harmony remote. The Harmony was bought… Continue reading Of Logitech, Harmony, PCs and Macs
What great adverstising
What great advertising: this gal won a contest where the prize was a $20,000 shopping spree at Bridgeport Village shopping mall. What was the first place she went? The Apple Store. Dropped $3500 on a 15″ PowerBook and related accessories. Of course this was run and aired by one of the most popular pop music… Continue reading What great adverstising
New Apple 23″ Cinema HD!
I finally broke down and picked up a Cinema display (Thanks Simeon!) and it rocks! I posted some pics on my LIving in Oregon album, and here they are as well 🙂
#macintosh represent!
CatCow showed up at PMUG! It was great to see him. Oh, you too, Barry. 😛 Barry cleaned up the picture.
Erick is still demoing Tiger….
for us Americans… (You had to be there )
wifi vs. microwave oven
Update: I turned on “interference robustness” which seemed to make things much better (one short dropout during a 3 min cooking cycle) Update: Well it worked for 2 things cooked, but not the third. The search continues. Update: It seems that changing both the linksys and airport to channel 1 with an increased power signal… Continue reading wifi vs. microwave oven
What a week – Apple, Intel, life
So this week was full of stuff. Apple switching to Intel Pentiums, I’ve kept up my hiking (don’t expect to see any results for several months) and in general, all things still moving forward in a positive karmatic direction. So what do I think about this Macintel thing? This has to be good for Apple.… Continue reading What a week – Apple, Intel, life
Need some AirTunes ideas
Update: I found a solution over at vafer.org My LinkSys WRT54GS just happens to run Sveasoft’s Talisman firmware (1.0.5) and it worked! Sveasoft has come under fire for their GPL practices which I don’t like either, but their firmware is good. For the record, the steps this fellow suggests work fine. I had to ditch… Continue reading Need some AirTunes ideas
of Intel, Dev Kits, features and speed
Folks, I keep getting emails/IMs stating “Macintels run Windows! Apple is supporting…” The speed reports from WWDC and the hardware pictures are useful and cool, but please remember this: The current dev kit hardware has no bearing on what Apple will ship to customers The real machines will have different motherboards, different processors and maybe… Continue reading of Intel, Dev Kits, features and speed