The new soon to be ‘rock’ radio station from Dublin Phantom FM are podcasting pre broadcast. the rss feed is at http://phantomfm.libsyn.com/rss for the moment there is some talk shows that will fill the feed, ‘The Two Petes Talk Rubbish’ sits very well in the podcast arena, but the rock station will come into its…
skys the limit
Its budget day bonanza time. I woke to this ominous sky this morning, 8.20am Baldoyle (the pink is pollution) . BIFFO has a bag full of money to give away. as you digest the data from the budget, 3 things 1. google save $100M with our generous tax system 2. its not stud farmers or…
Jesus Jones
this Christmas like others before the race is on to get the best lights up on yer house. Its a ‘keeping up with the jones’s’ that has ESB network draining of power. Think of the extra light pollution, if there was a second coming would we find 3 wise men, would they find a star…
Live on NPR Tonight: Sinead O’Connor in Concert
Once one of pop music’s most distinctive and controversial stars, Sinead O’Connor returns for a night of Jamaican roots music with reggae legends Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, live from Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club. Hear their full concert stream on NPR.org tonight, Tuesday, Dec. 6 beginning at approximately 8:45 p.m. EST. [1:45am Dublin] O’Connor is…
Swiss Roll
FT reports: Swisscom’s chairman and chief executive on Monday accused the government of political interference and warned of resignations if the crisis at the Swiss telecoms company was not resolved swiftly. The attack came as Swisscom confirmed it had broken off take-over talks with Eircom of Ireland following last month’s surprise veto by Bern on…
w800i podcatcher
I got my w800i sony walkman phone today; the day meteor messed up credit control, blocked my phone & over charged me. You see the postal service is being run down so much that the lag time between bill arriving and cheques arriving is so expanded up to 16 days that monthly billing is running…
walkman back to happiness. w800i
On order from my telco is a w800i Sony Walkman phone.. it has 512MB on duo card for memory; good reports of sound quality; good reports on extended batt life in flight mode; FM radio wth RDS; 2MPix camera wth flash; I could do a lot of this on my XDAii incl podcatching on board…
Podcasting Research
snipped from http://peterchen.members.grokthis.net/research a number of interesting relationships between audience size and show characteristics are examined. Some key findings include: * Episode frequency exerts a strong influence on audience size, with the release of daily episodes demonstrating the highest average audience size. Presently, most shows are produced on a weekly basis, * There are few…
car, 54, where r u
I heard it reported on RTE 2FM that the average Dublin commute time is 54 minutes according to the CSO. So if podcasts are tailored to suit average commute times, Dublin podcasters beware. “Dubliners love their cars” the commute time has also expanded because of the widening of the commuter belt as the celtic tiger…