Comments on: Podcasting and Bittorrent Unite http://erikras.com/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: erik http://erikras.com/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-733 erik Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:03:23 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-733 I love how you refer to Stephen Colbert as "meta-ironic spinoff". :-) I fear that Prison Break might have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark" rel="nofollow">jumped the shark</a> this week (S02E22). If they can't pull out of the tail-spin they left the last episode in, it's going to slide into the nonsensical conspiracy garbage that X-Files became in its last few years. I love how you refer to Stephen Colbert as “meta-ironic spinoff”. :-)

I fear that Prison Break might have jumped the shark this week (S02E22). If they can’t pull out of the tail-spin they left the last episode in, it’s going to slide into the nonsensical conspiracy garbage that X-Files became in its last few years.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://erikras.com/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-732 sgazzetti Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:34:05 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-732 Checking back in. A few weeks later, I've finally gotten around to looking into this, and after only a little bit of fiddling around with the feeds, I have it all configured. I am stunned. As a relative newcomer to Bittorrent, I still think it's amazing to be able find nearly anything you want with a little poking, and then to download it with some patience and further poking both before and after. But to have this automated just blows me away. It's like the difference between bookmarks and using a feedreader. I am loving it already. Your post is going to get me watching favorites I've been too lazy to track down on a daily basis (like "The Daily Show" and its meta-ironic spinoff). You also got us into "Prison Break". Our deep thanks on all counts! Checking back in. A few weeks later, I’ve finally gotten around to looking into this, and after only a little bit of fiddling around with the feeds, I have it all configured. I am stunned. As a relative newcomer to Bittorrent, I still think it’s amazing to be able find nearly anything you want with a little poking, and then to download it with some patience and further poking both before and after. But to have this automated just blows me away. It’s like the difference between bookmarks and using a feedreader. I am loving it already. Your post is going to get me watching favorites I’ve been too lazy to track down on a daily basis (like “The Daily Show” and its meta-ironic spinoff). You also got us into “Prison Break”. Our deep thanks on all counts!

]]> By: erik http://erikras.com/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-731 erik Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:17:14 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-731 I've done the iSquint+iPod thing too. If iSquint wasn't so slow (at least 2 minutes of conversion time for 1 minute of video), it would be a lot better. Thanks for the insightful, on-topic, and interesting comment. It's always fun to get good comments from strangers. :-) P.S. iSquint has to be one of my favorite product names. For those of you that aren't familiar with it, it's a video conversion tool to let you put any video format on your iPod. I’ve done the iSquint+iPod thing too. If iSquint wasn’t so slow (at least 2 minutes of conversion time for 1 minute of video), it would be a lot better.

Thanks for the insightful, on-topic, and interesting comment. It’s always fun to get good comments from strangers. :-)

P.S. iSquint has to be one of my favorite product names. For those of you that aren’t familiar with it, it’s a video conversion tool to let you put any video format on your iPod.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://erikras.com/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-730 sgazzetti Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:16:17 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-730 Thanks so much for posting about this. I've been using Bittorrent for only about a year now, and for the same reason you cite: to stay caught up with U.S./Canadian/U.K. television. We use a video iPod docked to the TV for viewing (and converting with iSquint the quality is on par with cable). I'd dabbled a little with Democracy but was too lazy to invest the time in figuring it out. Now I will. Thanks again. Thanks so much for posting about this. I’ve been using Bittorrent for only about a year now, and for the same reason you cite: to stay caught up with U.S./Canadian/U.K. television. We use a video iPod docked to the TV for viewing (and converting with iSquint the quality is on par with cable). I’d dabbled a little with Democracy but was too lazy to invest the time in figuring it out. Now I will. Thanks again.

]]> By: Uncle Steve http://erikras.com/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-729 Uncle Steve Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:23:47 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/03/14/podcasting-and-bittorrent-unite/#comment-729 It'll be the future of television when you can to to one web site, check off the ones you want, and just be notified that they're there (on your own computer), ready to be clicked on and watched at the user's leisure. Until then, its just a possibility of the future of television.... Haven't software and media companies yet learned that you have to make things trivially simple for the masses? It’ll be the future of television when you can to to one web site, check off the ones you want, and just be notified that they’re there (on your own computer), ready to be clicked on and watched at the user’s leisure. Until then, its just a possibility of the future of television….

Haven’t software and media companies yet learned that you have to make things trivially simple for the masses?

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