So, I subscribe and listen to 49 podcasts. (Up until I counted just now, I was saying 30.) Some release content more frequently than others. It’s good background for commuting, playing XBox, working out (I’ve heard), and, depending on concentration requirements, working.
Podcasting has a small audience, although growing, and is usually a labor of love. Unfortunate. The public is missing out big time! Hardly any commercials; solid content on any topic. Radio, in stark contrast, has too many commercials, has dumbed down, generic content I could give a crap about, and the sound quality sucks (if it even comes in at all).
Sometimes the only reward for podcasters is feedback and occasional donations. Unfortunately I should interact more. Everyone might benefit.
Today I was five podcasts deep when, all of the sudden, I realized I was hearing someone reading what I had submitted. It was a comment I had sent in on this episode. 1 minute of fame! Haha. Very cool. My comment was basically “good show”. (A better comment would have included suggestions, but alas, I got nothin.)
The podcast is about being healthy. Since I’m usually buried in tech news, as my waistline can attest, the show increases my health mind share. That increases my chances of making healthy choices. Health isn’t my passion, but the content is worthwhile. You should check it out.
Like a podcast? Tell them!
Listen to Talli and David’s “Being Healthy for Busy People” podcast.
Do you like posting source code samples on your blog?
I wasn’t sure how. I just surrounded it with “<pre>” tags. That works in the basic sense. What about the syntax highlighting and line numbers?
A search of the WordPress FAQ’s revealed this how-to on posting code.
Basically it looks like this. Just tell it what language you’re using.
It also revealed Google’s syntax highlighter for when Javascript libraries are doable.
Pretty simple. Thanks Google and Wordpress.
“What’s up with the flames in your header?”
Beats me. Every time I mix Beer + Internet + Photoshop, something on screen catches fire. Listening to heavy metal probably didn’t help either.
“Hey, you have one of those avatars I’m seeing everywhere. How can I make one?”
If you make your own avatar, post a comment with a link to it here. I’d love to check it out.
Van Turtle Blog Design - Sep 2008