I’m going to try something new. Rather than just posting links to stories I’ve completed on this blog, I want to leverage some of the power of the internet to better tell a story. One of the hardest things to learn as a journalist is how to whittle a lot of information into a small […]
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What’s up with Twitter – or why there should be limits to social networking
During my teenage years, I spent a lot of time hanging out on bulletin board systems and the Cleveland Freenet system. I’m no stranger to meeting people online. But a few years ago a friend sent me a link to Friendster. I signed up, posted some interests, linked to a few friends, and then couldn’t […]
COPA struck down
Back in the late 90s, it was considered trendy to pass legislation that would protect “the children” from “objectionable” material online. Never mind the fact that those laws were usually written in such a way that they would limit adults from accessing all sorts of content online. We’re not just talking about skeezy guys with […]
You can’t believe everything you read on blogs
If you’re thinking to yourself, that doesn’t look like a map of Paris, you’re right. We ran into a few issues on our way to France, and wound up canceling our European vacation for a local vacation in our own backyard. After spending about 7 hours on the phone trying to convince U.S. Airways that […]
A few quick updates
We’re heading to Paris tomorrow for our honeymoon. Nevermind the fact that we got married 7 months ago. The stars have finally aligned properly. So there won’t be any updates to the blog for a week or so. But I did run across a couple of useful resources for anyone who’s been keeping tabs on […]
Zoom H-4 review: a reporter’s recorder
Well, I’ve had my Zoom H-4 for a few days now, and I think it’s fair to say this is one heck of a portable audio recorder for the price. I picked mine up for about $260 from an electronics dealer through Amazon, and I paid another $30 for a 2GB SD card, which will […]
A warning on wireless video senders
Our home personal video recorder setup started out simple enough. When we found out we had free cable in our last apartment, I convinced Farrah that the only way to take advantage of it was to buy a TiVo. So we used that for a while, but it was only hooked up to the television […]
Internet Radio in Jeopardy
Last week I wrote up a post on Download Squad about a ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board that could put small webcasters out of business. And when I say small, I mean groups like Pandora, Last.fm, Radio Paradise, and probably most of the music streams you can find on Shoutcast or similar services. The […]
Google Juice
In the brief period that this blog has been around, most of its traffic has come from people looking for information about PDAs, the Zoom H4 recorder, or in at least one case, my Karaoke Revolution: American Idol review. But overall, it’s not like there’s been a ton of traffic on this site. That said, […]
How I recovered Built-in storage that had disappeared on my PDA
Let me start by saying I have a Dell Axim X50v running Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. This fix will not necessarily work for other devices, but hopefully I can help you figure out a similar solution. So first, let’s define the problem. Many PDAs running WM2003SE and earlier have two types of internal memory: […]
Gambling in Pennsylvania
Oh the perils of a new blog. I’d made a mental note when I started writing this blog that I’d make a point of putting up links to any stories I do that air nationally. The story I’m working on right now won’t air for a couple of weeks, but it just occurred to me […]
Zoom H-4: first impressions
My Zoom H-4 came today. I really wasn’t expecting it for a few more days, but since I’ve got an interview tomorrow I thought I’d put it through some paces this evening to decide if I should take it with me in the morning. I’ll have a much more detailed review up soon, but since […]
Coming soon: Zoom H4 review
Well, I bit the bullet and ordered a new flash recorder today. I went with the Samson Zoom H4. It should be here within the next few days, but I might not get around to posting my thoughts until we get back from Paris. I’ve been working in radio since 2000, although my experience with […]
Is it wrong to share something I wrote myself in my link blog?
So I was just zipping through my feeds in Google Reader, and on an impulse, I clicked “share” on a story that I’d written up for Download Squad. That means it’ll show up in the little box on the right-hand side of this page title “link blog.” This box is for sharing things I find […]