http://www.osnews.com/story/21330/Episode_5_Can_t_Do_Mental_Arithmetic_Edition Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:08:21 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?359202 http://osnews.com/thread?359202 PLEASE stop breathing into the mic. Listen to the podcast and you will hear EXACTLY what I mean. The wind tunnel sound is charming for exactly 0.001 seconds.

Thank you. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (grimman) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359209 http://osnews.com/thread?359209 Thanks for this guys,its really good ...

but, a note on the file encoding. If its going to be in mono, you probably wouldn't have lost any sound quality by encoding at 64kbps rather than the 118kbps you actually used.
A 25MB download would have been better for your bandwidth. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Willstuppence) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359218 http://osnews.com/thread?359218 I exported using 96Kbs (variable). I thought this would be low-enough given mp3 quality, and the music bits too (I'm new to podcasting stuff). As I was in a massive rush to get the show out, I didn't have time to play with encoding settings, but if you think 64 kbps will suffice, I'll give it a try on Monday. Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kroc) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359334 http://osnews.com/thread?359334 I enjoy listening to your Podcasts. The small audio problems are clearing up, and it's interesting to hear the two of you discuss the issues here at OS news. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Coffee) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359336 http://osnews.com/thread?359336 Well that’s the first time I’ve ever been congratulated by a cup of coffee! Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kroc) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359361 http://osnews.com/thread?359361 Title says it all. OSNews has a theme tune! hehe

Sam Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (samw) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359362 http://osnews.com/thread?359362 http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=31676&doy=19m4&...

Or similar should sort you out

Sam Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (samw) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359631 http://osnews.com/thread?359631 For some reason the feed wouldn't update and download the new episode, I had to remove the osnews feed and resubscribe. This happened both in iTunes and in Rhythmbox. Anyone else have this happen? Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359632 http://osnews.com/thread?359632 Very nice job on this episode guys.
Just one thing... Thom, you might want to move the Mic a bit further away from your mouth. It sounded like it was resting just a bit too close to your face, and you ended up breathing pretty hard into it. It wasn't that bad, but it was noticeable. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359659 http://osnews.com/thread?359659 mp3's for podcasts are boring. What about full video? Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Abrahamic_Unity) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?359826 http://osnews.com/thread?359826 And the benefit of all that bandwidth just to see our flappy gab-boxes would be?? A video requires your attention, when there's nothing we're doing that visually requires any attention. With an MP3 you can listen to it whilst doing any number of different things. Our podcast is meant to be consumed more like radio, then it is TV.

If you really need pictures, turn on the iTunes visualiser Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kroc) Comments