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A new report shows that the use of podcasting will grow 101% per year until the year 2010. It is estimated that 60 million Americans will listen to podcasts by 2010. Going from less than 15% of portable digital music player owners to 75% in the next 5 years.

In other news, because of my recent post about a local podcast, I was interviewed by the Cincinnati Enquirer.

While at work in Middletown, computer software developer David Breyer likes to download “podcasts” - audio files to play on his iPod digital music player - for his 45-minute commute home to Kenwood.

Usually he listens to discussions about computer technology in his Hyundai Elantra, but in recent weeks he’s loaded a podcast of Channel 9’s noon news, the first Cincinnati TV station to offer such digital-audio files published on the Internet.

“I listen to it mostly to hear the weather,” says Breyer, 30, who bought his iPod in February.

You can, and should, read the full text of Can’t stay up for the news? Podcasting offers alternative at the Cincinnati Enquirer’s site. I later found out that the reporter that interviewed me, who is from Middletown, Ohio, actually went to school with someone I work with. Truly a small world after all.

I will also take this time to announce that Derek Reynolds and I are currently working on our own podcast. Working being a relative term. Trying to find the time to sit down and record something is a challenge. It was delayed for the past week, while I tried to setup the recording environment. Well here’s to hoping we have something out by next week. In the mean time, try listening to The Adventures of Superman or vote on what OTR (old time radio) show I should podcast next.

I told Bryan Sime I would post a list of OTR broadcasts I have on MP3. I recently starting podcasting the Adventures of Superman, a radio show that started in 1939. Of which I probably have more than a thousand episodes.

List of OTR programs:

• CBS Radio Mystery Theatre - 100’s and 100’s, don’t ask me to count them. They encompass 20 CDs.
• Superman - 6 CDs
• The Whistler - 3 CDs
• The Sealed Book - 26 episodes
• Lights Out - 30 episodes
• Weird Circle - 77 episodes
• CBS Radio Adventure Theatre - 50 episodes
• Nero Wolfe - 23 episodes
• Quiet Please - 88 episodes
• Inner Sanctum - 76 episodes
• Suspense - 8 CDs

Since so many people shown interest in the Superman podcast, I thought I could put another OTR show up on podcast. Let me know if anyone has a suggestion.

I setup a podcast of the original 1939 radio broadcast of Superman. Each day I will add the next installment of The Adventures of Superman. Each episode is roughly 10-15 minutes. Superman aired from 1939 to 1946. The format is MP3, and they sound good given the age of the recording.

You do not need podcasting software to listen to them. You can manually download each episode. But a better idea would be to get iPodder (or another podcasting client.)

Click here to subscribe to this old time radio podcast.

Received late last night/this morning…not sure.

Systm Episode 2!

We are pleased to announce the release of Systm episode #2! This time
we feature a how-to on the popular open source based PVR software,
MythTV. MythTV brings you the ease-of-use of a TiVo and the flexibility
of a ReplayTV without any associated monthly service fees. We use the
bootable Linux-based OS, KnoppMyth, to demonstrate just how easy it is
to install, configure, and ultimately enjoy!

Don’t forget to download our first Systm episode, “Building A War Spying
Box,” if you haven’t done so already. It features the first ever
handheld auto-switching war spying device (links available at systm.org).

Episode #2 Links
(BitTorrent required for download – www.bittorrent.com):

Large Format
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(198 MB) Windows Media

(198 MB) XviD

(191 MB) H.264 Quicktime

(230 MB) Ogg Theora

Small Format
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(111 MB) h.264 Quicktime

(120 MB) Ogg Theora

(98 MB) Windows Media

(107 MB) XviD

First one was good. I can’t wait until they are released on a regular schedule.

Posing with Pat and Leo

Originally uploaded by eberry.

First interweek episode of TWIT has been released.

I plan on listening to it on the drive to work.

Bruce and Dave acting cool.

Originally uploaded by eberry.

The good news: G4 finally gets a personality.

The bad news: It was only temporary.

For one night only Bruce Campbell joined Attack of the Show to pimp his new book, Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way.

Thanks anyway Bruce, but I learned all I need to know about love making from Army of Darkness and Bubba Ho-tep.

Learn more about the man, the myth, the legend at http://bruce-campbell.com.

Old Glory flies over rows of graves

Originally uploaded by eberry.

I decided to visit the Veteran’s Memorial in Middletown, Ohio.

See the entire photo set here.

Our local channel 9, WCPO in Cincinnati, has made available their afternoon newscast available as a podcast. This is obviously intended as a test of the technology and hopefully more will follow. I have only one request, make the URI for the feed bigger. I scanned the page several times for the podcast feed only to find it’s hidden in 6 pt font.

E.W. Scripps, the owner of WCPO, has recently made a move to distribute content via the web. It’s new Living.com is a new all-video Web site that will use programming from its Food Network, Fine Living, HGTV and DIY Network brands, as well as new clips.

The BBC has made available online five new Sherlock Holmes tales, to either read or listen to. Interestingly they provided PDA versions, including PRC, PDB, and LIT formats, but no PDF version. If you are like me and read PDF files on your PocketPC, you can go to the Printer-friendly page and print them using your own PDF creation software. Such as PDFCreator, which is available for free.

Enterprise let you down? Long for the days of DS9? Well so did these people. Star Trek Hidden Frontier was created by fans, and it shows. The acting needs improvement, the sets are grainy images, and apparently the Atkins diet is not in the Star Fleet database, but the plot is superior to Enterprise. By a long shot. The best part is they are currently in the 5th season, so there is lots to watch. I have watched the first season and the story line is fairly impressive (thanks to writer Rob Caves), and the actors really put in a tremendous effort. Considering this is provided for free, I really can’t complain.

If you can get used to the constantly changing cast then you should check this out. What happened to the original Robin Lefler?

Anyway, check out Star Trek Hidden Frontier at http://www.hiddenfrontier.org.