I’ve been looking to my stats, and the music category is the most visited. it was time to automate some functions, so I was searching for how this podcast thing works, and now I got it.
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podcast is a way to automatically download and listen to audio files from the web. yeah, the name says podcast just because ipod brought the technology into light, but you don’t have to own one to use it. any regular connection works (you are online, aren’t you?)
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so, to automatically download and listen to the songs I offer here (and even sync to your ipod, if, if), just follow these steps:
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1. download and install ipodder. it’s free + open source, and works on mac, pc, linux and even pocket pc!
   

2. open ipodder, open the subscriptions tab, and click on the green plus sign.
   
   it will open the add a feed prompt.

3. on the URL field, type http://blog.nonlinearmatters.com/cat/music/feed/ (better yet, copy it and paste there). save.
4. click on the blue button, the check selected feed one.
   
   it’ll download any song I link from the music category, and export it to your itunes.

5. from there, you can either listen it right away or sync the mp3s to your ipod (if, if).
6. and yeah, the ipodder does more than download the songs I show you, but a lot of other nice podcasts out there! II’m still new with this podcast stuff, but two feeds that got me are 2600 [ http://www.2600.com/rss.xml ] and comic geek [ http://www.bryandeemer.com/cgs/rss.xml ].

adobe to buy macromedia?
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i remember when adobe stopped playing nice and sued macromedia for the interface solution they “borrowed”… mainly tool tabs…
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after that, macromedia’s tool tabs became less flexible to move around, but somewhat easier to stack together.
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thinking of it, a user-centered flash version would be a boon… although less competition can’t be good for the market.

getting organized
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in this week alone, i started three new projects. all easy and fun, but I can be overwelmed by small details (i’m an ADHD-type person, and i’m more confortable with abstract concepts than with this cold hash reality, sniff!).
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so i built this calendar, to be printed (and cut in half, and glued together) and shown poster-like, so you can write down every new appointment or timeframe and consult it to get organized.
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BTW, this flashpaper was made on a mac, thanks to contribute 3.
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I don’t give a flying fuck for contribute features - to depend your project updates on a corporate communications system is simply insanity for my open source tastes - but flashpaper (macromedia’s solution for adobe acrobat, give or take) is da bomb!

“In cyber-space, no one can hear you scheme”

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jim hill, regarding diebold’s systems @ john perry barlow’s blog

just say know
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responsible shopper bring you a lot of information about companies… just type in the name and read critics and praises about it’s policies.
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ignorance is no excuse, so.

thresholds II
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I bought a powerbook 12″, with superdrive. It’s the first time I use a top of the line computer.
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It’s not that fast (i don’t mind it, I don’t buy the fast = productivity myth) but it’s very responsive.
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before it, my workload should respect the bload programs, one at a time. now, I can afford to have 2, 3 big programs open, and concentrate on each task .
usually, my chain is corel draw (design), photoshop or flash (adjustements) and dreamweaver (presentation, upload). for each step.
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and even if my computer can handle al ot of programs open, my attention span doesn’t, so the hide command (command+H) saves me (my computer doesn’t have to redraw all windows, and I don’t have to reopen the program at every turn).
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and just to be geeky, I found a code that makes the hidden program icon slightly transparent on the dock, just for fun:
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you go to terminal and type defaults write com.apple.dock showhidden -bool true, and then you restart the dock, with killall Dock.