Archive for July, 2006

Blacknight Solutions sponsor web hosting for An Lionra Soisialta

July 26, 2006

Heartfelt thanks to Michele Neylon, CEO of Blacknight Solutions who has graciously offered to sponsor web hosting for An Lionra Soisialta.
Go raibh maith agat!

How to Podcast: Fully Mobile

July 26, 2006

Here’s another one in the “How to Podcast” series. Follow the photo to Flickr for a description of podcasting on the move, and a discussion on how to avoid clipping distortion.

Public Service Podcasting

July 25, 2006

Paul Browne made some very kind comments about An tImeall some time ago.  I didn’t respond at the time - mostly because I was on a blogging go-slow due to moving house - but also because - well, let me get to that in a minute.
Can I give my TV Licence fee to An tImeall? In [...]

Being a peasant is nothing to be ashamed of. Being ignorant is nothing to be proud of.

July 20, 2006

Richard Waghorne derides the Irish language and Irish folk music as “peasant“.  As if their worth was somehow diminished by that classification?
Richard’s a cultured type of fellow, you know.  His references and allusions are impeccable, his shibboleths carefully rehearsed.  It’s all about projecting the right image: in with the in-crowd, running with the pack, toe the party [...]

Driving Under the Influence of OPML

July 12, 2006

The audience for podcasts in the Irish language is small, relatively speaking.  So you’d think I would have more sense than to reduce it even further by going all geeky and talking about outlines, OPML and open directories?  You would, wouldn’t you?
I think this is the strangest podcast I’ve done.  Driving around Ennis, getting my car NCT’d, [...]

How to Podcast

July 2, 2006

Today is the anniversary of my first podcast and, to celebrate, I’m beginning a series of posts on this blog on the technical side of podcasting.  I don’t claim to have all the answers on this, but I hope to encourage a dialogue which will help me as well as others.
To get the ball rolling, [...]