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New podcast for you guys. Not very serious or useful, but rather amusing (at least I thought so). The more exciting thing about this one is the “Podcast Player” I put together. Let me know if you have any problems with the player, and what you think of it, in the comments. And of course, feel free to comment on the podcast itself

We’re a third of the way through October, but where is Apple with the announcement about Leopard? I might not be able to handle the suspense much longer.

(It won’t auto-play, so once it’s done loading and you can see the play and pause buttons, go ahead and click play.)

Download MP3 (1.7mb, 1min26sec)

IE Users: You may have to click the load message to get the Flash to load properly. Working on a fix to this. In the mean time, get a real bowser.

UPDATE: This is a _really_ boring podcast. Don’t listen to it. Seriously. Sorry, to those who already did. So sorry.

Going through this 43 Web Design Mistakes posted on Daily Blog Tips (at least 5 of which aren’t related to design in the least), I find I disagree with a rather large number of them. Overall, it’s a decent list, but I wanted to review the list in a podcast.

Good news, too, I finally figured out how to export an MP3 (although it’s a rather complex process). Apple, get your act together and support MP3 out of GarageBand directly!!!

That said, the Podcast is about 36 minutes long. I have no idea how I let it get so long, but there you have it. As a result the file size is rather large, so it might be a rather unfortunate wait for some of you on slower connections. Most browsers can stream MP3s, however, so you shouldn’t have to wait long.

LISTEN TO PODCAST - 35min48sec
MP3 (28.7MB) | M4A (16.9MB)

By the way, this is quite off-topic, but you should go pick up the new Foo Fighters album in iTunes. Now.

Click here to listen to Audio Blog

Hey guys,
This Audio Blog (I could call it a podcast, I guess, but everyone does that…) is about — you guessed it — legalization of marijuana! Seriously though, it has some really interesting statistics about death rates in America.

I actually recorded this like a week ago, and just haven’t gotten around to putting it up yet. I’ve been procrastinating it because I’ve moved my office to the basement, and I’m using the crappy wireless Internet, and things take ages to upload (or download for that matter).

But something motivated me to post this as soon as possible. My last audio blog (a rant about Cocaine Energy Drink being made illegal) got listened to by the creator of Cocaine, Jamey Kirby, and evidently the entire Redux team! He personally sent me an email! I asked for his permission to post the email on my blog, so if it’s okay by him I’ll have it up soon.

Well, it’s 4:00 AM yet again (I was up til 4 last night, and until 7 the night before…) so I best be off now.

I haven’t really said this before, but to everyone who reads my blog, thank you so much. Tonight’s email from Jamey Kirby made me realize that while I don’t get a lot of traffic here, and sometimes that gets frustrating, I do have a few loyal readers. Many thanks to those, and also to readers who just pop in for certain blogs. I appreciate you guys!

And, yes, I plan on blogging more often now. Truth be told, I was pondering giving up on this thing completely, but not after tonight’s email!! I’m here to stay.

Peace out, guys!

Oh, I almost forgot, here’s the audio file! It’s a WAV…sorry about that, I would like to do it as an MP3 but was having a rough time with it. Next time, hopefully. Enjai.

Click here to listen to Audio Blog

Update: Here’s the email I got from Jamey Kirby, founder and inventor of Cocaine Energy Drink!!!

On Jun 17, 2007, at 1:51 AM, Jamey Kirby wrote:

Dude,

I have been following your blogs on my drink and I appreciate your
effort very much. Tonight we found your latest audio blog. It made us
all (the whole management staff at Redux) very happy. We have sent it
off to various media outlets, the Jay Thomas Show, and several other
radio shows we sometimes work with; I even sent it off to the Daily
Show. I have no idea if any of them will use it, but it was so good I
had to give it a shot.

Other partners have sent your message to their congressmen and all of
their friends and contacts. We all want to thank you very much.

Oh, I am Jamey, the founder and inventor of the brand. I too was a nerd.
A year and a half ago I sold my interest in a software company I started
7 years ago and chose to use the funds to make this energy drink (along
with the funds of some of my friends). I developed device drivers for
the Windows platform mostly; file systems, filters, backup, and other
storage related system level components.

I am having a party at my home in San Diego on Saturday June 23rd. If
you are interested in coming I can send you the details. It will be a
hodge-podge of nerds, rock stars, and business people. You are very
welcome to come.

Regards,

Jamey Kirby
Senior Partner/Founder
Redux beverages, LLC
www.drinkcocaine.com

Click here to listen to Audio Blog

Click here to download Legalize Cocaine (MP3 Audio, 8:13, 7.6MB)

Can you Digg it?

The FDA has banned the energy drink known as Cocaine, saying they are “illegally marketing the drink as an alternative to street drugs.” The message is quite clear: there shall be absolutely no competing with street drugs! The FDA does not want ANY ALTERNATIVES to street drugs! There is NO reason why you should do anything BESIDES street drugs, and anything that markets itself as such IS VIOLATING FDA CODE!

Alcoholics Anonymous is to be considered a terrorist group from this point forward. All anti-drug campaigns suggesting things you should do besides drugs are illegal and must be immediately shut down. All products promoting themselves as anything other than a street drug at all is now illegal. DO NOT turn to support groups; DO NOT turn to your parents; DO NOT use Nicarette patches instead of cigarettes; DO NOT advocate exercise, creativity, thought, expression, or anything at all in the place of drug use; for if you do any of these the FDA will deem it harmful to America.

This is not freedom. This is the mark of oppression. This is completely unconstitutional. This goes against all logic. This is completely against what America should be in so many ways. This is counter-productive. This is downright insane.

No, America is not a free country. America is a place where you may have the ability to do many things that you can’t in other nations; you may be given a little bit more lenience when it comes to disagreeing with the government; and you may have a better opportunity at living a great life than perhaps anywhere else in the world. But the fact remains: if you cross the people with money; if you violate the financial interests of those in power; if you create anything that crosses the line, that demonstrates any of your supposed freedoms, then you are done.

The FDA has crossed the line here, as they have so many times before. How can I call myself American? I do not support these laws, and I will not obey them for their own sake.

UPDATE: A lot of people seem to think I’m getting far too upset over a simple energy drink. Please understand, the energy drink specifically is not the issue here. I’m sure the energy drink formerly known as Cocaine will rebrand, and they have gotten so much publicity out of this ordeal that their sales will be drastically improved. For them, this is a good thing.

But that’s not what I’m griping about. This is about our freedom. The FDA has openly outlawed something so simple and basic! This violates freedom of speech, freedom of press, and goes against freedom in general. I believe this is an open declaration of War on Freedom.

Click here to download Legalize Cocaine (MP3 Audio, 8:13, 7.6MB)