iPodder 1.0 released

iPodder, the cross-platform Podcast receiver.
So the question is, what is a Podcast?. The answer: An audio bloggers wet dream.

Someone needs to make something like this for the video blogging community. I know, i know, people are working on it but we don’t have a dominant video device with the market share of the iPod yet (and that is a requirement).

Howard writes about how text messaging is changing the face of world politics

TheFeature :: Political Texting: SMS and Elections
From the article:
Texting and electoral politics are the strange bedfellows of the 21st century. The use of SMS for political action is only in its infancy, but has already enabled citizens to topple governments and tip elections from Manila to Madrid. The electoral power of texting could be an early indicator of future social upheaval: whenever people gain the power to organize collective action on new scales, in new places, at new tempos, with groups they had not been able to organize before, societies and civilizations change.

Konscious Convention Broadcast

Konscious.TV Konscious Convention
A bit of blatant self promotion. Monday and Tuesday night we will be broadcasting on MNN (Time Warner channel 34 in Manhattan) and streaming online from within Madison Square Garden during the Republican National Convention as well as from a couple of spots around the city. All of the camera people will be using the Interactive Tele-Journalism system for a truely engaging interactive television experience. Check it out!!!

Bikes Against Bush creator arrested during interview

NYC IMC: feature/106015
Josh arrested while demonstrating his polictically motivated bicycle to Ron Reagan. Talk about ridiculous arrests, his bike sprays chalk messages on the street/sidewalk. A little water and the message is erased. Are they going to start arresting kids who draw hopscotch squares on the sidewalk?

A snippet of what is to come for Forbes readers..


Yahoo! News – Is TV Next?

They say that the internet is a “problem” for TV.. Hmmn, I would welcome a bit of a shake up, perhaps only those companies willing to embrace the technology and social power of the internet will survive. Wouldn’t that be nice..
From the article:
The problem is, the Internet is one big dumb pipe. It doesn’t know or care whether it is carrying a Web page, a phone call or a sitcom. It’s a pipe, in other words, perfectly designed for whacking established industries over the head.

Early Bicycle Transmitter

Here is what might have been the first bicycle transmitter
From the site:
Here is what might have been the first bicycle transmitter, a “breadboard” model I built in 1938.† I am shown “tuning up”†the rig, with two†grade school friends looking on.¬† I used a type 30 oscillator, another 30 for the modulator, and two 45 volt “B” batteries in series. The antenna was my fishing rod.

FM Broadcasting from your computer

All about FM radio – Schematics, KITs, FM transmitters, digital transmitters and RDS encoders from PCS Electronics
From the site:
PCI MAX 2004 is a computer card that will change the way you listen to your MP3’s or other audio via PC. It will effectively change your PC into a FM radio station. You will be able to play your audio files (CD, wav, MP3, real audio etc.) from your PC through radio waves directly to your household radio receiver in the next room, in the living room, across your yard, in whole block of flats….or for the entire village/small city. I repeat, you need just an ordinary radio receiver to receive your signal. The included software (also available at the link below for a quick DL) lets you set the frequency and the output power. You can either service your living room, garden or an entire community. Get rid of these pesky cables!