Brian Greene

On order from my telco is a w800i Sony Walkman phone.. it has 512MB on duo card for memory; good reports of sound quality; good reports on extended batt life in flight mode; FM radio wth RDS; 2MPix camera wth flash;

I could do a lot of this on my XDAii incl podcatching on board and a wide range of winCE application, including gprs realmedia streaming of air america radio, sadly it cost €50 an hour is tariffs just to hear 20Kbits of radio, alas my XDA is dead and the ransom fee for repair is not justifiable as of yet. If w800i had wifi, now that would be cool; I’ll see how far I can push harrold bluetooth for OTA data on the sony. And I wonder if there are DRM issues with w800i;

snipped from http://peterchen.members.grokthis.net/research

a number of interesting relationships between audience size and show characteristics are examined. Some key findings include:

* Episode frequency exerts a strong influence on audience size, with the release of daily episodes demonstrating the highest average audience size. Presently, most shows are produced on a weekly basis,
* There are few specific production-side determinants on popularity (including production time per episode), with the exception of collaborative shows, where there is a significant positive correlation between the number of staff or collaborators and show popularity, and
* There appears to be an emerging negative relationship within the podcasting production community between the prevalence of shows in some genres and lower average audience sizes. While this relationship is not significant, it may indicate that the market in some genres is saturating and further efforts need to be undertaken to expand the overall size of the market.

In the final discussion, some additional comments are provided on issues of copyright and other legal concerns, policy considerations to address gender inequality, and questions associated with definitional inspecificity.

I heard it reported on RTE 2FM that the average Dublin commute time is 54 minutes according to the CSO. So if podcasts are tailored to suit average commute times, Dublin podcasters beware.

“Dubliners love their cars” the commute time has also expanded because of the widening of the commuter belt as the celtic tiger got fat, people also like to drive slowly at rush hour(s) as they are reluctant to arrive at their destination and drivers are so backlogged with podcasts they need to stay in traffic longer (by using roundabouts repeatedly). Commuter Action Front denied that the average journey time increase on daily commutes had anything to do with road transport policy at Government level. The doubling in width of the bridge at the west link toll plaza’s has allowed north bound tailbacks see southbound tailback and vice versa, this has had a calming effect on the daily commuter as they can now see that its not just them in gridlock. Efforts to increase transport spending in this country has been welcomed by Construction Site Spotters Ireland who have been photographing and counting (known as logging) traffic cones on Dublin’s N32 M50 interchange in recent months.

The barricading of the control rooms of two ships by Irish Ferries workers should be fully supported by all working class people. This battle is not just about defending 543 trade union jobs. This is now the biggest issue in the country and is relevant to all workers. Other companies are watching and egging on Irish Ferries. This is a battle against forced competition between workers and a “race to the bottom” that will create poverty conditions for all workers and super profits for the bosses. These policies of capitalist globalisation must be fought otherwise they will spread like a disease.. more

The IIA podcast has been launched. You can hear the full proceedings of the Irish Internet Association & CheetahMail Net Visionary Awards Winners 2005 on the podcast. The feed for the podcast is at http://www.netvisionary.ie/rss.xml or you can listen to the MP3 here.

The podcast was recorded and built by doop.ie and will also feature future conferences and talks given by the IIA from various locations around the country.

I was interviewed live on Near FM yesterday re podcasting and the representative body we are setting up. The show is called ‘Majority World’
here is a link to the interview

show ten is now out. click here 2 hear

SHOW NOTES
more memories.. [01:06]
rant on builders [01:39]
rant about irish ferries lock in [06:12]
Podsafe [08:31]
Pod Rep Bod [14:30]
Near FM Interview [17:05]
from my blogs [17:50]
I LOVE RADIO – part 2 [35.38]
me at 15 on NDCR
Radio Dublin Dusty Trail
Radio Sweden SCDXers / MediaScan
Lord Haw Haw + FGTH
BLB – Shout to the top
ends [51:04]

Severe Weather Warning for Snow: Frequent snow showers are likely to
give accumulations of between 3 and 8 cm below 250 metres during the
period 1200 hours Thursday to 2400 hours Friday in counties Donegal,
Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and parts of Cavan. Strong to gale force
Northerly winds will occur during the same period, giving blizzard
conditions at times and causing some drifting.

Bob Marley is back with a new song Slogans, It is believed Marley recorded the song in a Miami bedroom in 1979. The tapes were kept at Marley’s mother’s house and last year the reggae legend’s sons Stephen and Ziggy revisited the acoustic demo. In 2005, Stephen overdubbed the tracks with other instruments, including guitar by Eric Clapton. Stephen and Ziggy produced “Slogans” specifically for the release of Africa Unite: The Singles Collection (Island/Tuff Gong/UMe), released November 8, 2005.
BHG rating *****[5]

Colm Keena writes in the Irish Times

The filings indicate the multinational’s effective tax rate has dropped from 39 per cent to 31 per cent, indicating it is saving approximately ?100 million a year in taxes via its Irish business.

“This is primarily because proportionately more of our earnings in 2005 compared to 2004 are expected to be recognised by our Irish subsidiary, and such earnings are taxed at a lower statutory tax rate (12.5 per cent) than in the US (35 per cent),” according to the document.

Welcome to Ireland, Cead Mile tax loop holes. (for the rich businesses and their owners)