Loving the iPod.
What’s surprised me about it is the way it’s getting used, though. I thought I’d spend a lot of time listening to the ton of music I’ve got, and I do, but I’m predominantly listening to podcasts. I have three sources I’m subscribed to that I listen to regularly: Coverville, The Daily Source Code, and OpenPodcast.org. The last of those is by far the weirdest – it’s an audio version of Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates – a completely random selection of tracks, ranging from a tap-dancing newsreader to sound of the day to lascivious biddies to random in-car waffling … it’s like nothing you’ve ever heard on the radio.
I had a lot of preconceptions about podcasters – self-obsessed individuals spewing forth nonsense – but I hadn’t realised quite how entertaining it can be. It’s also very nice to hear the difference between “noise for fun” and today’s banal selection of commercial radio. I thoroughly recommend it.
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