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Comment on Echo 43 – Echo In Echo by Shawno

Shawno — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:46:29 +0000

Now that you’ve been to Echo, OR, you should try and visit Romeoville, IL.

Comment on Echo 42 – San Francisco Transit. Show Notes by Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:33:18 +0000

Yeah the BART ticket system isn’t the best for one-off trips. It’s designed more that you store a value on your ticket and you top up the same ticket as required – almost like a paper-based prepaid smartcard. They had their Sydney-style ticket barriers long before Sydney – since the late 70s at least.

Do you know if they have smartcard ticketing there?I thought the same company that was doing Sydney’s smartcard had already done one for San Francisco?

Cheers…

Comment on Echo 41 – San Francisco Protest by Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head

Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:01:43 +0000

Let’s hope that what Jesus saves wasn’t at one of the banks that went under!

Those “Raging Grannies” are entertaining. Clever, and snarky. I bet hanging out with them would be fun.

Comment on Echo 41 – San Francisco Protest by Shawno

Shawno — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:42:52 +0000

A protest in San Francisco? Imagine that. Funny that Jesus was around again for you, Erk. Too bad he split before you could find out which bank he uses.

Comment on Echo 40 – Blue Line Train (LA). Show Notes by Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head

Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:17:59 +0000

I think I’m just going to have to record something for you, explaining the Spanish. Writing is going to take too long!

Comment on Echo 40 – Blue Line Train (LA). Show Notes by Shawno

Shawno — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:13:57 +0000

Don’t be fooled, Erk. In some places in the U.S. (such as Compton) it’s likely that someone would be shot for an iPod. It’s funny that you mentioned Compton. I was going to warn you to stay away from there ’cause I know it’s relatively close to LAX. But riding the train through shouldn’t be a problem. Just don’t get off at the station.

Here’s a tip: If you’ve got an audio file with information that’s panned hard left/right, you can actually transcode that file from stereo to mono, and the audio will now be heard on both the left and right channels. I know it sounds counter intuitive. But doing this basically flattens the stereo image to one channel, and then the device reading the file (iPod, computer, etc.) sends the same information to both the left and right speakers. It’s not a true stereo image, but at least it’s not being sent to only one speaker. I actually transcoded Erk Pod 176 to mono so it’d be easier to listen to on headphones.

Comment on Echo 39 – Erk Goes Geocaching by Shawno

Shawno — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:35:17 +0000

Interesting stuff, guys. Funny that non-geocachers are called Muggles. Surprised to see in Jen’s comments that she’d be interested in geocaching. I would be, too. Good thing she and I can communicate through the comment section on this site instead of actually talking to each other. That being said, we do have a hand held GPS device. Maybe we should give geocaching a go some day.

Comment on Echo 39 – Erk Goes Geocaching by Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head

Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:22:47 +0000

What an exciting episode!

The whole time, I was wondering “Are they going to find it?” I also enjoyed the background noises, especially the little chirping birdies.

Listening to this makes me want to give geocaching a try myself. I must remember to bring my inhaler.

Comment on Echo 37 & 38 – Mr Shed (parts 1 & 2). Show Notes by Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head

Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:33:24 +0000

KFC worker on the podcast = win!

Comment on Echo 36 – Level Crossings by Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head

Jen from Hyper Nonsense and Inside My Head — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:06:45 +0000

Train noises! Yay!
I found it interesting that some girl decided to try and get across the tracks after the alarms were going off to indicate a train was coming…. as you just happened to be recording a podcast about that same subject.

Great show!