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Sunday, December 17, 2006 |
Today's podcast is my interview with my friend and Chicago-based author Robert M. Katzman.
In this discussion recorded on December 16, 2006, we hear Bob talk about his writing and personal philosophies from his childhood experiences to his newsstand days in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois.
The audio recorded was post-processed by Gene Weed at Studio 57A in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Duration of this PodCast is 35 minutes and 46 seconds with a size of 8.2 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded at 64 kilobits.
1:03:54 PM 
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Saturday, February 18, 2006 |
Today's podcast is an interview between my friend and mentor, Gene Weed and Professor Brian Davies, PhD. Professor Davies teaches at the Mathematical Sciences Institute (MSI) located in Australia.
On Saturday, October 14, 2006, Gene Weed arranged for an interview via the Internet with Professor Brian Davies, the author of a sound restoration program, ClickRepair. The purpose of this interview was to discuss some of the techniques involved in the restoration process of archived music, from such sources such as old 78 RPM vinyl or shellac records.
Duration of this PodCast is 33 minutes and 45 seconds with a size of 17MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
8:43:03 AM
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Today's podcast is an interview with Gene Weed, Cal and Mary Turner.
Updated for sound quality August 13, 2006 by Gene Weed.
On Monday afternoon, February 13, 2006, I held this interview with my friend and mentor, Gene Weed, and two of his friends, Cal and Mary Turner. Gene's friends have assembled a book about famous Palm Springs residents including Frank Sinatra and Ginger Rogers among many others. Check out this podcast and this press release for more information.
Duration of this PodCast is 35 minutes and 55 seconds with a size of 32.9MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
11:47:13 AM
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
Today's podcast is my second interview with Dr. Pierre Doche, D.M.D. We were also joined by his Dental Assistant, Tammy.
We spoke primarily about Dr. Doche's life philosophy and how he imparts his views through his dental practice. We also discussed some other related topics to the current holiday season. Tammy provided some of her own perspectives to round out the dialog between all three of us.
The first interview was published on July 19, 2005. Dr. Doche's office is located below:
Pierre Doche, D.M.D.
Campus Dental
Suite 112
314 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA 92078
(voice) (760) 744-0804
(email) pddmd95@yahoo.com
Duration of this PodCast is 45 minutes and 42 seconds with a size of 24.5 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
2:45:16 PM
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Thursday, December 1, 2005 |
Today's Podcast covers my commentary on two topics:
- Iraq War Strategy
- Rebuilding of New Orleans
Here is the related White House Iraq War Strategy document released in .pdf format by President Bush on November 30, 2005. I'll be waiting to read the Democrat's equivalent strategic plan if they provide one.
Duration of this PodCast is 7 minutes and 46 seconds with a size of 3.5 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
2:19:36 PM
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
Today's Podcast covers my commentary on three topics:
- Adult Women Having Sex with Underage Teenage Boys
- Lessons Learned from Observing Previous Wars
- General Motors Layoffs and Plant Closings in United States
Duration of this PodCast is 26 minutes and 9 seconds with a size of 11.9 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
8:24:30 PM
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Sunday, October 9, 2005 |
Today's Podcast is in celebration of one year of podcasting.
I speak about the last few months and what I've learned from my podcasting experiences. I also speak about my activities since my last podcast in July, particularly with regard to my Time Out Of Mind site.
Duration of this PodCast is 26 minutes and 11 seconds with a size of 11.9 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
1:39:02 PM
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
Today's Podcast is an interview with Dr. Pierre Doche, D.M.D., Dentist and owner of Campus Dental in San Marcos, California.
Dr. Doche is our family dentist. We spoke about his educational background, insights into providing services to his patients, his patient philosophy, and hobbies. You may reach him at:
Pierre Doche, D.M.D.
Campus Dental
Suite 112
314 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA 92078
(voice) (760) 744-0804
(email) pddmd95@yahoo.com
Duration of this PodCast is 26 minutes and 38 seconds with a size of 13.9 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
9:14:34 PM
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Saturday, July 16, 2005 |
Today's Podcast is the digitalization of a cassette tape I made on July 20, 1969, when I originally captured the TV audio of the Apollo Moon Landing on the Moon. The 36-year old tape is still in pretty good shape, although some parts of the audio are muddled and a few other extraneous sounds were captured during the recording.
The historic Moon Walking segment starts just as Neil Armstrong is heading down the ladder of the LEM, before he stepped on the Moon. It ends about an hour later after the time when President Richard Nixon called the astronauts (Neil and Buzz Aldrin) standing outside the LEM by phone from the Oval Office in the White House.
I remember when Alan Shepard was the first American in space, playing the broadcast on my 8-transistor radio during my fifth grade school class. I remember President John Kennedy's speech about sending men to the Moon and back by the end of 1969. In the middle 1980's I met in-person three astronauts that traveled to the Moon: Gene Cernan; Jim Lovell, and Alan Bean.
To celebrate the 36th Anniversary of that historic event, I point you to my digital art image, Apollo Moon and my Desktop High-Resolution images of the same.
Duration of this PodCast is 1 hour 3 minutes and 53 seconds with a size of 34.4 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
1:14:06 PM
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Saturday, July 9, 2005 |
Today's Podcast is an interview with my friend, Lela M. Hankins. Lela is a licensed REMAX Real Estate Broker based here in San Marcos, California.
I met Lela through the Twin Oaks Toastmasters club here in San Marcos, California in 2003.
We discussed various aspects of her career in real estate and her experiences helping buyers and sellers of properties.
Duration of this PodCast is 19 minutes and 41 seconds with a size of 9.21 MB. Sampled at 44.1kHz and variable-rate encoded between 64 and 128 kilobits.
12:14:33 PM
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
Today's Podcast is an interview with my friend, Jennifer Hillman-Helgren, Ph.D. We discussed her recent dissertation and opinions involving same. Below is her Abstract of Dissertation:
Inventing American Girlhood: Gender and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century Camp Fire Girls
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Jennifer Hillman Helgren
Claremont Graduate University: 2005
In 1910, a group of progressive reformers began to plan and create a national organization for adolescent girls. The Camp Fire Girls, the most popular girls' organization in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, provided a unique, feminine corollary to the recently formed Boy Scouts. This dissertation has a two-fold purpose. First, it examines, through Camp Fire publications such as handbooks and magazines, the models of girlhood and womanhood Camp Fire promoted. Secondly, it analyzes girls' scrapbooks, diaries, and other personal reminiscences to better understand the formation of girls' cultures in response to the Camp Fire program.
In their vision of girl citizenship, early twentieth-century Camp Fire officials struggled to uphold the nineteenth-century concept of a female sphere of nurture, domesticity, and service to family while they expanded opportunities for girls in education, careers, outdoor activities, and civic reform. Camp Fire taught girls through a maternalist philosophy that regarded traditional feminine characteristics as inherent and the basis for female contributions to family, community, and nation. I contend that Camp Fire's leadership found in maternalism an adaptable model of girl citizenship that could be applied to changing American social and political concerns through the mid-twentieth century.
Thematic chapters examine Camp Fire's founding philosophy, its early efforts to grapple with modernity through the use of Indian imagery, its claims to serve all girls through an inclusive organization, its militarization of American girlhood through war work during World War I and II, and its sponsorship of homemaking as the basis for global citizenship in the conservative post-World War II era. The study ends with Camp Fire's decision to become co-educational in the early 1970s. For their part, many girls adopted the Camp Fire language and activities. Others created their own, often ambivalent, meaning and identity through the mixture of traditional and forward-looking roles Camp Fire offered. Importantly, Camp Fire provided a space for the formation of girl friendships, activities, and shared values on both local and national levels.
Duration of this PodCast is 36 minutes and 33 seconds with a size of 8.36 MB.
7:55:05 PM
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Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is my commentary about Apple's new Tiger OS HOT application, Quartz Composer.
I used Quartz Composer to create a file, Time Out Of Mind Particles that can be used as a ScreenSaver under Tiger. The snapshot below is a video capture of it running as a ScreenSaver.
Duration of this PodCast is 7 minutes and 47 seconds with a size of 1.78 MB.
12:57:34 PM
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Monday, June 20, 2005 |
Today's PodCast covers two topics:
- My, One-Quarter Century Of Computing comments
- Commentary on the TV Mini Series, Into The West and my own views of the interaction between the Native Americans and Settlers in the 1800's across the Great Plains
Duration of this PodCast is 10 minutes and 9 seconds with a size of 2.32MB.
12:56:51 PM
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
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Monday, June 13, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is a short story from my life. It's entitled, "A 1987 Chat with Apple Fellow, Bill Atkinson".
Bill Atkinson is an Apple Fellow, the creator of "QuickDraw" and HyperCard among other things. I met and spoke with him in October 1987 in Chicago, Illinois. This is that story.
Duration of this PodCast is 5 minutes and 34 seconds with a size of 1.27 MB.
1:20:30 PM
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Friday, June 10, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is the first in a series of stories to appear here over time. It's entitled, "When Failure Was An Option".
I included a modified version of, "Realm Of The Angels" as the background music during the story. That music can be purchased on my, Spirit Of The Pathfinder music CD.
Duration of this PodCast is 10 minutes and 6 seconds with a size of 2.3 MB.
3:08:10 PM
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Tuesday, June 7, 2005 |
Today's PodCast covers three topics:
Duration of this PodCast is 13 minutes and 47 seconds with a size of 1.58 MB.
1:26:22 PM
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 |
Today's PodCast covers five topics:
Duration of this PodCast is 11 minutes and 04 seconds with a size of 1.3 MB.
11:18:09 AM
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is of short duration and covers answers asked of me by Penny Haynes, Producer and Publisher of Family Friendly Podcasts:
Duration of this PodCast is 2 minutes and 51 seconds with a size of 336 KB.
4:46:47 PM
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is of short duration and covers four main topics:
- Tiger, the new MacOS X
- Tiger's SpotLight
- Digital PodCast Download Report
- My Time Out Of Mind Hi-Res Desktop Backgrounds
Duration of this PodCast is 3 minutes and 44 seconds with a size of 880 KB.
11:46:08 AM
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Friday, April 29, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is the live interview with Gene Weed at his iFXFilms Studio located in Cottonwood, Arizona. The interview was conducted on April 27th during my visit there.
We discussed using the proper kinds of audio equipment in making podcasts sound more professional using the proper kind of microphone, the understanding of the recording media, and the use of post-production digital filters.
We created a sample file to demonstrate some of the post-production filters on an audio file. The samples clearly show for example, how the sound can be enhanced without the need to increase the loudness using the Compressor filter.
Both Gene and I are interested in receiving feedback from the listeners. We want to know if there's interest among you to create a short lesson series of using post-production audio tools to make your podcasts sound more like radio quality broadcasts to improve your listener's experience. Feel free to email Gene Weed directly, if you have specific technical questions regarding post-audio production.
Duration of this PodCast is 27 minutes and 18 seconds with a size of 3.1 MB.
9:18:54 AM
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is the third interview with my friend and former partner from EveryDay Objects, Inc., Marc Raiser. Marc is the creator of a new spam-fighting tool and service, Spaminex.
We generally spoke about the legal liabilities of spam, while covering some of the same ground from our earlier interviews.
The first interview is The problem of Spam and Why is it so Hard to Fight?
The second interview is Generally Available Technologies to Fight Spam.
If you have questions about spam, please check out the Spaminex site or contact them at the email address peter@spaminex.com . He will be happy to help you.
Duration of this PodCast is 30 minutes and 5 seconds with a size of 3.4 MB.
10:43:54 AM
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Sunday, April 10, 2005 |
This PodCast is not very long. I briefly speak about the new updates to my Digital Passages home page including the new, Digital Passages Visions DVD, now on sale.
As a special treat today, I've included one full music track from my, Spirit Of The Pathfinder music CD, "What'd She Say?"
Duration of this PodCast is 4 minutes and 40 seconds with a size of 548 KB.
5:00:30 PM
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Wednesday, April 6, 2005 |
This PodCast is a very short explanation of my delay in the third interview with Marc Raiser concerning the, "Legal Implications of Spam". That interview is scheduled for later today or early next week.
I also speak a little about my recent trip to Yuma, Arizona and the three pages of pictures I took there.
I also mention my latest QuickTime digital video, Still In Love With You, incorporating my music using Apple's Soundtrack, Final Cut Express HD, and iMovie HD, and the titling using LiveType.
Duration of this PodCast is 2 minutes and 31 seconds with a size of 296 KB.
3:48:15 PM
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is the second interview with my friend and former partner from EveryDay Objects, Inc., Marc Raiser. Marc is the creator of a new spam-fighting tool and service, Spaminex.
We spoke about some of the generally available technologies used to fight spam. It is likely that we will explore this topic again in future interviews.
The next interview with Marc will cover a discussion of the legal implications of spam. Neither of us are lawyers, but some common sense ideas will be explored. I hope to present that conversation in the next ten days or so.
Our first interview is here.
If you have questions about spam, please check out the Spaminex site or contact them at the email address peter@spaminex.com . He will be happy to help you.
Duration of this PodCast is 35 minutes and 43 seconds with a size of 4 MB.
9:31:13 PM
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Friday, March 4, 2005 |
Today's PodCast is another special treat for me. My friend and former partner from EveryDay Objects, Inc., Marc Raiser, joined me today to participate in this audio interview. Marc is the creator of a new spam-fighting tool and service, Spaminex.
We spoke about the problem of spam and why it is so hard to fight. We did our best not to become a commercial for his solutions. Rather, we want the objective considerations concerning spam be the merit of our dialog together.
I will be doing more interviews with Marc concerning spam. The next interview with Marc will cover a discussion of the technologies involved in dealing with spam. I hope to present that conversation in the next ten days or so.
If you have questions about spam, please check out the Spaminex site or contact them at the email address peter@spaminex.com . He will be happy to help you.
We also spoke a little about our friendship and business relationships over the past fifteen years. Stay tuned for those upcoming interviews with Marc soon.
Duration of this PodCast is 30 minutes and 39 seconds with a size of 3.5 MB.
9:22:21 PM
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Thursday, February 24, 2005 |
This PodCast is an interview from earlier today with Gene Weed of iFx Films.org. Gene spoke about his experience in the entertainment and broadcasting field over the last 40+ years, his efforts in producing digital video work in Arizona, his engineering background and some insights into sound recording theory and microphones.
You may also wish to review the Cottonwood/Sedona Arizona area web site, Voice of the Verde Valle, a Western States Magazine.
Duration of this PodCast is 41 minutes and 33 seconds with a size of 4.7 MB.
10:12:15 PM
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Sunday, February 6, 2005 |
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Monday, January 31, 2005 |
This PodCast covers two topics briefly: 1) my short monograph on my Time Out Of Mind former home page, Einstein Thinking; 2) a new software product from my friend and former partner in EveryDay Objects, Inc., Marc Raiser, and his new Spaminex product that virtually stops spam in its tracks.
Duration of this PodCast is 5 minutes and 45 seconds with a size of 676 KB.
4:22:26 PM
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Thursday, January 27, 2005 |
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005 |
This PodCast covers some personal comments about my late brother, Charles, and also that of Johnny Carson's passing. Then I speak a little about the new Apple products, ILife '05 and iWork '05, and my new iPod shuffle. Finally, I talk about my mentor, Gene Weed, and his new IFX FILMS.ORG web site and services.
Duration of this PodCast is 7 minutes and 1 second with a size of 1.6 MB.
10:50:17 AM
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Friday, January 7, 2005 |
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Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
This PodCast is my commentary about two topics: 1) My high school friend, Bob "Pops" Springer's picture (shown below) from the 1954 RAND Corporation on what their idea of a 2004 home computer would look like; and 2) A revisitation to my November 19th PodCast in connection with my December 15th Competent Toastmaster (CTM) and Competent Leader (CL) Toastmaster awards from my Twin Oaks Toastmasters Club.
"Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve those problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use."
I also mention my sponsors, Digital SweatShop located in Carlsbad, California concerning their new product, Free DVD's 2 U.
The background music this time around is my copyrighted musical tune, "Don's Theme". That "new wave, smooth jazz" instrumental may be heard in its entirety as a mp3 file on GarageBand Riff's page .
Duration of this PodCast is 6 minutes and 39 seconds with a size of 1.5 MB.
2:45:16 PM
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Tuesday, December 14, 2004 |
This PodCast is my commentary about my latest QuickTime demo video short, Secrets With You. That video is about 3 minutes and 49 seconds long and 10.4MB in size. It incorporates one of my musical tunes of the same title. I also wrote a short article on the topic of secrets.
My friend, Gene Weed, provided the Splash Screen for my video's (shown below).
I also mention my sponsors, Digital SweatShop located in Carlsbad, California concerning their new product, Free DVD's 2 U.
The background music this time around is my copyrighted musical tune, "Don's Theme". That "new wave, smooth jazz" instrumental may be heard in its entirety as a mp3 file on GarageBand Riff's page .
Duration of this PodCast is 6 minutes and 39 seconds with a size of 1.5 MB.
3:47:17 PM
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Friday, November 19, 2004 |
This PodCast is my commentary about, Toastmasters International and how that organization can help you speak clearer and make better PodCasts if you are into that as well.
I also mention my sponsors, Digital SweatShop located in Carlsbad, California concerning their new product, Free DVD's 2 U.
I also say a hello to my friend and collaborator, Gene Weed, who recently relocated from Florida to Cottonwood, Arizona and sent a pointer to some pictures there.
The background music this time around is my copyrighted musical tune, "Don's Theme". That "new wave, smooth jazz" instrumental may be heard in its entirety as a mp3 file on GarageBand Riff's page .
Duration of this PodCast is 8 minutes and 40 seconds with a size of 1.98 MB.
4:19:40 PM
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Saturday, November 6, 2004 |
This PodCast is my commentary about, The Spirit Of America.
The background music this time around is my copyrighted musical tune, "Don's Theme". That "new wave, smooth jazz" instrumental may be heard in its entirety as a mp3 file on GarageBand Riff's page .
Duration of this PodCast is 8 minutes and 40 seconds with a size of 1.98 MB.
4:59:16 PM
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Saturday, October 23, 2004 |
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Tuesday, October 19, 2004 |
This PodCast is from my friend, Gene Weed's radio programming from WiFX Films and Sounds.
Gene produces "Big Band" music and does Internet broadcasting. This is his first PodCast.
Duration 3 minutes and 36 seconds with a size of 844 KB.
12:26:56 PM
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Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |
This PodCast is my commentary about two of my recent photography pages on my Time Out Of Mind web site concerning the Leo Carrillo Historic Ranch.
Please play the PodCast as you start looking at the first page. I used my copyrighted musical tune, "In-Between Loves" for the background this time around.
Duration 7 minutes and 23 seconds with a size of 1.7 MB.
8:38:38 PM
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Monday, October 11, 2004 |
This PodCast contains my thoughts about the passing of Christopher Reeve and some commentary about some phone calls made yesterday. Lastly, I thank Gene Weed for his continuing contributions to my new storytelling efforts. As usual, it has my "Don's Theme" running in the background.
Duration 5 minutes and 20 seconds with a size of 1.2 MB.
11:21:33 AM
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Sunday, October 10, 2004 |
Thanks to my good friend, Gene Weed of WiFX Films and Sound for sending me the copyright closing for my first PodCast. The new updated version replaces the first.
2:19:40 PM
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Saturday, October 9, 2004 |
My first PodCast including a portion of my music, "Don's Theme" available on CD at my online store, Digital Passages.
9:36:21 PM
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