In what should be the penultimate post in this series, I talk about podcasts about science. Sorry, I mean about Science!
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Monday, 1 March 2021
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Podcast Recommendations: Humour
I love comedy and humour, and so in part three of my podcast recommendations series I’m talking about the podcasts that make me laugh. Read on, if you’d like a chuckle.
(more…)Monday, 15 February 2021
Tuesday, 9 February 2021
Podcast Recommendations: Speculative Fiction
My first introduction to the world of podcasts came from my friend Kenny Park in the mid 2000s when he pointed me to Escape Pod, a science fiction podcast, which ran free short stories every week. I eventually worked my way through the archive as it stood then (and wrote a blog post listing my favourite stories), and also subscribed to its spin-off podcast Podcastle when it launched. I dabbled in a few others over the years, but my listening time was limited.
That changed a few years ago when the world just got too much for me and I stopped listening to the BBC radio news programmes on my commute to and from work, which opened up more time to listen to podcasts, so I expanded my repertoire. Skip to 2020 when lockdown and working from home meant that to continue some exercise I was doing long walks every day after work, which gave me even more time. My podcast collection has built up a lot in that time, so I thought I’d talk about a few that I enjoy. I say a few, I’m going to be talking about quite a lot really, so I’m going to split this across multiple posts. First up is my first love: science fiction. I’ve been an SF nerd since before it was cool, so below the fold are the SF- and general geek podcasts that I’ve been listening to.
(more…)Friday, 11 February 2011
Corrupted Podcasts on iPhone/iPod Touch
I’ve had a few times now when something has happened while I’ve been copying podcasts to my iPod Touch from iTunes and it’s got corrupted and doesn’t show up on the device. Each time this has happened, I’ve spent ages trying to get it fixed, so this is a guide to myself for the next time it happens and to try and save anybody else pulling their hair out. Note: this only applies if you’re managing your podcasts and music manually.
- In iTunes, find the file in your Podcasts section that isn’t appearing on the device. Right-click it, select “Get Info” and select the Options tab. Set the “Media Kind” to be “Music”
- The file will now move from the Podcasts section in iTunes to the Music section. Find it again and drag it over the iPod/iPhone. The file won’t be copied, but its meta-data should be updated
- Go to the Music section on your device and find the file (where it should now appear!) and delete it
- Back in iTunes, change the Media Kind back to Podcast, find the file in your Podcasts and drag it to your device.
With a bit of luck, that should have fixed it and the file should appear correctly under the right podcast.
Have I mentioned lately how much I hate iTunes and the whole locked Apple ecosystem?
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