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There's been reasonable interest in doing an Ask Different podcast, enough that I think we should try to create a pilot episode. There are numerous factors to consider, from the format to the hosts to the time it's recorded. Please feel free to help with the planning below.

VxJasonxV

I vote we publish out podcast via an ATOM feed using SPEEX encoded files.

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Greetings Diago.

Kyle Cronin

I defer to your expertise in this matter, I have no idea what SPEEX files are

VxJasonxV

It was sarcasm, actually. The fact that you don't know is exactly the point :P.

Speex is a voice-optimized codec from Xiph. (Same makers of Ogg Vorbis/FLAC/etc.)

No CMS ships ATOM feeds anymore (ex. WordPress last I knew), and if it's not MP3, it's not universal. If it's not AAC, you're targeting a very specific audience.

Kyle Cronin

ah

ATOM feeds are still supported by readers though, but RSS would be much better

VxJasonxV

yes, quite so

Kyle Cronin

8:37 PM

is there any way to use the site RSS feeds for the podcast feed? like if we were to create a meta post for every episode?

VxJasonxV

I think you made an assumption that I haven't, because the question confused me.

Kyle Cronin

sorry

you can get an RSS feed for a tag on the site

VxJasonxV

right. $wordpress/tag/feed/

If you attach media to a post, Wordpress will automatically stuff it into an enclosure tag which podcatchers use to download content from.

Kyle Cronin

so if we were to use, say, meta.apple.stackexchange.com/feeds/… as our feed, would it work?

VxJasonxV

oh, this site.

Kyle Cronin

8:40 PM

yeah, sorry

VxJasonxV

That's an atom feed. How amusing.

Kyle Cronin

I'd like to avoid having an additional site if possible

if we included a link to the podcast file from within the post, are podcatchers like iTunes smart enough to identify them?

VxJasonxV

To the best of my knowledge, no. They very specifically rely on the <enclosure> tag in an RSS feed.

Kyle Cronin

ok

VxJasonxV

apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html

Kyle Cronin

8:44 PM

do you have any software to edit the podcast together?

Brant

From a user perspective, is there even any relevant difference between ATOM and RSS? Everything I know of that consumes one format consumes the other as well.

Kyle Cronin

@Brant apparently not:

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Q: Should I subscribe to RSS or Atom feeds?

With a lot of blogs I can either subsribe to an RSS 2.0 or an Atom 1.0 feed. What is the difference between these two and which one should I chose to subscribe to a blog (I'm using google reader if that matters)? Why do bloggers even offer two different feeds if there's no difference to the end-...

rss google-reader blogs feed atom

ok, gotta go, battery dying

Brant

Yeah, I know there are technical differences, but if I'm some dude who wants to subscribe to a blog, is there any reason I should give a damn?

VxJasonxV

GarageBand!

Awww, he had to depart.

@Brant Last I knew, which is admittedly long ago, ATOM lost the war, and clients stopped using it.

that is, clients stopped consuming it

Brant

Ah.

VxJasonxV

8:54 PM

See the link I posted earlier: apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html . RSS2. ATOM doesn't exist in the page at all.

Loïc Wolff

Hey. If there's any mod around. Could he make the final blow to this one?

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Q: Free utilities for a power users switching from Windows to OS X?

I'm looking for usual tools, like messenger, file transfer, text editor and so on. PS. I would make it community wiki, but I do not see the option?!

utilities

VxJasonxV

Dori's idling, and Kyle just stepped out, unfortunately.

Loïc Wolff

Huh... so how does OpenSTV.app works?

@VxJasonxV Well, it's there, hopes someone see it

VxJasonxV

9:14 PM

@LoïcWolff Download it, launch it. File -> Run Election. Point it at the .blt data file. View Results!

garikapati

9:30 PM

Congrats to the winners !!

sorry @VxJasonxV .. I voted for you.. but sad to see you are not in final list..

VxJasonxV

10:49 PM

Thanks garikapati.

VxJasonxV

11:11 PM

Afternoon Philip. Congrats!

garikapati

hey @VxJasonxV

q q.. on backup the bootcamp via Time Machine...any idea ?

would that be possible at all or not.. if Yes, how can I do that /

VxJasonxV

hmmm

I don't have a Bootcamp partition. I could swear I've seen it talked about though.

garikapati

okay.. will search more ....

if not I can post it as a Question..

VxJasonxV

I see why it would be so hard to search for it... yikes

I can find one, the other, never both.

garikapati

I did search for it. but didn't get much needed info..

so thought check w/ you for a quick one..

VxJasonxV

11:21 PM

That could just mean that I haven't actually seen it as a question.

My initial feeling is that you can't backup bootcamp via Time Machine, because it's not HFS+ (the file system format OSX uses)

but I don't know this for sure, and again, I don't know personally because I don't use it.

Hope you find your answer :).

garikapati

will try .. if didn't get a good one, I will post it in AskDifferent

VxJasonxV

Per forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=4532733&postcount=7 ;

Time Machine completely ignores NTFS and FAT32 partitions.

FWIW

Probably a question worth asking in order to have it documented on this network.

garikapati

yeah... that's a valid point..

I wanted to make sure if there is a question/ answer exists here.. before posting mine

otherwise, people will say duplicate..

VxJasonxV

right

I haven't found it yet. If the "Related Questions" box doesn't show it, ask away.

garikapati

just posted it on AD

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Q: How to backup Bootcamp partition via Time Machine ?

I just started using Time Machine for backup of my late 2009 MBP. So far it's backing up only OS X partition and ignoring Bootcamp partition. I also see the point Time Machine completely ignores NTFS and FAT32 partitions. Looking for solution/ hack to include Bootcamp partition also included in...

bootcamp backup time-machine

VxJasonxV

11:43 PM

hmm. interesting response already

garikapati

yeah

will see if any more answers are coming..

leaving work..

ttyl

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