Kasey

YouSendIt to the rescue!

 I am pleased to tell you that I found a reasonably priced (free) website that will host my rather large VCH Radio files.  Go there, download and enjoy me.

Sometime within the next 7 days.  Better do it now just to be safe.  :)

 

http://www.yousendit.com/download/25ktWaxXwLh5TA%3D%3D

"VCH Radio" Status Update (+#11)

  I'm officially an idiot.  I forgot about the space limitations of sending files through e-mail.   Yesterday I recorded a wonderful program that I thought was really great.  I was witty and somewhat engaging and the whole thing came out better than expected.  I really enjoyed doing it and listening to myself.  The problem is that it was an hour and fifteen minutes and the size of the file came in at a whopping 34MB.  After AOL mail failed me, I searched around to try and find if another mail service has a bigger capacity, but AOL is in actuality quite a bit larger than most.  Our Time Warner mail service only allows a transfer of 10MB, same with Yahoo, while AOL allows 16.

I tried compressing the show into a zip file, but that only knocked it down to 31MB.  I tried splitting the recording into two or three parts but I don't know if or how you can do that once the recording is complete.  You can split it while you're recording, but I don't know if you can do it after, so that was no help either.

There are options.  There are services out there that offer ways to send large files to people or at least allows you to post the file, give people a password and have them pick it up at the site.  The free version of this only allows three downloads per file, however.  You have to pay 3 dollars a month for unlimited.  With the tepid response I got to the introduction of my show, I don't think this is worth it.  Clearly, I only have two readers to begin with.  I can't tell you how disappointed I was to get home from work the last two days and have no mail.

Option 2 is probably the way I will go even though I don't want to.  That would be to cut the show down to a half hour or so.  The first half hour I recorded as a test run came in at 13.3MB, which is within AOL's capacity to send by mail. 

It's just a shame that no one will be able to hear the program I recorded yesterday because it was really fun and funny (I actually made myself laugh as I listened back to it.)  If there is anyone out there lurking in the shadows, please join my mailing list and expand my audience so I can justify joining a large file transfer program!  

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  I am so crestfallen right now that I barely have the enthusiasm to tell you that #11 is Snakes on a Plane by Cobra Starship.  I'm not going to upload it because I've done it twice in this journal already and you know what it sounds like from that.  :-P

God, I'm in a bad mood.

The Best of 2006-#12 PLUS Some Exciting News

 #12 is How We Operate by Gomez.

 

One of the reasons I wanted an mp3 player for Christmas (which I got early- thank you, dated rebate) is because I really wanted to make some kind of podcast where I can act as my own DJ and play music.  Yesterday, I gave it  a shot and I think it turned out better than I expected, considering the primitive nature of what I did.  I used the microphone option on the mp3 player, which can record up to 10 hours at once and I just talked into it naturally.  Then when I wanted to play a song, I kept very quiet and held the player up to the laptop speakers.  And I was satisfied with the results.  I even have learned to not hate the sound of my own voice.  So not only is it a great Christmas present for what it is, it also has built my self-esteem up a little.  :)

 

So here's what I'm gonna do.    The BIG NEWS.   I am going to start the audio version of this journal.   "VCH Radio" if you will.  What I want to do, and this is very important so pay attention, is start a mailing list.  I initially wondered how I was going to post an audio entry in here because I don't know how or if this even has the capacity for that.  Then the light bulb went off last night at work.  I'm recording my show as an mp3 file, so I can just e-mail it to anyone who wants to hear it.  Then you can simply download it out of your mailbox instead of having to come to the site to get it.  So that's what I'm going to do. 

 

My e-mail is CaptHappyv2@aol.com.  If you would like to subscribe to the free audio version of this journal, drop me a line and I will add you to my address book Listeners category.  The first episode is in the can and can be sent to you post haste!  Even if you don't like my music, you can very easily fast forward past it and just listen to me talk.  I amuse myself and am full of fun and information, plus my hoarseness is pretty sexy.  I think you will enjoy it. 

 

PS- I won't be wasting any more space in this journal with the countdown after tomorrow and I won't be messing around with failed uploads anymore.  The second episode of VCH Radio will be the Top Ten of 2006. Whoo hoo!  Hope to hear from you.   Yes, you.  In the pajamas. 

The Best of 2006- #13

 #13 on the Best of 2006 Countdown is Alive With the Glory of Love by Say Anything.

I have news I am very excited about and it involves me, this journal and my early Christmas present.  I will have full details in the next entry which is coming up as soon as I'm done writing this one.

 

 

 

 

The Best of 2006- #14

 #14 is Smile by Lily Allen. 

 

 

  I know that every company in the world tries to cash in on the Christmas rush and I may have even mentioned this before in here, but I always get a laugh when things are described as the perfect gift, when clearly they are not.

  Unless someone specifically asks for a Swiffer mop, then it is not a great gift and it would be justifiable for the recipient to beat you with it.

  And nothing says 'I don't give a crap about you' quite like a McDonald's gift card.

  That's all I can think of this early in the morning.  Feel free to add any "great" gifts you've seen advertised.

The Best of 2006- #15

#15 is But It's Better When We Do by Panic! at the Disco.  They've blown up pretty big on the pop scene, so I'm sure you've heard this song by now.  No need for me to upload it.  Also, the upload didn't work.

I got my Christmas present early and I like it very much.  It's an mp3 player.

So I got up at 6 yesterday and started ripping all my CDs.  Remember when I mentioned that I needed an mp3 player because I couldn't fit my whole year end list onto a CD?  Well, in 2003 I actually made a second disc (40-21).  Guess how many tracks I ripped off that CD yesterday.  Four!  I just didn't like the rest of them anymore.  I thought to myself, well that's why I never made a Disc Two before- they don't have the staying power.  Then I moved on to Disc One (20-1) and I only took 6 off of there.  My point is that I just couldn't believe that my music tastes move so quickly and change so much that songs I liked three years ago I don't even like anymore.  This time next year will I hate Franz Ferdinand or Interpol??  It doesn't seem possible!