Bandwidth Caps

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Do you think cable companies should charge you more if you use too much bandwidth?

Comments will be open until Tuesday, April 21st at midnight.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345370,00.asp

Micropayments in Gaming

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Would you rather pay more to play a game or less with optional in-game payments?

Comments will be open until Tuesday, April 21st at midnight.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7993186.stm

Help with Audacity/MP3 and Podcast RSS

Here’s a link on adding the capability to encode mp3’s to Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3.

Here’s a link on w3schools that specifically addresses the <enclosure> tag required for your audio or video file to be included in your RSS feed – http://www.w3schools.com/rss/rss_tag_enclosure.asp.

And for a more exhaustive guide to preparing your podcast for iTunes, you can check this out – http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/specs.html#submitandfeeback.

We’ll go through the minimal requirements for your HW4 podcast today in class.

What is RSS?

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Have you ever used an aggregator? Based on what you read, will you use one now to keep up-to-date on your favorite sites?

Comments will be open until Tuesday, April 14th at midnight.

http://rss.softwaregarden.com/aboutrss.html

What Is Podcasting?

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What were the hardest parts for you in making your podcast?

Comments will be open until Tuesday, April 14th at midnight.

http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/20/WhatIsPodcasting.html

No Class on Tuesday

As I mentioned last week, there will be no class this Tuesday, April 7th. Please use this time to work with your partner on HW4. There will, however, be class on Thursday. We’ll be going through posting your podcast, reviewing the answers from Exam 2, and possibly introducing some concepts in scripting.

See you then!

XML and RSS Lecture

W3Schools XML

W3Schools RSS

UPDATE – Fixed URL for Thursday Lecture Audio

Digital Audio Lectures

Lecture PPT

Tuesday Lecture Audio

Thursday Lecture Audio

Hacker Spaces

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What kind of projects would you be interested in building?

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http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/hackerspaces.html

Exam 2 Grades Posted

They are out of 25 possible points, so each question was worth 4 percentage points. Overall, the results were good, though certainly a little less successful than the first exam. I’ll go through the correct answers on Thursday.