Category: Blog
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Getting started on my Start9 server
Here’s what I did, step by step, today on my first attempt to install Start9. The instructions after that last step are not clear. Here’s what it says after inserting the USB drive into the PC where you intend to install. “Finally, continue to the Initial Setup, Manual Update, or Reset Password instructions – depending on your need.” None…
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I’m going to try to build my own Start9 server
I like the idea of “sovereign” computing. The idea that I own my hardware, software, and data. Living that life is very difficult if you’re a normal person. Most people use Apple, Google, or Microsoft for everything that’s digital in their lives. They’re locked down to one company’s platform. I try to spread myself around…
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Create YouTube videos for your podcast with PodViz by RSS.com
Any podcaster would be crazy to ingest their RSS feed into YouTube in order to get on their “podcast platform.” YouTube has a roach motel model where you can ingest your RSS feed and all your episodes will be on YouTube but there is no RSS feed from YouTube for anyone to listen to your…
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Problems with content creation
I’m not a natural content creator. If you’ve followed this blog or the intermittent podcasting I do you’re saying to yourself… no f’ing duh. I believe my problem stems from not having a specialty. I have many hobbies but I don’t have anything in particular that I’m uniquely passionate about. I’ve never had a “passion”.…
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Modern podcast apps
I created a page on this site to highlight new podcast apps that I use the most. https://podcastidiot.com/apps You can always go to http://newpodcastapps.com to check out the most recent list of apps that utilize many of the new features of Podcasting 2.0. There are a bunch of modern podcast apps that have features you…
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Podcast listing solved and I curse syntax
I wasn’t able to get a response with regards to my messing up the listing of The Casual Hike at podcastindex.org. I ended up changing the file name to my RSS feed and adding the podcast back to the index. That solved my problem and I even kept the same GUID! I didn’t think that…
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Messed up my listing at podcastindex.org
Once again I screwed things up and I’m not sure how to fix it. I successfully created the hiking podcast. You can find the feed at thecasualhike.com/tchpodcast.xml. I added it to podcastindex.org and everything was hunky dory. But, a problem cropped up where the index showed there were two episodes instead of only one. One…
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Submitted The Casual Hike to podcastindex.org
I just submitted my hiking podcast to the Podcast Index at podcastindex.org. Adding a podcast to the index is simple and straight forward. Click on the “Add” link near the top right, enter the URL of the feed, click on the captcha, then click on “Add”. And that’s it! It takes 15 to 20 minutes…
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Changing my RSS generator
I’m going to change what I use to generate the podcast feed for Podcast Idiot to sovereignfeeds.com. This will allow me to experiment with that before implementing it for the hiking podcast I’m starting. Right now if you check podcastindex.org for the feed for Podcast Idiot it points to https://podcastidiot.com/feed/podcast. I will create a file…
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Intro music and RSS generator
I picked some intro music for the hiking podcast and I’m still considering options for generating the podcast RSS feed. Here is the music for the hiking podcast. It’s a mellow and a little bluesy. I think it’s the perfect vibe. There are a few ways to generate the RSS feed. You can code it…