AMW Podcast Series 2, Episode 12

AMW Podcast Series 2, Episode 12 Including Keith White's latest Name That MIDI Tune competition

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 06:07 PM

Podcast Episode 12 is live, with the usual assortment of insightful and exciting content. In this episode, Dave Bullard and David Braue discuss the Grand Final, Entourage, Google SideWise, MobileMe's looming irrelevance, the $0.43 Mac, and Photo5 winners; Adam Turner and Anthony Caruana share Snow Leopard upgrade war stories; and Keith White digs into his music library for another round of Name That MIDI Tune.

The prize for the music comp is... well... er... we'll all act very impressed. But give it a listen and see if you can pick 'em. Heaven knows I couldn't!

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 08:11 PM

Holy Cow Keith.. i will go for one out of three at this point, and thats Things we said Today , by the Beatles. The other one is stupid Cupid stop picking on me, but I can't remember the singer.

PS good podcast guys, Anthony.. i am going to break your heart, i upgraded 3 macs to SL, and not a glitch.

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 08:57 PM

QUOTE (TLCAUS @ Oct 1 2009, 08:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Holy Cow Keith.. i will go for one out of three at this point, and thats Things we said Today , by the Beatles. The other one is stupid Cupid stop picking on me, but I can't remember the singer.
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good start: one and a half out of three

Clue for song 2 Singer.

CF

Clue for song 1 title:

Texas

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 09:09 PM

Keith you did to many cryptic crosswords as a child , well there is only one CF and that's Connie francis

Edit : do I have two out of two now ?

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 10:07 PM

QUOTE (TLCAUS @ Oct 1 2009, 09:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Keith you did too many cryptic crosswords as a child , well there is only one CF and that's Connie Francis

Edit : do I have two out of two now ?

Tl

Let's break it down into six - three titles, three artists.
So you've got three out of six with one assist.

And CF today means Compact Flash - which fairly describes Ms Francis. ( Pre baby boomers try YouTube)

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 10:12 PM

Gee you are a hard man

ok I will take 3 out of 6, I just need to listen to it again and try to get the Texas clue.

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Posted 02 October 2009 - 01:51 PM

I've tried to download the podcast from iTunes and the download starts but ceases almost immediately with the error message shown in the screen shot.

Other podcasts download normally.

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Posted 02 October 2009 - 02:36 PM

QUOTE (mickdevlin @ Oct 2 2009, 01:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've tried to download the podcast from iTunes and the download starts but ceases almost immediately with the error message shown in the screen shot.

Other podcasts download normally.

The tech guys are on it. Thanks for the heads-up, Mick.

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Reason for edit: All OK now. Some permissions had changed.

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 01:49 PM

QUOTE (Dave Bullard @ Oct 2 2009, 02:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The tech guys are on it. Thanks for the heads-up, Mick.

The download was successful. Thanks for that.

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 02:23 PM

The best way to upgrade to a new version of OS X is to erase and install. It does involve more work in that you have to back up everything before you erase and then re-install all your software again, but it also gives you the opportunity to go through your "stuff" and find out what you no longer need.

Such an upgrade strategy is also trouble-free.

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 02:28 PM

Did i read you right Mick you are actually saying that an erase and install is a good thing... I am shocked

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 07:25 PM

I, like you have always done that! In fact, I recommended that procedure to a poster earlier this week.

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 07:29 PM

O ok, I take it back then, I thought you where anti reformatting drives.

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 09:18 PM

Never. You must have mistaken me for someone else.

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Posted 04 October 2009 - 07:09 AM

Sorry Mick, i really thought it was you, i know one of the regulars here, is dead against it, now i cant remember who

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Posted 06 October 2009 - 12:38 PM

QUOTE (TLCAUS @ Oct 4 2009, 08:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sorry Mick, i really thought it was you, i know one of the regulars here, is dead against it, now i cant remember who

TL

It wasn't me, but I do find it intriguing how frequently many people do reformat and reinstall their OSes -- is computing really meant to be that complicated? I just put Snow Leopard over Leopard, and perhaps I was lucky but it worked well. I wonder why there is so much variation in upgrade experiences -- perhaps it is the result of many many apps being installed, changed, uninstalled and leaving lots of detritus all over the place?

Or perhaps my reluctance to nuke and pave is because I have so much data that backing it up and reinstalling opens up the potential for all sorts of bother. Dunno. Yet while I'm not against reformatting where necessary, I would suggest people try many options before doing it out of hand - unless, of course, you've figured out an easy way to do it and don't mind at all. In which case, carry on.