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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: not that James on August 22, 2008, 10:05:19 AM
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This is a very little thing, but...
Could the "title" of the podcasts please be a little shorter? When a track has a name like "WFMU's The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling from 8/19/2008", it is WAY too long to display on most MP3 player screens, so if you've got a backlog of shows on your player, it's damn near impossible to know which show is which. So you have to start one, fast forward through the multiple intros, and then figure out if it's the one you wanted, realize it's not, and then start again on the next one...
AGH! The little things!
Maybe just put the date first: "8/19/2008 - WFMU's The Best Show..."?
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Now there's a first-world problem.
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True... it's more of a whine than a problem... still annoys me, though.
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I believe you can rename the mp3 file anything you want.
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Yes... I'm aware that I can rename the files... which I typically do when I remember to do so. The point is, it would be nice if ... ah forget it.
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I was all set to say I sympathize with you, first world though your problem/whine may be, but when I found out you can rename files, that impulse disappeared.
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You know what I hate? When you're going into a place at the same time as someone else, and they hustle to get in front of you so they can be in line before you, and then they're really really slow when it's their turn.
I think I could be the next Andy Rooney.
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I really bugs me when people abbreviate a word by omitting one letter.
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You all just got JAMESED.
Edit: Okay, so you didn't. I just wanted to say it. :P
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I really bugs me when people abbreviate a word by omitting one letter.
Like ths?
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I really bugs me when people abbreviate a word by omitting one letter.
Like ths?
you're murdered.
Oops, I meant to say 'exctly like that'. Oh hell, now I have to murder myself.
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You all just got JAMESED.
Edit: Okay, so you didn't. I just wanted to say it. :P
You got Jeremy'd
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So you have to start one, fast forward through the multiple intros
Wait, Whuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut? You fast forward through the intros? I listen to every single intro every single time and enjoy all of them.
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You know what I hate? When you're going into a place at the same time as someone else, and they hustle to get in front of you so they can be in line before you, and then they're really really slow when it's their turn.
I think I could be the next Andy Rooney.
I hate picking the one self-checkout line out of five that bogs down with people who can't work a bar code scanner. If it happened in every line, I could tolerate it; the fact that people who get there 10 minutes after me are flying past me makes it unbearable.
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You know what I hate? When you're going into a place at the same time as someone else, and they hustle to get in front of you so they can be in line before you, and then they're really really slow when it's their turn.
I think I could be the next Andy Rooney.
I hate picking the one self-checkout line out of five that bogs down with people who can't work a bar code scanner. If it happened in every line, I could tolerate it; the fact that people who get there 10 minutes after me are flying past me makes it unbearable.
or when ive got my arms full of heavy stuff that ive placed on the floor (sanitary conditions apply) and the line is moving quickly. usually by the third time of having to pick it up moments after setting it down, i decide to hold on to it since i'm next in line. now the person in front of me is slowww.
i hold on to my stuff like a dunce until my arms are shaking (it's pretty heavy: usually milk and some other awkward thing) until i decide this is insane what i'm doing, set my stuff down, and the furthest self-checkout register opens.
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How we roll in East Tennessee
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/gaughin/shopping-cart.jpg)
Literally
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I'm in job interview mode which means I have to get my dress shoes out. I love my dress shoes, but they are really hard to put on so I need a shoe horn. Typically not a problem, but in Japan I have to take the shoes off when I enter many buildings. This means that in that post interview awkwardness when I'm shown off at the door with the we'll contact you in the next two days line I have to shuffle around to get my shoes on while my possible future boss is looking on and it's a little stressful.
ARRRRRGH THE LITTLE THINGS!
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This one is perfect.
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This is a very little thing, but...
Could the "title" of the podcasts please be a little shorter? When a track has a name like "WFMU's The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling from 8/19/2008", it is WAY too long to display on most MP3 player screens, so if you've got a backlog of shows on your player, it's damn near impossible to know which show is which. So you have to start one, fast forward through the multiple intros, and then figure out if it's the one you wanted, realize it's not, and then start again on the next one...
AGH! The little things!
Maybe just put the date first: "8/19/2008 - WFMU's The Best Show..."?
You might as well give up hope on this one, bub. Trust me, I've already fought this fight before.
The ID3 tag format is dictated by WFMUs internal guidelines for naming shows for the podcast feed. It has something to do with marketing or something. When I first started uploading the podcasts, I used my ID3 title naming scheme (e.g., "TBSOWFMU - 2006-05-02") which sorts in chronological order on an MP3 player, but I was requested by FMU management to adhere to thier naming standards. I'm not a big fan of it, but then again, what do you expect for FREE, eh?
If this bothers you that much, you might wanna try making your own "mashed up" version of the feed using Yahoo Pipes. You can rename tags using regular expressions to your hearts content, and resubscribe to the Pipes feed in iTunes with your magically cleaned up tags in place
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When I'm at the supermarket and I ask the person at the fish counter, "may I please have that cut of salmon right there?" and then the person says, "Salmon is on sale at just 5.99 a pound." Then I have to acknowledge that they told me something I already knew instead of just getting me the salmon immediately. Yeesh.
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Me: I'll just have a coffee.
Them: Would you like some hash browns or a biscuit with that?
Me: No thanks, just the coffee.
Them: Croissant?
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Me: I'll just have a coffee.
Them: Would you like some hash browns or a biscuit with that?
Me: No thanks, just the coffee.
Them: Croissant?
location: Boston Market
Friend: "What are you getting?"
Self: "spinach and green beans."
Friend: "that's it?"
Self: "i'm a vegetarian."
Friend: "You don't eat meat?"
Self: "nope."
Friend: "what about chicken, do you eat chicken?"
Self: "uh...nope."
Friend: "not even fish?"
Self: "no."
Friend: "so, you don't eat any meat?!"
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My usual disclaimer on all my craigslist ads:
I only deal with people over email. If you send me your phone number, I will not call you.
And invariably I will get multiple emails that say:
"Call me if this is still available: (215) 555-1234"
ARRRGHHHH THE LITTLE THINGS.
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I always get people emailing me for clarification about craigslist ads, but the information is always, invariably, without fail already in the ad.
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I spent about 20 minutes composing and editing a lengthy post to this thread, but when I went to submit it, my session had timed out and I lost the whole thing.
Couldn't even go back a page to cut and paste it! I might try again later, but it won't be as satisfying.
The little things!