AGH! It's the little things!

[dave from knoxville]

How we roll in East Tennessee



Literally

[sleepytako]

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!

[Sarah]

This one is perfect.

[bookem_dan-o]

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

[dania]

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. 

[dave from knoxville]

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?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

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?!"

[mokin]

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.

[yesno]

I always get people emailing me for clarification about craigslist ads, but the information is always, invariably, without fail already in the ad.

[Come on, Jason]

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!