CNN, ABC News, MTV, Entertainment Tonight and local news reporters usemic flags on every broadcast. They are those rectangular ornaments onhandheld microphones that display the network/show/stations logo.

Logo artwork can be designed on your PC and printed on a color printer.Print onto self-adhesive Avery labels, transparent acetates, or solidpaper. Laminate your creation and then just attach it to the sides ofthe flag.

Mic Flag sell online for $20-$40. They can be made in about half an hour using materials that cost less than $1.

This is a step-by-step process of how to make a mic flag.

On the left hand side of the photo is an open package of Gentel Grip Standard Styrofoam that was purchased at Walmart for $.99. www.styrofoamcrafts.com Three 2 5/8″ X 3 1/2″ X 3 1/2 bricks come in a package.

Stanford on iTunes will expand in content and features in the coming months. Soon users will be able to access descriptions of each track, listen to over 30 lectures from Reunion Homecoming 2005, and even watch video of select programs.

Stanford on iTunes

It’s really simple: (but only if you had an Odeo account before 10/24/2005)

• Create a channel
• Record some audio

• Record audio with your phone
• Record audio with Odeo Studio

Biz and Ev Have A Casual Message for You

What more need be said? If you are tinkering with podcasting, like me, or just live for the thrill of unearthing a heretofore undiscovered musical gem, The Red Ferret Journal’s exhaustive list of free and legal music tracks will keep your toes tapping until your hard drive comes to a screaching halt under the weight of downloads.
The Red Ferret Journal

While poking around in the beta version of Yahoo’s new Podcast search engine, I tripped over Ken Carrol’s ChinesePod podcast in which he, his partner Jenny Zhu, and their ultra-soothing voices take you on a no nonsense trip down the rabbit hole that is Mandarin Chinese. Weekly listening to this truely innovative podcast will have you saying nee-how-ma at the drop of a hat.

Be sure and check out the free trial of their premium service which includes a PDF transcript, and review questions of each lesson.

ChinesePod is an online tool to help you study Chinese. Listen to free daily podcasts on your media device (phone, mp3 player, pda, computer). Then, if you want, pay for premium features to help reinforce what you heard.

There is no need for inconveniently scheduled and inconveniently located classroom lessons. Learn Chinese when are where is most convenient for you.

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Everytime I turn around I am adding a new category to my little blog. This week, after much tinkering (I am not an early adopter) I have added a podcast category. The reason I have added podcasting to my list of likes is Escape Pod, a great site for those of us who missed out on the whole radio drama thing back in the golden age of radio.

While Escape Pod doesn’t exactly qualify as radio drama I have gotten addicted to it and several other podcast because they are authentic in their love of their chosen subject. Stephen Eley, who you may remember as the author of the Invisible Pink Unicorn Manifesto, is a dedicated Sci-Fi and Fantasy enthusiast and the proof is in the podding.

Slide on over and catch the latest from the good folks at Escape Pod.

Escape Pod