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[philip paisley <ythe1300@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't mind being a co-host if needed, just be aware that I am only really available after 9:00 PM EDT, which I think is like 1:00 AM GMT.

I still don't have a good mic though, so I will either need to get one quick or settle for the $19 one I have right now.


--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Charles Olsen <charles.olsen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Charles Olsen <charles.olsen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Linuxmint-podcast-project] Hey all, here's an idea
> To: "Adam Hainstock" <hainzy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Clement Lefebvre" <clement.lefebvre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, ythe1300@xxxxxxxxx, linuxmint-podcast-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 7:00 PM
> Adam Hainstock wrote:
> >     Remember also that part of the audience might be
> bored by Windows
> >     topics. I know we all at one stage migrated from
> Windows to Linux and I
> >     know that some of us still use Windows or
> dual-boot their computer, but
> >     for those who fully switched to Linux and have
> nothing to do with
> >     Windows it can be quite hard to find interest in
> hearing about another
> >     operating system... especially one they left for
> another.
> > 
> >     Clem.
> > 
> >  
> > That's true, but currently, and for the last month
> I've been 100% 
> > Windows free. Just I enjoy hearing news regarding MS.
> I know others 
> > don't care perhaps, but that's why it would
> only be a five minute or so 
> > section.
> >  
> > Also I definitely don't want it to be a MS bashing
> section, of course 
> > sometimes they do utterly rediculous stuff, and it is
> funny, but I don't 
> > mean it needs to be a hating section.
> >  
> > And lastly, I wouldn't mind doing this if anyone
> cares... Just throwing 
> > that out there.
> 
> This sums up my feelings exactly. I'm nearly Microsoft
> free at home, 
> even if I can never be free at work. I want to be free of
> Microsoft, but 
>   I'm still interested in MS news. It can be
> entertaining. I don't know 
> about others, but it makes me feel better about my choice
> to use Linux.
> 
> And Adam, I'd be glad to have you do this segment.
> 
> One idea I've been thinking about, especially since I
> have not managed 
> to get either Skype or Ekiga working on my PC, is the
> concept of a 
> modular show. For example, I record a segment, Adam records
> a segment, 
> someone records another segment ... Then we take the
> segments, add the 
> opening, closing and bumper music.
> 
> I really like the idea of a co-host, though, so I'm
> still working on 
> communication. But we can definitely get started without
> that.