Feeling contrary about Tour de Fleece. Might just not spin while it is on. I habitually take November off from writing just to make sure I do not look like one of those NaNoWriMo people— plus, November? really? Like no one ever has any plans that might conflict with a big project around then. My opinion about spinning in July is pretty similar since my apartment does not have air conditioning, but it has been fairly clement.
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Not much knitting going on either. I have been trying out new podcast grabbing software, but so far I have not found anything I like. I can knit while watching the podcast news on my computer, but the video versions take 20+ minutes to download so it would help if they were waiting for me. However the Juice software does not allow other video players than WMP (evil! hiss!) so it is far from seamless to use.
I suppose it would be more “on topic” if I said I would listen to knitters’ podcasts if it was more convenient. It really is very inconvenient to play them directly within the browser with the minimalist controls on board. However, it is unlikely that I will actually listen to knitting-related podcasts regardless of convenience. Perhaps I just have not found the right ones, but so far they have all been things that take more time to listen to than they would to read. Worse yet, they are frequently accompanied by whining from the podcaster about how much time it takes to edit the sound files. So I wonder why the podcaster bothers when it would be easier for everyone if it was transcribed.
Of course I am the email over phone kind of person and the books over movies kind of person. But when I got Netflix, I started to like movies. There really were things out there that were better than the books because the visuals added a lot to the experience. Plus there were movies that were completely different than any books I had ever seen (independent and foreign films especially). So if you know something that would make podcasts easily accessible and are willing to send pointers to content, I would appreciate it.
