Tivo question:

so I am finally getting a new hard disk from weaknees. Should be here tomorrow. I opted to replace my current hard drive rather than getting a second one.

Has anyone done this? I know it erases everything, so I've been taking down the season passes, copying over some programs I want to keep. I've taken down the wishlists and some program ratings (though clearly I'll be starting all over here).

Anything else I should do?

I know it erases everything

I thought there's ways to mount the old and new drives onto your PC and copy everything over.

What do you mean "taking down"? Do you mean taking notes?

I'm taking them down dammit!

Yes, I actually have a Word document where I typed everything out. It really didn't take a lot of time.

I'm taking them down dammit!

Sorry, my first thought was that you were deleting them (like taking down a dog? I don't know how my brain works sometimes), and I wondered why. But then I realized what you probably meant.

Well, my language, I admit, was overly aggressive for no good reason. :-)

I need your brrrraaaaaiiiins.

I'm working on a project that involves setting up a podcast, and need some advice.

How do you do it? What's involved? What equipment and software do you need? Can you set it up so it can also stream to other players, like Quicktime?

Also, what are your most favorite podcasts?

All help appreciated.

Recording hardware and software. I've had Audacity recommended to me but I haven't used it. Once you've recorded it you need to port it into a useable format like MP3. Then you need a server to host it on.

How do you do it? What's involved? What equipment and software do you need? Can you set it up so it can also stream to other players, like Quicktime?

You create an mp3, and an XML file that refers to the mp3, and put them on a server. Users copy the XML link and put it in their iPods (or whatever) and it automatically downloads the mp3 for them.

Where are you starting from? Do you need to know how to make a recording and convert it to an mp3? Or do you have the mp3 and just need to know how to set up the XML file that podcasting players use?

Thanks Jon. We'll be using provided MP3s from musicians, so I don't need to record, so I guess I just need to know how to set up an XML file.

When I try to log into my school email account through the webpage, I get a "Error trying to validate certificate from (server name) using OCSP - server is busy. Please try again later." message. Same thing when I try to get into gmail. It's been doing this since this afternoon. Any idea why? Hotmail is working fine, and I haven't been getting this message anywhere but gmail and my school email.