Automatic posting pictures to blog

Okay, here's an exciting test. I'm typing this message on my PDA which is a Tapwave Zodiac 2 using a Targus Universal Wireless Keyboard. I've attached a picture which I took at a 4th of July parade in Pacific City, Oregon. I'm send this email wirelessly using Bluetooth to my iBook which is connected to the Internet. The email is addressed to my Flickr account and my Flickr account is set up to automatically send the post and picture to my Blogger.com account. So it should show up in two places - my Flickr website and my blog on Blogger.com.

Zipboingwow Christmas Show

This week's show is all Christmas music. I played each piece on my Roland U-20 in my home recording studio. I recorded the music a few years ago to audiocassette. Today's show was recorded from the cassette in stereo. Feel free to use the music in any way you like.

Show Notes

Download the file: zbw6_12-23-04.mp3 (3.6 Mb, 64 Kbps, 22Khz).

MIDI versions of these songs are available on our 2001 Christmas Card

Zipboingwow Show #5

Notepad and Theremini

Featured this week are two programs on a Palm PDA - Notepad which is a sequencing program that records up to 4 tracks and Theremini which is a live MIDI instrument. Sounds are produced by touching the screen with the stylus. The PDA is connected to a Roland Sound Canvas which can produce hundreds of instruments and sound effects.

Show Notes

Download the file: zbw5_12-18-04.mp3 (7.7 Mb, 64 Kbps, 22Khz).

Zipboingwow Show #4

This week I experimented with making binaural field recordings using my new invention - the stereo hat microphone. The mics are positioned on either side of the hat under the band. I first walked out to the chicken house to get a stereo recording of the roosters. The next day I drove downtown and used the same setup to make a recording walking around Salem's Riverfront Carousel. Both recordings have good stereo separation. Be sure to listen using headphones to get the full binaural effect.

Show Notes

Download the file: zbw4_12-11-04.mp3 (3.2 Mb, 64 Kbps, 22Khz).

Zipboingwow Show #3

My Dad came up to visit us for a week at Thanksgiving. He traveled by train and I made this recording at the Salem station as he was about to leave. I was facing the tracks and stood less than 10 feet away as the train arrived.The mics were clipped to the front of my heavy padded jacket and we stood in the midst of a small crowd waiting to catch the train.

The engine is so loud that the recording becomes way over modulated, but it's fun to listen on headphones and hear the train screech though your head from left to right.

Show Notes

Download the file: zbw3_12-3-04.mp3 (868Kb, 64 Kbps, 22Khz).