Pig Sty Avenue

Pig Sty Avenue is three today! That's rather whiskery for a blog, eh? Back in November 2004 , we were getting ready for our wedding, I was having a break from Libya, and The Bairn was a twinkle in my eye. I notice that I was wowed by the concept of In Our Time as a podcast, and that I couldn't do an embedded link. Now, there are masses of podcasts from the BBC . And I can embed my links like nobody's business.

I have the technology. I've downloaded some free audio software , now I need to read through this how-to site . And I've opened a Box.net free account to store it - though the free account limits me to a 10mb file - which means a couple of short bits of music and some chat. I've been impressed with the quality of the recording on my mobile , which means I can do interviews when I'm out and about. This is going to be fun, but there's a professional angle too: I want to use the podcast format as part of the repertoire of teaching.

Being the Pig Sty Avenue Podcasting Corporation. This is a project I fully intend to resurrect as soon as I get a bit of free time. Today, in connexion with that placement test, to record the sound files for the listening, I downloaded Audacity , which at first blush looks as if it'll be just the job for building a podcast. And, also time permitting, I'll spend some time surfing for new podsafe music. It'll be a hoot.