Monday, May 28, 2007

Chapter 8: Podcasts & Audio

http://www.podcast.net/show/50673
http://www.podcast.net/show/75405
http://stargatefancast.podomatic.com/rss2.xml
I enjoyed my podcast experience, because it gives me a chance to listen to what I'm interested in and also gives me the freedom to be working on something else. This will be something that I do again, it saves me time to read the article online, now I can just listen and do other things at the same time as well. The search was pretty easy, just type in what your interested in and then a list of results will show up. All I did was went to Google n searched for podcasts and went from there.

My title for the audio book is "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, which can be found here: http://www.thoughtaudio.com/titlelist/0003-artofwar/index.html This is a book that was
written in China over two thousand years ago, The Art of War provides the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations. Sun Tzu teaches in a straightforward style how to command an operation of utmost efficiency and effectiveness, and the elements required to win.

I think audio books are a great idea for people on the go, because you can listen to them in the car, or on the train or in the subway, this will also protect your eyes if you are on moving vehicle and allows you to enjoy your book anywhere you go. You can also save space, because on one cd you can fit many books, and this also saves trees as well.

http://www.audiobooksforfree.com - This site not only have audio books that you can download, with different speed, you get charged for different amount of money, for example, 8 and 16kb/sec are free, 24, 32, 48kb/sec cost $5, $6, and $7 US. Also they sell the audio books on dvds (9 dvds for $100US), or on a mp3 player (ARCHOS 20GB Multimedia + 16GB of audio books + V.A.T. + Delivery = $600USD), or they also have it on hard drive, cd mp3, single dvds, audio books on memory cards.
http://www.simplyaudiobooks.com/ - This site lets you rent and buy audio books, for rental, theres a couple different options, it lets you to have either 1 or up to 4 selections, and that ranges from $11.95- $36.95 on a 12 month subscription, or monthly at $14.95 up to $39.95. Or you can download it directly into your computer, ranging from $14.95 to $27.95.
http://www.soundsgood.com/Home.aspx?tabname=home - This site lets you
receive 2 downloads a month for just $19.95 or you can purchase titles individually at a non membership price.

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