March 31st, 2005 by 
Garrick Van Buren
Tonight, listening to my “Getting Things Done” playlist while going through Day 4 of Ruby, the Spaceshots’ tune ‘I Promise the World’ came through the headphones.
I picked up that tune last November, while subscribed to BlogDigger’s mp3 feed (which I highly recommend for 2-3 days at a time). I search for ’spaceshots’ at iTunes.
Did you mean “spaceshits”?
Umm. No.
Googling for them sends me to PodSafeSound.com - the independent resource for podsafe music. Yes, they have a feed and yes it includes the songs. That’s how to make my day.
Wait. It gets better. I head over to The Spaceshots site and they’re offering the entire album for download, free - in a single zipped file. Same goes for their side project, Alpha Pi.
These guys rock.
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March 30th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
Two years after their first demo, Dave and Huna got a real, over-the-air, AM call-in talk radio show on March 6, 2005. They tell you what it was like and how to do it.
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If you want to buy Huna’s car, send an email to firstcrack@gmail.com
Listen to Get Your Own Radio Show By Dave & Huna [31 min]
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March 30th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
Kurt Fischer, Program Manager for HourCar - Minnesota’s non-profit car sharing venture, and I sat down at Nina’s Coffee on Dale and Western in St. Paul. HourCar is planning to introduce car sharing to Minnesota in early May 2005. We talk about car sharing, who is a good candidate for car sharing, and how car sharing positively impacts a community.
If you’re in the Twin Cities, this might be the easiest way to get your hands on a 2005 Toyota Prius.
Nina’s is an excellent place, old building, great decor, very popular neighborhood hangout. Unfortunately no wireless and noisy.
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Listen to HourCar Brings Car Sharing to Twin Cities [32 min]
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March 29th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
Mindy Kelly from Mrs. Kelly’s Tea and I talk selection, brewing, and finding the right tea.
Listen to the Tea Episode with Mindy Kelly [16 min]
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March 25th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
Last fall when I was just getting into podcasting, I was enamored with the idea of using podcasts to learn a foreign language. I even commented on it in First Crack #6.
If you’re following my ThingsToDo list, you see I’d like to get my tongue around Dutch and bring my German back up to speed. Then there’s French. Always took classes as a kid. Never quite got it.
Anyway, my favorite Deutschlehrerin, Steffanie aus Stockholm, just wrote about the power of podcasting to learn a foreign language.
It looks like my German is still good enough to understand that Steffanie and I share the same views on this:
- There are so many podcasts, you can find a subject that interests you in a language you want to learn. Like learning 2 things for the price of one.
- The best podcasts are normal people, talking about normal things, in normal voices - ideal for understand how language is acutally used, and different dialects.
- You can listen to podcasts over and over again. Picking up something new each time. I always keeps the good ones, and Steffanie’s.
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March 21st, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
If you enjoyed First Crack #12. The Winter Blanket at Marysburg Books and will be in Minneapolis on Friday night (Mar. 25), head over the Triple Rock Social Club.
The Winter Blanket will be playing 2 shows with Mark Mallman and Melodious Owl.
All ages @ 5pm, 21+ at 10pm.
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March 12th, 2005 by Garrick Van Buren
Tim Elliott, from winecast.net, and I met at Bev’s Wine Bar and talked wine, coffee, and technology.
Listen to the Wine Episode with Tim Elliott [32 min]
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