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Wednesday 30 March 2005

My work gets a mention on Blogging Pro

Filed under: Software and Web — Chris Curtis @ 08:30

Blogging Pro mentions my WordPress Plugin: WP_Shoutcast

The WP_Shoutcast plugin shows what’s on a [[shoutcast]] station of your choice. The output is similar to this:

Whole Wheat Radio

On-air
Programme/Song
Todd Hoke – Hidden Track
Bitrate: 56 kpbs
Listeners: 25 / 70

Only a small mention, but nice to be noticed. Thanks!

If you want a copy of the plug-in (the zip file has a readme with instructions) click here.

Feeddemon

Filed under: Software and Web — Chris Curtis @ 08:20

I have been using Feeddemon for about a fortnight. Basically, it is a reader for RSS, atom etc. feeds. There are free readers out there, but I thought it was worth paying for feeddemon because it is so slick – it genuinely helps you to read the content of your feeds, which is what it is all about. Feeds are kept in groups, and each feed and group generates a “newspaper” – or browser display of the contents. This is configurable so you can present the feed contents in a format you like (or download one that someone else has made). Use a “newspaper” with some sensible values for reading and feeddemon becomes a genuine “information centre” doing the browsing donkey work for you, so all you have to do is scan the updates in all your favourite sites.

What I also like, is that it handles RSS enclosures, so is also my podcast software. You can set it to download all enclosures automatically, but I have quite a few, where I read the description then click the paper-clip icon to start the download for the ones I want to listen to. It downloads in the background, saves it to a sensible place and logs it into Windows Media so you can find and listen to it later (or put it on the Muvo so I can listen to it at the gym).

Recommended.

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