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Here’s a nice little AppleScript I knocked up to grab all of the details of my podcasts, for the previous post:

 1     tell application "iTunes"
 2      set podcastList to {}
 3      repeat with trk in selection
 4          set thisPodcast to album of trk & " • " & artist of trk
 5          if thisPodcast is not in podcastList then
 6              set podcastList to podcastList & thisPodcast
 7          end if
 8      end repeat
 9     end tell
10     
11     set HTML to "<ul>"
12     repeat with trk in podcastList
13      set HTML to HTML & "<li>" & trk & "</li>"
14     end repeat
15     set the clipboard to HTML & "</ul>"

Hot Toddy • Mindtrip • Chillout Sessions 8 ★★

Podcasts are cool. I listen to them every day on the way to and from work, and I’ve got quite a few subscriptions in my iTunes list.

• New Scientist Podcast • New Scientist
• Ockham’s Razor • ABC Radio National
• Dr Karl’s Great Moments in Science • ABC Science Online – the Lab
• Dr Karl on triple j • ABC Science Online – the Lab
• The Science Show • ABC Radio National
• All in the Mind • ABC Radio National
• The Night Air • ABC Radio National
• Perspective • ABC Radio National
• Radio Eye • ABC Radio National
• Street Stories • ABC Radio National
• Quirks and Quarks from CBC Radio • Quirks & Quarks
• Background Briefing • ABC Radio National
• Big Ideas • ABC Radio National
• Craphound.com: The Literary Works of Cory Doctorow • Cory Doctorow
• National Interest • ABC Radio National
• The Philosopher’s Zone • ABC Radio National
• In Our Time • BBC Radio 4
• The Ricky Gervais Show • Guardian Unlimited

They also take up lots of data. In the past month, my internet usage has more than doubled. And I’ve only been pdcatching for probably less than half of the month!

Usage History for the Past 6 Billing Periods

Billing Period Ending Invoice Number Hours Used (hh:mm) Downloads (MB) Uploads (MB) Service Total
(Excl GST)

25 Feb 06 30700482 293:49 3848.98 293.67 $0.00

25 Jan 06 30068220 131:23 1245.89 144.91 $15.41

25 Dec 05 29435356 143:29 608.07 98.86 $15.41

25 Nov 05 28793690 109:02 655.58 98.06 $15.41

25 Oct 05 28154942 300:16 2586.63 275.67 $0.00

25 Sep 05 27528167 118:59 706.33 104.21 $15.41

It still amuses me how often I come across interesting little coincidences. The other week I heard the term “Selective Service” twice in a couple of days, after not having ever heard it before, on totally different media. One was OmniNerd, the other an ABC radio podcast. And today, while listening to the latest Ricky Gervais podcast (#12), a mention was made of the story where a guy wakes up as a “Giant Beetle,” and his travails from there. And then, in this week’s PostSecret: