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October 2004 to June 2005, on Blogware

Random Bytes Radio

I started podcasting in October 2004, back when nobody (me included) was quite sure what a podcast was. It began as "Robot Radio" (for 5 shows), turned into Random Bytes Radio, spun off a short series called 5:15 and wrapped up in June 2005. All told it's about 23 hours of audio - every show that survived is here, along with the show notes and your comments.

On Global TV

In March 2005 Global TV ran a short piece on podcasting and came by to see how the show got made. Yes, that's my actual desk, in my home "studio" back when we lived in the Bloor West neighbourhood of Toronto. The post from that week.

3 min, March 12, 2005

The shows

  1. Robot Radio, first edition

    October 10, 2004, 21 min, 4 comments

  2. Robot Radio Reloaded

    October 11, 2004, 20 min

  3. Robot Radio, Show #3

    When robots attack

    October 17, 2004, 38 min, 7 comments

  4. Robot Radio, Show #4

    Robots, F**k Yeah!

    October 21, 2004, 1h 24m, 5 comments

  5. Random Bytes Radio, Show #5

    FearCasting Live

    October 29, 2004, 30 min

  6. Random Bytes Radio, Show #6

    Are you sitting comfortably?

    October 31, 2004, 50 min

  7. Random Bytes Radio, Show #7

    Special Lucky BloggerCon Edition

    November 7, 2004, 25 min

  8. Random Bytes Radio

    Is it live or is it a Podcast?

    November 14, 2004, 51 min

  9. Random Bytes Radio, Show #9

    Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine...

    November 22, 2004, 56 min, 2 comments

  10. Random Bytes Radio, Show #10

    20lbs of stuff in a 10lb bag

    November 28, 2004, 43 min

  11. Random Bytes Radio, Show #11

    If it ain't broke, just wait!

    December 19, 2004, 60 min

  12. Special Holiday Show

    Paul ain't no Santa!

    December 24, 2004, 30 min

  13. Special Holiday Show #2

    With the right filename even!

    December 29, 2004, 50 min

  14. Random Bytes Radio, Show #14

    Snap, Crackle, Pop!

    January 3, 2005, 45 min

  15. Random Bytes Radio, Show #15

    Just like cherry cola...

    January 9, 2005, 57 min, 2 comments

  16. Random Bytes Radio, Show #16

    Sixteen Candles...Sixteen Shows!

    January 16, 2005, 1h 11m

  17. Random Bytes Radio, Show #17

    One slice short of a loaf, one byte short of a podcast...

    January 23, 2005, 42 min

  18. Random Bytes Radio, Show #18

    Not Legal At Any Age

    January 30, 2005, 54 min

  19. Random Bytes Radio, Show #19

    Caution: For Indoor Use Only

    February 6, 2005, 57 min

  20. Random Bytes Radio, MiniShow #1

    February 13, 2005, 14 min, 2 comments

  21. Random Bytes Radio, Show #21

    Staying on the dry side has nothing to do with sobriety

    February 20, 2005, 1h 4m

  22. Random Bytes Radio, Show #22

    February 27, 2005, 46 min, 2 comments

  23. Random Bytes Radio, Minishow #2

    Now with increased chatter

    March 6, 2005, 7 min

  24. Random Bytes Radio, Show #24

    Not For Internal Use

    March 7, 2005, 31 min

  25. Random Bytes, Show #25

    The Complete Illustrated Guide

    March 12, 2005, 38 min

  26. Random Bytes Radio, Show #26

    Its only rock and roll...

    March 14, 2005, 1h 9m, 2 comments

  27. Random Bytes Radio, Show #27

    Tastes like blue!

    March 20, 2005, 52 min, 1 comment

  28. Random Bytes Radio, Show #28

    All this for $10?!!!

    June 30, 2005, 58 min, 1 comment

5:15

A slice of life in and around Toronto, about 5 minutes at a time. The name comes from the first episode, a sound tour between subway stops that ran exactly 5 minutes and 15 seconds. 4 episodes, January to March 2005.

  1. 5:15.01

    January 24, 2005, 5 min

  2. 5:15.02

    January 25, 2005, 5 min

  3. 5:15.03

    February 6, 2005, 5 min

  4. 5:15.04

    March 1, 2005, 5 min

Guest spots

Other people's shows that were kind enough to have me on.

Odds and ends

Test recordings and one-offs from the same stretch (some of these were me figuring out how the gear worked).

  • Just testing...

    October 9, 2004, 3 min, delp-rmx.mp3

  • Another test

    October 9, 2004, 14 min, WHOIS-20040929-tf3.mp3

  • test

    February 17, 2005, 37 min, julien-ross-2005-02-17.MP3