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Ok so I promised I would return to this subject with my Ubuntu install, and see how I could get podcasts automagically downloaded and ready for my listening pleasure. Ok so after doing a little research, and banging my head against the wall for a few hours, I came across a great way to handle this. A little shell script called BashPodder, a tiny little bash shell that is configured via a flat text file (bp.conf). Ok so I have an account at Odeo, and my queue there can be reached through and RSS feed. So I copied the RSS feed into the config file and ran the shell script and poof!

Today I rebooted my dual booting machine and returned to my Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy the Badger) installation. One thing that I am smacked with immediately is the fact that everything is faster, browsing the web is faster, instant messaging patching,...EVERYTHING. I am home today because of a strike that is in place in New York, the local union Transit Workers Union 100 is striking against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.