Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h46EFOU02765; Tue, 6 May 2003 10:15:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:15:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000b01c313d9$a905dab0$78842543@user0q6xoyg76x> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barb Sabaj" <bjteach@ameritech.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2817] Re: short writings plus mp3 file X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 4114 Lines: 98 I could not get this to open. I tried it on a DSL connection and a phone line neither of which would open. It looks like you must have an MP3 player installed on your system. Many students do not have DSL or cable connections and these large files make it difficult for them to use the systems at home. Barb Sabaj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heide Wrigley" <hwrigley@aiweb.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2815] short writings plus mp3 file > Will this open for you? We could use something like this for Socorro > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Shapiro [mailto:pshapiro@his.com] > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:27 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2814] writing ideas - writing about pet peeves > > hi nifl-techology people - > > here's a writing idea that might be useful. all of us have pet > peeves about things that ought to be changed or improved in this > world. writing something short and sweet about a pet peeve can be > therapeutic -- as well as creating hope that the pet peeve will be > somehow addressed if the writing is communicated in the right way to > the right person. > > here's an example of a short "pet peeve" writing i did over the > weekend. feel free to distribute or use in any way you like. an mp3 > audio version of this same writing can be downloaded from > http://storymakers.net/moviesonbusesmp3.zip and may be also be > freely distributed. the mp3 file is about 500 kilobytes and fits on a > floppy disk. any computer from about 1997 onwards ought to be able to > play mp3 audio files. > > hope this helps, > > - phil shapiro > arlington, virginia > > btw, mp3 audio files can also be played on portable mp3 players. > it's possible to fit as much as 35 hours of mp3 audio files (of the > kind recorded above) on a single cd that would play in a portable mp3 > player. the blank cd media is very inexpensive these days and i'd be > interested in working with others to create 35 hours (or perhaps just > 5 or 10 hours) of freely distributable fiction and nonfiction for > adult learners to listen and learn from. > > ------------------------------------------- > > Movies on Intercity Buses - Simply a Bad Idea > > Whenever I take a bus from one city to another, what I like most > about the experience is looking out the window at the passing > countryside and taking a snooze whenever I feel like it. Bus rides > used to be a time for relaxation and contemplation. No more. Movies > on buses have shattered the peace. > > Whether you want to view the movie or not, movies on buses now blare > at you from small television screens hanging down from the luggage > racks. If an actor shrieks in the movie, it's difficult to ignore it. > If the movie includes explosions, these will be exploding right in > your face, whether you want it or not. > > If the movie is a thriller with a high-tension soundtrack, you'll be > listening to that scary soundtrack whether you want to or not. > > Movies on buses are one of the worst inventions ever imagined. > In-your-face movies rob people of sleep and disturb the peace. > > There is a simple solution to this problem, though. Before every bus > ride the bus driver could ask the riders if they wanted to see a > movie, explaining that some people prefer a quiet bus ride. If fewer > than 50 percent of the people on the bus raise their hands, than the > bus driver would not start the movie. > > An even better solution would be to stop showing movies on buses altogether. > > If movies continue to be shown on intercity buses, these buses may > lose riders to alternate forms of transportation. That would be a > real shame, because taking a nice long bus ride is one of life's > simple pleasures. > > Phil Shapiro > > > > -- > Phil Shapiro pshapiro@his.com > http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) > http://www.mp3.com/philshapiro/ (guitar fingerpicking) > http://storymakers.net (multimedia explorations)
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