Over the weekend I subscribed to all sorts of podcasts, including YouTube’s “Best Of” videoclips and Comedy Central’s standup shorts so I can look at something besides the sleepy faces of morning commuters while on transit. I take a streetcar, subway, and bus to go to work but the whole journey only takes about half an hour, all segments being more or less equal. If I get a seat, the most I can read in one sitting is whatever I can scan in 10 minutes before I have to make a connection. If the streetcar/ subway/ bus is full, I’m standing and usually hanging on for dear life while everyone sways en masse.
iPod Touch to the rescue! Videos to my heart’s content! And if I have to actually pay attention to where my feet are going, I can just listen for a bit until I get back on the TTC.
The only downside to all this free entertainment is stifling the fits of laughter during the commute. I was watching one of the standup comic clips yesterday morning and he said something so hysterical I burst out laughing on the bus and startled the woman next to me, who didn’t notice my screen.
If you’ve got a similar device, beware of Comedy Central’s free podcast: it could make you look like a lunatic.
[I forgot to add the main benefit: it starts the day off right by putting you in a good mood!]
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Thanks for the tip. I’m still working my way through the backlog of Skydive Radio podcasts, but I’m always looking for more fun stuff. I find that a podcast makes time at the gym go faster – it engages my brain more than music, so I don’t focus so much on how much longer I have to work out. Now, all I need to do is start getting my very out-of-shape ass to the gym again.
where do you find the best of youtube clips?
I’m demanding the new Ipod video nano for either my birfday or xmas from Rod (in Red, to make his life just that little bit more difficult)…when I get that toy, I’ll have to look into this podcast of which you speak
Go to the iTunes store, select podcasts from the left-side menu (?–not quite sure, will have to check this) and search for Comedy Central or YouTube. I think you don’t even have to do that, as both are under the “Popular” list on the right (?) side.