42: John Marshall

Produced by Syne Mitchell, 24 October, 2009 - 23:50
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WeaveZine is back in the studio! I'm back from hiatus with new ideas for the show. We've got an interview with John Marshall, an expert on Japanese textiles and techniques, and cars play a surprisingly large part in this episode.

Resources (mentioned during the show)

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Cover (front)

Comments

Download fails

Submitted by A. Weaver on 31 October, 2009 - 18:44.

I managed to download one podcast fine yesterday (38, colour and design) but all the others go all the way through the download (or have .1MB left to download) and then I get a download failed message. I'm in New Zealand on a slow mobile broadband (it's taking about 6 minutes to download 50 MB) using Vista and IE8 with Zonealarm as a firewall.

The podcasts are brilliant tho

Jenny

How frustrating...

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Submitted by Syne Mitchell on 31 October, 2009 - 19:20.

I'm sorry that you're having download issues.  Have you tried the latest one?  I'm wondering if the shorter link will work better for your connection.

I'll check in with my host to see if there's anything we can do about your woes on this end, but it may be one of the server relays between here and New Zealand. 

Syne Mitchell
WeaveZine Editor

New show

Submitted by A. Weaver on 26 October, 2009 - 18:57.

I love that you recorded the intro while sitting in your car.

Working fine

Submitted by A. Weaver on 26 October, 2009 - 08:50.

I listened over my computer right from your site with no trouble. Welcome back.

Good listening for a Sunday

Submitted by A. Weaver on 25 October, 2009 - 23:38.

I just listened on the computer. What a lovely way to end the day! I am glad to know there will continue to be WeaveCast. Thanks!

Audio downloads working?

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Submitted by Syne Mitchell on 25 October, 2009 - 01:04.

I'm trying something a little different with the audio downloads this go around.  Please let me know if the download is working for you.

If you have errors, please report them, with as much detail about how exactly the error occurred as possible.

Thanks!

Syne Mitchell
WeaveZine Editor

downloads

Submitted by A. Weaver on 25 October, 2009 - 14:57.

It will only download the into--about the first 29 seconds whether I click "play" on the Weavezine site or whether I download it to my computer.

More details?

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Submitted by Syne Mitchell on 26 October, 2009 - 21:49.

Hi,  Can I get a few more details about this issue?  It'll help me try to sort it out.

Can you tell me what browser you are using and what part of the world you're trying from?

Thanks!

Syne Mitchell
WeaveZine Editor

audio downloads

Submitted by A. Weaver on 25 October, 2009 - 05:45.

I tried clicking everything I could think of, but streaming wouldn't begin.  I'm downloading and saving to my own computer now.

audio downloads

Submitted by A. Weaver on 28 October, 2009 - 11:27.

I'm back again, just to check if it might be working now, but with IE8 there's nothing to click on to be able to stream the audio.  Downloading and playing it back works fine though.

Flash?

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Submitted by Syne Mitchell on 28 October, 2009 - 13:40.

The streaming audio player uses flash, so perhaps you don't have the plug-in its looking for installed?  Or perhaps you've turned off flash in IE?  That's a couple of first thoughts.

I just tried the site in IE8 (on Windows) and the streaming audio player worked just fine.

(Sometimes building web applications is like co-building a tower of legos, only you don't get to see what shape or size the other builders are using... )

 

Syne Mitchell
WeaveZine Editor

download

Submitted by A. Weaver on 25 October, 2009 - 13:10.

I also had a problem with the download but was able to save to my computer.

ITunes...

Submitted by A. Weaver on 28 October, 2009 - 21:13.

Couldn't find Ep 42, but I downloaded it into the Itunes folder and it sees it.... Weird, huh?

iTunes

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Submitted by Syne Mitchell on 29 October, 2009 - 07:58.

Do you mean that iTunes wasn't able to download the file, but that when you manually downloaded it and added it to your iTunes library it worked?

Tis wierd.  iTunes grabbed it just fine on my computer. 

To investigate this more I'd need info about your operating system, locale, version of iTunes, etc.  There are so many variables that play into these kind of errors, including random server glitches.

Hopefully it was a one-time thing, if it persists, let me know.

Thanks!

Syne Mitchell
WeaveZine Editor