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Conor Ryan
29-09-2005, 22:39
Hey all of you potential listeners, due to popular demand FirstCast has returned for another episode. Yes we are aware that we promised it a little sooner, but hey we gotta get our grades up before kickoff.

This episode is much more of an improvement though, we brought in not one, not two, but THREE Guests to the show on top of the formidable Trio of Matt Krass, Adam Richards, and Myself, Conor Ryan. Guests included Arefin Bari, Greg Marra, and Jeff Rodriguez. We covered some (slightly outdated) news and then we go into depth on FIRST Transmissions, the CMU Camera, and the a History segment this year on the 2002 game. Its really interesting and we are really happy with it. So go ahead use of of our Mirrors and Download it!

FirstCast (http://www.podcast.openfirst.org/)
Download Episodes 1 and 2 (http://podcast.openfirst.org/download.php)

Apologies in advance for my Poor Mic Quality
Adam Richards
29-09-2005, 22:40
The first person to send me a PM with the easter egg in this week's episode will receive a to-be-determined prize at a later date.

Enjoy! :]
Matt Krass
29-09-2005, 23:01
Sorry for the delays everyone, with school and all it's difficult, so I'd like to ask for your patience as listeners, we're going to get this episodes out as fast as we can, not on any specific timetable, at least until we get through the first few episodes, we're learning more and more each time and the ball is still rolling, it just needs some speed.

And I'll personally offer a KK donut to anyone who finds the easter egg.
Barry Bonzack
29-09-2005, 23:18
Good work as always guys. Keep 'em coming. I feel like I just took a class in FIRST History 101.
Elgin Clock
29-09-2005, 23:23
...and the a History segment this year on the 2001 game....

2002 actually..
sanddrag
29-09-2005, 23:26
The 2002 Tether issue is not one of my favorite stories at all, but I don't blame you for talking about it. It was a quite controversial issue that makes for good discussion I suppose. It just isn't a story I would read before bedtime. :D

Anyway, this episode was a great improvement over the first. We still have one person sounding like they are transmitting from the surface of the moon, but all in all I think it was a good show.
Adam Richards
29-09-2005, 23:27
Anyway, this episode was a great improvement over the first. We still have one person sounding like they are transmitting from the surface of the moon, but all in all I think it was a good show.
How do you know he isn't? :yikes:
tiffany34990
29-09-2005, 23:45
great show... i'm glad it finally came out :)

i loved 2002 too... great game :) (i wonder why i loved it so much :D )

good job again to everyone...
phrontist
29-09-2005, 23:55
The editing is flawless. Thanks for acting on feedback!
Freddy Schurr
30-09-2005, 00:15
Hey, I have a question

Is FIRSTcast avaiavble on Ipod yet, because I was searching for it on Podcast and could not find it?

Holla
Cory
30-09-2005, 01:10
The 2002 Tether issue is not one of my favorite stories at all, but I don't blame you for talking about it. It was a quite controversial issue that makes for good discussion I suppose. It just isn't a story I would read before bedtime. :D

Anyway, this episode was a great improvement over the first. We still have one person sounding like they are transmitting from the surface of the moon, but all in all I think it was a good show.


ahhhhhh it's on the tethers? :ahh:

I was hoping to never have to be reminded of that fiasco again... :rolleyes:
Matt Krass
30-09-2005, 12:24
Hey everybody, iTunes is still a work in progress, its pretty tricky...we hope to have it working soon.

We appreciate all comments, questions and feedback, especially mailbag questions, so send 'em in to firstpodcast@gmail.com.

Tell your friends about FIRSTcast!

Thanks everyone.

EDIT: Did anybody find the easter egg?
Ian Curtis
30-09-2005, 14:57
Great episode, but 1 minor comment. FLL allows the brick to be programmed with ScriptX (which is text based and complicated although not quite the level of C).
Joe Matt
30-09-2005, 15:26
The editing is flawless. Thanks for acting on feedback!

It's not quite flawless (look at the old TWiTs), but it's 1000x better than last time. Great podcast, can't wait for the next episode!
fightoplankton
03-10-2005, 00:05
Is there a feed?
Conor Ryan
03-10-2005, 09:03
Is there a feed?

YES!! It's true we do have a Feed now available in iTunes! So heres the easiest way to find it, search for FirstCast in the podcast directory, then select the one with less information in the ID3 tags, thats the latest download, you should be able to select from 3 downloads. I Don't know if they all work but the latest does!
Matt Krass
03-10-2005, 14:04
And keep in mind everyone, look for that easter egg!
Greg Marra
03-10-2005, 16:35
Wow, that is some serious editing. We got like 50 minutes of raw audio down to 38 minutes? Very nice work. It sounds pretty darn good.

A very informative episode, keep up the good work!
Mark McLeod
05-10-2005, 16:52
Very nice job guys!

I think FirstCast is a pretty valuable idea, and your editing was excellent.
I didn't hear Matt sign-off though;)

Keep up the good work.