Well, I did it. I made a podcast, just in time for Halloween.

Right-click the link below and select "Save target as..." to download the first episode of the FULL OF WIN Podcast to your hard drive, where you can listen to it from your computer, or load it on your .mp3 player, or drag and drop it into your Recycle Bin after hearing the first ten seconds.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kevinparrott/FOWep1.mp3

I can't tell you how long it took to record that six minute introduction. Actually, I can. It took almost two hours. I edited it on the fly - recorded a bit, then went back and cut out all (well, most of) the "uuhhhs" and dead space, and extraneous words. I'll get faster the more I do it, but it was like pulling teeth this first time.

 And I still screwed it up.

I accidentally recorded in left-channel mono, so I had to split it into two tracks and mix them both together to get stereo-mono. It sounds like I recorded it in the bathtub as a result (oh, if only). I tried to clean it up as best as I knew how, and did a bit of noise reduction, but all the opening and saving degraded the sound and I finally decided that a Halloween Special should probably go up before Christmas.

Anyway, if you want to read the show notes (there aren't many), go to http://kevinparrott.libsyn.com/ and drop me a comment or constructive criticism after you listen. I'm doing another Halloween Special (that one will probably go up sometime on Halloween Day), then the FULL OF WIN podcast proper will begin next week.