{"id":373,"date":"2008-01-24T20:14:36","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T20:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=373"},"modified":"2008-01-24T20:14:36","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T20:14:36","slug":"a-new-excitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=373","title":{"rendered":"A new excitement?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love new things in all their forms.<\/p>\n

I love changes that I can get hooked on – I love the ‘being hooked’ but I also love the freshness that a new thing brings with it; it’s a little like meeting a new person and walking away afterwards thinking ‘I really liked them!’.<\/p>\n

So many things (books, horses, music) haven’t been new for such a long time that I can’t remember the excitement of discovering them.<\/p>\n

But I can remember the excitement of rediscovering them after a long lay-off (when I competition sailed, when I returned to the UK from a period of living abroad where one of these things – usually horses – were denied me).<\/p>\n

In more modern times I remember discovering the iPod (and therefore, in a way, rediscovering aspects of music), digital photography, texting (sad, I know) and the rampant excitement that unlimited storage space that external USB drives bring.<\/p>\n

But now there’s a new newness, a new excitement.<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s all Colin’s<\/a> fault.<\/p>\n

He has introduced me to the Podcast.<\/p>\n

The Lovely S downloads her Podcast favourites regularly (Russell Brand, Scott Mills etc), but I’ve not been taken by any – Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie (despite having the world’s most entertaining four nights a week show on Radio 2 – no hyperbole here folks!) don’t have a Podcast for some inexplicable reason only known to the BBC.<\/p>\n

And then Colin asked ‘Have you heard of this guy? He’s a bit in your face but…’.<\/p>\n

Needless to say I hadn’t heard.<\/p>\n

So I went home that evening and looked.<\/p>\n

And found.<\/p>\n

And downloaded.<\/p>\n

And listened.<\/p>\n

And…<\/p>\n

Hook, line and sinker.<\/p>\n

I’m keeping the precise details under wraps for now because the germ of an idea is beginning to percolate (look, I know germs don’t exactly<\/em> percolate but humour me) around the inside of my head.<\/p>\n

But it’s safe to say that my morning and evening commutes will be shared between my OU media and my iPod media.<\/p>\n

Oh yes.<\/p>\n

And Colin… Thanks. I appreciate it.<\/p>\n

B<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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