I’m sill busy writing books - I think I did six or seven last year - and still interested in other things - primarily flying.
So the path back toward a cool aspect of computing was removed and I didn’t have time to cut another one. But when Adobe killed PageMill, they also killed my book.
I’d hopped on the Web publishing wagon early on and had a book about PageMill Web authoring software that did very well. It didn’t help that I somehow became an “expert” on productivity software like Word and Excel. It was a tool for getting a job done and that job happened to be to write about using this tool. The “cool factor” of the computer seemed to fade away. I didn’t get to play around as much as I used to. Although I still spent the same amount of time sitting in front of my computer, that was mostly work time. The time between books got shorter and shorter and I developed new interests such as motorcycling and photography, and when we moved out west, horseback riding and flying. But somewhere along the line, I got pressed for time just trying to make a living.
For a while, I thought I wanted to learn how to program, but I soon realized that it wasn’t worth the bother with so much good shareware and freeware out there. Everyone had their own custom sound effects and used MacInTalk to get their Macs to read. Macs had “sound cards” built in from Day 1, so sound was always part of the Macintosh experience. I distinctly remember the sound editing software I used - I believe it was called SoundEdit - which enabled me to record sounds and edit sound waves. There was all kinds of shareware out there and much of it was pretty cool stuff. If I hadn’t bought it and learned my way around it so quickly, I would never have developed the expertise to change careers.Īnyway, back in those days, shareware was a big thing. I like to say that that computer changed my life. I also learned enough to get a per diem job as a computer applications instructor, so I quit my “day job” to pursue a writing career. I taught myself everything I needed to know about that machine and had a BBS up and running within a month. It was one of the first Macs to offer a color monitor option and it ran at whopping 16 MHz.
Back in those days, the Mac IIcx was hot. I needed a hard disk and a bit more processing power than the Apple //c offered. One of the reasons I wanted it was so that I could start a BBS. My previous computer had been an Apple //c and the Mac was a huge step up for me. I got my start with Macs back in 1989 with a Mac II cx. One of the reasons I got into the business of writing about computers is because I thought that the things you could do with computers were very…well, cool.
Then copy & past the Server, Port, Mount, & Password info in Nicecast as needed.I rediscover the cool things I can do with my Mac. You can find the needed RR settings by looking at the feed owner page for the feed in question.If there is a connection to RR, State will show On Air. Press "Start Broadcast" in the Nicecast Broadcast Section.You can also set Nicecast and the Mac to reboot when power is returned.After all above is set, exit Nicecast and relaunch to save the settings.I have mine set to a little more than 2/3. CPU Usage/Quality: Set to what you need.
Channels: Set to Mono or stereo as needed (mono for one radio, stereo for two radios).Bitrate: Set to 16kbps for a mono (one scanner) feed or set to 32kbps for a stereo (two scanner feed).Description: Enter same as your stream name.: (Example: Home City Fire).Mount point: Found in your feed owners page.Address: (Server) Found in your feed owners page.Password: Found in your feed owners page.Name: Enter your stream name (Example: Home City Fire).Then, enter the following in the areas listed: In the server click on the + at the lower left to add a new server. Recommend you set the Mac to reboot when power is returned.
Recommend you turn off Bluetooth and WiFi.Recommend you turn off auto software updating.Set Input Volume as needed but poss no higher than the first line.Select Line In or what ever input the scanner is connected to. Go to: (System Preferences), the to (Sound), the to (Input).
They recommend migrating to Audio Hijack for a modern broadcasting setup.