TOTP - Top Ten Things About Women
Hey Joe, way to go - thanks for the list of the ten things about women! :-
- 10 – Never wrong
- 9 – Directions
- 8 – New CDs
- 7 – Bad situations
- 6 – Admit help
- 5 – Food
- 4 – Moods
- 3 - Snoring
- 2 – Police
- 1 – Guffs
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Use Firefox
We sure is a bit late today, last nights show has some photos that needed uploading of a couple of fat blokes in an overheated studio. We did Chris Bradleys top ten reasons to use firefox, here are the reasons:-
- 10 – Download Manager
- 9 – Customizable background pictures
- 8 – Pre-made themes
- 7 – Plugins
- 6 – Favicons
- 5 – Bookmarks Toolbar Folder
- 4 – Search Bar that can switch between search engines
- 3 - Best tabbed browsing
- 2 – Keyboard shortcuts
- 1 – It's not Internet Explorer
Monday, August 22, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Over Hyped Movies
Justin from Norwich is quite a movie buff who feels very disappointed when studios build him up only to knock him down. Here is the list he sent to topofthepods@gmail.com with his 10 over hyped movies:-
- 10 – Godzilla
- 9 – The Grudge
- 8 – Catwoman
- 7 – Pearl Harbour
- 6 – Mission Impossible 2
- 5 – Fahrenheit 911
- 4 – The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- 3 - Star Wars episode 1: The Phantom Menace
- 2 – Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- 1 – The Matrix Reloaded
Friday, August 19, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things Everyone Has Done Online
Bit late, but here is James Gardners list of the 10 things everyone has done online.:-
- 10 – Mother pictures
- 9 – Reply to spam
- 8 – Watched Steve Jobs keynote speech
- 7 – Star Wars signatures
- 6 – Emulators
- 5 – Googled personal health checks
- 4 – Downloaded Linux
- 3 - Photoshopped heads onto bodies
- 2 – Used Neo in chat rooms
- 1 – Friends Mother pictures
Thursday, August 18, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things To Ask A Genie
Nicolas from Montreal in Canada has been busy dreaming of what he might do if a genie granted him one wish. We have a dream, that one day we'll be in the top ten in podcast alley. Why don't you be our 'magical audience genie member' and vote for us? If you are bored then why not write an email to us saying how happy you get when you hear our show (we need some photos of audience members clearly enjoying a show of Top of the Pods):-
- 10 – Billion quid
- 9 – Bye bye blue screen
- 8 – Bill Gates as secretary
- 7 – Unlimited internet
- 6 – Perfect memory
- 5 – Time travel
- 4 – Invicible
- 3 - Peace on earth
- 2 – Luck with the ladies
- 1 – One hundred million wishes a day
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Simpsons Characters
Gus sent us his Top Ten Simpsons List before everyone else did, so that's why his list is out of the doors first. We have others about the Simpsons and oh my god they are all sooooo different. If anything here is gonna start a James Bond Top Ten List Style Fight, then this is it.
Nice one Gus, thanks for that:-
- 10 – Santas Little Helper
- 9 – Marge Simpson
- 8 – Itchy and Scratchy
- 7 – Grampa Simpson
- 6 – Ned Flanders
- 5 – Mr Burns
- 4 – Barney
- 3 - Bart Simpson
- 2 – Homer Simpson
- 1 – Apu
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things To Do In Peterborough (UK)
There was a young bloke called Rob,
Who's mate Jon had to update the blog,
Rob said it should Rhyme,
To which Jon declined,
But then changed his mind on the job.
There you go Roberto. And it only took me 45 seconds to come up with that.
Roberto came up with a list about the bestest things to do in Peterborough. Jonno could only think of one, which was get the hell out of Peterborough as soon as possible. That wasn't on Roberto's list. However, there were ten other things with some amusing jibba-jabba in between.
Stats are steadily climbing - thanks everyone for your support and also for the great emails we get every single day. We answer them all as soon as we can, but we have jobs as well you know. So if we haven't got back to you yet, soz. Soon you will be contacted. In the meantime though, nip over to podcastalley and stick your oar in and vote for us. Ta. Oh, and vote for our mate Mark at the Tartanpodcast coz he's our bestest mate in Podworld, even if he does lock his wife in the car and keep absolut in business through his ever growing intake of alcohol!!:-
- 10 – Ferry Meadows
- 9 – Peterborough Cathedral
- 8 – Railworld
- 7 – Flag Fen
- 6 – Burghley House
- 5 – Sacrewell Farm
- 4 – Nene Valley Railway
- 3 - Queensgate
- 2 – East Of England Showground
- 1 – Peterborough Beer Festival
Monday, August 15, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten James Bond Movies
Adam from Australia has already sparked a massive row on the show with his list of the top ten Bond Movies. Just email topofthepods@gmail.com to join in with the debate, we think we got a few Bond facts slightly wrong in todays www.topofthepods.com show:-
- 10 – Dr. No -Sean Connery
- 9 – Diamonds Are Forever - Sean Connery
- 8 – A View To A Kill - Roger Moore
- 7 – For Your Eyes Only - Roger Moore
- 6 – Die Another Day - Pierce Brosnan
- 5 – On Her Majesty's Secret Service - George Lazenby
- 4 – Goldeneye - Pierce Brosnan
- 3 - The Man With The Golden Gun - Roger Moore
- 2 – The Spy Who Loved Me - Roger Moore
- 1 – Goldfinger - Sean Connery
Sunday, August 14, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Muppets
There's this guy called Jim. He likes our show. He emails us from time to time. We think he's great. But now we think he's even greater. Why? Well because he supplied us with the Top Ten Muppets of course. Now I know I could have done better. And Roberto thinks he could too. But hey, Jim thought of it first, so we'll go with his. Some of these Muppets I didn't recognise. Some Roberto didn't either, But in the end the most important ones were there, so what the hell. Thanks Jim. Nice list. By the way, if the spoilers are in the wrong order that's Roberto's fault. Not mine. Ever. Honest.
So we are still down the list at number 35 on Podcastalley.com so if you're new over here at Top Of The Pods or even if you've been hanging 'round these parts for sometime, why not head over there via the above link-a-roonie and register your vote for us. You don't have just one vote, oh no. You can vote as many podcasts as you like, so if you like the Tatanpodcast too, then you can click a vote for them too. Great, ain't it? If you do vote us, then chuck a comment in too if you can be bothered as it's always good to hear what you lot think. And of course, if you do vote then thanks guys, thanks very much. :-
- 10 – Miss Piggy
- 9 – Dr Teeth
- 8 – Lew Zealand
- 7 – Kermit
- 6 – Big Brown Monster
- 5 – Animal
- 4 – The Swedish Chef
- 3 - Fozzie Bear
- 2 – Beaker
- 1 – Gonzo
Friday, August 12, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things To Be Annoyed About Missing Out On If I Die Too Soon
Our mate Ross from the Mashup Podcast sent us over his top ten list of stuff he would be annoyed at if he died too soon. A bit of a long winded title, but self confessed Geekoid, Roberto got all excited at the techie stuff, whilst Father-Of-One, Jonathan kept ultra cool like the fonz. Ehhhhhhhhhhh:-
- 10 – Wireless Earbuds for portable music players
- 9 – TV/Phone/music/portable computer watches
- 8 – The world going all cyberpunk like with funky computer clothes andbody armour and human-robot interfaces and all that funky cyber stufffrom films and books.
- 7 – Proper VR
- 6 – Computers like in Star Trek
- 5 – Space Travel
- 4 – Aliens (any kind, eg good and bad)
- 3 - Flying Cars
- 2 – World Peace
- 1 – Robots
Thursday, August 11, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Chavs
Sam Smith sent us his Top Ten list of Chavs. My god there are some real quality Chavs in this one. Roberto loved this list as he is quite fond of Burberry. I hate it myself and wouldn't be seen dead in Rob's Burberry baseball cap and scarf.
We are still doing really well in iTunes, but the Podcastalley listing isn't where we should be, so come on... do us a little favour and nip over there to vote us into the top ten or something. If we hit the top ten this month Rob said he would do something really special. Me? Yeah, I might do too. :-
- 10 – Britney Spears
- 9 – Tim Lovejoy (Soccer AM presenter)
- 8 – The Beckhams (The Royal Chavery)
- 7 – The Queen (Her Royal Chaviness)
- 6 – Eminem
- 5 – Wayne Rooney's Girlfriend
- 4 – Beyonce
- 3 - That Huge Chav who won the lotto
- 2 – Jordan (Huge Breasted Chav)
- 1 – Mike Skinner (The Streets)
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten 80s Cartoons
Paul Scott who gave us a list of top ten 80's cartoons, which quite frankly we picked to bits as most of them were girlie cartoons:-
- 10 – Gummi Bears
- 9 – Dungeons And Dragons
- 8 – Danger Mouse
- 7 – Transformers
- 6 – Trap door
- 5 – Care Bears
- 4 – Super Ted & Spotty
- 3 - He-Man
- 2 – Bravestarr
- 1 – Thundercats
Mid-show we talked about Northpod, their site is at http://www.northpodding.com. Also mentioned on this link ridden site are the GI Joe Overdubbed cartoons found at http://www.ebaumsworld.com/gijoe.html. Plus Rowley from www.darkcompass.com got a mention about his £21 per year, 1 gig unlimited bandwidth podcast hosting service that we can vouch for.
Also we played unsigned band Gidgets Ga Ga's song 'The Bomb' at the end of the show, for more great podsafe music head over to their site at www.gidgetsgaga.com and say hello. We were gonna do a top 10 related list about them but couldn't think what, if anyone would like to help us with a list then send it to topofthepods@gmail.com.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Movie Quotes
We were in a rush, so we unlocked the Top of the Pods vault and grabbed our pilot episode - "The Top Ten Movie Quotes" to fill some space. We chose never to release it because the format of the show took about 6 hours to edit and quite frankly it made us cringe. But we did promise to play it once our number of subscribers reached over 500 - any suggestions for what you'd like Jon and Rob to do/wear/kiss in return for 1000 subscribers should go to topofthepods@gmail.com:
- 10 – Of all of the gin joints
- 9 – You're not my father!
- 8 – The first rule of Fight Club
- 7 – These are not the droids you're looking for
- 6 – The names Bond
- 5 – Are you talking to me?
- 4 – Quite frankly I don't give a damn
- 3 - I'll be back
- 2 – Do I make you laugh?
- 1 – Wax on, wax off
We'll also read out all the names of everyone who emails us with the correct list of films that these ten film quotes come from on tomorrow's show (answers must reach us by 7pm GMT Wednesday the 10th of August!). Back to normal on tomorrow's show.
Monday, August 08, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Reasons To Visit The UK
Judy and Paul are planning to visit England soon, and they have give us their list of the top 10 reasons to visit England:-
- 10 – Good public transport
- 9 – TV programmes
- 8 – Driving on the left
- 7 – No extremes of weather
- 6 – Thatched roof houses
- 5 – Public parks
- 4 – Really old stuff
- 3 - Accent
- 2 – Green countryside
- 1 – Grub
Friday, August 05, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Everyone Does With A Camcorder
For those lucky enough to own a video camera we have a great list for you today which laughs at every mistake you've made since you brought it. Jim sent a very kind email to topofthepods@gmail.com with his list of the ten things everyone does with a camcorder (or probably shouldn't) :-
- 10 – Filming only your own kids
- 9 – Leaving the date and time on
- 8 – Zooming in and out
- 7 – Filming anything and everything
- 6 – Digital effects
- 5 – Making a 'pop video'
- 4 – Filming the dog
- 3 - Telling your girlfriend "Its just for us to watch..."
- 2 – Disappearing effect
- 1 – Playing a funny clip 20 times in a row until it isn't funny
Thursday, August 04, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Pranks
One of our younger listeners, Jeannie (11) from New York emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with her list of the top ten pranks. Todays show also features Rick Astley and the worlds first romantic request ever heard in a podcast:-
- 10 – Crank calls
- 9 – Flip lights on and off
- 8 – Pantsing
- 7 – Finger in warm water
- 6 – Turn on TV at full volume
- 5 – Switch wine with vinegar
- 4 – Olive oil
- 3 - Hide wasbi or hot pepper
- 2 – Set the scale two pounds up
- 1 – Cellophane over the toilet bowl
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Instant Messaging Annoyances
Sophie from New Zealand helps Mark from the Tartan Podcast and Rob discuss the top ten instant messaging annoyances. Great list, if you have any like it then email topofthepods@gmail.com and we sure will read them out:-
- 10 – When people use bad font / font colours
- 9 – Excessive use of CAPS
- 8 – People who ignore your IM status
- 7 – People whose IM statuses are ALWAYS "Away" or "Out to Lunch",
- 6 – Bad punctuation
- 5 – People who abbreviate or use an alternate spelling for every word
- 4 – When people don't say "be right back"
- 3 - When people reply reeeeallly slowly
- 2 – When messages get misinterpreted
- 1 – When someone types a response for ages, then they don't say it
Jon should be back tomorrow, he sure loves messages saying how much everyone misses him. If he returns in a good mood he might even buy Rob a souvenir and Mark a car boot full of duty free.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things To Hate About Tabloids
Jon, father of one, is sunning himself on holiday at the moment while the Top of the Pods studio sits silently in the cold. But fear not, Mark from http://www.tartanpodcast.com is helping fill Jons sandals for the duration of is absence. Mark brings you his own list of the top ten things he hates about the tabloid newspapers:-
- 10 – Tabloids that think they're broadsheets
- 9 – Free CD's
- 8 – Token giveaways
- 7 – Their sources
- 6 – Agony Aunts
- 5 – Right-wing politics and heavy-handed journalism
- 4 – Page 3
- 3 - Sports pages
- 2 – Tabloid headlines
- 1 – Celebrity overload
We mentioned at the end of the show about how to vote for Top of the Pods at Podcast Alley, but did you know you can vote for multiple podcasts - so why not vote for Mark at Podcast Alley too for missing valuable drinking time and helping do a great job with the show?
Hey, wanna do a show with us? Do you have a decent Skype connection? Maybe you wanna tell us about the top ten reasons to buy your product, listen to your podcast or check out your web site? That's right, we call it advertising, and its going free - we just need three of whatever it is you are selling (one for Jon, one for Rob and one for eBay) and we'll quite happily peddle your stuff for nout. Come on, you've got a factory full of sports cars - who's gonna miss three for the sake of getting the name 'Porche' into the mainstream? Email topofthepods@gmail.com and let us help you out.
Monday, August 01, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten British Bands In Terms Of Success Or Influence
Jon has taken a well deserved break, but Mark from the Tarten Podcast has very kindly agreed to give the pub a miss for the evening and guest-present the show. Today we bring you a list from Billy, who has done one of the first music lists we have had sent to topofthepods@gmail.com for a long time:-
- 10 – Radiohead
- 9 – The Specials
- 8 – Duran Duran
- 7 – The Happy Mondays
- 6 – Joy Division
- 5 – Led Zeppelin
- 4 – Sex Pistols
- 3 - The Rolling Stones
- 2 – Queen
- 1 – The Beatles
Quite frankly we haven't done many music top ten lists on http://www.topofthepods.com/, so please send us more. However, we've added the phrase 'Celine Dion' and 'Crazy Frog' to our spam filter - so beware.
Oh, its the first of the month, so please take a trip to Podcast Alley and vote for us and any other shows that you think deserve going in the Podcast Alley Top 10 - we'd really appreciate it.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Interesting American Town Names
America is famous for its small towns, however the names of some such towns are questionable. Not our words, but the words of Ed from Vancouver in his email to topofthepods@gmail.com. We really struggled with this list of the top 10 interesting American town names to make them actually sound interesting, but here goes:-
- 10 – Chloride, Arizona
- 9 – Hazardville, Connecticut
- 8 – Correctionville, Iowa
- 7 – Slaughter, Louisiana
- 6 – Little Boars Head, New Hampshire
- 5 – Cheesequake, NJ
- 4 – Yonkers, NY
- 3 - Tuba City, Arizona
- 2 – Bird In Hand, Penn
- 1 – Gun Barrel City, Texas
Today is Jons last day as he is off on holiday until Thursday. But don't worry, rather than leaving you Top of the Podless for the next three days we'll be trying to enlist the services of a stand-in podcaster, so stay subscribed.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
TOTP - Chas and Dave Interview
No top ten lists today folks, instead we bring you our interview with two lovable cockney musicians, none other than Chas and Dave on their recent visit to Peterborough. We did ask them to do a top ten list so that we didn't break the format of the show, but due to time constraints we only had time for the interview.
Please help support these two fantastic guys who have been writing, recording and gigging for over 30 years. If you want to hear some traditional singalong cockney UK music then we recommend buying one of their great albums from Amazon. They are two of the most genuine blokes we have ever met, it is great to see musicians with real talent still gigging and doing what they enjoy doing so well.
Please excuse the poor interview technique, it's our first ever show of this kind. Thanks to friend of the show Dave who supplied us with the photos, and thanks to Terry for the expert help with microphones.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Mac Utilities
Patrice originally recorded his Top Ten of Mac software in Swiss-German, then sent the list to topofthepods@gmail.com - we went away and recorded it in English for our web site at www.topofthepods.com. If you own a PC or have a life then this show will probably won't make any sense, but we did manage to slip in a Jew News for the broader audiences.
- 10 – MacSword - http://www.macsword.com/
- 9 – Audio Hijack Pro - http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
- 8 – Cyberduck - http://cyberduck.ch/
- 7 – VLC - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
- 6 – NeoOffice/J - http://www.neooffice.org/
- 5 – Adium - http://www.adiumx.com/
- 4 – NetNewsWire - http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/
- 3 - SubEthaEdit - http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/
- 2 – TextMate - http://macromates.com/
- 1 – Quicksilver - http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Girls With Big Bums
Our faces dropped when we got this email in the topofthepods@gmail.com inbox from Rowley. When Rowley isn't working on The DarkCompass Podcast (www.darkcompass.com) it seems that he is thinking about ladies with big bums - 10 of them to be precise. Now in the UK the word 'bum' means 'bottom' or 'booty', we hope that you won't confuse this list with the American for 'bum' which means 'tramp', 'hobo' or 'alcoholic'. After all, what would Jennifer Lopez be doing with a big alcoholic tramp, apart from making the sequel to Gigli? :-
- 10 – Charlotte Church
- 9 – Carrie-Anne Moss
- 8 – Jennifer Lopez
- 7 – Jordan
- 6 – Angelina Jolie
- 5 – Denise Van Outen
- 4 – Felicity Kendal
- 3 - Carmen Electra
- 2 – Pamela Anderson
- 1 – Kylie
It is also sketch day today and we thought that not enough Monks living in monasteries suffering with Tourettes Syndrome knew how to subscribe to Top of the Pods using iTunes. Our beeper box is already on its last legs whenever Jon opens his mouth, but the thing was ready to blow up by the time this show was over. The show is still family friendly, but for those woth extra sensitive ears that might be listening you might want to preview things first - with talk of ladies behinds, questions might be asked.
By the way, we would love to hear from more people from Peterborough who saw the article in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph about us. So far it seems we washed especially just for three extra subscribers from our local area, surely there are more of you out there with computers?
Monday, July 25, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Canadian Misconceptions
Ed from Vancouver sent his list to topofthepods@gmail.com - its his list of the top ten misconceptions about Canada. But hey, don't just leave it to poor Ed to come up with lists - we want you to send us some too, and don't forget to include your reasons why:-
- 10 – There are no famous canadians
- 9 – The capital of canada is Toronto
- 8 – Canadians are boring pacifists with no opinion whatsoever
- 7 – All Canadians are lumberjacks
- 6 – Canadians are American
- 5 – Canada is bordering the USA
- 4 – All the policemen in Canada wear red jackets and walk like John Cleese
- 3 - The Main Export of the province of British Columbia is Lumber
- 2 – All canadians live in igloos and go ice fishing
- 1 – Canadian culture is based primarily around Celine Dion
We are going to be knocking up some new jingles soon, if anyone would like to help us out by recording an MP3 saying 'Hi, this is x from y and whenever I'm not z'ing I'm listening to Top of the Pods'. Replace x with your name, y with your location or podcast name, and z with whatever it is that you do in your spare time.
For example 'Hi, this is Mark from The Tartan Podcast and whenever I'm not getting tanked up and locking my poor wife in the car I'm listening to Top of the Pods.' or 'Hi, this is Richard Vobes from the Richard Vobes Radio Show and whenever Right Said Fred aren't touring I'm listening to Top of the Pods'. Why not impersonate your favourite podcaster for us? Or just use your imagination - topofthepods@gmail.com - suprise us.
Friday, July 22, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Bad TV Sports To Watch
Podcast Paul from www.podcastpaul.com sent us his list of 'Top Ten Crap Bad TV Sports To Watch' to topofthepods@gmail.com. We had to clean up the title of his list slightly to keep our show family friendly, but the rest is safe:-
- 10 – Bowling
- 9 – Curling
- 8 – Golf
- 7 – Grand Prix
- 6 – Volleyball
- 5 – American Football
- 4 – Skiing
- 3 - Snooker
- 2 – Ice Skating
- 1 – Synchronised Swimming
We are both going to have the weekend off again, so either download some of our past shows from www.topofthepods.com to catch up with, or just head over to www.britcaster.com for some more UK podcasts. Have a good weekend and stay subscribed using iTunes or using the Top of the Pods feed in iPodder - we'll be back on Monday!
If you are really bored and don't have anything to do then why not vote for us at Podcast Alley? If a family member offers you free Sunday lunch in return for fixing their computer this weekend then why not vote for us at Podcast Alley on their computer too? If you are passing the public library or internet cafe later on then why not vote for us at Podcast Alley? We think you get the idea.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Peterborough Celebrities
To mark our appearance in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph article about podcasting today we thought that we would record a special show. It's all about famous people from Peterborough, please excuse our total lack of research - put it down to the shock of seeing our mugshots in print. If you've read the article in the ET or you are from the Peterborough area then please email us at topofthepods@gmail.com or leave a message on the www.topofthepods.com comments board and say hi:-
- 10 – Cat Stevens
- 9 – Sarah Baxendale
- 8 – David Seaman
- 7 – Keith from the Prodigy
- 6 – Ruth Maddock
- 5 – Jimmy Saville
- 4 – Geoff Capes
- 3 - Andy Bell
- 2 – Ernie Wise
- 1 – Nobby the Tramp
If you are new to podcasting then here are a few quick tips to help you get started. The main thing you will need is some software to subscribe to our show and automatically get every mp3 downloaded to your computer - you can click this link to install iTunes and subscribe to our show for free. iTunes also includes a large directory of podcasts for you to subscribe to - check out their Top 100 for the most popular ones.
If you would like to hear other podcasts from the UK then head over to www.britcaster.com which is home to a group of podcasters from Britain with a broad range of shows. For the largest collection of podcasts we recommend going to www.podcastalley.com - remember some of them are going to be a little 'different'.
Please help put Peterborough on the map in the podcast charts by voting for Top of the Pods on Podcast Alley by clicking this link.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Strangest Gimmicks Of All Time
You write them, we'll debate them on http://www.topofthepods.com/. This time Ed from Vancouver has emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his list of the strangest gimmicks of all time:-
- 10 – Doc Marten Shoes
- 9 – Tight Leather Trousers
- 8 – Afros (here is that picture of BB5 Science)
- 7 – Tamigotchis
- 6 – Kiss Related Merchandise
- 5 – Trading Cards
- 4 – Tongue Rings
- 3 - Star Trek / Wars Merchandise
- 2 – Crazy Frog
- 1 – Mullets
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things To Do When You Are Dead
Very deep show today - Alexandre Van de Sande, who we at www.topofthepods.com have been neglecting recently emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his things to do when he is dead:-
- 10 – Where were my things?
- 9 – See a small documentary about my ancestors
- 8 – Meet my ancestors
- 7 – Have a third person small explanation of somethings in my life
- 6 – Take a peep in the future
- 5 – See the dinousaurs
- 4 – Understand how the universe actually the works
- 3 - Back to earth to do some ghostly things
- 2 – Let me know how I did (Al couldn't think of a number two)
- 1 – What happens to those who get it wrong
Sorry about the sound quality on this show, its been really hot recently and we needed to have the fan on in the background.
Monday, July 18, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Scousers
If you are not from the UK you won't know that a scouser is someone is from Liverpool, here is a good definition from scouser.com. That was a list from Geoff who sent us an email to topofthepods@gmail.com, why don't you do the same? We are looking for your Top Ten lists with reasons to record for our www.topofthepods.com show - go on - make us smile:-
- 10 – Halle Berry
- 9 – Liverpool Football Club
- 8 – Wayne Rooney
- 7 – Cheri Blair
- 6 – Mike Myers
- 5 – Craig Charles
- 4 – Ken Dodd
- 3 - Cilla Black
- 2 – Jimmy Tarbuck
- 1 – The Beatles (photo of The Cavern aka The Sewer)
Getting quite a few emails asking about our studio - we'll create a web page with full details of the kit as soon as possible. In the mean time listen to our show - http://topofthepods.blogspot.com/2005/05/totp-top-ten-essential-podcasting.html - it includes examples of us using our kit.
Friday, July 15, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things Every Drunkard Should Do
Not that either of us drink that much, but if you're a total alcoholic then why not test yourself with this list taken from www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com. We here at www.topofthepods.com didn't score too highly in these list of things that every drunkard should do. Email us at topofthepods@gmail.com and let us know if you have ever done any of these or worse in a drunken haze. Its not big, and its not clever - so when you do email us just make sure that you sound very sorry for what you have done:-
- 10 – Fight a good fight
- 9 – Buy, build or steal a home bar
- 8 – Walk up to an attractive stranger way out of your league and buy him or her a drink.
- 7 – Get 86’d from a bar (can anyone explain what this means?)
- 6 – Buy a crowded bar a round
- 5 – Get drunk on the grave of your hero
- 4 – Spend a night in the drunk tank
- 3 - Dance like a fool in front of a large hooting crowd
- 2 – Go on a bender
- 1 – Open and close a bar
Why not listen to a true expert who we know has scored ten out of ten in this list of things every drunkard should do? Check out Mark at the Tartan Podcast - we figure if we keep him sweet with lots of traffic to his site he won't sue us.
Thursday, July 14, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things Men Will Never Do
Too tired to write anything clever in this bit - just the usual drill of emailing topofthepods@gmail.com with your lists and the visit www.topofthepods.com to hear them. Its been a busy day at TOTP Towers:-
- 10 – Ask for directions
- 9 – Headache instead of affection
- 8 – Cry during a movie
- 7 – Ring the AA to change a tyre
- 6 – Tell your mates you love them
- 5 – Order a salad as you're on a new diet
- 4 – Send a text to your mate to tell them you got home alright
- 3 - Go to the toilet with a mate
- 2 – Go clothes shopping with your best friend all day
- 1 – Put the toilet seat down
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things They Need To Make
Rob is a very demanding chap, especially when it comes to things that don't exist. Here is the www.topofthepods.com list of things somebody needs to make. It really is our gift to the world, full of ideas that could make you rich. Email us at topofthepods@gmail.com with your lists and suggestions for shows:-
- 10 – Built in solar powered heating and aircon for cars
- 9 – Transformers the Movie (we mentioned this on another show and Rowley told us they are actually doing one)
- 8 – Speed cameras triggered by mobile phones
- 7 – Remote controls that you can page
- 6 – Outside lane max headroom barriers
- 5 – Free WiFi everywhere
- 4 – A cure for headaches and common colds
- 3 - A Playstation product in the UK the same time as the rest of the world
- 2 – Ironing machines
- 1 – Car stereo with an ipod slot
Thanks to everyone who helped us get back into the iTunes directory again today - all our audience have given some fantastic support and we couldn't have done it without you all working together. Also thanks to Apple for the quick turnaround of getting us back up and running in the iTunes directory.
Apple iTunes dilemma
Quite a long blog entry from a problem we were having earlier today, click our spoilers link to read the full post.
- If all goes according to plan we will be doing some interviews with a radio station and newspaper tomorrow. We were going to recommend that people that are new to podcasting would go to our site, click the "Subscribe via iTunes" button and everything would be taken care of. The eagle-eyed among you will notice that last night we were totally removed from iTunes. Apple know our email address but have dropped us without contacting us with a reason. The convenience of searching for our show in iTunes no longer yields any results. Where our show once stood in the iTunes Top 100 UK podcasts chart, now stands the network US radio show WDYD's Best of Jim And Randy.
Everything was going so well, all the time and effort we have been putting into making our show was paying off. The fair nature of iTunes basing their charts on the number of subscribers was giving our show the exposure our listeners thought we deserved. In this new level playing field it felt great that two ordinary guys doing something they enjoyed doing could take on the big boys of broadcasting. That was what felt great about podcasting.
A manual cut and paste of the XML RSS url feed is the only way you'll be able to subscribe to our show in future - try explaining that on a radio show to people without any confusion. We are back to the good old days of podcasting, the 'one-click' dream has been shattered.
We wanted to really give Apple the credit it deserves by telling the public that iTunes is the software to download for people getting into podcasting. Its a shame that all these new potential listeners to podcasting won't hear about iTunes software anymore. Some of these people might have gone on to purchase music from iTunes, maybe even an iPod or a computer. But how can we possibly recommend some software that isn't user friendly when it comes to subscribing to our show?
We don't really know what we have done to upset Apple. Perhaps when we recorded the Top Ten Apple Products we didn't mention them enough, maybe giving them only the number 2 position in the Top Ten Cool Brands or number 8 in the Top Ten Best Web sites. When we put the iPod and iBook right at the top of the list of gadgets to have that might have swayed their decision to delete us from their directory without reason. We were under the impression that our show was family friendly, we have never hurt anyone and we have always promoted Apple.
That is our dilemma, we need to know how we should handle it - please use our comments board. We certainly don't want to recommend podcasting to the general public with some obscure method of subscribing, especially when Apple went to all that effort to making the process as easy as possible. But we are not really PR people, maybe we should ask the expert PR people at Apple who deal with these sort of dilemmas all the time? Why don't you try asking them too? Their contact details are found at http://www.apple.com/pr/contacts. We are guessing that Tom Neumayr is the real expert in PR because they've given him the position of Press Contacts Manager for iTunes, so he is bound to be the best person to discuss using iTunes for podcasting. He's bound to have lots of spare time on his hands to talk about why it isn't easy for our listeners to subscribe to our shows any more using their products - especially now that Apple has cleaned all these nasty offensive non-profit making podcasts from their directory he won't need to be dealing with all those complains from concerned parents and record company execs any more.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Moments In Life That Run In Slow Motion
Remember those points in your life when time stands still? We try to think of a few for our www.topofthepods.com web site. If you can think of any more lists then please email topofthepods@gmail.com with yours - and don't forget to put reasons for each item:-
- 10 – Waiting for someone to say yes
- 9 – Whenever my computer hangs
- 8 – Getting served at the Cock Inn Pub in Peterborough
- 7 – Use my DVD player
- 6 – When your garage phones you up to give you an estimate
- 5 – When you spit before you use the urinal
- 4 – Lending my mobile phone to someone
- 3 - Every time I go into a wine bar and order a round of drinks
- 2 – Wandering into a restaurant when you are hungry and finding a massive queue
- 1 – Every time I use a cash machine
Monday, July 11, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Annoying Things That Old People Do
Chris Kent, what a great guy. He wrote a list, emailed it to topofthepods@gmail.com, then we only went and made one of those newfangled podcast thingies out of for www.topofthepods.com:-
- 10 – Wear too few clothes when on the beach
- 9 – Fart uncontrollably
- 8 – Keep telling you about the past when your not interested
- 7 – Repeatedly ask stupid questions
- 6 – Do stupid things with their computer and then expect you to fix it
- 5 – Take out their false teeth and show them to you
- 4 – Drive too slowly
- 3 - Wear formal clothes when they don't have to work
- 2 – Lose their glasses when you want them to read something
- 1 – Wear too few clothes when on the beach
Are you old* and annoying? Then why not leave your age on our comments board alongside an example of something annoying you do. Prizes go to the oldest and most annoying thing**.
* - Above 40
** - The best thing is we can promise you a prize and because you are so old you'll forget all about.
Sunday, July 10, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Alternate Swear Words
We don't actually swear on this show - it is family friendly so don't worry! What a great list from Ben who sent this list to topofthepods@gmail.com in some crazy Mac-only format, fortunatly Rob managed to call upon the vast library of PC software to read Bens list. If you want to help us out on www.topofthepods.com then why not subscribe using iTunes? Subscribing using iTunes means that Apple will rank us higher in their top 100 podcasts, which gives us a little more exposure for those who haven't heard of our show before:-
- 10 – Tool
- 9 – Dipstick
- 8 – Jeepers
- 7 – Fiddlesticks
- 6 – Shoot
- 5 – Berk
- 4 – Typical
- 3 - Eejit
- 2 – Fudge
- 1 – Smeg
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Announcement
Due to the nature of our show we have decided it would inappropriate to record a podcast tonight. Thanks to everyone for all the emails of concern that we have been getting today about the attack on London, we are both fine.
Our thoughts are with the people who have lost family and friends in the attack, and we would like to thank our emergency services for their hard work today.
Jon and Rob
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Apple Products
Mark 'LeShark' Nicholson (which is French for 'The Shark') emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his favourite ten Apple products. Send us your list to the same address and we'll do you a show on www.topofthepods.com :-
- 10 – iSight
- 9 – Bluetooth wireless keyboard / mouse
- 8 – Apple Newton
- 7 – eMac / iMac
- 6 – OS X Tiger
- 5 – iPod Mini
- 4 – AirPort Express Base Station
- 3 - Power Mac
- 2 – Mac Mini
- 1 – Original iPod
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Search Engine Tips
We like to be geeky once in a while as we can't always think of anything funny to say. Today Rob tries teaching everyone a thing or two about getting listed by search engines. You might want to skip todays www.topofthepods.com if you are not a computer nerd, but if you write a blog this might help you get noticed:-
- 10 – Know your keywords
- 9 – Make sure your web site is search engine friendly
- 8 – Don’t expect search engines can read images
- 7 – Avoid using a flash / pdf only site
- 6 – Avoid those people that sell "Submit to 10,000 search engines", and dynamic sites sometimes get ignored
- 5 – Remember Google ranks by links coming in
- 4 – Make your keywords prominent and relevant
- 3 - Submit properly
- 2 – Monitor and react
- 1 – Update your content
Tell us what you think by emailing topofthepods@gmail.com, we've got another computer one for tommorow to really scare everyone who was expecting some more food lists away. If you want to try some of our older shows then why not go back to our archives for April, May, June and July - you'll be able to download our entire back catalogue - we have almost 70 shows for your listening pleasure.
Monday, July 04, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Reasons Why I Is Proud To Be An American
One word. Sorry. Not that Rob isn't bitter about the American company Apple messing up on iTunes, or the American web site Podcast Alley crashing in Top of the Pods moment of number 4 glory, or the American that stole Robs last decent girlfriend. But it is the Forth of July, and we were going to do a 'Top Ten Misconceptions About Americans'. It seemed like a better idea to ask our resident token Americans Hank and Eugene to present the same list of why they are proud of their countries achievements:-
- 10 – We have the best in TV
- 9 – We roll in piles of money
- 8 – We invented the English language
- 7 – We make the best tourists
- 6 – We eat loads
- 5 – We dominate the Podcast Alley charts
- 4 – We brought the world Sir David Hasselhoff
- 3 - We drink, wash and swim in unlimited supplies of oil and gasoline
- 2 – We get to invade other peoples countries and tell them how to run it
- 1 – We have the best girls
Express your opinions, thoughts and death threats to topofthepods@gmail.com, we'll read out the best ones on our www.topofthepods.com podcast.
Sunday, July 03, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Comedy Double Acts
Its Robs favourite comedy double acts on www.topofthepods.com. Sorry to the rest of the world for a high volume of UK based comedian references, but we do spawn some classic shows (unlike the US). Take 'The Office' for example - oh sorry, the US did - then look what happened. Email abuse to topofthepods@gmail.com. :-
- 10 – Cannon and Ball
- 9 – Little and Large
- 8 - The Mighty Boosh
- 7 – Adam and Joe
- 6 – Taggart and Rosewood
- 5 – Smith and Jones
- 4 – Baddiel and Skinner
- 3 - Vic and Bob
- 2 – Barry and Paul Chuckle
- 1 – Morecambe and Wise
Saturday, July 02, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Blokes To Go Down The Pub With
Paul from www.podcastpaul.com has sent us a list to topofthepods@gmail.com with his ten ideal men that he'd like to go drinking on a night out with. We just had to read this list out on www.topofthepods.com. Thanks by the way to everyone that helped us reach number 4 yesterday on www.podcastalley.com, we think this is both because of Mark from the Tartan Podcast asking his vast audience to vote for us, and also because America was fast asleep at the time:-
- 10 – Rod Hull
- 9 – Chris Evans
- 8 – David Beckham
- 7 – Robbie Williams
- 6 – George Best
- 5 – Frank Bruno
- 4 – Mr T
- 3 - Jamie Oliver
- 2 – Suggs from Madness
- 1 – Steven Hawkins
Friday, July 01, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Things To Do To Drunk People
Now we here at the work and family safe www.topofthepods.com don't usually take advantage of people, unless they are too drunk to remember. So this weekend if you get the opportunity here is a list of ten things to do to your wasted chums:-
- 10 – Mobile phone language settings
- 9 – Face painting
- 8 – Arrange a date via text message
- 7 – Clothes tampering
- 6 – Hand in hot water
- 5 – Hair removal
- 4 – Clock and time tampering
- 3 - Dump them on doorsteps
- 2 – Credit card fraud
- 1 – Tattoos
We also had a special guest appearance from two special actors from the classic 1980's film Breakdance telling you to download iPodder and subscribe to the Top of the Pods feed. Remember to keep your own listener lists flooding in to topofthepods@gmail.com. Oh, then there is the small matter of going to this web site and entering your email address in as we were number 7 at one point today...
Thursday, June 30, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten Star Wars Characters From Episodes 1 to 3
Adam from Australia has emailed topofthepods@gmail.com with his list of the best Star Wars Characters From Episodes 1 to 3, so we proudly read them out on www.topofthepods.com :-
- 10 - Jabba the Hutt
- 9 - Jango Fett
- 8 - Mace Windu
- 7 - R2D2
- 6 - Nute Gunray
- 5 - Anakin Skywalker
- 4 - Emperor/Darth Sidious
- 3 - Obi Wan Kenobi
- 2 - Darth Maul
- 1 - Yoda
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
TOTP - Top Ten People Rob Wont Miss When They Go
Rob from http://www.topofthepods.com/ was in such a bad mood today that he started compiling hate lists, if you want to agree or disagree then email topofthepods@gmail.com:-
- 10 – Micheal Carrol
- 9 – Gary Glitter
- 8 – Jimmy Carr
- 7 – Geoffrey Archer
- 6 – All Ex-Big Brother Contestants
- 5 – Liza Minelli
- 4 – That Eamon Bloke
- 3 - J-Lo
- 2 – Cast of Friends
- 1 – The Crazy Frog
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