September 15, 2004

Books on Tape sale

Books on Tape is discontinuing their current rental program. As part of this they are selling all of their rental products at rental prices. This represents a huge savings of 80% of more on most titles. For example, I just picked up an unabridged copy of Bill Clinton’s autobiography “My Life” for around $30 (it normally runs over $100). Unfortunately they are pretty picked over but it might be worth your while to hop over there and check out what they do have left.

http://www.booksontape.com

September 13, 2004

St. Francis of Assisi

Well, I knew it had to happen. I’ve ordered about a dozen books from Audible.com and they have all been great. Awesome sound quality, great narration, etc. However, this week I listened to G.K. Chesterton’s essay “St. Francis of Assisi” and wasn’t impressed. The sound quality was poor and the narration lackluster. I’ve come to expect pretty high standards from Audible so I’ve e-mailed them to let them know and to request a credit/refund. We’ll see how their customer service measures up…

If you are interested:

St. Francis of Assisi

I’ll keep you posted on what I hear from Audible.

September 8, 2004

There is a Spiritual Solution…

I had the pleasure of going to see Wayne Dyer speak last week here in Los Angeles. I’ve been a big fan of Dyer for quite some time and really his talk. There is something about Wayne’s message that is very reassuring and calming. It’s almost “anti-self-development” in the sense of not striving to hard to reach one’s goals but rather relaxing, doing what comes naturally and allowing your true self to come out. If you haven’t listened to any of Dyer’s stuff before, here’s a great title that I just recently finished:

There is a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem

You’ll likely agree that it’s a great listen. For information about Wayne Dyer and his products visit http://www.drwaynedyer.com

September 7, 2004

Finding Decent Headphones

It’s a little bit ridiculous but I need to have three separate of headphones for my iPod. It’s a bit of a pain and I’m hoping that I’ll find a set of headphones that’ll work regardless of what I’m doing while I’m listening. Here are the three types of headphones I’ve got:

September 5, 2004

Ultraprevention

Another title that I’m listening to right now is Ultraprevention, an audio course from Mark Liponis and Mark Hyman, co-directors of medicine at Canyon Ranch. Like a lot of Andrew Weil’s stuff, it’s a sensible approach to nutrition that helps to explain many reasons for illnesss and provide means of prevention. I’ll post a more detailed review when I’ve finished it but it’s excellent thus far.

For more information about Canyon Ranch, visit http://www.canyonranch.com

September 2, 2004

Philosophy of Religion

I’m listening to Professor James Hall’s Philosophy of Religion course right now (produced by The Teaching Company). It’s a great course but what I’m really enjoying is a feature that The Teaching Company has added to their recent courses. They now have an executive summary at the end of each lecture. This is nice as it ties everything together for the listener.

Kudos on a cool product improvement!