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May 13, 2008
The Program of the Week:The Story of Daniel Boone Greetings Friends!
Well, we are getting ready for a wedding around here, as Son #1 gets married on the 24th. Everybody here seems to be pretty busy with "wedding stuff", but so far I have just kept my head down and am paid attention to my own business, so I'm honestly not sure what exactly is going on at this point. I only know that there's a lot of activity... and periodically I am asked to write another check for this or that. It is inevitable that I will get sucked into the maelstrom this coming week, so I'll try to enjoy the peace and quiet of my office as much as possible until then. We'll try to put up a photo of the happy couple this coming week, and maybe come up with a way to celebrate a bit here at HomeschoolRadioShows!
Playing Our Programs Away from Your Computer
Here's a portion of an email we got this week, which reminded us to remind you again of some of the many options that are available for listening to our audio programs. Mary Claire wrote:
...I just bought a little "boom box" (for $30) at my local Walgreen's and it plays MP3 disks. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. I was able to relax in my kitchen and listen to some of the CDs I received in the "Tax Monkey" package instead of having to be tied to the computer in the office.The reason I'm telling you this is because I bet I'm not the only homeschooler out there who doesn't have a laptop or an iPOD or any of the the other digital gadgets for playing something in the MP3 format. I was thinking that if you found a supplier for the "boom boxes" or something similar to it, you could offer a link to that person and perhaps be an "affiliate" for them.
Thanks for the great reminder, Mary Claire! We've mentioned these inexpensive, MP3 compatible "boom boxes" in the past, but it has been quite a while, and it bears repeating. A cheap "boom box" that plays MP3 programs will run you about $25-$35 dollars, but the flexibility it provides is well worth it. The best deal on these can usually be found in places like Walgreens, Wal Mart, Target, and other big retailers, so we'd just suggest going down to a nearby electronics department and asking specifically for an "MP3 compatible" player. Hint: Be sure to take an MP3 CD with you into the store and actually try out the player there before buying, just to make sure that it works for our programs. If you don't have one of our ready-made collections, then just burn one of our weekly programs to a CD and try that. If it plays, they all should play.Here are a few other ideas for playing our programs away from the computer:
* Did you know that most DVD players will play MP3 audio programs? Not all of them will, but most do! Just put an mp3 CD into your DVD player and give it a try! Obviously, there won't be any video to watch, but usually the audio comes through your TV loud and clear!
* Want to listen to our programs in your vehicle... using your car radio? That is do-able too! Click here to get our special report on how to do this!
* Want to make your own cassettes or Audio CDs of our programs? For our report on that, click here. Geeky Tech Note: This report is a little dated, in that it gives you suggestions on converting the MP3 files to WAV files before creating Audio CDs. Most CD burning programs on computers these days have the option to create Audio CDs from MP3 files "on the fly", so you don't have to convert the files beforehand. You might want to experiment a bit with your CD burner and see if that will work for you.
*Want some suggestions from other homeschool families on some creative ways to use our audio programs? Here's one more report we put together that offers some great advice!
Hope these suggestions help your family enjoy our programs even more!
Best Wishes,
The Erskine Family
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This Week's Program
The Story of
Daniel BooneIn 1820, a portrait artist named Chester Harding travelled for weeks through the wilderness to the Missouri frontier, just to paint a true portrait of the then legendary frontiersman, Daniel Boone. (Yes, that's his actual portrait of Boone there to the left.) While Harding painted his portrait (and a friend held the 85 year old pioneer's head steady), the elderly Boone related some stories of his early days exploring and settling the wilderness of Ken-Tuck-ee ("the land of the meadows"). This is a great dramatization of some of the events of Boone's life during the time of the settling of Boonesborough, and its subsequent attack by the British and Indians, as originally broadcast on Cavalcade of America, on April 16, 1940.
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Jim, Susan, Randall, Russell & Jessica
The Erskine Family
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