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Audioblogging From Kilimanjaro Via Satellite Phone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the got-any-hot-chocolate? dept.

GlucoPilot writes "Apparently a charity called Cops On Top is climbing Kilimanjaro as a memorial to the late Officer Isaac Espinoza of the SFPD. That in itself is pretty amazing, but the /. amazing thing is that they are AudioBlogging the whole thing via Satellite Phone by calling to an audioblogging site and having their MP3s automatically posted to their dasBlog (open source blogging system) at www.copsontop.com/climblog. Cool stuff. Their latest blog post is at 15,500 ft."

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  1. Blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nobody cares about blogging anymore

  2. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post ... mod offtopic :)

  3. A-mazing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they are AudioBlogging the whole thing via Satellite Phone by calling to an audioblogging site and having their MP3s automatically posted to their

    oh dude, that's amazing that they're capable of using lame!

    i mean, that's lame that you think that's amazing!

    i mean encoding is for pussies!

    i mean, i bet they even wrote a shell script!

  4. Re:sat phone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post is -1, Offtopic.

  5. mod d0wn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    to 5urvive at Uall