Unfortunately I have no experience with audio editing software, but the guys at TechSupportAlert.com think that Audacity is the best, so I would stick to that.

I am working on a Windows XP PC and use iTunes as my music player. Apparently the latest versions of Windows Media Player, MediaMonkey and WinAmp support album art, so it appears you would have to install another program to do this. It is probably not worth your while if I am the only one that has made a comment about it in 76 episodes.

“Gesundheit” would work – it’s one of those “could mean anything” words. It actually means “good health”. So the receiver of this comment could take it religiously (in terms of a blessing), or could just assume you’re hoping they don’t get sick.

>I have often wondered why you don’t make the MP3 tags more complete for the podcasts. …Is there a reason you don’t do this?

Ah, so someone noticed!

I don’t do this because it’s a hassle and I didn’t think anyone cared.

In your comment above, you listed nine things that I could add. True, they don’t take that long, but it’s nine more things I have to do every time I publish an article.

I currently use Audacity for my audio editing and MP3 generation, and it doesn’t support album art. Do you have any suggestions? I use Microsoft stuff, so no Mac recommendations, please. I’d be willing to supplement or completely replace Audacity if there’s a good package out there.

Andy

Andy, on another note, I have often wondered why you don’t make the MP3 tags more complete for the podcasts. I download them from this website and always have to add the information myself in iTunes. Brian Dunning does this well for Skeptoid. All it needs is the title, the album title “Digital Bits Skeptic”, the episode number in the track number, the name of the author in the “Artist” field, the year it was released, the genre (perhaps “Podcast”) and the “Part of Compilation” field ticked (as there are different authors/artists). You could even add the article ID number in the comments field. Oh, and some nice album art. Is there a reason you don’t do this?

but offering a customary and expected response costs me nothing.

True, but while it costs nothing, it says something about you and what you believe. I fully understand your perspective, and don’t have a problem with it. My own perspective is that I’d rather not have people make such assumptions about me, and I also don’t think someone sneezing is anything bad (as is implied with the blessing).

Andy

I don’t think I will stop offering the customary response any more that I would stop shaking hands. Society’s polite rituals are part of how people interact and feel comfortable and that benefit far outweighs any concerns about maintaining an old superstition.

Now, if a sacrifice of tangible goods or effort were required, that would be another matter entirely, but offering a customary and expected response costs me nothing.

Yup, I thought about using that one, but thought that my version sounded funnier. No offense to your woods or neck. :)

Andy

In my neck of the woods it was “he who smelt it, dealt it.”

Some goofy / fun ones, off the top of my head:

Throwing pennies in a fountain
The Running of the Bulls
Lifting up your feet when driving over a railroad track
Taking a swig of a drink after a toast
Halloween costumes

And on a more serious note:

Polygamy
Female genital mutilation
Infanticide
Cannibalism
Foot binding