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After deliberating for nearly six months, I finally decided on fabric for the living room curtains. Now I can focus on important projects, like making the perfect pair of pajama pants.

One of the things I love about the work I do is constantly learning new things. Usually, I'm learning tweaks and tricks, but today I got to play with audio files--something I've never done before.

ForestEthics Sierra Campaigner Josh Buswell-Charkow was interviewed on Against the Grain, a show on KPFA yesterday, and he did an amazing job. Since our web content guru is on vacation, it fell to me to figure out the best way to get Josh's interview on the ForestEthics website.

The audio clip could have been added without any editing, but I really only wanted to post the 34 minutes that Josh was on the show. After a quick search for the best audio editing software, I installed Audacity and the LAME plugin (so the file could be exported as an MP3).

Once I edited down the clip and put it on the server, I wanted to actually embed the audio file on the page. In the past, our audio clips have just been links to the file, which pulls up a new browser tab with the audio player. That works just fine, it's just not very elegant. Instead, I grabbed the ODEO code.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out:

Creating that widget of my own blog entries was kind of cool. But creating a widget that embeds the super awesome Do Not Mail petition is even cooler.

Oh, internet! What can't you do?

Long Distance Voter relaunched with a new site design! None of the information has changed -- it's still the most comprehensive and accurate absentee voter resource on the web -- but now it's a whole lot prettier.

Huzzah!

Long Distance Voter launched! LDV is the ultimate resource for absentee voting. We've compiled information and voter forms for every state, complete with deadlines and easy-to-follow instructions.

Keep your eyes out for more design work in about a month.