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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for April 28 2022 - Let's None of Us Be Here
In this episode, I play a song by The Gartloney Rats; I went to Podcast Movement; Grant did a great induction speech and mine was good too; I joked about a podcast forefather to great effect but not the one I predicted; I have a long list of newly subscribed shows that I run through; I am watching...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 17 2022 - Sailing to Frustration Island
In this episode, I play a song by Celtica Pipes Rock; I find the patron music in the wild; I bought a Rudy Rucker storybundle; story and humble bundles validate my thoughts on ebook pricing; I read a D.C. McElroy book; I subscribed to the Zine Zone podcast; I remain confused on cultural...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 24 2022 - Onslaught of Plant Semen
In this episode, I play a song by Shake Well; goodbye to Don from the dog park; Logseq is another option for personal knowledge management; I listen to Cortex and I am unsure why; I'm past the time of productivity hacks; I am coining the term "hustle porn" (note: this term has been around...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 17 2022 - Embrace the Douche
In this episode, I play a song by Camper van Beethoven; I'm in the 2022 class of the Podcast Hall of Fame; I am in Apple Podcasts and Spotify; I finally watched Get Back but I had to do some remedial Beatles work first; Michael Lindsay Hogg is the villain of the piece; Let It Be is a terrible...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 9 2022 - Shavings and Graphite Dust
In this episode, I play a song by Lauren Hoffman; a work table from Home Depot is my new standing desk; Google has a job for me; I wasn't going to bleed black and gold; I figured out that Google Home and an Echo can both live together in perfect harmony side by side on my piano keyboard; Google...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 29 2022 - House of Cards
In this episode, I play a song by Dolly Varden; I talk about my history with WREK, why I got involved and eventually got uninvolved; we had an awful house-selling transaction; Home Assistant did not move to the new house that well; the Self-Hosted podcast is good but the dogmatic stance is...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 20 2022 - Obligation to Dead People
In this episode, I play a song by Mary Knickle; RIP Jon Kincaid, a mainstay of Atlanta radio for almost 40 years; I am reducing my obligation to dead people and their stuff; the amount of obligation I would pass on to my heirs is low so why feel more than that for myself; listener Grant Baciocco...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 31 2021 - Consider My Butt Kissed
In this episode, I play a song by American Heartbreak; trucks rolled for our move and the show is coming from the new place; there was a surprisingly small amount of damage to our new paint in the move; my new office is a baller space; the metal magnetic ceiling is making me very happy; laying out...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 16 2021 - A Life Full of Boondoggle
In this episode, I play a song by the Flexapleasers; our modern lives are full of calls to action and it is fatiguing me; getting the message to the right audience is the whole problem; segmenting my email into humans and robots was a great decision; I don't want email to send me signals; everyone...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Decmber 9 2021 - The HOA For Your Writing Career
In this episode, I play a song by Jill Sobule; I am in the new house and setting up my new office; my dog is living in exile; having a cooperative rather than a company can be quite nice; I am liking HomePass by Plume; wifi SSID are case-sensitive which I didn't know; I have never seen an ad...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 2 2021 - I Fear I'm Not Wrong
In this episode, I play a song by Laura Carbone; I am watching Billions out of inertia and not love; I very much enjoyed Foundation; reading the Bosch book series is better than I expected; the Joe Pickett series is not grabbing me; I am interested in the Dave Thomas and Max Allan Collins novel; I...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 27 2021 - Stupid Unfun
In this episode, I play a song by Japanese Breakfast; we have an offer on the house; I didn't love New York; so far I am liking Crying in H Mart; we play a new game - "Am I The Bad Guy?"; my plan to live on dividends has detractors; the conflicting advice for both investing and weight...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 19 2021 - Pull the Plug and Let the Show Drain Away
In this episode, I play a song by Steve Dawson; a house update; there is a difference between daily tired and monthly tired; live by the principle of least regrets; you can't prevent me from saving an image on my computer; Eric Peterson and Nutty Nuchtchas have feedback on dealing with stuff; I...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 12 2021 - Insensitive to the Assless
In this episode, I play a song by Paul Melancon; the last few weeks through the end of the year is beating me down; things aren't your fault but they are your responsibility; conservatives love market forces until they have to compete for workers; I couldn't listen to Unchained's episode with the...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 5 2021 - Balls in the Wind
In this episode, I play a song by Valley Lodge; a problem with our HOA drove a home purchase; we are trying an experiment with moving and PODS; I may be podcasting from a little actual recording booth; congratulations Atlanta Braves; I don't want sports drama, I'd rather have blowouts; we will...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 28 2021 - Welcome to the Meat Grinder
In this episode, I play a song by Scott Von Ryper; congratulation to Martina Hoshida on the birth of her daughter! listeners seem to like Obsidian; Bruce Lerner doesn't like my take on Cory Doctorow; I'm leaning away from big ideas that don't result in actions in my life; social media is full of...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 30 2021 - Nobodies Doing Nothing
In this episode, I play a song by Rabih Gebeile; I discuss how new people to the podcasting game disparage their predecessors; the famous people weren't going to do the work to build the podcast medium; I really enjoy Method Man's Marvel comics podcast; I jumped off the SModcast train; I have no...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 23 2021 - An Antidote for Stuff
In this episode, I play a song by Black 47; I had a key insight about why we acquire stuff; my daughter can drop some ping pong balls in an arcade game; getting the junk is more exciting than owning or using the junk; I passed on Precursor, the open source phone; I passed on Clockwork Pi terminal...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 9 2021 - Shaking my Baton at the Head of the Parade
In this episode, I play a song by Hill Country Devil; listener Reed Knight asks about my history in pursuing my hobbies at possibly great lengths; Oxford Books and later Oxford Too were my weekend pilgrimage; I had a moment of clarity about a work laptop; I worked on the UPS Campus Ship product;...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 2 2021 - Cheap is as Good a Time as Any
In this episode, I play a song by Colleen Green; I have failed at Bullet Journaling; no organizational system can do my tasks for me; a notecard is the best to-do handler I've used in a long time; sending books to Open Library is doing wonders for my clutter; Hachette is suing them for making my...
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