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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 5 2016 - The Problems of Others are Easy
In this episode, I play a traditional springtime song from Jonathan Coulton; grieving Prince; kids today should do current kid stuff without shame; I discuss how the problems of others are always easier than your own; I recommend the Alfred app for OS X; I discuss the Alfred app for Mac; I will see...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Aug 30 2015 - The Correct Decision
In this celebratory 400th episode, I play a song from Michelle Malone; I discuss the notion of worry vs concern and accepting of situations; I talk about Derek Colanduno thinking Eat to Live is woo; I reminisce about my days in the ebook startup world and wonder if I am an Amazon apologist and talk...
read articleTwo Months on Eat To Live
I've now been on the Eat to Live plan for two months and a day. Total tally: I have lost 33 pounds so far. I started at 211 pounds in late June, I weighed 178 pounds this morning. At the 5 week mark when the plan loosened up and allowed me to eat some meat and other things prohibited in the first...
read articleHappy Anniversary Skepticality
I am currently listening to an episode of Skepticality from March and on the show, Derek mentioned that as of that recording, it was almost the 10th anniversary of the show which would be on ... May 7th. So congratulations to Derek and Swoopy for ten solid years of putting out the show. They have...
read article"There Are Too Many Skeptic Podcasts"
I'm catching up on blogging things from the past. A few months ago I heard the episode of Skepticality that was the audio of Tim Farley's presentation from Skepticamp 2011 in Atlanta. It was entitled "Please Don't Start Another Blog or Podcast!" I like Tim Farley's stuff on Skepticality,...
read articleMore Lost Ebook Sales
Here's yet another story of a lost sale. These are starting to pile up. Book publishers take note. I heard an interview with Gary Taubes on episode #153 of Skepticality and I was interested in his new bookWhy We Get Fat: And What to Do About It. I went to see if it was available for the Kindle and...
read articleEbook Pricing vs Revenue
It's amazing how often I see some variant of the phrase "We can't afford to price our ebooks lower because we have costs to recoup." 10 minutes ago I saw that in the current Locus magazine interview with John Picacio. He in general seems like someone who gets it, both here and in the...
read articleEvolution Rx
Today I listened to Skepticality #116 which was an episode featuring Dr. William Meller talking about his book Evolution Rx. I thought the conversation was interesting enough that I impulse bought a copy of his book for the Kindle. I don't have any profound insights, but I liked what he said and was...
read articleAround the Podosphere 9/9/09
Here are some podcasts I've listened to recently and found interesting. A lot this got listened to either going to or coming from Dragon*Con. There are a pair of shows done by webcomic artist Scott Kurtz. The first is a format breaking episode of the podcast Webcomics Weekly. Usually it is a round...
read articleWhat Do I Do Next?
This morning I listened to episode #98 of Skepticality which was a follow-on discussion to the whole "Where Do We Go From Here?" talk of a few years ago. They referenced a PDF document with 100 points of action that people can take as a skeptic. I don't really identify as a skeptic even...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 14, 2008 - "Dragon*Con Wrap Up"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for Septemer 14, 2008. I play a song from Abney Park; I talk about my Dragon*Con experience; I play a song from Doctor Horrible and then boogie my nerd self into the con suite. This is a long show, so be forewarned citizens of the podosphere. You...
read articleDragon*Con Wrapup Part 1
Here's my wrapup of this year's trip to Dragon*Con. This is probably about the latest I can do it and have my friend brain cells intact enough to remember things. It might should go without saying that there is a looooong post warning, but I'll try to spice it up with enough pictures to keep some...
read articleAround the Podosphere Part 3
I've heard so much stuff of note I keep forgetting things I wanted to mention. One of those is the recent Skepticality episode that had Philip Zimbardo as the guest. I saw him on the Daily Show recently, and also on some random documentary on Sundance about the psychology of the abuse of power. In...
read articleMore on Podcastercon
I am listening to Skepticality and they are going to PodcasterCon. Damn it! I enjoyed meeting Swoopie last year and it would be nice to meet Derek. However, the giant pile of work is still there and in fact is higher now than it was a few days ago. The day job has a big deadline soon, and I am...
read articlePME Talk Audio is Posted
My talk at Portable Media Expo has been posted, and you can download it from the page of all Saturday sessions. I gave it a cursory listen and the sound is pretty good. The downside is that the best moment of the whole thing is lost because there was no microphone available for Swoopy's comment for...
read articleClambake Episode for July 9, 2005
Here is the Bittorrent link and direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for July 9, 2005. I send out what cold comfort I can to our friends in London; I play a song by Nathan Sheppard; I play my interview with Rocket City Riot drummer Mark Reiter and this week's song; I play a promo from...
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