This one's a little odd. First off, I'm not it in much, which turns out good, as I felt a little off the whole time. Fortunately, Doug Rapson from Geek Acres and a band I'd never heard of before the day I recorded this bail me out. Enjoy.

-R

Sturgeon's Law #029
28 March, 2006

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Podcast Pickle Show #1848

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Special: Doug Rapson from Geek Acres - http://www.podcastpickle.com/casts/3196/

• "Play Games"
• nerd twist on "Wear Sunscreen" - http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/poetry/mary-schmich.html

Promo: Lynne's Sci Fi News - http://lynne.libsyn.com/

Music: "Hard to Keep" by Belafonte - http://belafontemusic.com/

• I literally found their music on the street while walking to lunch
• Guerilla marketing for their gig in Stillwater this week
• March 31, 2006 at Eskimo Joe's in Stillwater, OK at 11pm, free show
• included their Myspace account - http://www.myspace.com/belafonte
• check out their EP on Amazon

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Back again with three related items. Well, they're related as far as I'm concerned. Anyway, you'll like them. Once I again I point out we have a voice line again, so feel free to use it. And the forums. And everything.

This is my first actual new episode using the new site build, so let me know if anything goes bad.

-R

Sturgeon's Law #028
18 March, 2006

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Top 10%: PMC Top 10 Pod Music Countdown - http://www.podmusiccountdown.com/

• you've got to know that "top 10" is a concept I like
• done by Chris "C-Dogg" Doelle
• top 10 list assembled from play/download statistics from a variety of sources of podsafe music
• also plays a couple of bonus tracks each week to keep it extra fresh, a number of which have gone on to make it into the top 10
• played on several terrestrial radio stations, too, e.g. KSSW in Phoenix

Music: "Afraid and Alone" by Kevin Reeves - http://www.kevinreeves.net/

• I heard it due to the countdown, where it was #1 in mid-February
• available on the Podsafe Music Network - http://music.podshow.com/
• part of his new CD, It's About Time

Big Idea: Fresh Media Works - http://www.protopage.com/freshmedia

• Not much for me to say here yet, just pointing it out as we're looking into involvement with it (check out the logo on our page)
• Non-exclusive, no-contract, non-elite gathering of podcasters
• Stay tuned for more as this develops!

More to the point, I changed what software the blog side of SL (and its RSS feed) uses, to give myself more control over what's happening and so forth. Let me know if you run across any unintended consequences.

And check it out -- new voice mail number! Call it!

-R

Wait, two episodes in 24 hours? That's right, because we've got:

See the notes. :)

-R

Sturgeon's Law #027
13 March, 2006

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Breaking News: Google Mars - http://www.google.com/mars/

• exclusive interview with Noel Gorelick, software manager at ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility
• Google Mars -- 6 month project between ASU programmers and Google to put Mars data in Google Maps
• sorry about the brevity -- it's so new! send us questions and we'll call Noel again sometime!

I have the cold and allergies that won't go away. Somehow, it also makes me spit on the microphone, apparently. Well, anyway, the good news is you'll be mostly listening to people who aren't me. Enjoy.

-R

Sturgeon's Law #026
12 March, 2006

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Gamer Jim: All Flesh Must Be Eaten - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Flesh_Must_Be_Eaten

• Zombie horror RPG
• Great for one-shot gaming although it supports campaigns
• Simple rules, highly customizable
• Comparison to Call of Cthulhu - less talky talky more spurty spurty

Promo: Geek Acres - http://www.podcastpickle.com/casts/?3196

Fortnightly appears to be our speed lately -- but I hear rumors of more things coming pretty soon!

-R

Sturgeon's Law #025
5 March, 2006

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Top 10%: ListMixer.com

• created by PDF Toolkit wizard Sid Steward
• whereas del.icio.us or spurl is social, this is really not
• whereas del.icio.us or spurl has a permanent feel, this is quick and temporary
• very easy to add to, stuff goes away over time, or you can delete it
• you can also add links to del.icio.us, spurl, or other services from it

Music: Pirates of the Santa Fe by Shane Jackman - http://www.magnatune.com/artists/jackman