In this episode, I summarize some thoughts on vacation, catching up from same, and some resources that I use. Links:boingboingslashdotSilicon Alley InsiderGlobal Voices OnlineJay Rosen (on Friendfeed)Dan Conover (on Friendfeed)Robert Scoble (on Friendfeed)
Straight up review/discussion of James Boyle's newest book, "The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind".
This episode is primarily about sharing some podcast favorites (old and new), and chatting about Dragon*Con and other recent events. I manage to include the Beatnik Turtle song How Did I Google This? at the end, after tracking it down after I was finished with the podcast.(Note: I also discovered I've got some high-frequency hiss/whine in this episode, which may be from my new microphone. I wasn't able to get it completely out...I apologize. I will work on it for next episode.) Search EngineSp...
My buddies and I are starting a new (?!) 1st edition AD&D campaign, so I have to restock my gamebooks (I gave mine away about 15 years ago to a noob gamer who couldn't really afford buying the whole set at once). I lucked up and found a DMG in really nice shape at our local gaming store, and my friend Steve filmed my ranting as I unwrapped it and searched for the harlot table...
Bob loads and fires the blunderbuss, cussing all the while. A true pirate.
I play a Reality Break podcast promo; give a health check on Thomas and myself; comment on getting music approval for podcasts (give me more options, folks!); discuss my digging of FriendFeed (friendfeed.com/kenzoid); comment on the Chicago Red-Eye Cory Doctorow podcast; reflect on term "technology activist" as a new tagline; share my thoughts on Cory's Network Neutrality arguments; discuss an excellent Long Now SALT talk, Iqbal Quadir, “Technology Empowers the Poorest”; and play Mark Aaron Ja...
I start today's podcast by chatting about getting my basal cell carcinoma chopped off and my cat Thomas being sick. I then move into discussing the results of playing Paul Fidalgo's music last time (he's a cool dude), and my new online obsess...er, apps: FriendFeed, brightkite, and Fire Eagle. Web 2.0 jazziness all...with location awareness to boot! I then play another Paul Fidalgo song, and get outa here. (If you want a brightkite invite, let me know, and I'll kick them out as long as I have ...
All done, and we say thanks to our new friends: Bethra, Mandolynne, and Laurie at Virtue and Vice.
Bob gets his ear pierced, and we're there to record it for posterity.
Signing the forms for Bob's earring..."Have you eaten? Are you pregnant? Do you faint easily?". Bob has to do a couple of edits.
