Like any medium of expression, whether print or sound or visual, there’s always the dichotomy between doing it “for the art” or doing it “for the money.” Nobody starts doing anything because they hate it, they do it becasue they love it. But if this “new media” is really going to be “new,” that relationship aspect must be maintained. That community aspect is what made it what it is/was. It’s what has made this deadpan community what it is. It’s what made “that Dragonpage thing” fun until FPM became the 30-ton gorilla that caused the great breakup.

I’ll be frank. I want to be a writer, and I want to get paid for it. I see podcasting as a vehicle for expression, as the radio show I always wanted when I was a kid. Do I think I’ll make money in podcasting? No, and I’m cool with that. Do I think it is a tool for promotion of a book? Yeah, I guess, not because it’s inherently effective, but because it’s fun! I enjoy getting other like-minded people together to supply voices and make something together. For me it’s all about mutual promotion. We all play promos from each other’s shows because we want to support each other and promote this medium.

But we are supposed to be the generation, the social segment, that rebels against those in authority, and yet some of us allow someone else to have a sort of authority over us in this medium. I am merely myself. I am Indiana Jim, take me or leave me, but don’t make me your leader, and don’t try to be mine. Either way, it’s about community and mutual support. We don’t need more network gatekeepers. Those are the people to whom we mail jars of peanuts.

Dubshack, you’ll always have a friend here, dude. I love the stuff you post, and I am right there with you in the episodes of shame and self-loathing. I do far too much of that, perhaps. Keep getting better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frak

Caveman with a yoyo.

I still haven’t seen Razor.

I did show “What the Frak is going on” to a non-BSG watcher tonight to see if it was really as good as I thought it was.
It was.

She did say that all of the names were right on the edge of being way to much way to fast but she “got” the story and seemed intrigued!

What a shit day today at work. I’ll take one of those martinis. Hold the ICBINB, please.

I don’t think I care much for the sound of that….

Bonus points if you can combine Joe’s concoction with a tub of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.

Clementine Martini recipe

2 oz Svedka® clementine vodka
1 oz Orange Curacao liqueur
1 oz triple sec
1 oz cranberry juice
1 oz Canada Dry® orange soda
1/2 oz ginger ale

Add the vodka, orange curacao and triple sec to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into a martini cocktail glass. Float the cranberry juice, then the soda water, the the ginger ale. Garnish with a clementine wedge (if available) or a lightly flamed orange peel twist, and serve.

Lykke Li “Little Bit”

Gotta love lyrics that say:

And for you I keep my legs apart
And forget about my tainted heart
And I will never ever be the first
To say it but still I get over

http://tinyurl.com/2l868z

A vectrex emulator in Java, includes game roms (including several homebrew efforts like Thrust and Patriots) and overlay graphics, and runs on Windows, OSX and Linux.

Written by a french guy, which may offend those of a patriotic persuasion.

“Is it a spider?”

* Stops bullets 6x more effectively than a normal RvB DVD*

*actual ballistic tests inconclusive.

lol

Ta!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40K2S0-5Xo0&feature=related

For a hint of the original video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgqD826HGuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yf4A0dGyAE

“Dear, what do you want to do tonight”
“I don’t know, what do you want to do? is there anything on TV?”
“Nope.”
“So what do you want to do?”
“Anything you want..”

and so on and so forth. Very exciting.

There is no spy camera in that coin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skool_Daze

http://www.qotile.net/xype/thrust.html

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/169413

Don’t know if the the Toronto Star is the Canadian equivalent of The Guardian (serious news) or The Daily Sport (big boobs found on the moon).

It was amazing the number of people who fell for it. Apparently the brewery got some complaints from people saying they didn’t like the new beer. (they did also get some calls from people playing along describing how wonderful the heady taste was)

Americans can be so silly :)