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Wow, thank you for the feedback.
I still like them all though.
So my hubby walked in in the middle of Wolf reading the Parsec nominees. His reaction:
“Wow what an interesting podcast. You’re listening to someone reading a list. Maybe you should do a podcast of you reading your grocery list every week. That would be a great”
He was kidding of course
I agree with Van, they are all good.
Morning Pan.
Yep, if we’re taking an informal pole here … I’m in agreement with Van’s “Order of Joy” for WR episodes. Keeping in mind that I don’t dislike ANY of the WR flavors.
Van – thanks for the rettro iTunes link. Unfortunately for my situation … they are for PC OS only.
Can’t remember which version of iTunes I have on my old computer I just recall that DRM couldn’t seem to phase it :)
I guess I should have gotten Van to read it for me…
Good luck at the blood letting EssBee. Maybe you can call with the contents of the Evil Inc. sacrificial alter… just don’t get to close yourself!
ACK – that wa Nomad that gave me the iTunes link. Sorry :)
I guess I’m just used to Van being the alpha dog when it comes to retro computer software.
Re: 70′s Sci Fi
Wow.
Somehow I just didn’t think that Star Wars, Star Trek the movie and Logan’s Run were THAT old.
I may have to start drinking early today.
Hubby now working in the same room as I. Had to switch to headphones.
justaJ0e – It is Five 0′ clock somewhere…
Wolf, that’s a great album by Slash’s snakepit. My favourite song is Neither Can I. :)
Holy crow, these kids are in good shape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-oZEo3zSBI
jackmangan said:
“Earlier, I posted: “I hope these blips are tweeting nowâ€
How the F did words like this enter my vernacular?? My life has become a bad 70s Sci-Fi movie.”
LOL! We do have some interesting vernacular these days.
Usedhair: Yes, that is my bearded face (ca. early 2008) Photoshopped onto General Zod.
Lejon’s website is http://www.touchingthemonolith.com
No one mentioned Zardoz for great 70s sci-fi!
Morning, mush.
Is that because it wasn’t?
Hola, Pans y Panitas! Buenas Dias!
One of these days I’ll learn to say something more than Hello in 9 languages…
Nomad Scry: Thanks for listening! I can happily take credit for the story, and be embarrassed that I actually did the kazoo theme too… My co-host said that it was “perfect” at the time…
Van! Zardoz is not pleased.
Lejon – the kazoo theme is transcendent.
Must/resist/subscribing/to/another/podcast
Oh and in pedantic mode, the HH radio series was also done for the BBC.
And as far as I know was the original form of HHGTTG.
That is where the sound clips came from.
Fingers crossed:
http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/skylon_overview.html
Morning, Pan.
I made an appointment with a personal trainer for tomorrow morning at the gym. He’s grouchy on the phone so I’m suddenly trepidatious. (My former boss told me that “trepidatious” isn’t a real word. WordPress on this page seems to agree and is marking is as a misspell. Then again, it’s also marking “wordpress” as a misspell. Maybe my spell check is built into FireFox – which, for the record, is also coming up as misspelled.
Nonetheless. I’m feeling trepidatious about my appointment with the grumpy sounding trainer with whom I just got off the phone.
That was my point.
- )
Relative peril question -
This old iMac has had a slight quirk ever since I’ve owned it (got it for $250 from a guy I suspect had dropped it).
When you first power it up … the display is all white and washed out. After a minute or so, if you lovingly but FIRMLY smack the top of the computer with the flat of your hand, the picture will become clean and crisp. Sometimes it takes a few whacks.
So I thought I’d open this baby up and see if I couldn’t find an obviously loose wire or board.
I couldn’t.
So here is the danger part. I’m thinking of plugging it in with the case off of it and then poking at things with a wooden pencil to see if I can find a lose thing what might be causing the issue.
Question – on a scale from 1 to 5 (5 being “You said NEVER cross the beams Ray!”) … how bad an idea is this.
Oh Mah Gawd! I can’t flippin’ type today. There should be no parentheses anywhere in my previous post!
Doggonit!
I am trepidatious about causing an unhappy melange of voltage, components and human DNA.
CJ – Of all the Dwarfs to get as a trainer, you could do worse then Grumpy. Sneezey is rather unpleasant and Dopey is downright dangerous.
jJ – The worst dwarf to have as a trainer would have to be Bashful. I wouldn’t learn a thing because he’s just stand there cowering at me. I’d scare him to death with my outgoing personality really. I scare most people at first – I’m pretty sure.
I feel a certain amount of trepidation about using “trepidatious”.
Cj: I should think that Happy would be an excellent dwarven personal trainer. He’s never down, always has a positive outlook, and by God he can dance!
Can’t remember if that model ihas an LCD or CRT jj. If it’t the latter be VERY careful.
Wahoo!
My new 3rd Gen iPod battery just arrived!
Got it from a place I found on-line called “iPod Battery Depot”. Don’t know if the product is any good yet but they shipped this sucker FAST!
Now to insta … oh wait, I have this dismantled iMac all over the room.
This is why I never get anything finished. They new project always shows up well before the last is complete.
Van – it is a CRT.
I’m guessing that means “high voltage capacitor” some where in there.
Yup.
There is some sort of fluxcapaciter thingy that when I push on it with my plastic straw, makes the picture get better. could be it’s solder connections are not right. hose are under it where I cannot see … of course.
Can you try hooking it up to your car battery?
The red is positive, the black is negative.
Just don’t hit 88mph
Jack the car battery does not have 1.6 giga-watts of electricity…
Unless you’re connected to the clock tower during an electrical storm.
I just discovered that if I hold the CTRL key down and spin the wheel on my mouse it makes the print on the screen bigger or smaller depending which way I roll it.
Technology fascinates me.
jJ – Be careful with those wires. We don’t want you zapping yourself to the past.
… ah -HA !!!!
THAT’S how I got into this mess to begin with.
(see post about lightning and a clock tower)
I have a sudden urge to dig out some old Calvin Klein jeans and put them on!
.start_vent
GAH! Stupid Netscape open source project teams. One group understands how to use configure. The other doesn’t. GRRRRRRRRRRR.
.end_vent
OK
I have a cruel and ruthless plan. (not involving jeans OR Brooke Sheilds)
I am going to fashion a widget to wedge between the side of the case and the fluxcapacitor. This should apply a slight force to the component and help to keep what I suspect to be a loose solder joint, tight.
If it doesn’t, then at least I will be able to apply an external corrective force to that spot on the case to give it a “wiggle” without having to dismantle the computer.
jJ – I need a visual. Please provides photos. :)
uhm. -s
Technology is fun. Except when it isn’t. ;)
CP: Try Me One More Time — Willie Nix
Some people make a living doing this:
http://www.jalr.org/
It’s just occurred to me -
While at a picnic you should probably avoid any dish with the name “Murphy slaw”, Especially if it is mayonnaise based.
Holy moley, Van. Did you notice the subtle background image messages on that JALR site, intended to encourage you to sign up?
http://www.jalr.org/icons/bg.png
Why are “Meet new people” and “Poop into a bucket” right next to each other?? These are enticements for me to become a JALR??????
I hadn’t Jack.
This is one spoilt kid:
http://gizmodo.com/5323788/exemplary-mom-builds-98+inch-screen-inside-kids-bedroom-ceiling
Jack: I guess that explains 2 girls, one cup. ;)
That’s just gross, ditto.
Gross.
Lejon will withhold comment regarding the aforementioned women and their cup, and instead be horrified by the concept as he remembers it. (never be the same… never be the same…)
For reasons out of my control.
/bangheadondeskrepeatedly
OK. I’m done.
Thanks for being there.
Venting all done?
Yes, dear. All done. Life may now resume.
Phew.
It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.
-John Steinbeck
Okay Jack Mangan said I could pimp my show here. Theresa and I had a fun chat with Jack on are new show Media Frenzy Podcast. I hope you will give it a try. http://www.mediafrenzypodcast.com
TO: Downloading podcast now… for listening later.
Where do you find these crazy pictures of Jack?
All that hair!
The first one is the Jack. I got it off of google. The second pic is Harry Potter nude at 17.
Uhm. I hadn’t looked at the 2nd photo.
um.
won’t
vanity
Gahhhhhh that picture will haunt me forever. Curse Jesse Willis for snapping that one!! Curse him!
/vanity
fangirl
Jack Mangan = Hot babe in all pictures and real life.
/fangirl
so.there.
Yeah you shouldn’t really see Harry Potter like that.
His future and current girlfriends should be happy though.
cough
As much as I love Daniel Radcliffe and think he’s adorable and all that – I have to admit that I didn’t need to see that.
I’d like to erase it. Erase erase erase. From my memory.
Get the mind scrubbers out.
jUSTA JOE!!!
Do not poke live monitor! I do not know the truth of it (meaning, I haven’t poked one myself), but everytime I study up on PC repair the two big dangerous things are Monitors and Laser printers. Both can have a tremendous discharge!
Oh good. No electro-shocked jJ. phew.
*grrrr*
Work proxy blocks libsyn. I can’t see naked Jack. Dammit.
*laughs evilly then heads back to annoying his little minions.*
In that show I talk about the grown up Harry Potter and the new HBO show hung so I think the photo fits.
Sorry about the Photo Jack. I have not seen you in two years and that’s how I remember your hair.
As far a Radcliffe I am glad he did hat nude play now, not when he’s 60s wanting his fame back.
Plus he wants grown up rolls after Harry Potter. He is only 21 know and there only 2 films left. (they are splitting the last book and shooting all at the same time.) So he is a just 4 years over Potters age.
Yes go listen to the Media Frenzy…
Fun Conversations!
Jack: Thanks for that really kick-ass quote!
Trucker Overdrive: I will listen, but I’m back up to 198 unlistened. It’s in the queue.
Everyone, listen to my podcast as well. It’s at:
http://www. .com
Oh yeah, on the topic of listening. Fractured Horizon was indeed fun, WNDRWolf. Somewhat predictable and formulaic, but fun.
Who was the guy with the contents of his magic cargo pockets? I thought that was excellent, but I didn’t catch his name.
Loved Van’s stolen lyrics. Wowza.
Did I miss something? Why is Mr. Mangan modeling an issue of Interzone? I’m staring at it very hard, but I can’t read enough of it to tell if he is on the cover somehow.
Then again, I think this is the closest I’ve ever come to an Interzone. Maybe I should model with the picture of Jack modeling the Interzone.
Hey, look! That wasn’t funny! *snert*
ZOMG.
Jack, I like that picture of you. The Daniel R. pic is probably going to stick with me all day, so thanks for that, TO.
Off to day 2 of meets with the new corporate overlords.
Sometimes my google-fu is quite weak. Today, for instance.
I wanted the lyrics for the Jello song. Instead I ended up (probably NSFW?) here:
http://www.yummywalking.com/
Which wouldn’t be creepy if it weren’t the craptacular website from 1996. Well, okay, 1997.
Er, i# – yer website link didn’t come through. I’d give it a shot, but http://www.com doesn’t seem to have a podcast.
Nomad Scry: I was funnin’.
NS, Jack’s story ‘The Unsolvable Deathtrap’ appreared in that issue of Interzone, you can hear the story here:
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/1887192
Good wet and wiggly morning DeadPan!
TEB…. That is an image that I did not need… (Glad I have it though) while I am at work.
Wow, according to an e-mail I won an on-line lottery, I didn’t enter, for 1,000,000.00 Euros. All I have to do is give them all my particulars and I’ll receive it. I’m so lucky ;)
LOL, Wolf!
Was up early this morning and gave blood to the vampires. Now I have to wait for them to finish their taste test to see if I’m relatively healthy.
Wolf, wet and wiggly is because it’s raining here and all the worms have come out onto the sidewalk. Silly me, though, I didn’t look outside before I left and walked out without a jacket (just capri’s and a T-shirt), so I got a little wet myself.
Great the Bunny is having a wet t-shirt contest as well…
Damn you are cruel.
It’s all dark and gloomy in the house today with the sun hiding behind the rain clouds.
Hey, that’s what we need at the DPG (DeadPan Gathering) I want all the guys to wear white shorts for a wet shorts contest :oops:
You have to bear with me. I don’t handle bloodletting well. I don’t have a lot of it and I tend to get a little loopy until my levels get back up.
Ow, ow, OW! Just pulled the tape off my arm.
Hopefully it’s not cold water.
I’ll get my keyboard.
This is a cool website for a guitar store
http://www.dbzguitars.com/thedarkside/
Somethings are best left to your imagination.
I have a great imagination
The way to remove a plaster after a blood test is to get somebody else to rip it off quickly.
Now, to bring the DP board very low-brow. I want to find someone looking to get a job here:
http://www.rim.com/
(think about it)
No Van, I’d rather cause my own pain than give anybody else that pleasure.
TEB: It reminds me of “The Jerk” ;>
You know you’ve trained someone really well when they bitch about poor practices *exactly* the same way you would. :D
PC Magazine recommends this site to manage your multiple passwords
https://lastpass.com/
ditto has a clone?
Hopefully not. :)
I use FF to manage my passwords.
Crap. This is so not fair. :(
http://www.spin.com/articles/pixies-doolittle-us-tour-dates-announced
My hubby is reading the latest Guitar World Magazine. He’s laughing at an ad. It says:
Discover attraction secrets guaranteed to magnetically capture that 1 perfect woman you desperately desire… regardless of your looks, age or income.”
And has such lovely captions as:
“women are magnetically compelled to approach you first”
“allows you to attract any woman you want, on demand!”
“They were intelligent, desirable, beautiful business women who went gaga like little girls over this short, fat, dumpy guy!”
And finally: “attracting women is nothing more than a paint-by-numbers, step-by-step, brain-dead simple process”
Wow this is amazing!
CP: Eye for an Eye — UNKLE
Where do I insert the coins?
Good morning, Pan.
I babysat for a couple who went to the Aerosmith/ZZ Top concert last night. I was at their house until almost 1am then had to get up early for a playdate I promised a fellow mommy this morning. I’m also meeting with the trainer at the gym at 10am for a specialized workout plan.
I’d like to go back to sleep now instead though.
Off I go. Have great days everyone. I’ll be online late afternoon.
Van, yay for you linking The Unsolvable Deathtrap. I have wanted to hear/read that one and hadn’t any success locating it myself.
I allow FF to manage some passwords on my Linux box at home. But I’d never do that for anything really important, like banking.
That link got me nowhere. I managed to find the Bodies Underwater (I think that was the name) again.
TEB: Job . . . at Rim . . . bwahahaha
I’d not give my passwords to a third party.
I have an encrypted file that I have all my passwords on.
My dough-head of a cat just fell off the book case. Who said cats are graceful?
An Experiment:
http://web.archive.org/web/20071011042336/http://ttapress.com/136/the-unsolvable-deathtrap-by-jack-mangan/
Okay the above link should take you to the cached old TTApress website with Jack’s Story that appeared In Interzone.
Oh and a cautionary tale on how long things last on the ‘net.
Good Morning, Pan!
I’m caught up. You may now be amazed for 30 seconds before someone else posts after me, and Jack puts up an unshow or something to throw off my up-to-datedness.
TEB: That’s wise. That’s my choice.
Vanamonde: Thanks! I will read at some point.
On the topic of data-longevity: http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/
Haven’t watched this yet, but since we did Watchmen…
Nobody Watches the Watchmen
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3d3180d242/nobody-watches-the-watchmen
I just don’t know what to say about that Watchman video, ditto.
Thanks for digging up that “Unsolvable Deathtrap” link, Van.
I’ll stop being vain about the awful, awful WorldCon picture.
http://www.jove.com/index.stt
this is a cool science site
From EssBee, using me as a vessel for posting to Deadpan:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/william-shatner-makes-pal_n_246034.html
I couldn’t get that link to work but here’s the you tube version of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCdqRbWYWbU
(It’s Shatner reading Palin’s resignation speech as beat poetry. I have yet to view/listen myself.)
It’s funny
Now… lunch time!
CP: Touched — VAST
My husband is in the living room making twanging noises. This makes it impossible to watch the news.
I suppose I could move to another room but I’m being held prisoner by the kitty on my lap.
TEB: Your hand must be getting better then.
I think hubby’s under the impression I like his music. I guess it doesn’t help when I give him a dewy-eyed look, sigh, and tell him I’m his groupie ;)
But dammit! I’m trying to listen to the news
ditto, yes my hand is better. I’m even going to go to MA tonight. I’m still on antibiotics, though. I think the cat being on me is more a testament to her desperation than anything else.
My kitty is definately MY kitty. She tolerates my husband and hates everybody else. She’s also old and arthritic (or creaky as the vet calls her). It’s rainy and chilly today, so she’s looking for a warm lap to lay on.
I don’t like bees.
Just a random comment Cj, or is there a story behind it?
There’s a story. I may have called the Deadpan line so I won’t say anything else. Only Jack knows.