My NaPodPoMo interview
November 3rd, 2009
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November 2nd, 2009
International podcast tech support
June 28th, 2009
Last October, I drew up this diagram to help my friend Erk set up his then-new Yamaha mixer with the rest of his podcasting gear.
The main reason I made the diagram was to help demonstrate how to create a mix-minus situation for monitoring/recording Skype calls. And back in October, Erk was able to get his rig set up and working properly. This month, he moved his podcasting studio, and after he had everything together at the new location, he found he was having some trouble getting the mix-minus working. He messaged me via Twitter, and we eventually connected on Skype so I could try and help him out. After a couple hours of troubleshooting, we were able to get things working again. It seemed that, for the most part, the hardware was all properly wired and configured. The problem came down to some software settings, and ultimately could’ve probably been resolved much faster if Erk’s laptop had been restarted after the software settings were altered (even though the machine never prompted for a restart). Regardless, I enjoyed talking to Erk (and his mom Judy) over Skype, and it’s always good to help out a friend. But when working with computers, it pays to remember troubleshooting rule #1: Restart, restart, restart.
An Australian in San Luis
April 13th, 2009
Our Australian friend Erk is taking a two-month long trip across the U.S. Last week, he stopped in San Luis Obispo for a few days to visit. Erk produces several podcasts, one of which is called Erk Pod. During Erk’s second day here, we drove around in his rental Jeep and recorded an episode of Erk Pod. Normally, I don’t like to syndicate other peoples’ content. But given my history of doing mobile recordings (and the fact that Shawnogram grew out of my old audio blog which was all mobile recordings), I’ve decided to add this episode of Erk Pod to the Shawnogram feed. Here’s a few pictures I took during Erk’s time here:
Erk searching the Internet at Best Buy, using an Apple laptop.
Erk and Jen at Mother’s Tavern during karaoke.
You can see a couple more pictures here and many more at the entries linked above. The original entry for this Erk Pod episode can be found here. Also, we recorded an epic podcast of our own with Erk which can be found here.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:23:13 — 57.2MB)
Fun Friday Night
November 29th, 2008
Me and Jen met up with a friend last night. I talk about it in today’s podcast. This is my twenty-ninth podcast for NaPodPoMo 2008. Also, we were guests last night on Echo Romeo Kilo 11, which was a lot of fun.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 10:26 — 7.2MB)
Black Friday?
November 28th, 2008
In today’s podcast, I talk about my impressions of Black Friday 2008. This is my twenty-eighth podcast for NaPodPoMo 2008. Also, as I mentioned in the podcast, Jen and I were guests on today’s episode of Orange Tim’s podcast, Despatches From Agent Orange. Much fun was had. Go have a listen.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 7:42 — 5.3MB)
Mystery cat
November 17th, 2008
In today’s podcast, I talk about my improptu appearance on Da Novemba Advencha. I also talk about an encounter I had with a mystery cat at Gus’s Deli.
This is my seventeenth podcast for NaPodPoMo 2008.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 6:58 — 5.0MB)
2008 Podcast Awards nominations
September 27th, 2008
It’s that time of the year again. Time to nominate your favorite shows for the Podcast Awards. In the past, I’ve regarded these awards as a waste of time. But I’ve caved. It’s either due to social media peer pressure, or I’m just getting soft in my old age. Below is my list of nominees. I don’t listen to shows that properly fit into all awards categories. But I didn’t want to just leave those categories blank, so I put in the names of shows that I felt could at least sorta fit those categories. Furthermore, I subscribe to a lot of podcasts. There’s no way I could nominate all of them. So, don’t feel bad if your show doesn’t show up on the list.
Peoples Choice: Erk Pod
Best Produced: Wasting Time Podcast
Best Video Podcast: Shawnogram
Best Mobile Phone Formatted Podcast: Inside My Head
Business: Democracy Now
Comedy: Hyper Nonsense
Cultural/Arts: Outside The Loop Radio
Education: Podcast Junky
Entertainmentt: The Media Burnout
Food and Drink: Andy Not Andrew
Gaming: All Things Azeroth
General: DarkCompass
GLBT: Yeast Radio
Health: Being Healthy For Busy People
Mature: Nobody Likes Onions
Movies/Films: Rental Reviews
Podsafe Music: Ourobouros Podcast
Political: No Agenda
Religion Inspiration: Enlighten Up
Sports: Some Guys In A Car
Tech/Science: podCast411
Travel: Grizzly’s Growls Podcast
Me, Jen and a bunch of Aussies
May 27th, 2008
Last week, me and Jen were guests on the Erkpod podcast. Click here to listen to the fun-filled 3.5 hour long extravaganza!
Erkpod is hosted by a bunch of guys from Australia, and they do a special “Round Table” episode once per month. They invited us to be their guests via Skype during the most recent Round Table. We had a lot of fun being on the show. Check it out if you’re looking for some audio entertainment.