Comments on: Geek Fu #34 - Smoke and Mirrors http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/ Mur and Jason discuss geek things, take live requests from Twitter, and support Open Media. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Joey http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-2165 Joey Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:15:18 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-2165 I've been listening to your show for a while now (mostly catching up on old shows, though). I really enjoyed your essay in your July 31st show. When you spoke of your other motive for wearing comfortable shoes, I about fell over. Up until a few years ago, I carried a leatherman and a flashlight in my bookbag. My thought was that those items would be pretty handy, just in case something happened. I can't believe I'm sharing this. What a geek! Anyway, great show! Thanks for putting it together. I’ve been listening to your show for a while now (mostly catching up on old shows, though). I really enjoyed your essay in your July 31st show. When you spoke of your other motive for wearing comfortable shoes, I about fell over.

Up until a few years ago, I carried a leatherman and a flashlight in my bookbag. My thought was that those items would be pretty handy, just in case something happened. I can’t believe I’m sharing this. What a geek!

Anyway, great show! Thanks for putting it together.

]]> By: jackbellows.com rants » Blog Archive » Geeks! Unite! http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1754 jackbellows.com rants » Blog Archive » Geeks! Unite! Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:24:19 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1754 [...] 005 Mur Lafferty has a podcast called Geek Fu Action Grip and in her ‘cast “Smoke and Mirrors” she talks about being a geek. In this audio essay, Mur makes several good [...] […] 005 Mur Lafferty has a podcast called Geek Fu Action Grip and in her ‘cast “Smoke and Mirrors” she talks about being a geek. In this audio essay, Mur makes several good […]

]]> By: DFuters http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1597 DFuters Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:17:39 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1597 Firstly, I really enjoyed your essay . While I am more a 'popular person' than a geek, I do have some quite geeky interests, and for that I found your views on the subject very interesting; besides that, I thought it was really quite insightful. Not that you need me to say this, but keep up the good work! Secondly, your little girl is INCREDIBLY cool. She has to be the cutest toddler-cum-geek-in-training ever :D Firstly, I really enjoyed your essay . While I am more a ‘popular person’ than a geek, I do have some quite geeky interests, and for that I found your views on the subject very interesting; besides that, I thought it was really quite insightful. Not that you need me to say this, but keep up the good work!

Secondly, your little girl is INCREDIBLY cool. She has to be the cutest toddler-cum-geek-in-training ever :D

]]> By: Trumane http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1590 Trumane Thu, 04 Aug 2005 03:58:20 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1590 SO.......when the shirts be available and where? SO…….when the shirts be available and where?

]]> By: Joe Murphy http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1588 Joe Murphy Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:35:33 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1588 OHMYGODYOURDAUGHTERISSOCUTEHOWPRECIOUSISTHAT!?! OHMYGODYOURDAUGHTERISSOCUTEHOWPRECIOUSISTHAT!?!

]]> By: mamaloo http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1587 mamaloo Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:38:49 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1587 Well, I'm a geek in that I am a reader of sci-fi novels and I podcast. However, I do not podcast about sci-fi. So I'm a girl geek podcaster, I'm just not a girl geek podcaster. If you or anyone else is interested in checking out the podcast, you can sample my wares at http://palmcast.blogspot.com. PS, I love your show, not so much for your geekiness, because the comic book and gaming chat go way over my head, but because I like to listen to smart women. Keep up the great work! Well, I’m a geek in that I am a reader of sci-fi novels and I podcast. However, I do not podcast about sci-fi. So I’m a girl geek podcaster, I’m just not a girl geek podcaster.

If you or anyone else is interested in checking out the podcast, you can sample my wares at http://palmcast.blogspot.com.

PS, I love your show, not so much for your geekiness, because the comic book and gaming chat go way over my head, but because I like to listen to smart women. Keep up the great work!

]]> By: maiki http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1584 maiki Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:32:52 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1584 I take care of a two year old and a three year old. When they say something "inappropiate" I ignore it unless, as you have seen, they pick up on it enough to just randomly blurt it out. If that is a case then I explain to them that words have different meanings depending how they are used, and that something like "what the hell" is not appropiate for a three year old. And I believe that, people are uncomfortable with such language from youngun's. After I explain it I normally strike a deal to enforce the speech in the form of also not using the said term. If I ever get caught in the act I make sure to acknowledge their perception and commend them for helping me refine my speech patterns. I have yet to get a repeat of any word that has come up. Also, since childhood is in large part a trasmission of values, I try to teach them little quips concerning the nature of reality. If you ask them what is most important they will tell you it is "friends and family". I think a part of children using certain words is the euphoria of retaining information, and so you can let them have all the info they want without resorting to "bad" words. Keep up the good work. *Goes back into the INFO-TUBE!* I take care of a two year old and a three year old. When they say something “inappropiate” I ignore it unless, as you have seen, they pick up on it enough to just randomly blurt it out.

If that is a case then I explain to them that words have different meanings depending how they are used, and that something like “what the hell” is not appropiate for a three year old. And I believe that, people are uncomfortable with such language from youngun’s. After I explain it I normally strike a deal to enforce the speech in the form of also not using the said term. If I ever get caught in the act I make sure to acknowledge their perception and commend them for helping me refine my speech patterns.

I have yet to get a repeat of any word that has come up.

Also, since childhood is in large part a trasmission of values, I try to teach them little quips concerning the nature of reality. If you ask them what is most important they will tell you it is “friends and family”. I think a part of children using certain words is the euphoria of retaining information, and so you can let them have all the info they want without resorting to “bad” words.

Keep up the good work. *Goes back into the INFO-TUBE!*

]]> By: ryanknapper http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1579 ryanknapper Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:16:16 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1579 Regarding language: Just about any word said with the right inflections has the same connotation to that which someone may consider vulgar. Shoot! is the same as saying shit! If you cry out "Monkey!" or "Table!" you can have the same expression of meaning, but without saying anything you won't want kids to say. Of course, the preferred expression for your quoted predicament would be to say "Gorram" ala Firefly. Regarding language: Just about any word said with the right inflections has the same connotation to that which someone may consider vulgar.
Shoot! is the same as saying shit! If you cry out “Monkey!” or “Table!” you can have the same expression of meaning, but without saying anything you won’t want kids to say.
Of course, the preferred expression for your quoted predicament would be to say “Gorram” ala Firefly.

]]> By: Leigh http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1576 Leigh Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:39:14 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1576 I downloaded your podcast because I thought you were me! Well, save for the husband part. And perhaps a bit of the gaming part (it was a long vacuum between Infocom's Leather Goddesses of Phobos and my N-gage's Asphalt Urban GT). Keep on action-gripping, there's a good geek girl. Happy birthday to you, and to your mom, and just remember that somewhere in the Philippines there is another girl geek rooting for you and your signature t-shirts. :-) I downloaded your podcast because I thought you were me! Well, save for the husband part. And perhaps a bit of the gaming part (it was a long vacuum between Infocom’s Leather Goddesses of Phobos and my N-gage’s Asphalt Urban GT).

Keep on action-gripping, there’s a good geek girl. Happy birthday to you, and to your mom, and just remember that somewhere in the Philippines there is another girl geek rooting for you and your signature t-shirts.

:-)

]]> By: Daniel http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1575 Daniel Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:27:23 +0000 http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/2005/07/31/geek-fu-34-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-1575 The shirts look really cool! The shirts look really cool!

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