The Geek Fu Morning Show

Thanks to everyone for the outpouring of email I’ve received. I will answer them all, it must may take me a while. Several questions have come through, though, and I wanted to address them here.

1) Will you stop doing Murcaching?

Nope. I stopped Geek Fu because I didn’t have the time or energy to put into it: Murcaching doesn’t take as much of either.

2) Why can’t I comment here?

Now that I honestly don’t know. Some were able to comment. Some weren’t. Sorry about that, I don’t know what’s going on.

Of course, when I planned on writing this, I had more stuff in mind to write, but now I am blank. Thanks again to everyone, and I’m doing OK, really.

THREE, count ‘em, THREE promos for EARTH: http://tinyurl.com/2fsmrc - http://tinyurl.com/yowt2z - http://tinyurl.com/2xrlss

 

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With over 140 (!) of you participating in Murchaching, my friend and bitch Chris Miller set up an awesome map to follow the lunchboxen on their journeys. Check it out!

Long time listeners will know that my inability to get NPR to even acknowledge my submissions (I never even got rejections from This American Life, This I Believe or Morning Edition) is what got me started podcasting my essays. So I took some of those essays and entered the public radio talent search. If you’re interested, can you vote for me? I feel silly asking for votes, but since I don’t ask you to vote anywhere else, I figured it can’t hurt… http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/1302

(New Geek Fu soon, as soon as I can get it edited)

Enough people have asked about Murcaching, and I realized I don’t have it written down anywhere, it’s only described in the podcast. So here’s Murcaching.

I have a Wonder Woman lunchbox I’m going to mail out. There are little goodies inside. When you get the box, take one out, and put something inside for me. Send me a picture with you with the lunchbox. When I get the pic, I send you an address and you send it to the next person. And so on.

Email me - include your address - at mightymur AT gmail DOT com if you’re interested. No one will see your address but me and the one person who sends the lunchbox to you.

A while ago, I had my best friend from college, Jason Adams, on my podcast. Now he had me on Random Signal to guest-host, and we do geek music!

Show Notes

New Geek Fu this weekend!

 

 Random Signal 56: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hi there. My name isn’t Josh.

Stranger Things

Steampunk Magazine

I was interviewed on TechSnark

I’m co-host of Lulu Radio

7th Son book 2 and The Failed Cities Monologues ended last week too!

Genre Traveler is having a photography contest

Promo from Pulp Gamer

Geek Fu - guest hosts Nick Popio and Jason Adams

Promo from UberCon

[EDIT - we have tshirts! I am Josh - I am not Josh]

 

 Geek Fu #93 [54:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Yesterday I sat down and hammered out 5300 words, completeing Hell. Four more episodes to go, and they’re all written. Now all that’s left is the recording. I will be recording part nine today. 7th Son crossover, w00000!

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I [heart] the webcomic Sinfest. Except for the pigs and robots, this one comic is a fairly good representation of Heaven.

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I need an updated picture over there <—

Hell Pt. 2 has to wait. I’m sick with a sore throat. Can barely talk.

Sorry, guys.

Sorry for the messup with the file, folks. If you downloaded a 12 minute Geek Fu, that isn’t all of it. Please redownload with my apologies.

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* If it’s your first time in a hotel, know that tipping the maids is customary. It’s good to go $2 a day, more if you’re a total slob, you host a party, someone horks and misses the toilet, etc. Although it’s convienient to tip all at once when you’re leaving, try to remember to tip every day, since different maids might clean your room at different days (esp. since weekends and weekday staff may be different.) Maids are trained to avoid everything in the room as if it were plagued so that they won’t be accused of stealing, so you can put it in an envelope on the pillow, attach a note, etc. The pillow is a very good place to leave a tip, since you’re unlikely to leave money there by accident, unless it fell out of your ear or something.

* Try not to drink too much on the last night. You don’t want to be traveling with a hangover. Moreover, you don’t want to be driving with a hangover.

* Sex: a friend of mine says if you can’t get laid at DragonCon, you’re not really trying. However, keep in mind common sense: use protection, be courteous to your roommate, and if you’re in a relationship and your SO isn’t at the con, don’t be an idiot. Lastly, when I was in college at a safe sex seminar, I laughed at the advice, “Always know the last name of anyone you sleep with,” but then later realized that some people don’t even bother finding that part out. Think: if you a) get pregnant, b) get an STD, c) fall head over beer in love, you might want to get in touch with them again.

* Like the girl scouts say, make new friends but keep the old. You’ll want to go with friends, but don’t be afraid to branch out and have coffee, beer, dinner with someone new. Having con experiences with only your safe friends from home isn’t really a con experience. But Lordy, don’t invite yourself anywhere - invite others along with you, and if they say they’re doing something else, don’t tag along.

* Again with the common sense: Don’t be rude to people. If you’re rude to a stranger, they might be your favorite author, podcaster, or the sister of the person you slept with last night (didja get that last name like I recommended?) Even worse, they might be an up-and-coming assistant to an agent who has an elephant-like memory who will remember you when you query them in 5 years, completely ignorant of their animosity toward you. True story - in my last job, I turned down a salesman trying to get me to buy advertising on his website. He wrote back to his boss that I was just a young idiot - and accidentally copied me. Six or so years later, he’s still in my database as someone never to work with.

* More con advice from Making Light.

* Con advice for writers from Sherwood Smith. - And additions to that from Michelle Sagara.

* Really, focus on two things: common sense and fun. People are putting on this show as a labor of love; thank them for their work. The maids make crap wages in cleaning up after your ass; tip them. No one likes an asshole; don’t be one. You have spent hundreds of dollars for this trip; have fun!

Going to DragonCon for the first time? Listen to this!

 

 Survival Guide to DragonCon [17:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I have had nothing but trouble with PodPress since I installed it. Now the latest podcast is not in the feed. If anyone wants to help me with the ins and outs of podpress, and if I should just give up and go back to regular wordpress, please email me.

I have tried to fix the feed a number of times, sorry to everyone who’s having trouble. I’m trying again.

Someday I’ll learn how to do RSS by hand and bypass all this dependence on Wordpress, Feedburner, and the like.

Here’s the file

 

 Geek Fu 76 Attempt 2 [32:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Editing the latest episode. Then I discovered that the recording of Heaven Pt. 7 sounds like crap. So I need to rerecord it. But I am no longer the narrator. And my husband is out. So I can’t post until he rerecords. ASAP.

Sorry.

Yes, I’m aware of the problems with the feed. I continue to work on it.

Argh.

Battlestar Galactica won a Peabody award. It deserves an Emmy, dammit, but oh well. We’ll take what we can get. (SciFi.com)

More blogs to read! The Feminist SF Blog! I’m excited about this one.

Scott McCloud is touring doing a Making Comics 50 States Tour! More info here.

Well, I have the copies in my grubby little hands. It hits store shelves tomorrow. I think I’m still in shock. And, knowing how critical some podcasters (well, people in general) can be, not a little scared. But I think Rob and I did a good job. I just hope people agree.

A lot of people.

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In other news, preparation continues for Balticon. My buttons arrived (thanks Jared for the recommendation, they look great!), my books of essays arrived, and now I have my podcasting books to take. Throw in some underwear and a copy of Arkham Horror, and I’m set for the weekend.

This week I appeared - or was heard - on The Round Table podcast at The Harping Monkey, talking about gaming and women heroes. Next week I’ll be on Jack Mangan’s Deadpan Podcast.

[Edit- sorry about mistake, harping monkey’s site is down and the file went into the RSS, so no one was able to grab it. I apologize for the confusion.]

This one is hysterical.

New show tonight or tomorrow, as soon as I can edit it. Sorry about the lateness; I’ve been sick.

 

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