The Geek Fu Morning Show

Jason and I do an ON THE ROAD cast and let you hear not one, but TWO awesome geeky songs. Jason also has awesome flickr pics of our new office. I talk about my new podiobook, but Jason has much more exciting news.

Music: Playing for Keeps by Beatnik Turtle and OK, Let’s Take This Outside by Oppenheimer

 

 Geek Fu Morning Show 007: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Valentine’s Day and a plug for Jonathan Coulton.
I’m sick of the Olympics tragedies. And huzzah for Joey Cheek, but Nike did something… odd.
Work is going well on VOICES: New Media Fiction, should launch in 2 weeks.
StellarCon is this weekend!
Google made me look smart regarding Creative Commons.
Scurvy Dogs = Totally Airwolf.
This week’s essay about children’s books.
Geek Fu goes on hiatus after the StellarCon episode next week, but I’m still accepting guest essays.
Snippet of Jonathan Coulton’s Skullcrusher Mountain distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Share Alike 2.5 License

 

 Geek Fu Action Grip #60: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Back on track, here’s an essay-filled geek fu!

Report of the D&D Duke University demo
I announce Voices: New Media Fiction - a podiobook featuring Cory Doctorow, James Patrick Kelly, Patrick McLean, JR Blackwell, Jared Axlerod, Paul Jenkins, Tee Morris, Daniel Emery and Jason Erik Lundberg
I will be at StellarCon this year
We saw a fun musician last night - his podcast is The Night Sound Show
I discuss email
Essay of the week: Obi Wan, Can I Borrow the Keys to the Car?

 

 Geek Fu #58 - Obi Wan, Can I Borrow the Keys?: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Someday I’ll get this damn podcast back on track.

Show notes n stuff:
I apologize for name idiocy - check the blog post below this one for more info. I’m not going to write “cheapass gamer” seventeen times again.
I make a deal with my listeners on politics.
My husband Jim has a podcast: The Vintage Gamer. Check it out.
And I did not get everyone sick!
I promise to work soon on my podcast CD.
I read some comics by listener Daniel Warner - check out Cocopiazo
My to-be-read list is large, but I’m starting to get through it with the help of Robin McKinley
This week’s essay discusses all the lessons we teach children and how they aren’t used as adults.

 

 GeekFu #56 - Everything I Learned: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

• I’m sick. Short podcast, no essay. Things can only improve.
• PodcasterCon is one week away!
• I’m opening Geek Fu to submissions
• Go check out Paul Jenkins’ plot thingy at the Rev Up Review

 

 Geek Fu #54 - Happy New Year: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well, some of you asked for it, more insight into being a geek and a parent. Here ya go.

Wow, check me out: lots of show notes!

Treo Cast (Rita Cast)
Duke Podcasting Symposium
Random Signal
Dave’s Lounge
Eat Feed
Audio Activism
Beyond the Storm
Chapel Hill Comics Zombie Reception
Angi Shearstone
The Signal

 

 Geek Fu #41 - Geeky Parenting [22:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I’m lucky I posted my podcast when I did, as my voice and my speaking staminia is shot now due to an upper respiratory virus. Kiddo is sick too. I very much hope I’ll be better by Saturday’s podcast.

Which didn’t stop us from playing the fabulous game Go Away Monster! last night. The premise of the game is simple (it is a game for 3 year olds, after all) - you have a small game board that serves as your bedroom, and you pull items out of the bag to put in your room. Bed, pictures for the wall, etc. Also in the bag are monsters. So when you draw a monster, you’re supposed to shout “Go Away Monster!” and throw it. I was showing my daughter how to play this game. However, she’s not afraid of monsters. She loves monsters. So when I would draw a monster and throw it away, she’d get it and put it in *her* bedroom. So her bedroom soon had two teddy bears, one bed, a lamp, and several monsters. Then she drew a picture of kittens for the wall. She shouted, “Go away kitties!”

If you’re a board game or RPG fan, check out the podcast Geekspeak (from boardgamegeek.com.)

As I get older, I’m starting to notice my desire for materialism is actually going down (believe it or not). Now all I want for Christmas is:

A massive block of time to complete a task force on City of Heroes.
A weekend at the Grove Park Inn. (I guess that falls under materialism as it costs money, but it’s not a tangible thing)
Babysitting.
A morning where I can lie around in bed and read.
A plug for my podcast on the Evil Genius Chronicles.

Really, most if it (except for the plug) comes down to time. Suddenly it’s precious, and I worry that I squander it when I am gifted with an unexpected chunk. (Like, say, right now, as my daughter is taking an unexpectedly long nap and i have spent the afternoon playing CoH and blogging.)

Just random thoughts, I suppose. Something else I’d like to do with podcasting is work on a radio play, and that would take writing, sound effects, acting, and editing. And oh yeah, time. Sigh.

EDIT - then again, I wouldn’t say no to this…