LN-QRM 173: Whine and Cheese

Recorded: 14 March 2015

Hosts: Joel, Barry, Barty & Michael

Podcaster’s Anonymous BooZe–Review

  • Michael – The drink of the evening is the Finlandia Black Russian (Already in progress 🙂  )
  • Barry – Pinnacle coconut infused vodka
  • Joel –  Blackberry Brandy Sour

Days of our Lives

  • Barry – Damn ice dam
  • Michael – And in a related issue, Pasty to the rescue
  • Barry – My mailbox was trashed…again
  • Barry – The Postal Service: Efficiency at its best
  • Michael – Related, how long does a USPS priority package take to arrive from Portland Oregon to CH?
  • Barry – FailPoint update
  • Barry – It’s Ultimate Pi Day – Who Gives a F@(&
  • Michael – Back from PCT, lookng forward to MMPCR!
  • Michael – Calumet HS CopperBots in action!
  • Michael – I see pavement!
  • Michael – The Harbor went to the dogs again.
  • Michael – And … the office chair broke
  • Michael – Long hours, even by my standards – affecting episode output
  • Michael – Clash of Clans – Rip Van Winkle Level
  • Michael – yesterday was Bob G’s birthday! Listen to the tribute on Mark My Words.
  • Michael – The Bird Counter’s Shelter is now up on Brockway…
  • Joel – Leonard Nimoy Passes Away at 83 ( March 26, 1931 – February 27,2015) He Lived Long and  Prospered and touched all of our lives.
  • Joel – Sir Terry Prachett Passes Away at 66 (April 28,1948 -to- March 12, 2015)
  • Joel -Turned on to a GREAT podcast called “We’re Alive!” a zombie cast (on itunes)

App Review

  • Barry – Hyperlapse
  • Barry – My Talking Pet

Ingress Alert

  • Michael – new recharge feature, new badges, Mark gets his Guardian 150
  • Barry – Maybe I can get a gold sojourner badge in two months

Bottom Gear

  • Michael – Time for a long generator test / switching exclusively to premium gas
  • Daisy – (neon) gets stuck in the mud in the driveway(melting snow)
  • Jerry Clarkson is suspended from Top Gear for punching a show’s producer.

Musical Guest: 1971 Billboard Hot 100 #40 –  The Jackson 5 with “Never Can Say Goodbye”

Theme Song:   Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Hit the Ground Running”

LN-QRM #165: Last one of the year

Recorded: 27 Decenmber 2014

Hosts: Joel, Barry & Michael
Topics

  • Barry – Chillaxing all week
  • Barry – Replacing an old ceiling fan
  • Barry – RTL-SDR plug and play project
  • Joel   –  Xbox one is awesome, Advanced Warfare is awesome  if the damn Microsoft servers would stay up!
  • Michael – More trips up Brockway – finally swapped the wind turbine unit…
  • Michael – Old high school friends …

Podcaster’s Anonymous BooZeReview

Ingress Alert

  • Joel – I re-downloaded Ingress and was farming in Hudson NH today.

Bottom Gear

  • Joel – Received a plugin FM transmitter as well as a cassette deck drive to aux cord input thing
  • Michael – So far… nothing has broken on the truck – but we changed up the schedule
  • Michael – Posted a picture of the mighty (with apologies to Jason) 1997 Mercury Sable on G+

Entertainment Last Month

  • Barry – Lilyhammer Season 3
  • Michael – Podcast and Show review – Radio Free Skaro
  • Joel – Series 21 of Top Gear found on Hulu Plus!

Musical Guest:  Ingrid Michaelson with “Afterlife”

Theme Song:   Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Hit the Ground Running”