LN-QRM 212: Happy Birthday LN-QRM!

Recorded: 30 April 2016

Hosts: Joel, Barry, Barty, & Michael

Podcaster’s Anonymous BooZe—Review

  • Michael –  MGD
  • Joel – Calico Jack spiced Rum–n-Coke
  • Barry – Jiminy Coke (with emphasis on the Jiminy)
  • Barty –  Poland Spring water

 

Days of our Lives

  • Barry – LateNite QRM turned 6
  • Michael – The MMPR16 dates are here, The MMPR16 dates are here! (and Hamfest!)
  • Barry – NEAR-Fest Weekend
  • Michael – Training for Keweenaw Path
  • Joel – My beautiful bride gave me my new Indian name “Walks the Goats! … That’s right the goats on a leash walking them was I.
  • Michael – Calumet Copperbots make World Finals for First Robotics. (And compete against Hamilton)
  • Michael – Ran across old documentary about a lost silver mine in the Keweenaw
  • Michael – Picking up David from MTU for the summer
  • Joel – Picking up Kiona from Norwich for the summer too.
  • Joel – Already got the approved time off from work to attend MMPR!
  • Barty – Approved as well. Classic Camera Revival photo meet May 7 in Hamilton.

 

Broken News

  • Barry – Earthquakes happening all around the rim of fire
  • Barry – Russia is buzzing our ships
  • Barry – The Queen turns 90
  • Barry – Deaths: Prince, chyna, Doris Roberts
  • Joel – Jacksons off the twenty dollar bill and being replaced with Harriet Tubman by 2020

 

Geek Corner

  • Barry – New MacBook Pro Rumors: now with less ports! WTF Apple?
  • Barty – Verizon TravelPass offers use of your wireless plan for $2 per day per device. Just in time for MMPR
  • Michael – burns it to the ground. (OSX )
  • Michael – David drops his iPhone 4s, no external damage, but phone is DOA

Bottom Gear

  • Joel – Daisy gets a Brake! Finish her up tomorrow
  • Barry – Snow tires off!
  • Joel – Goldfinger gets his spring time trainers put back on this week
  • Michael – Tractor project is back on.

Entertainment Last Month

  • Barry – The Peanuts Movie
  • Barry – Game of Throwns, Silicon Valley and Veep are back
  • Michael – (Netflix) Expedition Unknown

 

Musical Guest: Prince with Little Red Corvette

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

LN-QRM 179: It’s NEAR-Fest Time

Recorded: 2 May 2015

Hosts: Joel, Barry & Michael

Podcaster’s Anonymous BooZe–Review

  • Barry – Pinnacle Coconut infused Vodka
  • Michael – Park Bench Porter
  • Joel – Jack Daniels winter Jack (apple) bourbon and coke

Days of our Lives

  • Barry – QRM Studios update
  • Barry – My new JD Sippy Cup – Thanks Joel!
  • Barry – iHop Breakfast
  • Michael – Wonderful day for a photo shoot – Dan J Kauppi (.com)
  • Barry – NEAR-Fest: Spring Edition
  • Barry – Scott is short! (but so is everyone else)
  • Barry – The LN-QRM Drone is ready for duty
  • Barry – Periscoped with one viewer: Doug!
  • Michael – New Trail Shoes! Woo Hoo! (And Doug joins Runkeeper)
  • Michael – And Mark starts Couch to 5K
  • Joel – Joel’s new Iphone 4s showed up today and replaced the turddroid

Geek Corner

  • Barry – Red Max Leaf Blowers
  • Michael – MacStock and BBQ tickets have been purchased! (June 20th)
  • Michael – IT has not sunk in at the Harbor that I have a FULL time job now…
  • Barry – iPhone has been rebooting a lot recently
  • Barry – Microsoft’s holographic program looks cool

Ingress Alert

  • Barry – Extra Ultra Strikes and double AP
  • Michael – The Ugly and the Good

Bottom Gear

  • Barry – The Results!
  • Barry – 193,000+ miles on the Prius
  • Michael – David’s Jeep keeps jeep’in
  • Doug – by proxie …
  • Michael – the tractor …

Entertainment Last Month

  • Barry – Wolf Hall (yawn)
  • Michael – PODRUNNER update – app not currently available
  • Michael – Podcast – Classic Camera Revival – From John Meadows and Company

 

Musical Guest: 1977 Billboard Hot 100 #40 –  The Jacksons with Enjoy Yourself
Theme Song:   Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Hit the Ground Running”