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”

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”