Behind the Scenes - How Technorama Does Interviews
Published on 25 Aug 2008 at 1:16 am.
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Let me pull back the curtain for just a bit and show our listeners how Technorama typically conducts interviews.
It starts off well enough in the beginning. Chuck asks some background questions and slips in some geeky anecdotes…
Once Chuck pulls out his Picard impersonation, it’s all downhill from there…
Luckily Kreg is standing by and jumps into the melee…
Unfortunately, the battle plays out EXACTLY the way you’d expect.
Marv
Interview - Richard Garriott
Published on 24 Aug 2008 at 2:53 pm.
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Richard Garriott, aka Lord British, is best known for his series of Ultima video games dating back to the early 1980s. He’s back in the news with an upcoming mission to the International Space Station. We called him up to learn how the old games were made, what inspired him, his upcoming mission and Operation Immortality. You’re going to love this!
CCT Special: Technorama Live in Vegas! - 206.222.2428
Published on 21 Aug 2008 at 10:14 pm.
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While out in Las Vegas, NV for the New Media Expo 2008 we decided to record a live version of Technorama. After tweeting and trying to arrange something, we ended up with some Podcasting Friends in the Wedding Gazebo at the Las Vegas Hilton. What Happens in Vegas…Gets Podcasted!
Cast of Podcasters
- Philippa Ballantine
- Tee Morris
- Clinton Alvord of Comedy4Cast
- Gregory Lemon
- Brad P. from NJ from Whole Lot of Nonsense Podcast
- Steve Rickeyberg of Geek Cred
- Mad Marv (Kyle)
- David van Sunder
- Megan Enloe aka PodcastJunky
- Kreg Steppe
- and Chuck Tomasi from Chuckchat.com
Yoda - The cat with four ears
Published on 21 Aug 2008 at 1:58 am.
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via Boing Boing
Do 4 ears git moar cheezburgers?
Marv
LEGO Donkey Kong
Published on 14 Aug 2008 at 7:50 pm.
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LEGO Donkey Kong that Actually Moves via Digg
Now, we just need a playable version…or maybe the flaming hammer power up.
Marv
Internet Memes
Published on 12 Aug 2008 at 6:19 pm.
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It’s an interactive timeline of all reasonably non-obscure Internet Memes. Bookmark it for future reference in case you miss one. It is updated regularly and has taken the foresight of adding itself to its list of Internet Memes.
Marv
Stonehenge Robot Clock
Published on 10 Aug 2008 at 6:19 pm.
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Stonehenge robot clock arm tells time by arranging little cards via Boing Boing
While this robot is cool for using the retro-robot arm from the 80’s, its one big flaw is that it can take over a minute for the robot arm to update the display.
Marv
Custom TomTom Voice Files
Published on 3 Aug 2008 at 6:35 pm.
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This weekend I was following up on an idea that was burning a hole in the back of my brain. I wanted to find out how to create my own voices for my TomTom ONE GPS unit. A little Google searching and I came up with this fine gem courtesy of Graeme Lucas in the UK.
The process is pretty simple if you’ve dealt with audio before. If not, the instructions are very complete and you should have no problems. It only takes Audacity (free), a knowledge of what phrases to say and what to call them, and convert them in to the CHK file (Graeme provides a utility for free). I was quite happy with the result although I did have to tweak a few of the audio clips to make it sound more natural. This afternoon I took the girls to the movie and my voice navigated us there and back. Now it’s time to do some character voices!
If you have a TomTom and would like to load my voice, download it and copy it to the /voices folder on your TomTom unit. Using Microsoft Explorer, the TomTom will show up as a drive letter. Again, full details are on Graeme’s site.
Have fun and let me know if you create any TomTom files of interest. We can setup our own exchange if this works well. Now to get to work on some character scripts…
Mythbusters Shark Week
Published on 31 Jul 2008 at 9:59 pm.
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This week is Shark Week on Discovery and one of our favorite shows, Mythbusters is going all out. If you’re a Mythbusters fan, you’ve GOT to see the shows this week.
Let me tell you, I’m a SCUBA diver from way back, and some of the stuff they’re doing - well, I wouldn’t do it. One of the myths they had was that lights make sharks more aggressive while diving at night. Grant, Tory, and Kari were in the water at night with a bunch of (blue?) sharks and they were getting pretty aggressive. I had to imagine myself in that same situation feeling the panic instinct starting to kick in. No thank you!
Adam, on the other hand, had a much more enjoyable time testing a myth about sharks being repelled by hot chili peppers. I won’t tell you the outcome, but Adam found the whole thing very enjoyable safely from within a steel cage.
There were several more tests all done with the same skill and entertainment value that you’ve come to expect from the Mythbusters. Go and check them all out!
If you haven’t caught our previous interviews with Grant Imahara and Adam Savage. Several years later and they’re still fun to listen to!
CCT Special: Heroes Con 2008 - 206.222.2428
Published on 30 Jul 2008 at 2:44 pm.
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- Heroes Con 2008 Site
- Chris Flick of Capes N’ Babes
- Rob of Dire Destiny
- Mike Chapman of Homestar Runner
- Matt Chapman of Homestar Runner
- Michael Dooney Artist with The Ninja Turtles
- Peter Laird co-Creator of The Ninja Turtles
- Andy Runton creator of Owly
