Evil Genius Chronicles

On this show, I play a song from Louise Connell; I have already been late to the new school; I read Never Get Angry Again by David J. Lieberman and found it pretty mediocre and barely useful; I still have a Headspace account; we are watching Unforgotten; we gave Taskmaster New Zealand a second chance; the amount of ANZAC content I consume has really increased; this Hyperfixed podcast needing 200k listeners to be viable is madness; I am now listening to two different Homicide: Life on the Street podcasts plus watching the show; I dropped Two Cool Moms podcast for the crazy high ad load; I am listening to a boatload of Homicide: Life on the Street podcasts and rewatching the show; the Amazon Podcast ads talking about how good it is to get podcasts ad free is puzzling.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, September 28 2024.

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On this show, I play a song from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard; I very briefly touch on the presidential debate; you can't refute the lies of people whose whole deal is that they lie with impunity; my kid asked to go to a Kansas concert; Setlist.fm helps me decide whether to attend concerts; we watched all of The Morning Show and it made me appreciative I no longer work; jobs are bullshit; the Tim Ferriss blog post about "how to have a successful" podcast is exhausting and only applicable for a very specific type of douchebag; I let my server die and did nothing; I let my tire explode and did nothing; migrating servers and moving house both involve either a lot of prep or transporting a lot of trash; I migrated my old GMail accounts to Proton doing one well and one badly; I am watching the AFL finals and barely understand the finals format; I like when games slowly get unwinnable; I need a favor from an Australian travelling to the USA this fall.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, September 21 2024.

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On this show, I play a song from The Heavy Heavy; I play an audio comment from James Cridland; we close the discussion on Radio Open Source; I talk about our trip to DragonCon; I had my first EV charging site confrontation; the Kennedys were our benefactors for the event; the Hilton reverted to elevator operators; everything at DragonCon is a line; we had steaks at the same building as my dad took me after the Atlanta Fantasy Fair in 1984; we waited over an hour for a panel without getting in; I did karaoke with the podcast nerds; we played D&D; a nice guy gifted us dice; I chatted with Gregg Schigiel, Jim Mahfood, P. Craig Russell and Valentine De Landro; my print protectors are never big enough; I ran into my former co-worker; we had dinner with one of my oldest friends in fandom; it was worth doing and we probably aren't going back.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, September 7 2024.

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On this show, I play a song from The Three O'Clock; arguments about podcasting are tedious; I am attending Dragon*Con on a low preparation trip; the old dog had an incident; everyone who called the ACA marketplace "socialism" is an idiot and can go to hell; why do corporations fight something that will reduce their costs? I am amazed that the Democrats are doing business a different way; pundits gonna pundit; my garage is fully wired with ratgdo boards; AliExpress was a mixed bag; I want less Amazon in my business; the Boox color e-ink reader is looking good to me; New Zealand Taskmaster underwhelmed me; we are enjoying Loot and The Morning Show.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 30 2024.

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On this show, I play a song from The Gentle Readers; I take a victory lap about 20 years of doing this particular podcast; I tell the quick version of my origin story and cite Dave Winer and Adam Curry for me getting started; Bloggercon 3 and Portable Media Expo were important stops in the journey; why I podcast instead of doing another syndicated radio show; my "minimum viable audience" is zero; I can't attend a Podcast Movement during the first week of high school; I used Adam Curry's original iPodder Applescript, iPodderX, and bashpodder at various times; I play a clip from Exene Cervenka talking about early punk that seems applicable to podcasting; I gear up for another twenty years.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 23 2024.

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Twenty years ago today, inspired by Dave Winer and Adam Curry I sat down in front of my laptop and started talking. The methods and equipment have changed but I've never stopped.

Today I am celebrating that auspicious date by reposting my original episode. This preceded the coining of the term "podcasting", the existence of any podcatcher other than the Applescript Adam wrote, any tools to publish. This first week of my show I wrote a plugin in Perl for the Bloxsom blog engine that I used at the time.

We figured it out as we went and I am honored to have been a part of it. Thank you to these gentlemen, to all my colleagues in the podcasting space and especially the listeners. Thank you to everyone who has ever listened, to one episode or to every episde. You are really the only reason I am still at it. Long may we all wave.

On this show, I play a song from Ortega; we attempted a vacation and abandoned it due to a tropical storm; we rafted in man-made rapids; the Great Wolf Lodge did not soak us; delivery drivers love to give us wet packages; I opted to not jerry-rig a whole house generator; we bought actual hard kayaks from a guy who seems to not want to sell me more; I bought a Ratgdo garage opener that inexplicably works; Chamberlain and MyQ can go to hell; I decided to roll the dice on some Zigbee stuff from AliExpress; 20th podcast anniversary next week.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 16 2024.

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On this show, I play a song from Lawrence Rothman; grampa's house is sold; the Taskmaster watch continues forward; Mike Wozniak is my favorite contestant; we are watching the Mae Martin show Feel Good; I am planning for a 20th anniversary livestream; am I going to do it on Peertube? I am surprised by feeling hopeful about the presidential campaign; I am all in on Zigbee and turning the other stuff off.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 5 2024.

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On this show, I play a song from Pharoah Sanders; I have really been enjoying several local venues; selling grampa's house is getting real; we play a new round of terrible podcast promos; I do a bit of a retirement check-in; we traded one crappy pool for a less crappy one; a refrigerator fridge is changing my life; I have collectibles to liquidate; string lights and Home Assistant improved my back yard; more stuff goes away; Patreon fixed their weird bug and all patrons in exile are back!

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, July 21 2024.

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On this show, I play a song from The New Marines; grampa's house is under contract; the family went to Carowinds and we went to Heroescon; my con strategy was different this time; less bin diving, less autograph seeking, more print and collection buying; I am now using poster protectors; we went to the NASCAR Hall of Fame; I did not like Sweet Tooth Season 3; I did like The Bear Season 3; I haven't bothered to watch House of the Dragon Season 2; I am immune to the charms of James Acaster.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, July 12 2024.

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