On this show, I play a song from Elour; the kid lit all the fireworks; it's too dry for roman candles; clutter is physical procrastination; I'm trying to carry stuff immediately without piling it for later transfer; do the tedious stuff at the first opportunity rather than when disaster strikes; I killed a day in Columbia writing mobilely about how I didn't need a mobile writing tool; right after I stopped caringm the PocketMage campaign went live; I still use the Boox Note Air 4C; I still use the DIY TRMNL; I barely use the Heltec Lora V4; I might try to fix the charging ports on the stack of kid Kindle Fires because what do I have to lose?

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, July 10 2026.

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On this show, I play a song from Rain Garden; I think a lot about people who live in those remote houses on the highway; there is a power in living somewhere cheap; I feel jealous of people older than me that still have living parents; I got most angry at my dad for not being alive when my child was born; in a weird way, you only become your true self when all your parents are dead; it's unlikely any two of the millions of podcasts have the same workflow; every family is its own weird cult; my father arguing with me about the math of permutations was a big event; if I need an account to read your article then I ain't reading it; I am intrigued by balcony solar; even without storage solar helps with heat waves; tags.pub had a weird pushback; I just block people who bug me and I don't feel bad about it; I fixed my Forgejo action runner on a machine it never previously worked on because I forgot I was fixing the wrong machine.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, July 3 2026.

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On this show, I play a song from James McMurtry; I set my Waze voice to Chaka Khan; this is an atypical summer; I did less cheap comic shopping at Heroescon than ever; I did more art shopping at Heroescon than ever; this might be my last year of bulk autograph seeking; John K. Snyder III is a great guy; Walt Simonson's autograph line might have broken me on big ticket signatures; if you are going to embezzle then do it all at once and GTFO; I am at an all-time low in enthusiasm for technology but mostly because of billionaires and assholes; AI slop makes all fun stop; I stopped caring about the Pocket Mage; I was tempted by an XTeink X4 but probably won't buy it; I will probably still buy a Micimike; our computers and phones from pre-2025 are going to be like 1959 Cuban cars; do I really need a new 3D printer?

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, June 26 2026.

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On this show, I play a song from Lindi Ortega; I relate a couple of witticisms from the child and tell tales of new driver excitement; Kendrick Lamar's merch was fugly but SZA's was great; I tell the tale of mishandling a thigh cramp; Subvert.fm is my new first place to look for new show music; I explain why Baen Books and the Maximum Fun Network occupy similar boxes in my brain; the author I could not think of was Jack McDevitt, truly one of the nice guys of SF; once again I appear to be losing a fediverse account to a server meltdown; back up your Bookwyrm accounts, people; stories of real life adventurers bore the shit out of me; Steven Tobolowsky does not interest me; I would listen to a companion podcast to Scott Edelman's Eating the Fantastic that was only the food talk; unlike my father, I survived breaking my ribs.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, June 5 2026.

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On this show, I talk about why I don't love YouTube the platform and the content that lives on it.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, May 29 2026.

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On this show, I tell the story of my first five weeks keeping bees.

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On this show, I talk about my history with skiing, including the last week.

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On this show, I talk about WREK, the Indigo Girls and the oddity that is "Closer to Fine".

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On this show, I play a song from Florry; I say goodbye to Veronica Walters; we have a finite number of trip opportunities with the kid; we went to San Diego and back with the most travel troubles I've had in decades; it is less effort for me to travel alone; I play another round of Promo No Go; I heard some kids say the craziest stuff; I have been listening to the All British Comedy Explained podcast; I didn't respond to The Young Ones as well as I remembered but Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and the Good Life still light me up; Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV is great; I implemented the Human.json protocon on my website, attesting who actually authors their site without any LLM; I am experimenting with the Quick Bites format for this show.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, March 27 2026.

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On this show, I talk about the rise and fall of my idea for a local honey marketplace with a side journey into a disappointing talk about technology.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, March 20 2026.

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