Geek Improvement Podcast

Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, co-authors of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series, join us to talk about their new book, podcasts and other projects! Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear what you think and your suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show notes: Pip Ballantine - http://www.pjballantine.com/ Tee Morris - http://teemorris.com/ Dawn’s Early Light - http://amzn.com/0425267318?tag=geekimpro-20 The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences - http://www.ministryofpeculiaroccurrences.com/ Books of the Order - http://www.pjballantine.com/writing/books-of-the-order/ Imagine That! Studios - http://www.imaginethatstudios.com/ One Stop Writers Shop - http://www.onestopwritershop.com/ Brute Force Leather - http://www.bruteforceleather.com/ Steamtopia - https://twitter.com/Steamtopia_Con Balticon - http://www.balticon.org/ Wild Blue Yonder - http://shop.idwpublishing.com/comics/series/t-z/wild-blue-yonder.html The Almighty Johnsons - http://thealmightyjohnsons.co.nz/ Voyagers! - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083500/

This week we talk with the minds behind the freshly-launched IndieBox and recap our MegaCon adventures. Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear what you think and your suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show notes: Indiebox - https://theindiebox.com/ MegaCon - http://megaconvention.com/ MegaCon Photos - http://geekimprovement.com/megacon/

Make programming more like spellcasting, recreate a historic tea and much more with Episode 40 of the Geek Improvement Podcast! Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter:@geekimprovement, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear what you think and your suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show notes: Videogames Hearthstone’s vanity card backs and golden heroes - http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/13154924 Planets3 - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1247991467/planets3 NES Voxel Engine - http://home.comcast.net/~plotor/, Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCeFpLMn3sc Analogue NT: an NES machined from a solid block of aluminum - http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/12/nintendo-entertainment-system-mod-aluminum-analogue-interactive/ - Shinjuku Dungeon - http://tinycartridge.com/post/79357544680/shinjuku-dungeon-makes-a-train-station-into-an Dolphin emulator puts pixel processing problems to rest - https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2014/03/15/pixel-processing-problems/ Steampunk Figment Steampunk comic - http://www.insidethemagic.net/headlines/figment-comic-unveiled-from-disney-and-marvel-adding-dreamfinder-to-latest-in-disney-kingdoms-line/ Steampunk Cruise - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/travel/steampunks-at-sea.html Steampunk walking stick - https://www.etsy.com/listing/159285582/walking-stick-122-steampunk-walking?ref=market Books Words of Radiance - http://amzn.com/B00DA6YEKS?tag=geekimpro-20, Illustrations: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/03/the-stormlight-archive-brandon-sanderson-words-of-radiance-illustrations-available-online The Way of Kings - http://amzn.com/B003P2WO5E?tag=geekimpro-20 A Learning Experience - http://amzn.com/B00IR97M98?tag=geekimpro-20 Technology Replacing “import” with “accio” in Python - http://mathamy.com/import-accio-bootstrapping-python-grammar.html Misc. Recreating the Black Drink - http://jworthblog.blogspot.com/

Explore the world as a goat, craft your own fonts and much more on episode 39 of the Geek Improvement Podcast! Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Glyphr: an HTML 5 font creator - http://glyphrstudio.com/ Snag Pokémon X or Y for free - http://club2.nintendo.com/3ds-pokemon-promo/ Famitracker - http://famitracker.com/ Goat Simulator - http://www.goat-simulator.com/ Portal Board Game - http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/08/portal-board-game-coming-to-enrich-your-aperture-in-q4-2014/ Shaq-Fu - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shaq-fu-a-legend-reborn Tiled - http://www.mapeditor.org/ Jurassic Park computer system recreation - http://www.jurassicsystems.com/ Tauntaun Hoodie - http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/18bb/ Dragon Ball Z Season One free on Xbox Video - https://video.xbox.com/en-US/#TVSeason/d16c2467-3f54-4514-96e7-cee98ecc2dd4

Throw trucks with your mind and rock out to pirate metal as Alexis goes solo (thanks to a botched recording) in this unorthodox episode of the podcast. Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Calculords - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calculords/id777125004?mt=8 Nintendo 64 HDMI converter - http://www.destructoid.com/someone-is-making-an-internal-board-to-convert-n64-to-hd-271278.phtml Throw Trucks with your Mind - http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/1/5458766/throw-trucks-with-your-mind-closed-beta-starts-today Twitch beats Pokemon Red, moves onto Crystal - http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/01/twitch-slays-pokemon-ends/ Teleport - http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/ Atom - http://atom.io The Eevee EP - http://eevee.ocremix.org/ Alestorm, Black Sails At Midnight - http://amzn.com/B0021UDJM8 Space suit jacket - http://www.betabrand.com/mens/jackets/mens-white-thermal-space-jacket.html

Build a Twitch Plays Pokemon clone, score a robot as your personal tailor, and much more on episode 37 of the Geek Improvement Podcast! Subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Google Music for Mac - http://kbhomes.github.io/google-music-mac/ Hopscotch - https://www.gethopscotch.com/ Project Tango - http://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/ Open Knit - http://openknit.org/sample-page/ - Video: http://boingboing.net/2014/02/20/openknit-a-reprap-inspired-op.html - Files: http://doknityourself.com/ Import.io - http://import.io/ Fish driving its wheeled tank through computer vision - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw Twitch Plays - https://github.com/aidraj/twitch-plays Shadow of Mordor gameplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fB64APq_jk&feature=youtu.be Shadow of Mordor Palantir app - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id779964411?mt=8 NES emulator - http://webn.es/ Clockwork Angels comic - http://majorspoilers.com/2014/02/22/rush-boom-studios-think-big-clockwork-angels-comic/ Clockwork Angels book - http://amzn.com/B00FM46UOO The monkey that haunts Terry’s dreams - http://tinypic.com/r/2vjy6h3/8

Hacking Twitch for Gaikai-like game streaming, Cards for Humanity, a chanting robot version of Alexis and more on this week’s episode of the podcast! Remember, CoastCon is coming up  March 7th through the 10th! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Cards for Humanity - http://cfh.io/ House of Cards Against Humanity -  http://www.houseofcardsagainsthumanity.com/ Indiebox - http://www.theindiebox.com/ Blackmore - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iqioi/blackmore-a-steampunk-adventure-game via http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/12/snatcher-devs-reunite-for-steampunk-adventure-blackmore/ King’s Assembly keyboard - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/70308014/kings-assembly-a-computer-mouse-full-of-awesome Twitch Plays Pokemon - http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon Ghost Source Zero - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planet-nerd-rage/epic-cyberpunk-action-ghost-source-zero The Middle Earth Collection - http://themiddleearthcollection.com/ CoastCon - http://coastcon.org/

Genetic analysis of wookies, an open source Windows clone, The Great Language Game and more on episode 35 of the Geek Improvement Podcast! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Blizzard to fund competitive gaming at the college level - http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/07/blizzard-to-fund-competitive-gaming-at-the-college-level/ A Real Adventure Time Card Game. And A Digital One. All The Card Games - http://kotaku.com/a-real-adventure-time-card-game-and-a-digital-one-all-1518441914 Mailpile - https://www.mailpile.is/ React OS - http://www.reactos.org/ and https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thorium/thorium-core-cloud-desktop Reporter for iOS - http://www.reporter-app.com/ - http://daytum.com/ Middle Earth Digital Elevation Model - http://www.me-dem.org/ Einstein in a Box - http://www.academicsinabox.com/ The Science Creative Quarterly - http://www.scq.ubc.ca/about/ via http://boingboing.net/2014/02/06/science-y-paper-explains-force.html Genetic basis for force-sensitivity in Wookies - http://www.scq.ubc.ca/genetic-basis-for-force-sensitivity-in-wookiees/ Transcriptome Divergence Between Common and Cave-Adapted Wookies - http://www.scq.ubc.ca/transcriptome-divergence-between-common-and-cave-adapted-wookiees/ The Great Language Game - http://greatlanguagegame.com/ via http://kottke.org/14/02/the-great-language-game Up for a game of Hearthstone? We are too! Add us to your friends list and challenge us! alexissantos#1283 - Alexis Anvillion#1851 - David Maedas#1651 - Terry

After eating far too much roast beast over the holidays, we ring in the new year almost a month late with talk of steampunk nerf guns, a one-wheeled skateboard and more! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Onewheel - http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/11/onewheel-self-balancing-skateboard-test-drive-video/ Oculus Rift “Crystal Cove” prototype - http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/07/oculus-rift-crystal-cove-hands-on/ “Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture” - http://amzn.com/0812972155 Steampunk Wasteland nerf guns - http://steampunkwasteland.com/ Star Wars: Dark Resurrection - http://www.darkresurrection.com/ via http://majorspoilers.com/2014/01/26/dark-resurrection-volume-1-star-wars-fan-film-pretty-awesome/ Man at Arms - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUUGFk1wE5OHqeNDwp2q9_ZiPqKlWNc6V The Walking Dead Survival Kit - http://www.walkingdeadforums.com/extras/pre-order-official-walking-dead-survival-kit/ Lego Ghostbusters set with Ecto-1 - http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/01/30/lego-announce-ghostbusters-set-with-ecto-1-coming-later-this-year/

On this week’s episode we visit the Indienomicon Expo and chat with eight indie game devs who call Central Florida home! Click here to subscribe on iTunes! Or download the podcast directly. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekimprovement, send us an email: [email protected] or call in at 65 RING GEEK (657-464-4335). We’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for topics! Drop us a line! Show Notes: Indienomicon - http://indienomicon.com Terncraft Games - http://terncraftgames.com Hapa Games - http://hapagames.com/ Gentleman Squid Studio - http://gentlemansquidstudio.com/ Depth First Games - http://depthfirstgames.com/ Phyken Media - http://phykenmedia.com/ TBA Games - http://periareion.com/#!about-us/ ThatWhichIs Media - http://thatwhichismedia.com Astro Crow - http://astrocrow.com/