Heron is working with the same gentleman in Hungary from the last recording. They provide mutual updates. Heron was abusively spamming which caused this recording. Tom wants to know about Heron's lighter interests. Heron is no longer an aged degenerate. What about leaving the US? What happened to Hong Kong? Heron wants to plug Soft White Underbelly and Tom agrees this is worth a look. They diverge on Facebook. Final thoughts?

Tom discusses the background and potential of Noble Ape in the cloud with JSON. http://www.longfunk.com/archive.html#51

Things have changed for Heron in terms of virtual space and health. Things have changed for Tom too. Tom got a lot of hate mail when Stone Ape ended. Heron hasn't left the US yet. Tom and Heron are in opposite positions once again but they are both reading the same kinds of books. Heron doesn't like transcripts.

Tom Barbalet, the creator of Noble Ape, talks about the Mushroom Boy sub-project.

Tom Barbalet, the creator of Noble Ape, talks about the Noble Warfare sub-project.

Tom Barbalet, the creator of Noble Ape, talks about what he's working on at 3am.

Tom Barbalet, the creator of Noble Ape, talks about why the software and documentation is free.

Tom is puzzled by the few war gamers who live in the High Desert around Victorville, California. To subscribe go to http://www.longfunk.com/

Tom introduces the podcast by discussing his many podcasts and what he has learnt from all these recording. To subscribe go to http://www.longfunk.com/

They start the podcast with Brandon unboxing a package from Tom. Here's a spoiler - it's not clothes pins or Vietnam-era rations. Tom raises the two kinds of collector - the aesthetic collector and the complete set collector. Brandon explores the many uses for tennis courts. They discuss sea glass in many forms. The diving of magpies merits some analysis. Rugby is not Australian Rules and it requires very particular selective breeding. Tom is not too passionate about cricket but recommends Mike Tyson set to a beat. Brandon wants to know about Sunny D. There is a fuzzy distinction between horror, action and Schwarzenegger films. Tom describes Time Tunnel Toys to Brandon. This is the last simulcast to get future podcasts go to http://atticaficionados.com/ and subscribe.