We do a catch up with a bunch of news. Of course it’s not just the news, we pontificate on each item. Our big Clued Up event from last Saturday was canceled due to rain. We hope to do it next year. Next, Ted Sikoara has another Kickstarter with the latest issue of Bloom. Alan […]
We have an upcoming, outdoor Clue type mystery game this weekend we are playing in Cleveland. Fun times running around solving things with friends. Stephen talks about the great book/audiobook Console Wars. It details the struggle between up and comers Sega and the entrenched behemoth of Nintendo. If you enjoy video games and remember the […]
Alan: Stephen: 1 – Mingus – Joni Mitchell – In today’s world, Joni Mitchell is a forgotten voice. That’s a shame, because she’s brilliant and creates great music. Albums previous to this featured James Taylor, members of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and even Cheech and Chong. This album seems to be more forgotten than […]
Stephen spent the weekend at a writer’s retreat in Salem, MA, so we start off discussing that and lead into talking about witch hunts in general. Lots of fun facts when talking about the whole Salem witch trials. Some of those facts are how we’ve learned new info, though it’s not reflected in our history […]
We hit the topic – Bam Bam Bam One of the first items of discussion is books, and particularly the two that I am reading – Foundation by Isaac Asimov and The Silent Corner (Jane Hawk) by Dean R. Koontz. We discuss not only how different they are because of genre but from being written […]
Now that the weather is nice there are several naturous hiking adventures we reminesce. Alan has gotten a new garage – but what an adventure. There are some cool geek things in modern construction that we discuss. Plus, how contractors in that world are different than how we are as computer consultants. We can’t go […]
Today’s theme seems to be fun and wonder. These are things that kids have but adults tend to lose and we wonder why. We start off talking about Stephen’s brother in law getting a Steve Austin (Bionic Man) doll from Gina, and he loved it. The memories of childhood open you back up to the […]
We have another special episode that we recorded live. The topic is working from home, which we have quite a bit of experience with. In the past year, more people have started working from home and discovered there are good and bad aspects to doing so, and we discuss those.
We tie everything together nicely today – how tech has changed and that has changed the games we play, but we can still play old board games using Tabletop Simulator. And with Apple’s Developers Conference next week, there will be new high end Apple tech to discuss. We also fit in a discussion on popular […]
As usual, we discuss several topics – but a lot of it is around what we plan to do for Memorial Day. Alan is going to the comedy museum in Jamestown, NY. Stephen talks about the parade and ceremonies to honor those that have died while serving. We have a multilayered conversation about the possibility […]