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Hope to see you then.

I’m on a plane back to Florida. I’ll get them back to normal when I get home.

What about you?

NLCast has a Page on Facebook that has all of the same features as a profile… and that’s where I’d love to connect with all of our awesome listeners and fans.

So when I start unfriending (tonight) I don’t want you to get upset. It’s not you… it’s me.

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It also proves that Buzz Lightyear is real and that is all that matters.

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Update: Here’s the Artist’s info page. (Thanks @brandonandrew via twitter)

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I don’t think I’m going to wait.

What about you?

Except for that 80’s rock segment. I don’t know what the mess that mess is.

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“Pick your poison! There’s just no better way to get wasted than our 13-ounce Polluted Glasses and your favorite brand of poison. Totally intoxicating. We’ve packed two Polluted glasses in each colorful protective gift set. Polluted Glasses are hand-blown from strong, lead-free borosilicate glass.” w/ photos

I want a set… though I wonder what they would look like with just regular soda in them.

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That was like years ago… Then today this guy Chris emails me:

Don’t know if you’ve ever heard of the Totally Rad Show from Revision3.  It’s a pretty popular Video pop culture podcast.  I may have seen someone sporting your NerD glasses t-shirt at a Q&A they had at Comic-Con ‘09.  Check out the episode from 8/3/09 “Ponzu-Funny People”.  At 24:50 the girl asking the panel question has on the “NerD” glasses t-shirt.  Is that your design?
Peace
Chris

And so I checked it out… and here’s what I found:

Or more specifically:

So this gal from Santa Monica either made herself a t-shirt using my design… or some joker has stolen it and is selling t-shirts that this gal bought one of.

I don’t know if I’m ticked or honored. My design is on The Totally Rad Show after all… and at Comic Con. Not that it matters at all ever forever.

Thanks Chris. You made, and ruined my day, all at once.

Here’s a link to the video. You can find my design, and the gal, at 24:50.

Can I draw you?

GOK – 12 is a quick update on my New Life.

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She looks so… normal.

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First Person Tetris

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I was reading a book the other day when I came across an interesting sentence. This book is Vampires By: Jane Yolen and Martin H. Greenberg. It is a collection of short stories involving vampires. In one story entitled Curse of the Undead By: Chuck Rothman; this line appears:

So very awesome! Thanks for sending this in Ashley. That’s hilarious!

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This was to be the in-game model for Gordon Freeman in the original Half Life game. However, as the game evolved, so did the main character. Aren’t you glad?

He looks a lot like the first Quake guy doesn’t he?

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John tells of a time that a teenage James played a stupid joke on his mother as she gave him a ride home. James feels stupid to this day about it.

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We’re curious… what are your top 5 favorite, most memorable episodes of 2009?

Post your Top 5 votes in the comments! A list of shows is included below for your convenience.

131 – The Long Way Home *Update*
130 – Fireside Chat
129 – Narthex
128 – Ceiling Butter
127 – NLCast Uncut
126 – Birthday Phone Call
125 – The Dessert
124 – Bumper Stick
123 – Nameplate Hate
122 – The Doomed Pets
121 – John’s Stalker
120 – The Clown Letdown
119 – The Breakup Show
118 – All Plants Go To Heaven
117 – Hot Beach
116 – The Can
115 – Kilt Guilt
114 – Man Wife
113 – Pollyanna Is Hot
112 – Deer Deer
111 – The Item of Ill Intention
110 – The Flaming Marshmallow
109 – Back Fire
108 – Pyro Boy
107 – Wookie Cushion
106 – Elevator Action
105 – Recap 2: Inside Jokes
104 – The Recap Show
103 – A Mighty Wind
102 – Tickey The Ratmouse
101 – The Giant Meatball
100 – The One I Won
99 – Rock-n-Roll Granny
98 – The Deep Country
97 – Wenus To The Jaw
96 – Shawn Abuse
95 – Middle School Drama
94 – The Black Jet
93 – The Auger Owner
92 – Elementary Horror

Rather than ask what you got for Christmas (like every other blog out there) I figured I’d share what we got at our house in the form of 4 top 3 lists!

Dunder (1.5 y/o son)

3. Smurf Socks

2. Chuck the Truck Fleet

1. Baby paint set

Jenna (5 y/o daughter)

3. Fur Real Duckling

2. Tons of Littlest Pet Shops

1. Mom’s DS and Smart Girl 2 game

Jenn (mom)

3. Latest Harry Potter on BluRay

2. Snuggie “Wild Side” (I knew she’d hate it)

1. Book “Going Rogue” by Sarah Palen

James (me, dad)

3. God of War I & II on PS3

2. Uncharted: Drakes Fortune

1. $100 from Jenn’s Grandma!!

So… how’d you do?

It’s our 2009 Christmas Show! We talk about Santa and our Christmas memories.

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I had a strange conversation tonight with an older gentleman. It started off mostly normal. He mentioned that he missed Radio Theatre. I figured he was talking about something they used to to in the old days. Maybe folks came out and watched people make radio broadcasts… like Garrison Keeler with the whole Prairie Home Companion thing. He talked about how much fun it was and how he wishes you could still see them today… then he started talking about how much money could be made if he and I would start one up… or something like that.

“If I were to go into business, again, I would start a Radio Theatre. You wouldn’t have to worry about the economy… because Radio would put people back to work.”

“The Government could make a group that would tell people if they could read books well or if they were crap. Then all of them could get jobs reading different books.”

“Did you know that there is a radio company out there that uses computers to have a book read by any person… even if they’re dead? Some big shot Radio guy said that they had to stop doing that because of copyrights, but they said, ‘NO! We’re a private company.’ and he let them be.”

“That’s what I love about America. You can have an idea, put it to work and get rich! We don’t have a King who says, ‘You have to give your money to me’. But the Communists…”

“I had one of those Communists come up to me once and said, ‘When do you plan to join the Communist Army?’ and I told him, ‘I don’t plan to join at all!’ and he said, ‘Do you know what we can do to your children?’ and I said, ‘Nothing! I don’t have any!!’’ and I gave him some advice.”

“If you threaten a man with children, you will make a good man angry. And rightly so.”

And about that time someone came up and said I was needed elsewhere. I didn’t realize that they were saving me. I was totally ready to get started on that Radio Theatre in order to combat the Red Army!!

Yes please thanks.

Christmas light hero… have you ever wished you could play your Christmas lights? What? You never even thought of such a thing? Me either. It’s flippin’ sweet though!

Video after the jump.

The narthex of a church is the entrance or lobby area. Why is that funny? Get your participant code and you’ll find out!

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Listeners @KMichaelPrince and his wife @MelindaRPrince have this son. This son is two years old. This two year old has been subjected to way too much NLCast and has memorized the very complex lyrics to our theme song. Below is the proof…

Thanks for sharing folks!

Check out NLCast listener and regular show sponsor, Keith “The Technical Chicklets Guy” Teklets, sporting one of our new NLCast GI Joe T’s in Japan no less.

This is a man committed to spreading the Gospel of Kennison to the far reaches of the globe. Heck, we might as well go ahead and say it’s the first NLCast Missionary!

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Other than the obvious stuff like God, Family, Purpose, Health and video games, Nobody’s Listening Podcast is thankful for…

YOU!

How about you? What are you thankful for?

John shares a story that could (should) become America’s newest Thanksgiving tradition.

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James is all settled in Florida so it’s time for an E n Vmail show.

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You’ve been a listener for long enough. It’s time for you to give back! See, I’m moving to Florida and I’ll be driving Wednesday night, Thursday day and most of Friday. During that time I’m going to forward the NLCast vmail line to my cell. I need you to call me and keep me awake for a portion of my 24 hour trip.

Here’s the number: 209-5NLCast

Call me starting on Wednesday, November 11th through Noon Friday, November 13th. I’ll most likely record all the calls and mix them together for a future show.

John takes a phone call during a very important event.

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There may not be any new Nobody’s Listening episodes to speak of, but Jenn and I did find the time to record one more Geek Loves Nerd before our big move East.

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Can Halloween cuteness get any better? I submit that it cannot! (click to make it bigger)

Link your Halloween pictures in the comments!

If I were you, a listener, I’d be wondering about now if my favorite podcast was possibly gone for good. I’m here to tell you that you have nothing to worry about.

Trevor, John and I are just taking a little break due to some recent major life changes. You can expect a new show as recently as November 10th… but possibly not till November 16th.

In the mean time, you can either go back into the archives and listen to some old shows… or check out Geek Loves Nerd or the Gospel of Kennison.

“Enjoy! I thought this thing was a great site, but I couldn’t find a picture of David that my computer with let me view, otherwise he’d be a part of this video too.”

Thanks!! Funny stuff. Jenna laughed out loud when she saw her mommy singing. Something she’s never seen in real life!

I’ve just launched a new podcast called “/exit” (slash exit). It’s a show for folks who play to much World of Warcraft and would like help finding something better to do with their time.

Check it out and give me your feedback!

/exit – Life After WOW

James tells of a time a nerd kid hit on his future wife.

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I created these wallpapers a few months back. They were based off a user created game box illustration I saw somewhere on the interwebs. I thought I would share it!

You’ll find a couple of different desktop sizes and even one for dual screens!

We’ve had a wiki before… but it was hosted off site and was focused exclusively on Nobody’s Listening. We’ve got a brand new self-hosted site that works exactly like Wikipedia. It has been graciously filled with most of it’s existing content by listener, Tavin. She’s awesome.

You can be awesome too! Check out the Wiki, have a look around, sign up and start fleshing out content yourself!

NLCast Network Wiki

James, Trevor and John read and respond to listener email and voicemail.

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There will be a show on the feed tomorrow… but we recorded it on Sunday night.

We announced it on Twitter… if you’re not following me… you should!

http://twitter.com/nlcast

Have you heard of Likaholix? It’s a pretty cool social site that revolves around things you and your friends like. It’s in a private beta right now… but I have a few invites to give away. Get them while they last.

http://likaholix.com/signup?token=nlcast

If you’re like me, you’ll want to connect it to your Facebook account so that you can simplify everything.

See you there!

You know what? I’m a prophet! I predicted this morning that you would wake up saying, “You know what I need? I need me some new desktop wallpaper. I’mma call that show and ask a NLCast/GIJoe mashup!”

Well now my friend, there’s no need to ask. Here ya go.

After Trevor tells a story of stealing nameplates in High School, he decides that he wasn’t a great kid after all.

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I’ve got a whole new look and some new artwork up over at DrawYouApicture.com. Check it out… and all of the rest of my portfolio. If I can draw you a picture… let me know!

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I am a HUGE Buzz Lightyear fan… so imagine my delight when I found out that he recently returned from a one year trip to space aboard the International Space Station.

He can finally fly for real! He looks so happy… I think I’m gonna… *sniff* cry.

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You must have a lot of free time…

How do you get it all done?

These are just a couple examples of the questions and comments that I get here and there throughout the average week. I thought I’d take a moment and address it and tell you a little about how I do 5 podcasts, a webcomic and blog nearly every day and still hold down a job, be a husband and super-involved father of two.

It doesn’t take up as much time as you think.

I do 5 podcasts… and that sounds like it must take forever… but not as much as you might think. From the very beginning I created the shows to be easy to produce and over the years I’ve worked very hard to simplify and streamline the entire process.

I created shows that require very little pre-show prep. The show with the most prep required is Nobody’s Listening and that’s only because there are a ton of email and voicemails that have to be read and added to the show notes. Geek Loves Nerd is super easy as we just pick a topic during the week and just sit and record. Children’s Ministry Monthly is similar in that I just choose a topic and write a few notes of my experiences with the subject and that’s about it. The Gospel of Kennison is recorded in the car on the way to somewhere with a portable audio recorder. I Like Genius’s pre-show prep is all done via emails randomly through the week as I try to get interviews with interesting and creative people.

As for recording, all of the shows, with the exception of GOK, are between 45-60 mins. Add about 15 minutes to that and the front and the back for setup and such and we’re at an hour and a half per show.

Post-production used to take me forever. I once recorded each voice on different tracks and remixed them… it took hours. Now it’s super simple. Everything is recorded in real time down to a single stereo track. Live to hard drive as they say. After we’re done recording I typically only have to trim and dead air off the front and end of the show, Hard Limit and Normalize it, encode it to MP3, upload it and post it. The whole process maybe takes 30 minutes these days.

I do most of it early and late.

I blog in the early morning during breakfast. I record podcasts late at night. Nobody cares what I do with my spare time after the kids are in bed at 9pm. So from 9:30 to 12… it’s my time. Jenn and I record GLN on Monday nights. Tuesday nights are NLCast. I Like Genius are done randomly throughout the week… but typically on Thursday or Friday evenings. GOK is whenever I’m in the car. CMMonthly is once a month on a Sunday evening. No time has been taken away from my family, chores or other responsibilities. The webcomic is done on Sunday evenings… takes about an hour.

So the tricks and tips? The KISS principal comes into play. If you going to do a lot of podcasting and blogging… Keep It Simple Stupid!

I made a theme song for the Major Spoilers Podcast. I did it like a year ago… but I never really posted it and made it available. Woo hoo!

Download it!

Guest host Jennifer of Geek Loves Nerd crashes the party to share a series of stories of the Kennison’s pets… all of whom have met with a tragic end.

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You need to check out this guy’s photostream on Flickr.

Due to the abilities of my new USB Keyboard I am in the process of recording new music and re-recording some old favorites.

My latest is a stupid little ditty I starting singing out loud one day to my wife while trying to convince her to go halves on a new LCD TV.

The song didn’t work. I had to pay for it myself… but it is released in the hopes that it will work better for you.

Download: Buy Me A Giant TV (Right click and Save As)

The first episode of I Like Genius is live! Huge thanks to my guest, Christopher Stapleton (ChickenPopPod & The Folding Chair).

I Like Genius is a podcast that examines the everyday people behind some of the most creative and viral content on the internet and turning entertainment into inspiration.

It’s not listed in iTunes yet… but in the mean time here are some subscription options:

iTunes: Subscribe

Zune: Subscribe

Podcast RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ilikegenius

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It’s so bad it’s… bad.

Anyone who’s spent any time around the blog here knows that certain things strike me as completely genius. I’m inspired by acts of sheer creativity. That is why I’m going to be launching a brand new podcast that will focus on the everyday (and many times unknown) people behind the creative photos, videos, podcasts, songs, and Lego sculptures (for starters) that make the rounds on the internets.

Those who subscribe to my audio journal, The GOK: Gospel of Kennison, know that I’ve been wanting to do a show on creativity for some time. I just needed to find the angle I wanted to come at it from. My goal with the show is to share the absolute wonder I experience when I see something creative online. I want to turn the entertaining into the inspiring.

We’ll see how it goes.

I don’t know exactly when the fist episode will come out but in the mean time you can check out the future location of the show at http://ilikegenius.com. Stay tuned!

John’s ex-girlfriend found us. OMG.

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I ran across an ad for BathroomSprayers.com… which I realize now sounds pretty crude. In my defense it was the image above that caught my attention. Two bobble heads with huge cheese smiles spraying water randomly on the floor… and one flexing like Mr. Universe in a towel.. in a bathroom. You see something like that and try not to click on it!

It turns out that it’s a company selling sprayers, like the ones in kitchen sinks, that you can mount on your toilet. Actually, in all truth… not a bad idea… as long as they don’t start selling a brush attachment (my Mom had one for our sink sprayer). It’s just that animated Gif that I can’t get over… well, that and they’re slogan.

“Be kind to your behind”

Inspiration comes from where you least expect it. I had been meaning to start treating my rear-end better… stop calling it names and such… and thanks to BahtroomSprayers.com… I’m going to go out and buy him something nice. Maybe a brush.

I love the celebrity endorsement as well.

“If you had pee or poop on your hand, you wouldn’t wipe it off with paper would you? You’d wash it off.” – Dr. Oz on Oprah.

Good point… but couldn’t you say the same for just about anything you get on your hands? Weak point.

Check out BathroomSprayers.com for more about how it can help you with Rectal Itch as well.

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I don’t remember which episode it was (someone help me) but Trevor and I talked about the old Red Ring of Death and how when you get it you should get an achievement. Someone went and made a t-shirt.

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If a picture can tell a story of a thousand words… now much more can a video tell. And if a single video tells a great story… how much more can come from at least 4 different security cams?

Hilarious stuff. The guys come in all James Bond-style with stinking sledge hammers? Then, ignoring the guys behind the counter they start ramming the case from the front using sledges like they were never intended to be used. Not only are they not able to break through the glass… they have every bit of boldness taken from them instantly the moment they’re assaulted by an office chair. Maybe it hit him in the shin… cause that junk really hurts!

Enjoy!

I bought this MAudio keyboard off woot.com this morning. It connects via USB to my computer and come with some basic music creation software. I’m hoping to start putting a few more of my own stupid songs as a direct result. Keep your ears out.

In the mean time here are some of the songs I’ve done over the years.

Other Dunder (I Miss You)

The Monkey Chicken Dance

If My Wife Knew (She Would Slap Me)

What A Major Spoiler (Major Spoilers Theme Song)

Do you have a favorite NLCast song?

Actually this is just good enough to be wonderful. I see Yoda, Ninja Vader, Leah with a large lipstick… it took me a moment on the guy int he green bag. At first I was thinking Slimer… but then it hit me. It’s got to be Jaba.

Where’s Luke?

I found this mind-altering bit of nostalgia while walking through the local antique shop. It’s a Vader doll that apparently had cloth clothing… HAD being the operative word. Apparently the mask and booths don’t come off… and he’s surprisingly un scarred and quite tanned underneath.

It’s just wrong on so many levels. Is this what he looks like on the way to the shower? I never thought about such things before I saw this!! Why is he naked? Why is he laying in a bowl with a lighter and a knife? Why did someone think they could get $4.90 for him?

Click the pic to make it huge.

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Next week is a theme show. Send us your Break-Up stories now!

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John told a story in Episode 117 – Hot Beach about his 1st grade (actually) 2nd Grade teacher, Mrs. Beach. He had a huge crush on her… but she ultimately broke his young heart.

He sent me this photo of her to show everyone that she was indeed as pretty as he remembered her. Pretty yes… but not much of a dresser. Did she make that herself? It’s like one side is to big… and the other to small.

Thanks John!

JAM City Children’s Church Service

In Episode 117 – Hot Beach we taught co-host John how to work out his 9 times tables using a finger trick. Listener Julia sent in this video clip from Stand and Deliver (1988) which illustrates the concept perfectly.

I just wanted to say that although I never learned my 9 times table via the finger method, but I was inexplicably excited and strangely elated when our calculus teacher showed us the movie Stand and Deliver (1988). The main character is a high school math teacher in a school for delinquents, or something of that sort, and at the beginning he makes fun of this gangster kid by showing him how to do the 9 times table on his hands.

Thanks Julia!

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I use GoDaddy.com for hosting and domain registration. In my experience they are the cheapest and best for my purposes. You can save yourself some money (and help out the show) by using our codes.

I use WordPress for the website itself. WordPress is an excellent, free and easy to learn blogging platform that allows you to install themes that change the look and feel of your site instantly without changing the content itself. GoDaddy hosting makes installing WordPress simple by doing it for you.

The WordPress theme I use currently is a modified version of a premium theme called Simplista by WP Now. They liked what I did with the site so much, they asked to feature it in their Showcase.

I use a lot of plug-ins for WordPress. Plug-ins are free and easy to install. They add additional features to your WordPress blog that do not exist in the base platform. Here’s a list of what I use:

• Akismet – Checks comments for spam.
• All in One SEO Pack – Search Engine Optimization plug-in.
• Audio Player – Mp3 Player.
• Blubrry PowerPress – Adds excellent podcasting support to WordPress.
• Clean Archives Reloaded – Javascript-enhanced post archive list generator.
• Contact Form 7 – A contact form plugin. Simple and flexible.
• Google XML Sitemaps – Generates a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of the blog.
• IntenseDebate – Comment enhancement plugin.
• Lightbox 2 – Overlays linked to images in the current page rather than loading in a new page.
• Mail From – Changes the default address that WordPress uses to send automated emails.
• Redirection – Manages 301 redirects.
• Shockingly Simple Favicon – Simple way to add a favicon to your site.
• Simple:Press Forum – An excellent WordPress forum plugin.
• Simple Feed Copyright – Adds a copyright notice at the end of full text articles in your feed.
• To Do List – Adds a to-do list to your WP dashboard.
• WordPress.com Stats – Tracks views, post/page views, etc.
• WordPress Mobile Edition – Redirects mobile visitors to a mobile phone friendly version of the site.
• WP-Optimize – Keeps the database clean.
• WP-PageNavi – Adds an advanced paging navigation structure.
• WP-Polls – Adds an AJAX polling system to WP.
• WP Greet Box – Shows a different message to visitors depending on which site they came in from.
• WP Post Thumbnail – Enables you to crop and save thumbnail images without manually adding custom fields.
• Yet Another Related Posts Plugin – Adds a list of related posts to the end of a blog entry.

If you have questions about How I Podcast, you can visit the Podcast Resources category for a list of articles that will help you get started.

Do you have any great WordPress themes or plugins to share? Post them in the comments!

I’m going to have to bust this out when the boys come over in College.

My wife once woke up in the middle of the night slapping her pillow in her sleep. I asked her what was wrong. All she would say was, “Sicssor bugs! Scissor bugs!”. She apparently got rid of them in a few moments because she laid back down and slept.

Thanks Badabing15 for the drawing! My wife’s reaction to it? “I always imagined them cuter!”

Check out what my little sister does with her spare time! So much talent.

I only dream of making cakes… she’s actually doing it!

Check out her growing Flicker set of cakes she’s made.

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See!

Again, thanks to our wonderful listeners who have downloaded and given us wonderful iTunes reviews… we’ve been featured again in iTunes. Thanks peeps!

Check it out!

9. Jokes that only the hosts get… not even regular listeners.

8. Um… (dead air) um… ah. Ummmm.

7. Hosts talking about technical glitches forever.

6. Hosts that talk like they’re bored out of their mind. Why should I care if you don’t?

5. Shows with no discernable format between episodes.

4. Shows that go on for over an hour, but have the content of a 15-30 minute show.

3. Hosts that talk to people off mic that aren’t in the show. It’s so fun hearing one side of a conversation!

2. When the host sounds like he’s recording in the middle of a echo chamber standing about 10 feet from the mic.

1. Heavy breathing and mouth noises… like smacking. *shiver*

Trevor’s wife guest-hosts and shares a story about getting busted while checking what her husband had on under his kilt.

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From the Auto-Tune the News folks.

This quiz, created by Laurel (sudge6915 in the forums), will test your knowledge of present and past episodes. Take the quiz and come back here to post your score!

(I got 100%, go figure)

Nobody’s Listening… Are you? Quiz

When it came time for me to start doing my own Audio Journal I chose GOK. Originally I tried to add the audio files to this site… but they keep getting added into the NLCast podcast feed which is not what I want. I went ahead and created a sub-site for GOK.

Here’s the info:

GOK: Gospel of Kennison – http://nlcast.com/gok

Podcast Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GofK

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=319642618

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By popular request I present “Other Dunder (I Miss You)” a Recap Song based on my Weekly Update from Episode 110 – The Flaming Marshmallow. I had a dream where I suddenly had an extra twin son who we hadn’t known about before. Listen to the show yourself if you haven’t so this song will make sense.

Download: “Other Dunder (I Miss You)” (Right click on the link and Save As)

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1. Other than podcasting… what are some of your hobbies?

Woodworking, mostly because I like to be creative and I like to build. When I have time, I enjoy just about any form of woodworking.  Also gaming, music (I play a little guitar and bass), media stuff, and I do volunteer work at my church.

2. Do you have any pets? If so, how many and what types?

No pets or plans to have any. I had a dog when I was a kid and there were many cats that were in and around my house growing up (I’m not too fond of cats these days, don’t hate em, just not fond of them).

3. What is your fav color?

Tough question, I like most colors but I prefer the variations of the color blue, the darker blues are my favs. Whatever color the sky is on a clear Fall afternoon… that would have to be my fav.

4. What’s the last movie you saw (theater or dvd)?

DVD – “Pillow Talk” Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall (1959), with the wife… of course (her pick).

5. What’s your fav movie of all time?

Another tough question, it’s like asking who your favorite child is… lately I have been going back to “The Truman Show” Jim Carey (1998).  I know it’s a bit obscure, but it’s a great story and just a well done movie… in my opinion.

6. Where did you first hear about podcasts and podcasting?

Believe it or not, Nobody’s Listening… I didn’t even own an iPod before I knew of the show.  I did have a cheap mp3  player, but I was in no way connected to the world of iTunes.  So, I guess ultimately it was the GOK that taught me about podcasting.

7. What would you say are your top three skills or talents?

Well, I have been told I have good people skills; I like to fix things and usually have some success doing it, and I have heard I’m pretty good on stage… acting that is.

8. If you could live anywhere in the world… where?

I would live in a very sturdy tree house, in the mountains somewhere, near a babbling brook, amongst the forest meadows.  Second star to the right, straight on till morning.

9. If you could meet anyone face to face in time or space… who?

Wow, toughest question of all!  I could say Jesus, but I plan on meeting Him one day and in some respects I have already have met Him.  I could also say meeting just about anyone in space would be pretty cool.  But I think I will say Jane Austen, perhaps then I would get a better understanding of why my wife reads her books so often.  OK then Jane Austen… in space!

10. What is your favorite thing about guest-hosting NLCast?

The sheer pleasure of spending time with two great guys, laughing, and having fun at each other’s expense.  And I would have to say interacting with the listeners too; I have had the opportunity to meet some pretty cool folks through being part of the show.

11. Do you have a question for our listeners?

Two questions:  1) What about the show makes it most fun for you?   And 2) Will you start a fund to get all three of us together in the same studio?

12. Give us one random piece of advice on anything.

Life is short… live it, don’t be afraid to ask for directions, and don’t die wondering about eternity.

13. If you did your own podcast… what would be the topic?

Dinner table family discussions

14. Link your Twitter and Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/johnnystein

http://www.twitter.com/jsteinklauber

15. If you could have any superpower… what would you want?

I would want the superpower that Superman has. If it’s a package deal, that is the superpower that I would want.  If I had to choose just one of his powers, I would want the part that makes him the man of steel (invincibility?).

16. What was your favorite subject in High School?

Gym or study hall… unless lunch a subject?

17. In less than four sentences… how did you meet your spouse?

She was the best friend of the fiancé of my roommate\best friend in college.

18. How long have you been married at this point?

11 years 1 month and 9 days.

19. What would you say is one of your greatest successes in life so far.

Maintaining a loving relationship with my wife.  The fact that she is so patient helps… the fact that she married me is probably my greatest success.

20. If your life was a URl (www.something.com) what would it be?

www.yourlife.com seriously though probably www.isheserious.com

21. If someone gave you $200 and you had to spend it on toys from Toys R Us, what types of toys would you buy?

Console Games, Nerf stuff, Legos, R/C stuff

22. What is printed on your beach towel?

Light and Dark Blue Stripes, my wife picked it out… she knows me!

23. How many pillows do you sleep with?

One.  You mean some people sleep with more?!?

24. Do you have any reoccurring dreams? If so, what?

Yes, I often dream I can fly… It’s sort of like swimming through the air.  I also dream of being famous, but I am usually awake when I am dreaming of that.

25. What kind of sports do you enjoy watching or participating in?

Don’t really like to watch sports on TV, except the Olympics (Summer and Winter) and some Tennis.   I enjoy watching most live sports and I do like to play most sports… I’ll try just about anything.

1. Other than podcasting… what are some of your hobbies?

Gaming is the biggest one.  I also enjoy building computers.  You know when I’m not working or being a husband and a dad…

2. Do you have any pets? If so, how many and what types?

3 cats, Fraser, Indy, and Cody.  2 Siamese Fighting fish Ice and Fire (the second)

3. What is your fav color?

Red…I mean Blue…ahhhhhhhhhhh

4. What’s the last movie you saw (theater or dvd)?

The Uninvited

5. What’s your fav movie of all time?

ORIGINAL Star Wars Trilogy

6. Where did you first hear about podcasts and podcasting?

I was working at a mindless job that had me behind a computer all day.  So I was looking for something to listen to during the workday.  When looking at comedy shows and music I found these things called podcasts and a search for comedy podcast brought up Nobody’s Listening…and here we are…

7. What would you say are your top three skills or talents?

• Computer troubleshooting
• Making people laugh
• People skills

8. If you could live anywhere in the world… where?

Somewhere that it is between 15 and 25 degrees (59 to 77 for my pants people) all the time. Or maybe Scotland…

9. If you could meet anyone face to face in time or space… who?

This will sound clichéd, but Jesus.  I mean wouldn’t that answer so many questions?

10. What is your favorite thing about guest-hosting NLCast?

The joy of relief.  It has become my weekly zen moment where all I have to worry about is talking with two good people to a bunch of other good people and making them laugh.  Plus I’ve gotten two good friends out of the deal so…

11. Do you have a question for our listeners?

Do these pants make me look fat?

12. Give us one random piece of advice on anything.

When your mother offers you money to not marry someone, you might want to take that into consideration in your decision.  And no it wasn’t with Sonya that she did that J

13. If you did your own podcast… what would be the topic?

If it was a fun one it would be about PC gaming, if serious it would be about helping families to cope with having children with disabilities

14. Link your Twitter and Facebook.

www.twitter.com/rattface

www.facebook.com/rattface

Surprise, surprise, eh?

15. If you could have any superpower… what would you want?

A toss up between being able to stop time so I could have more time to do stuff and flying.

16. What was your favorite subject in High School?

Math, which ironically I’m horrible at now.

17. In less than four sentences… how did you meet your spouse?

We went to High School together but didn’t really hang out.  Within a month of each other and unknown to each other we moved to the same city ¾ of the way across the country from where we grew up.  At that time we were both in relationships that showed how a relationship isn’t suppose to be and we became friends.  Many months after both of our relationships ended our friendship turned into love since we found that what we needed was right in front of us.

Or if you want the short non personal version, “We met in High School” but I’m ok with you using the above one…

18. How long have you been married at this point?

Together for 10 years, married for 6.

19. What would you say is one of your greatest successes in life so far.

This will probably sound like a copout, but my family is my greatest success.  I have a wife that loves me who is strong where I am weak and two beautiful daughters.  Brianna who has given me the joy of being a daddy (my little princess) and Mackenzie who has given me a whole new perspective on life due to her challenges which is why she’s my little angel.

20. If your life was a URl (www.something.com) what would it be?

www.rattface.com of course or perhaps sarcasticdryhumor.com

21. If someone gave you $200 and you had to spend it on toys from Toys R Us, what types of toys would you buy?

Star Wars Lego and Transformers

22. What is printed on your beach towel?

Toronto Blue Jays back to back World Series champions

23. How many pillows do you sleep with?

1…2 if you count my wife

24. Do you have any reoccurring dreams? If so, what?

That I’ve somehow ended up back in the Navy, but I don’t remember how to do anything…

25. What kind of sports do you enjoy watching or participating in?

I watch NASCAR, hockey and curling.  I’ve played curling, hockey, softball, and golf.

Can your bird do that?

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The line I heard was, “I wouldn’t want that dog!” and the two men busing out laughing. I went the rest of the day wondering what could have made that line so funny.

I’m asking you, the listener to submit your best story behind the line “I wouldn’t want that dog!” that would make it make sense.

Here’s what we’ve gotten so far:

There was a little boy who walked into a pet shop. A cute dog walks up to him. The boy bends down to pet him and the dog pounces on him and bites onto his nose. The boy was slapping and crying, slamming the dog on the walls while he was hanging onto his nose. The boy finally passes out and another person comes up to him and says, “I wouldn’t want that dog.”

Joe Thomas

Can you do better? Email your story to be posted here and/or read on the next show.

It’s time for another tour around the NLCast universe.

Children’s Ministry Monthly

• Using Social Networking Sites Like Facebook
• How To Use Twitter
• How To Use RSS Feeds To Read Blogs
• Children’s Ministry Links From Around The Interwebs
• Episode 14 – Why Children’s Ministers Struggle
• Struggles With CM Discipline
• Speaking of Struggles – Super Dave’s Home Is Waterlogged
• Struggling With Parents
• Why Do Children’s Ministers Struggle?
• Children’s Ministry Logos I’ve Done
• Practical Ways To Redirect A Child’s “Super Powers”
• Postcards Uplift Volunteers And You

Geek Loves Nerd

• GLN Is Looking Sooo Good!
• Ask Jenn: Kids in Sports
• Thoughts On How To Handle The Way Things Are Now
• Show 51 – JennaCast 7
• My Podcast Subscriptions
• Every Family Should Have A Podcast
• Coming Soon: “Ask Jenn”, the Blog Edition
• Comic 73 – Differences
• Show 50 – Our 13th Anniversary
• A Selfless Marriage Trains Your Children
• Sacrificial Love
• The Foolish Farmer (To Get Love, Give Love)
• Selflessness: The Key To Fulfillment In Marriage
• Games Couple’s Play
• Show 49 – About Debt
• Jenna and JoJo (Daddy) Intro a Kid’s Church Service
• 25 Random Things I Love About My Wife

Nobody’s Listening

• Nobody’s Listening Has A New Phone Number
• A Candid Moment From A Live NLCast Show
• Graffiti JoJo
• Episode 112 – Deer Deer
• Smile While Talking To Improve Your Voice
• Excellent Lightsaber Duel
• No Show Tonight
• What Being Featured In iTunes Does To Your Downloads
• Someone Buy Me This IV: Ultimate Buzz Lightyear
• Awesome Cadbury Eyebrows Commercial
• New Site Up – Let The Complaining Begin
• Episode 111 – The Item of Ill Intention
• Major Site Changes Coming
• Video: First Person Pole Vaulting
• How I Podcast – 2009
• Something Random For Saturday
• NLCast Listener Uses Evil Middle Schoolers for Good
• Frequently Asked Questions about NLCast
• “I Wish James Was My Dad” by Miss Yujin
• Watch This 5 Times In A Row
• Episode 110 – The Flaming Marshmallow

GOK: Gospel of Kennison

• GOK 5 – All The Time In The World

After nearly two years… we’ve changed our call-in number. The old one will work for the next 3 months… but then it’s all gone. Make sure to update the phone number in you cell. You don’t have NLCast in your cell? Add it now!

What’s that number?

209-5NLCAST

or (209-565-2278)

Call us right now!

Just for the record, I was “Twittering”.

Daniel B. posted this image onto Facebook. Have you friended me? http://facebook.com/nlcast

(Compliments of Daniel B.)

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That’s all I got.

This will mark the first of THREE WEEKS of no shows. Consider it our Summer Vacation.

We’ll see you fine folks at the end of next month!

We’re going to try to do some recording tonight. Possibly do three shows in advance to fill in the one we missed last night and the two we’d miss otherwise.

I’ve had a few podcasters ask how being featured in iTunes affected things around here. You can see the graph above. I don’t want to go into numbers… I’m sure there are plenty of people who are blowing me away… and others who would think I was bragging.

I think you can tell from the graph that we had a 500% increase in our downloads during that period… then it seems to have settled to about half that. So it’s both a blessing and a curse. Obviously more downloads are good…. but you have to face the fact that about half the people who found you didn’t care for your show.

Thanks again iTunes! Feel free to feature us again any time!

OMLordy. This thing looks awesome! If you don’t know, I’ve been an avid collector of Buzz Lightyear stuff since 1996. I will own this thing eventually… but that $150 price tag will keep it on the back burner longer than I’d like.

(Thanks to everyone who sent this in)

The World’s Funniest Commercials happened to be on TV and I saw this one and couldn’t help but share it. It’s so freaking and awesome all at the same time. – Koreo

Thanks man!

If you have a podcast, we’re also interested in promo trading.

Button (88×31)

Square (125×125)

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Banner (468×60)

Tower (160×600)

Leaderboard (728×90)
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*Your doomed.

• Comics aren’t displaying on comic post pages
• Main menu drop-downs are huge and wrong color
• Border on thumbnails is blue
• Bottom navigation on main page doesn’t work

But other than those, if you find any issues, please let me know.

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I’ve found a new site theme I like and am working on modifying it to our purposes. It’ll be up by the end of the week or sooner. The forums and all of the pages and such will be unaffected. My goal is to improve the site, not break it for those who use it.

So next time you visit… and the whole site looks different… don’t freak out. It’s still the same place. Just has a new coat of paint.

Here’s an awesome video my friend did. He owns a helmet cam and video taped himself pole vaulting. It’s the only one like it on YouTube. – Daniel Blomdahl

Thanks Dan!

What I Use

Recording & Mixing Software

• Adobe Audition 3.0 – To record, mix podcasts
• SoundByte – Computerized cart system to play music and stingers in real-time
• Levelator – It’s not a compressor, normalizer or limiter although it contains all three. It’s much more than those tools, and it’s much simpler to use.
• WinLame – To encode wav to mp3
• ID3 Tag Writer
• Skype – Internet phone service for recording off-site co-hosts

Graphics Software

• Photoshop
• Picnik.com – Online image editor

Hardware

• Self-built Desktop Computer dual-booting Vista and XP (XP for recording)
• 2nd Dell Laptop (older lappy to get on the Internet and run Skype)
• Alesis Multi Mix 8 Firewire – External sound card & mixer
• Large Diaphragm Condenser Mic
• Headphones
• Plosive Filters

Web Hosting & Software

• Libsyn – Media Hosting
• GoDaddy – Domain Registration and Web Hosting
• Self-Hosted WordPress – Free blogging platform
• Blubrry PowerPress – Plugin for WordPress that generates a podcast RSS feed and puts a player on your website
• Ustream.tv – Live video feed so listeners can watch the show as it is being recorded.

How I Do It

Skype Recording Setup

I use two computers: A laptop running Skype and a desktop recording with Audition. I run the Skype-top’s audio output into a channel on the mixer where it is recorded on it’s own track in Audition. Then I run a main mix minus the co-hosts tracks back into the mic (line—in) of the Skype-top (see illustration). If I send them the main mix (that I hear) the subtle delay that Skype has will result in the co-hosts hearing themselves up to a full second after they spoke. So I send them the main mix, minus their own voices. This is called a mix-minus.

My condenser mic is plugged into the mixer’s first channel. A second mic goes into input two. Input three has the output from the Skype-top. Input seven is the output from my recoding machine to pick up sound effects and voicemails.

In Audition I record using the Multi-track View. I record using three tracks. Track one records me. Track two records my co-hosts on Skype. Track three records the computer (track 7 from the mixer). I might mention that since I use a Firewire Mixer which acts as a separate soundcard for the recording computer, I’m able to use SoundByte to play bumpers and voicemails using the computers native soundcard which is what goes into track seven on the mixer.

Live Video Stream

Ustream makes streaming your show a simple and cheap (free) feature for your listeners. Basically all I do is run a main mix off the mixer with a 1/4” cable into the mic input of a laptop. This laptop also has a webcam. I login to Ustream and begin broadcasting. I set things so that the video comes from the cam, but the audio comes from the line-in (mic) input. Listeners get to hear everything we hear.

Mixing

Since I record all of the sounds for my show in real time to different tracks, my first step is to adjust the volume levels between my vocal track and the skype track. I mix them down to a mono file and save that file. I open up Levelator and run the new mixed vocal track through it and then pull it back into Audition replacing the original vocal tracks in the multi track edit view.

Then I pull up the volume of the music track. If the track recorded to low, I’ll import the original music clips and overlay the music track then mute it. This gives the music a first generation sound and eliminates any background noise a third track would normally add.

Then I import the voicemails that weren’t played in the show and place them at the end. I often try to improve the volume of these tracks so listeners don’t have to turn up or down their players. I do this by looking at the waveform to see where most of the waves are peakiing. I run a Hard Limit to bring all of the waves to that level then Normalize to –1.

The important thing to note before we mix down our session is to make sure all of your various wavforms (voicemails, your voice track, music, sound effects, etc.) sound (in your ears) the same volume. In the past I used to look at the peaks of the wav files or the levels of the volume sliders but none of that matters if your ear is telling you something is louder than it should be.

After I’ve got everything right, I mix down all the wav files to a stereo wavform. If you’re not using a lot of music, you might want to mix to mono. You’ll just be doubling the size of your mp3 for no reason.

I run a Hard Limit at –4 then Normalize to –1. I save the wav as a 16 bit stereo wav file.

Encoding

I encode it using the default settings for High Quality using WinLame (to convert the file from wav to mp3). Then pull it into ID3 Tag Writer and give it a Title, Artist, Album, Comments and Art (300×300 album image). It also has a setting to change the filename based on the track, title and album. It’s best if you have a consistent way of naming your tracks and files.

Posting

I use Filezilla and upload my mp3 to Libsyn. Libsyn has a built in blog that you can use to publish your shows. It will also generate your feed that you can submit to iTunes. I chose to host my website and feed under my own url. I suggest you do the same.

In Libsyn under the Media Files tab I select my new episode, right click on the ‘direct download’ link in the left sidebar, and copy the link. Then in WordPress write a new post and add that link to the Powerpress portion of your post. Powerpress will automatically detect the length and size of your file… so once you paste that url, publish that post!

I then pull up iTunes and download my own show…. just to make sure everything went up correctly.

Conclusion

Every podcast producer will have their own way of doing things, and eventually you will to… but this is how I do it. My hope is that this will shave some time off of our learning curve. If you have any questions not answered here, post a comment or email me and I’ll see if I can help.

A squirrel on a motorcycle.

I drew it by request for my sister.

Click to make it big.

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• How I Podcast
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• Six Tips For Starting A Hobby Podcast
• My Podcast Setup – Home Edition
• 5 Ways To Help Your Podcast Stand Out
• 50 Podcast Resources I Use Every Week
• Check out the entire Podcast Resources category.

Why didn’t you play my voice mail(s) on the show?

There are a few common reasons I choose not to play voice mails (roughly in order of how often they occur).

• Too long.
• Bad sound quality or background noise.
• Story is very similar to something we’ve already played. (no more cats stuck between the front door and screen door)
• Caller seems distracted or takes to long to get to the story.
• Caller placed more than one voicemail in the same week. (It’s typically one per customer per week)
• Topic or language is not appropriate for the show.
• Story is not funny, or at least we didn’t get it.

Here are some voice mail guidelines:

• Keep it short – The closer your message is to 30 seconds, the more likely it is to be played.
• Keep it clean – We run a clean show and the content of your call must reflect that.
• Make it interesting – If it’s not funny or informative or add to the show in some way, we won’t play it. Stay focused on what you’re doing. Write it out if you need to.

Why haven’t you read my story on the show?

Common reasons:

• Too many stories this week. We’ll try to fit it in on a future show.
• No paragraphs, sentences, spelling mistakes. Unreadable.
• Similar to a story we’ve already told (enough sledding and bike jump stories)
• Not funny or we didn’t get it.

Email story tips:

• Great Content – Submit your emails as you want it read. Use paragraphs!
• Format – Please capitalize, punctuate and spell correctly. Include a good title in the Subject line.
• Topic – If you’d like your email read, give us something to read that will be interesting to those listening.

How can I support the show?

• Sponsor a show
• Link to us on your blog
• Play our promo
• Commission some art from DrawYouAPicture.com

How can I be a guest host on your show?

Though there’s no hard-set procedure… everyone who’s guest hosted who I didn’t know in real life or who wasn’t related to me has been someone who has submitted quality content, both email and v-mail, participated in our forums and been an all around great person… or they’ve been involved in a podcast that I really admired.

We at Nobody’s Listening have moved way past only having Stalkerz. We’ve now got folks who want to be straight-up-adopted into the Kennison family!

See what I mean?

(You’re awesome Yujin)

This is actually really funny… and a little bit genius. Nothing I ever recorded as a kid was anything close to this good.

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I do a lot more than just talk in a mic and draw pictures. I’m a full-fledged wanna-be blogger! Check out some of the recent work I’ve been doing in the NLCast Network.

Children’s Ministry Monthly

• Viewing A Child’s Dual Potential
• Creating Your Own Object Lessons
• Home Grown Object Lessons
• My Live Character: JoJo The Christian Clown
• Thoughts On Being Creative
• Helping Kids Use Their Powers For Good

Geek Loves Nerd

• Podcast: “How To Fight With Your Spouse”
• Comic: “Attack of the Clones”
• Visions Aren’t Everything – Facing reality in your marriage.
• 10 Ways To Do Father’s Day Right
• Parenting Is Setting The Example, And Scary

GOK: Gospel of Kennison

• Gossips
• My Story Part I

DrawYouAPicture.com

• New Website
• Belicoso Brothers
• Crum Cakes

New Shows @ CleanCasts.com

• The MannersCast
• The Devil’s Advocate Podcast
• GOK: The Gospel of Kennison
• Geek Out Loud
• Peopletalk
• Fellowship of Gamers
• RuneCast
• The Ramen Noodle
• Are You Just Watching?
• Let’s Watch Movies

I recently finished a couple more commissions for some great folks over at DrawYouAPicture. I’ve also got a whole new website to boot. Check it out.

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I do a slightly modified version of JoJo The Christian Clown for my kids church service every week. I usually do it live… but for our special graduation service I had to be present the entire time… so this video was created.

Enjoy and check out JoJo’s other video.

Amazon’s got the replica McFly hat from Back To The Future II for preorder for only $25. If I’d actually ever wear it… I’d order it myself.

McFly Hat [via Gizmodo]

This is Gerritt. He’s 14. He has a better story than you will ever have for the show… even though he’ll probably never even hear of us. Gerritt was recently hit by a meteorite traveling at about 30,000 miles per hour and survived with only a 3 inch scar on his hand to show for it.

Lucky duck. There has been only one other person in history that has survived being hit by a chunk of space rock (that we know of). This story is worth the read.

Unfortunately it doesn’t look like he’s getting any special benefits (such as mutant healing factors) from the incident. Other than cool hair and a winning smile.

14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite [via Gizmodo]

Stuff like this makes me smile so hard. Genius. Would never fit in any home kitchen in the entire world… but still genius.

[via The Awesomer]

In Episode 109 of Nobody’s Listening I mentioned an old church piano I pushed down the stairs once… just before we drug the peices into a pile to burn them.

Today I’m going through Len’s (of Jawbone Radio) Flickr and find a photo of the exact same type of piano. Boy did it bring back memories.

Have you ever gotten to push a piano down a flight of stairs and watch it fall apart into a dusty heap of rotten wood? Share your story in the comments!!!

Len’s Piano Photo

It’s a theme show. A theme show about fire. So the show’s theme is fire themed. James, Trevor and John ‘put out’ their best fire-related stories… and yours as well!

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ARGH! Is there anything more destructive and dramatic in life more than a very talented Gossip?

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[via The Awesomer]

The other week, you folks over at iTunes featured Nobody’s Listening on the main Podcast page in the iTunes Store. I just wanted to saw thanks! I’ve looked for a place to send an email to say thanks… but couldn’t find anything… and I don’t need tech support.

iTunes has been very good to NLCast over the years. I know NLCast is a bit of an oddity in the top Comedy Podcast scene. We’re clean, we’re not super popular… but you see fit to keep us there (or allow us to stay) and it is very much appreciated. Even early on you folks featured us as a New and Notable… and even What’s Hot (back when you did that). Again, thank you.

It was a huge honor, a huge surprise, and a huge boost to our listener-ship. As I type this I’m looking at the spot where our graphics were featured. An ad for ESPN is in it’s place. It only makes it more special. Little old NLCast was featured in a spot now reserved for ESPN! How cool is that.

So from myself, Trevor and John, my co-hosts:

Thanks you mysterious folks at iTunes. Thanks a whole bunch.

Peace,

James

I am genuinely excited about this film. I am a huge Toy Story fan… and a collector of Buzz Lightyear stuff since 1996. I’m looking forward to this! This is an excellent teaser trailer. Made me smile.

[via The Retroist]

Christian Comedian Tim Hawkins (I’m going to have to check this guy out) rewrites pop songs. I found this on a random website and thought it was stinkin’ hilarious… and genius.

Just some thoughts on why it’s so hard to get up on Sunday… and how my Sunday’s are.

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This week John tells a couple of stories about playing with fire.Also featuring some of the best listener submitted stories of all time.

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• Click the flowers on the Main Menu.
• In-game, type ‘mustache’ without the quotes to give your Zombies a more distinguished look.
• You can ‘tap the glass’ in the Zombiquarium levels by right-clicking your mouse.
• In-game, type ‘future’ to give your Zombies cool 80’s shades. – thanks Entity
• Type ‘trickedout’ to trick-out your lawnmowers. – thanks Tree of Wisdom
• Type ‘daisies’ to have zombies drop little daisies when they die.

You may not know… but I’m a bit of a handyman… albeit a poor one. I pretty much remodeled my entire home (with a little help). As a handyman I can attest to at least one thing: It’s all about having the right tools. This Auto-Hammer looks like a very cool tool.

It gives me chills just watching it in action. It would be most appreciated in those spots to tight to swing a proper hammer.

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They don’t seem very impressed. More and more I’m convinced people just need to buy a robe and slippers.

Three-year-old Pipi Quinlan bought a $20,000 Kobelco digger on auction website TradeMe, prompting immediate damage control by her mum when her purchase was revealed.

Most parents are used to little ones sneaking treats into the supermarket trolley, but Pipi’s deal must take the cake.

Pretty funny story. Makes me wonder if I shouldn’t lock down my own computer.

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This is just cool. It uses your iPhone camera to show you what you’re not looking at while your walking and texting.

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It’s an all e-n-vmail show. Fluffy bees, wookie cushions, forgotten visitors, root canals, lazy McDonald’s employees, ninja bikers and more!

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…and read the reviews on this shirt.

Affordable, portable. Yeah right! Wouldn’t you like to go back in time with your current cellphone and sit down next to this guy.

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I wish I could do this. I could record it in the back of my car. I have a Honda Element… so there would be better acoustics.

We have listeners… then we have awesome listeners. Wanna know the difference? Awesome listeners review us on iTunes. Have you? Here.

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I’m honored that Nobody’s Listening has been featured on iTunes. It’s more than I could have ever hoped for. No scarasm at all I assure you! You should have seen me when I saw it. I squeeled like a female middle schooler.

Thanks to the folks over at iTunes for putting us up… but thanks most of all to our listeners who have left us nearly 300 iTunes reviews! Without you folks, it just wouldn’t be happening.

I was watching this… amazed. Because the guy does a flip on a ball. Common… how cool is that right? But then… right at the end, he ruins it. How?

The wink and the gun. No… the wink and two guns. And shirtless.

I like people who are cool… and don’t know it. This guy ruined it for me.

Still… cool flip though huh.

Download Phun and play with Physics yourself.

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Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Sweet!

It’s perfect. I don’t do the Football Fan thing… but all the guys at work do. So I have nothing to talk about with them. This shirt could be the bridge between our worlds that I’ve been waiting for.

I wear a 2X.

My secret desire is to quit my life and start over as a cake maker. This video almost got me signed up for baking school.

Every year Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney’s MGM Studios) does a Star Wars Weekends event. I’ve never been. I’m not proud of that fact.

Anyway, all my personal issues aside… check out these great posters they did up for this year’s event.

Disney Star Wars Weekends 2009 Posters

One of the few good games I had on the Atari 2600 as a child was Adventure. I don’t know that I knew much of what I was doing… I just enjoyed making the seahorse dragon things think they were going to be able to eat me. I always loved how their stomachs were exactly the same size as myself.

Now someone’s gone and updated the game. New graphics, sound effects, music and a graphical menu. Looks like the mazes and gameplay are the same.

This is cool and all… but why?

It’s a free download for Windows users.

Bwah! It hurts me to watch but still… BWAH!!!

I haven’t seen any of the new 3d movies… but someone out there is watching them. What do you think? Are they any good? Does the effect work? Does 3d make it a better movie?

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For those who are too young to remember… in the 80’s we said “Killer!” a lot. It was like saying something was super cool… but awesomely bad-out at the same time. It out did Radical and Tubliar by a long shot.

That being said, these bikes are totally Killer!

I guess Canada’s good for something after all.

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Truly genius. This guy went around and recorded folks who play on the street for spare change, creating a ‘virtual studio’. Just make sure you watch it all the way through. I smiled the whole time.

This week we’re joined by our new guest-host John, but Trevor gets the featured story this week… and it’s a doozy.

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There are no words.

For quite a few months now I have struggled with my love of Firefox because though it will keep usernames and passwords saved, it would not keep me logged in to my favorite sites. Namely Gmail and my WordPress blogs.

It’s irritating to have to log-in every time you want to Twitter or reply to a Facebook comment. It was nearly annoying enough to make me switch back to Internet Explorer… but not quite enough.

The issue only presented itself when I closed the browser or tab. It seemed that whatever cookie was being used would be erased. I checked all the obvious things like making sure cookies were enabled. I checked for exceptions to make sure I wasn’t blocking any access to these websites. Nothing fixed it. I even completely uninstalled Firefox twice… to no avail.

Here’s what worked:

I had to delete the default Firefox profile. I didn’t even know I had a profile… but its there. You can find information on managing and removing profiles here: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles

When you delete the default profile it resets Firefox. It removes all of your bookmarks and plug-ins. If you use Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) you can reinstall the plug-in and simply re-sync your bookmarks as I did.

That’s it! Once I deleted that profile, restarted Firefox, re-synced my bookmarks… I’ve had no problem staying logged in!

I hope that helps someone out there. In my many Google searches trying to fix this, I found that it seems to be a pretty common issue… but with very little in the way of fixes for it.

I love this.

I guess if the rhino from any of the SNES Donkey Kong Country games get’s loose in the streets of Japan… they’ll be pretty safe. I wish our country would get with the program and start preparing for potential video game character violence.

Seriously, would you know what to do if Q-Bert showed up and started jumping all diaginal and cursing at your family? No! We’re not prepared people! The Japanese are!

According to this ad, the TRS-80 is probably the soul reason I’m a geek today.

Some don’t… most do… and then some overdo. Which are you?

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Many of you are asking and wondering who that third guy is. Well, that’s John from Episode 103 – A Mighty Wind. Trevor and I have invited John to become a permanent guest-host and fill in that third chair.

We’ll have more info on John added to our About page as soon as he gives us some. We’re already disappointed in him.

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