Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for April 26 2024 - Unforced Errors of our Lives Download audio On this show, I play a song from Incognation; I have heard of Theatre of Sheep; I discuss Kyle Clark and his blindness of why one might not want a Tesla; I think Tesla has no pushback on Musk whims; I have plenty of privilege but at least I examine it; Bu…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for April 20 2024 - The Nothingness I Had Before Download audio On this show I play a song by Love Tractor; I saw Love Tractor open for Husker Du; I switched from Wordpress to Eleventy; I want to return comments to my static web site; I have been gardening old posts and tags from the history of the website; I had forg…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for April 12 2024 - Pesos In My Pocket Download audio On this show I play a song by Edith Frost and explain why; we vacationed in Puerto Vallarta; I needed 10% more Spanish; we zip-lined and drank the history of coffee drinks and chilled; I am rebuilding the Evil Genius Chronicles in Eleventy; give me feedback on the …

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 29 2024 - Nut Jars are the Clutter Download audio On this show I play a new song by Valley Lodge; I am trying to understand the rules of Australian Rules Football and which teams to root for; why do AFL players kick into coverage most of the time? I need an Australian to mule some AFL gear to the USA for me;…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 22 2024 - Walmart Shoe Endeavor Download audio On this show I play a song by The Dreadnoughts; is this asshole the asshole? we are limping this middle school experience to the finish line; parenting is made up of a series of stupid details that shouldn't be necessary; Buc-ees is madness; hating on big stores…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 15 2024 - Punch His Facade in the Facade Download audio On this show I play a new song by Steve Conte; I understand my child's antipathy for a classmate; Death Sex and Money looking for a new organization is the same dynamic as searching for a sugar daddy; I don't understand what there is for all these peopl…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 9 2024 - Asymmetrical Conversational Warfare Download audio I play a song by The Jesus and Mary Chain; I talk a little about seeing The Jesus and Mary Chain in concert; the big dog is getting treated for heartworms; I'm staying in the developer relations slack for now; I am so glad I don't have to take jobs …

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 1 2024 - KPIs for Your Douchebaggery Download audio I play a song by Dolly Varden; we recognize the passing of Mister Joe Klein; I don't know how to change the size of the system font on a Mac; Adam Savage really impressed me with his take on point of view; I once again rage against awards for creative work;…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 24 2024 - Mandolin Slicer for your Fingerprints Download audio I play a song by Valley Lodge; I admitted defeat and rented a storage space; I am working on one box at a time in organization; I am shipping family stuff away and losing some stuff due to destruction; moving to the bed and failing to sleep is…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 16 2024 - Most Points are my Weak Point Download audio I play a song by Indoor Garden Party; I don't understand people who are treating Twitter as if things were normal; I watched the Superbowl; the ads are not worth watching and RFK Jr's ad was the worst; I made one good play in one year of playing footb…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 10 2024 - Be the Merch You Want to See In The World Download audio I play a song by Glass Eye; Mastodon is fine for social media but social media is the right answer to the wrong question; going viral is supposed to be the goal but it makes me nervous; no social media is designed to make you happier; I ma…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 3 2024 - Turducken Download audio I play a song by Brown Sabbath; one more grampa story; I enjoy Cartoonist Kayfabe as a program but they are just missing making themselves an essential resource; I made sure to get a HeroesCon VIP membership this year; that extra half-hour of early admission is very helpf…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 26 2024 - Clangy Clangy Phone Rings Download audio In this episode I play a song by The Gentle Readers; I am back on the Eat To Live plan after almost two years away; retirement also leads to engineering what the rest of your life looks like; using the older men in my life as positive and negative examples…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 12 2024 - Not Much of an Issue, Not Much of a Solution Download audio In this episode I play a song by You Am I; buying some cameras seems be helping the dog pee situation; we took the first road trip in the electric Audi; the free credits with Electrify America aren't of much worse when they never work; I…

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 8 2024 - Sheer Virtuosity High Download audio In this episode I play a song by the Gentle Readers; we adopted an old, sick dog; we loved Slow Horses Season 3; the last season of The Crown sucked; We are watching Endeavour; I am considering abandoning the most recent Cory Doctorow book; I don't understand i…

In this episode I play our traditional holiday song by the Flexapleasers; my former coworker Darin recalls the office building flood; grampa will eat at Arby's; we used to get paid to eat Arby's; I tell stories of delivering ice at Georgia Tech and a few anecdotes about a guy we called "Bullethead"; the rugby guys brought an insanity to life; a sto…

In this episode I play a song by Slaid Cleaves; I'm buying production stuff but it isn't all showing up; I want a Stream Deck plugin for Audio Hijack; the American Pencil Collector Society actually did send me a welcome packet that I buried under a pile; I have started a daily carry notebook; integrating the physical and digital information is alwa…

In this episode I play a song by The Gentle Readers; I want Lee Cuthbert to be my best friend; I retired without a lot of ceremony from the day job; I don't have a lot of retirement advice other than start young; grampa accidentally bought me a PS 5; Cyberpunk 2077 patch updates kind of sold me the PS 5; I got a nice retirement gift from an old fri…

In this episode I play a song by The Palace; I tell a story of bumping up against serious poli sci people in college; we return to the Brazilian steak house; I have mixed feeling on the Beatles "Now and Then" song; getting old shrinks the radius of what you can't remember; my retirement post on LinkedIn is the most social media traction ever for me…

In this episode I play a song by Chrissy Zebby Tembo; I am retiring from my day job; getting laid off in the "dot-bomb bust" put me on this path; the new podcasting machine is still getting the toolchain set up; I am moving from Dropbox to Syncthing; my digital and physical lives are about throwing things in boxes and never looking again; I gave in…