Geek Fu Action Grip

Geek Fu Morning Show 002

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:42:24 +0000

Jason and I return with DragonCon reports, and music from Carla Ulbrich!

Geek Fu Morning Show 001

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:38:41 +0000

This is not a reawakening, this is more of a “remember me?” I wanted to put something out on the feed before DragonCon, so Jason and I got together to record the Geek Fu Morning show. And soon: the podcast of Playing for Keeps!

DragonCon!
Random Signal #51
German SF site, Podyssey
This Day in Alternate History
Lulu Radio

Links for 2007-08-12 [del.icio.us]

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Saw Patti Smith tonight…and thoughts on Gnomedex ‘07

Links for 2007-08-02 [del.icio.us]

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Tips to Establish a Morning & Evening Routine (with an August Challenge)

Links for 2007-07-19 [del.icio.us]

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Preparing for the Advanced Audio Lab

Answering of questions…

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:48:49 +0000

Thanks to everyone for the outpouring of email I’ve received. I will answer them all, it must may take me a while. Several questions have come through, though, and I wanted to address them here.

1) Will you stop doing Murcaching?

Nope. I stopped Geek Fu because I didn’t have the time or energy to put into it: Murcaching doesn’t take as much of either.

2) Why can’t I comment here?

Now that I honestly don’t know. Some were able to comment. Some weren’t. Sorry about that, I don’t know what’s going on.

Of course, when I planned on writing this, I had more stuff in mind to write, but now I am blank. Thanks again to everyone, and I’m doing OK, really.

Geek Fu #103 - Good Bye

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:04:20 +0000

Thank you.

Links:

I Should Be Writing

Heaven Season Three: Earth

Knights of the Dinner Table

Wingin’ It

Have Games Will Travel

Finis

Earth Promos

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:02:43 +0000

THREE, count ‘em, THREE promos for EARTH: http://tinyurl.com/2fsmrc - http://tinyurl.com/yowt2z - http://tinyurl.com/2xrlss

Geek Fu #102 - Guest Essay about Chaotic Good

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:50:10 +0000

I am back from Balticon where I hung out with my tribe. Matt Selznick’s blog, Matt Wallace’s blog.

I will be at Origins in the first week of July. Columbus, here I come!

Mur’s Bitch shirt now available for purchase! Use coupon code “geekfu”.

Earth launches June 23! Yes. This Saturday. Eeek. It will be on Podiobooks.

Neil Gorman has a science blog called GrokBrain.

Murcaching report.

Parsec Awards are upon us again.

Adventures in SciFi Publishing promo

Guest essay: In Defense of a Chaotic Good Lifestyle by magpie killjoy from Steampunk Magazine

Wandering Geek podcast promo

Personal message to Paul McLean

Check out Lulu Radio if you like…

Feedback!

Go Eagle Go!

Murcaching update!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:20:31 +0000

With over 140 (!) of you participating in Murchaching, my friend and bitch Chris Miller set up an awesome map to follow the lunchboxen on their journeys. Check it out!

Geek Fu #101 - A Conversation with Mur Lafferty

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:42:42 +0000

Guest host J.C. Hutchins sat down with Mur at Balticon41 and interviewed her. The sound limitations of the iRiver caused a bit of a hiss, but it’s a lot of fun.

GEEK FU 100, BABY

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:09:36 +0000

Geek Fu 100 live from Balticon I’ll do show notes later, but thanks to everyone who worked so hard on the podcast to make it awesome.

Geek Fu #99 - Guest Essay

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:49:57 +0000

Because of Balticon 41, the show notes are lazy. Sorry. Had lots of problems, lost lots of voicemails. Argh.

But! 99! W00t!

Geek Fu #98 - Guest Essay Returns!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:49:35 +0000

As we edge closer to 100, we talk stuff:

Planet Earth and GO EAGLE GO!

New Segment: Personal Message to One of You

Murcaching report

Balticon is in 2 weeks!

Bumper: Tabitha Smith from Strangely Literal

Guest essay from James Parkinson: Awe vs Respect and Normalcy

Bumper: George Hrab’s music (and podcast)

Feedback and ComicSpace

Guest appearance by the kiddo!

My attempt to make NPR love me… again

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 14 May 2007 11:26:29 +0000

Long time listeners will know that my inability to get NPR to even acknowledge my submissions (I never even got rejections from This American Life, This I Believe or Morning Edition) is what got me started podcasting my essays. So I took some of those essays and entered the public radio talent search. If you’re interested, can you vote for me? I feel silly asking for votes, but since I don’t ask you to vote anywhere else, I figured it can’t hurt… http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/1302

(New Geek Fu soon, as soon as I can get it edited)

Murcaching explained

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:23:14 +0000

Enough people have asked about Murcaching, and I realized I don’t have it written down anywhere, it’s only described in the podcast. So here’s Murcaching.

I have a Wonder Woman lunchbox I’m going to mail out. There are little goodies inside. When you get the box, take one out, and put something inside for me. Send me a picture with you with the lunchbox. When I get the pic, I send you an address and you send it to the next person. And so on.

Email me - include your address - at mightymur AT gmail DOT com if you’re interested. No one will see your address but me and the one person who sends the lunchbox to you.

Geek Fu #97 - Lawful Stodgy or Chaotic Schmuck?

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:47:21 +0000

More essays! When will the madness stop?

Bumper: Earl Newton, Stranger Things

It was Free Comic Book Day!

We have official Geek Fu, Heaven, Hell and Earth Geeklabel Shirts!

Murcaching is out of control! It’ll start soon!

I have a rant about MySpace.

There WILL be a Heaven part IV.

Bumper: Buffy Between The Lines

Essay

Bumper: Geeklabel!

New voicemail line: 206 666 3045

Geek Fu #96 - RETURN OF THE ESSAY

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:05:47 +0000

Yes, you heard it right, kids. The Mur essay returns this week!

BUT, first, we must discuss:

I was on Writers Talking, checking out Talkshoe

The Mur’s Bitches Flickr Group

Get your free tshirt from Geeklabel

Participate in Murcaching!

Send Stranger Things $1

I miss Joe.

New essay, originally run in Knights of the Dinner Table #106

I was on The Myth Show and View From the Quad.

Geek Fu #95 - Heaven Fanfic 2

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:43:42 +0000

I got boingboinged!

I was on Writer’s Talking #1 - you can still download!

I have purple hair!

Tomorrow is International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day! UPDATE: My video is here!

I’m going to A-Kon.

Comment from AlanfromtheUK.

I was guest host of Random Signal.

I did a pirate story on the Escapist!

Promo from Crescent Station.

Fanfic by Tim Callender.

Promo from Scapecast.

Guest Hosting Random Signal!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:54:12 +0000

A while ago, I had my best friend from college, Jason Adams, on my podcast. Now he had me on Random Signal to guest-host, and we do geek music!

Show Notes

New Geek Fu this weekend!

Geek Fu #94 - Heaven Fanfic

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:36:51 +0000

Third time I’ve done this. Apologies.

Joe Murphy Memorial Fund

Interviews with Mur: Footnote, Tech Snark, Dragon Page Cover to Cover

I am on Twitter.

Promo and fanfic from Nobilis Erotica. - NSFW

Geek Fu #93 - Geek Social Skills

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:54:13 +0000

Hi there. My name isn’t Josh.

Stranger Things

Steampunk Magazine

I was interviewed on TechSnark

I’m co-host of Lulu Radio

7th Son book 2 and The Failed Cities Monologues ended last week too!

Genre Traveler is having a photography contest

Promo from Pulp Gamer

Geek Fu - guest hosts Nick Popio and Jason Adams

Promo from UberCon

[EDIT - we have tshirts! I am Josh - I am not Josh]

Geek Fu #92 - Hell Pt. 12

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:17:18 +0000

The end. And right after I posted this, the server died a horrible death. And we lost lots and lots of database information. This has been an awesome week, let me tell you.

Geek Fu #91 - Hell Pt. 11

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:10:25 +0000

Recovering another lost file. Again with the apologies of lost data.

Geek Fu #90 - Hell Pt. 10

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:52 +0000

We had a server crash earlier this week. Data lost. Terribly sorry. Here’s the file.

Geek Fu #89 - Hell Pt. 9

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:45:59 +0000

W00t!

I was interviewed on the Sci Phi Show.

Paul S. Jenkins is writing for InterZone!

Geek Fu has forums, thanks to Farpoint Media!

Spoke with Dave and Rob to some teachers, not about the clit.

Send me fanfic! Art! Stuff!

I get to see Cory Doctorow this week!

Promo from Geek Label podcast - excellent clothing. Seriously.

Update on me

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:59:14 +0000

Yesterday I sat down and hammered out 5300 words, completeing Hell. Four more episodes to go, and they’re all written. Now all that’s left is the recording. I will be recording part nine today. 7th Son crossover, w00000!

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I [heart] the webcomic Sinfest. Except for the pigs and robots, this one comic is a fairly good representation of Heaven.

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I need an updated picture over there <—

Geek Fu #88 - Hell Pt. 8

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:42:29 +0000

Yes, it’s late. I explain why. It’s better now. I promise.

Promo: The Signal - Songs from the Black

Geek Fu #87: Hell Pt. 7

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:59:18 +0000

Help TD-0013 in his MS walk!

We’re raw this morning so I can get this to you.

Lucky you, I’m doing a crossover thingy with JC Hutchins in that the clones from his books, 7th Son, will guest star in Episode 9! And you should totally check out JC’s book either at his site or on podiobooks.com.

Get a “Mur’s Bitch” tshirt from the awesome guys at Geeklabel!

Computer King’s podcast

The Song of the Day from Beatnik Turtles!

Promo: Variant Frequencies: Failed Cities Monologues

Voicemail from Phazedout: his podcast: The Phazecast

I like cheese.

Geek Fu #86: Hell Pt. 6

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:27:45 +0000

Sorry I couldn’t get this up yesterday, but Happy Birthday, Dad!

I promise you - do whatever you like when it comes to art in the Heaven universe. I just want to see what you come up with!

Thanks to Amy Bowen for her email.

I am listening to Tracy Hickman’s The Immortals.

I got a job at Lulu!

There will be Heaven Season 3.

Geek Fu #85 - Hell Pt. 5

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:38:39 +0000

Yeah, I recorded this some time ago. So Happy New Year, check out the Beatnik Turtles’ podcast (RSS feed has been fixed, by the way), check out John Lenahan’s ShadowMagic, check out Jonathan Sherwood’s Under the Graying Sea, and I was recently named one of the 10 savvy women of podcasting for 2006. Wow.

Meta Podcast: State of the Mur, 12/06

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:32:20 +0000

I wanted to post a podcast letting you know what was up with me, my podcasts, and my life. Why the podcast has been spotty and my plans for 2007.

So I did.

My novel is done! Now I begin my agent search.
2007’s early months will be dedicated to finishing Hell for Geek Fu.
Interviews with podiobook authors coming soon on ISBW.
Apologies for the infrequencies of podcasts…. and we’ve been sick.
I have a cult! www.mursbitches.com (thanks to JC Hutchins, Chris Miller and Tee Morris)
I was interviewed on Lipstick Aliens. I appear in Mister Adventure. And I sold Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers to Escape Pod.
Christmas report: stories about the Wii are all true…

Hope everyone has a good 2007!

x-posted to I Should Be Writing

Geek Fu #84: Hell Pt. 4

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:22:52 +0000

Dude! Geek Fu is TWO YEARS OLD! I give you a Dave Slusher Christmas Story and the rather personal reason I started podcasting.

Matt Wallace from Varient Frequencies got some awesome news this week, congrats, Matt!

Geo Hrab didn’t make the 10 Sexiest Geeks, dammit.

And if you have asked me to read ANYTHING for you, please remind me.

Lastly - The people behind Email Mystery (The Daughters of Freya) will have a new story in January.

Promos: Indiana Jim’s Things Are Looking Up, Billibub Baddings (Tee Morris’s Home Page)

Geek Fu #83: Hell Pt. 3

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:08:39 +0000

Ranma 1/2, UK Games Expo, Hell, Computer King, and more!

I tried to edit out all the sniffles.

Geek Fu #82: Hell Pt. 2

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:22:06 +0000

Further through purgatory, down into hell.

Promos: 7th Son, Scatterpod, Geek Wedding

Dammit…

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:49:32 +0000

Hell Pt. 2 has to wait. I’m sick with a sore throat. Can barely talk.

Sorry, guys.

Geek Fu #81 - I’m back. With some Hell.

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:13:49 +0000

I’m back!

A couple of notes about this podcast: I recorded it last week, but had to delay posting and editing for a week, which is why the date tag at the beginning is a while ago. Sorry about that.

Links and stuff:

George Hrab (myspace)

Pseudopod

Do I need to mention there’s adult language? And a bit of blasphemy?

That is all. It’s good to be back.

Oops.

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:02:28 +0000

Sorry for the messup with the file, folks. If you downloaded a 12 minute Geek Fu, that isn’t all of it. Please redownload with my apologies.

Technorati Profile

Geek Fu #80: A Conversation with JC Hutchins

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:11:03 +0000

I sat down with Chris Hutchins at DragonCon and we talked about stuff. You can hear other podcasters in the background laughing.

Stuff mentioned: We mention the Wingin It live show, Scott Sigler’s singing ability, the Parsec Awards, scars, naked George man, Marc Gunn, Rich Sigfrit, Ian’s drinking, spiders, zombies and city planning. Notes from Paul from Des Moines, Will from the Youngest of One blog, I talk about Geek Label, Christiana Ellis’s Hey, Wanna Watch A Movie?, and you can get Lancelot Biggs audio drama from the Balticon Podcast. Heaven is now complete on Podiobooks.com.

More Con Stuff

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:47:36 +0000

* If it’s your first time in a hotel, know that tipping the maids is customary. It’s good to go $2 a day, more if you’re a total slob, you host a party, someone horks and misses the toilet, etc. Although it’s convienient to tip all at once when you’re leaving, try to remember to tip every day, since different maids might clean your room at different days (esp. since weekends and weekday staff may be different.) Maids are trained to avoid everything in the room as if it were plagued so that they won’t be accused of stealing, so you can put it in an envelope on the pillow, attach a note, etc. The pillow is a very good place to leave a tip, since you’re unlikely to leave money there by accident, unless it fell out of your ear or something.

* Try not to drink too much on the last night. You don’t want to be traveling with a hangover. Moreover, you don’t want to be driving with a hangover.

* Sex: a friend of mine says if you can’t get laid at DragonCon, you’re not really trying. However, keep in mind common sense: use protection, be courteous to your roommate, and if you’re in a relationship and your SO isn’t at the con, don’t be an idiot. Lastly, when I was in college at a safe sex seminar, I laughed at the advice, “Always know the last name of anyone you sleep with,” but then later realized that some people don’t even bother finding that part out. Think: if you a) get pregnant, b) get an STD, c) fall head over beer in love, you might want to get in touch with them again.

* Like the girl scouts say, make new friends but keep the old. You’ll want to go with friends, but don’t be afraid to branch out and have coffee, beer, dinner with someone new. Having con experiences with only your safe friends from home isn’t really a con experience. But Lordy, don’t invite yourself anywhere - invite others along with you, and if they say they’re doing something else, don’t tag along.

* Again with the common sense: Don’t be rude to people. If you’re rude to a stranger, they might be your favorite author, podcaster, or the sister of the person you slept with last night (didja get that last name like I recommended?) Even worse, they might be an up-and-coming assistant to an agent who has an elephant-like memory who will remember you when you query them in 5 years, completely ignorant of their animosity toward you. True story - in my last job, I turned down a salesman trying to get me to buy advertising on his website. He wrote back to his boss that I was just a young idiot - and accidentally copied me. Six or so years later, he’s still in my database as someone never to work with.

* More con advice from Making Light.

* Con advice for writers from Sherwood Smith. - And additions to that from Michelle Sagara.

* Really, focus on two things: common sense and fun. People are putting on this show as a labor of love; thank them for their work. The maids make crap wages in cleaning up after your ass; tip them. No one likes an asshole; don’t be one. You have spent hundreds of dollars for this trip; have fun!

Geek Fu #79 - The Survival Guide to DragonCon

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:54:11 +0000

Going to DragonCon for the first time? Listen to this!

Geek Fu Special - Heaven Part 12

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:26:13 +0000

This ends Season 1.

Thanks to everyone for all the support and feedback! I’m itching to get started on Season 2, so don’t worry, you won’t have to wait as long as, say BSG fans are waiting for Season 3!

Geek Fu #78: Heaven Pt. 11

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:14:37 +0000

00:01 Geek Fu Action Grip #78: August 10, 2006
00:22 What’s up with me and blogs? Do you want a geek fu blog?
01:58 The Rev Up Review is awesome.
03:20 Pseudopod is live!
04:20 I ponder gaming and Second Life.
06:50 Where have I been?
08:40 Heaven will soon be on Podiobooks.com
09:00 Promo of the Scapecast.
10:15 Heaven Pt. 11
15:50 Comment from Doug from Geek Acres.
18:00 Neil Gorman’s Ology
19:30 I sign off. Thanks, as always, for listening. Heaven is released under a Creative Commons License.
19:40 Editorial comment from Jim (adult language)
19:43 Promo of Voice of Free Planet X

Grrrr…

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:50:10 +0000

I have had nothing but trouble with PodPress since I installed it. Now the latest podcast is not in the feed. If anyone wants to help me with the ins and outs of podpress, and if I should just give up and go back to regular wordpress, please email me.

Geek Fu #77: Heaven Pt. 10

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:55:37 +0000

00:01 Geek Fu Action Grip #77: July 27, 2006
00:25 Had an awesome birthday weekend with Rich Sigfrit, Christiana Ellis, Nuri, Jason Adams and of course Jim Van Verth doing podcasty things at my birthday party. TrinocCon was also much fun.
02:45 I have a DS with the best game ever: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!
09:00 Birthday report: Sick kid. Sushi. Arkham Horror.
10:40 DragonCon is looming!
11:00 I will be taking a hiatus after I finish season 1 of Heaven.
12:05 Pseudopod will launch in early August!
12:38 Bumper from Jason Erik Lundberg
13:15 Heaven Pt. 10
27:38 Aaron from SciFi Digg bumper.
28:16 I sign off. Thanks, as always, for listening. Heaven is released under a Creative Commons License.

Geek Fu #76: Heaven Pt. 9 - trying again

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:01:26 +0000

I have tried to fix the feed a number of times, sorry to everyone who’s having trouble. I’m trying again.

Someday I’ll learn how to do RSS by hand and bypass all this dependence on Wordpress, Feedburner, and the like.

Here’s the file

Geek Fu #76: Heaven Pt. 9

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:40:49 +0000

00:01 Geek Fu Action Grip #76: July 16, 2006
01:00 Apologies to Jim from The Vintage Gamer
01:30 I want to write a comic. Anyone want to draw it with me?
02:50 Thanks to those who have donated!
03:03 Birthdays rock. Mine is on the 25th. Jason’s is on the 19th.
03:20 I’ll be at TrinocCon this weekend.
04:52 Upcoming fall TV schedule.
12:50 James Ernest from Cheapass Games
13:00 Heaven Pt. 9
28:45 Wil Wheaton loves me. In my mind, anyway.
28:58 Thanks to everyone who commented on my story I Look Forward to Remembering You, and a comment from Lee Murdock.
31:17 I sign off. Thanks, as always, for listening. Heaven is released under a Creative Commons License.

Escape Pod 61 - I Look Forward to Remembering You

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:08:11 +0000

Thanks to the magic of podcasting and the glory of Creative Commons, I give you my story, I Look Forward to Remembering You, available on Escape Pod.

Geek Fu #75 - Origins unplugged

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:20:12 +0000

Utilikilts, Fanpro, Cheapass, Rio Grande, and fun! Unedited. Unapologetic. Bad words. Etc.

Geek Fu #74: Heaven Pt. 8

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:10:38 +0000

Boy, do I go on about Final Fantasy…

And then I talk about podiobooks…

And then we have Heaven Pt. 8, read by Jim Van Verth of The Vintage Gamer.

Geek Fu #73: Heaven Pt. 7

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:20:20 +0000

Finally, it’s here, it’s edited, it’s good to go.

* Is Apple creating iPods with Chinese slave labor?

* Sandra Bullock tells Keanu not to do Constantine 2. Like she has a leg to stand on with Miss Congeniality 2…

* My reading list for 2006.

* Heaven Pt. 7

Argh. Argh argh argh.

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:41:32 +0000

Editing the latest episode. Then I discovered that the recording of Heaven Pt. 7 sounds like crap. So I need to rerecord it. But I am no longer the narrator. And my husband is out. So I can’t post until he rerecords. ASAP.

Sorry.

Feed problems

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:02:54 +0000

Yes, I’m aware of the problems with the feed. I continue to work on it.

Argh.

Geek Fu #72: Guest Essay

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:46:12 +0000

Taking a break from Heaven this week, it starts again next week.

Go see Serenity again in 2 weeks! It benefits Equality Now.

I was recently interviewed by Jack Mangan and Rob at Podcast 411.

Mike Czaplinski’s longish (but worth it) essay about Star Wars and what has meant to him.

The Latest in Geek

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:49:01 +0000

Battlestar Galactica won a Peabody award. It deserves an Emmy, dammit, but oh well. We’ll take what we can get. (SciFi.com)

More blogs to read! The Feminist SF Blog! I’m excited about this one.

Scott McCloud is touring doing a Making Comics 50 States Tour! More info here.

Geek Fu #71: Heaven Pt. 6

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:47:34 +0000

I wrote these show notes and then the browser crashed. Grrrr…

I went to Balticon, interviewed Neil Gaiman, and saw some awesome people. I’ll also be at ConCarolinas this weekend.
You get the halfway point of Season 1 of Heaven, partly narrated by Jim Van Verth of The Vintage Gamer podcast.

I review some comics sent to me by Geek 4×4, from Digital Webbing. I also mention Neil Gorman’s Comicology.

Adult language, but you’re probably expecting that by now.

Tricks of the Podcasting Masters

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 25 May 2006 00:08:30 +0000

Well, I have the copies in my grubby little hands. It hits store shelves tomorrow. I think I’m still in shock. And, knowing how critical some podcasters (well, people in general) can be, not a little scared. But I think Rob and I did a good job. I just hope people agree.

A lot of people.

In other news, preparation continues for Balticon. My buttons arrived (thanks Jared for the recommendation, they look great!), my books of essays arrived, and now I have my podcasting books to take. Throw in some underwear and a copy of Arkham Horror, and I’m set for the weekend.

Geek Fu #70 - Heaven Pt. 5

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:40:49 +0000

Hello OAFSS -
Whee. It’s late. Hockey fans are obnoxious.

*(Far)Scapecast

*Balticon!

*Should I do a cult shirt? Send me designs if you think so!

*Savedarfur.org

*I get sweet nothings from TD0013

*Heaven Pt. 5

Interviews

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 20 May 2006 00:21:22 +0000

This week I appeared - or was heard - on The Round Table podcast at The Harping Monkey, talking about gaming and women heroes. Next week I’ll be on Jack Mangan’s Deadpan Podcast.

[Edit- sorry about mistake, harping monkey’s site is down and the file went into the RSS, so no one was able to grab it. I apologize for the confusion.]

Geek Fu #69, Dudes. Heaven Pt. 4

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 05 May 2006 22:06:03 +0000

I apologize for the delay in getting this to you.
I have a cult! Alert me if we have the need for cult t-shirts.
My con schedule: Balticon, ConCarolinas, Origins, Deep South Con, DragonCon
I panic about upcoming projects.
Ad for Does My Geek Look Big In This?
Heaven Pt. 4 - Not for kids.

Geek Fu #68 - Heaven Pt. 3

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:06:48 +0000

I am back with more fiction!

I won the 2005 Grumble Magazine Reader’s Choice Award!

I recently appeared on the Leftwing Nutjob podcast.

Thanks for asking about the dog, she’s doing well. You can see pics at Flickr.

I now have a mailbox for the podcasts, so if you want to send me anything for review, mail to:

PMB 215
105 West Hwy 54 Ste. 265
Durham, NC 27713 USA

I review Nature of the Beast from Eye Level Entertainment. A better gameplay review is at Have Games Will Travel.

The RPG company Palladium is going through some problems. If you’re a gamer, you might think about helping them out.

Heaven, Pt. 3! Daniel and Kate’s first adventure!

Check Fantasy Flight for Arkham Horror house rules.

Geek Fu #67 - Guest Essay (Home for Firefly)

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:33:17 +0000

Hello all!

No Heaven this week, but a guest essay about Firefly. I have made the move to Farpoint Media and therefore had to rename all the files and make sure all the ID3 tags were happy. This… took a long time. During this tedium, I discovered that three podcasts are outside the normal numbering mechanism. So in order to make the track numbers and episode numbers match up, I’ve leapt ahead in the numbering to cause this to be #67. You haven’t miss anything. Trust me.

My mom, Donna, joins me to discuss Passover, sci-fi, and she wants podcasting and sci-fi book recommendations.

Wendell sends us a Firefly essay!

More Heaven next week.

Geek Fu #63 - Heaven Part 2

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:55:39 +0000

Sick Mur = late podcast. Apologies. Swearing in this one, including one f-bomb.

I was recently interviewed on Unedited and Dragon Page Cover To Cover

Being sick means being able to catch up on Lost!

Gordon Lee comic book case: get details and donate to the CBLDF!

We’re taking a podcasting track to Dragon*Con this year! (we hope!) Michael R. Mennenga and I are also working on establishing the Parsec Awards, rewarding excellence in podcasted SF fiction.

I’ll be at Balticon over Memorial Day weekend.

The dog needs knee surgery. Again. The other knee, this time. Crap.

We are a member of TSFPN.com

Part 2 of Heaven - remember, the title is a work in progress, so let me know if you think of anything.

Paul Tevis from Have Games Will Travel owes me a drink.

Geek Fu Action Grip will be joining Far Point Media in the future, so there may be some small changes around here.

New Geek Fu Promo!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:09:08 +0000

This one is hysterical.

New show tonight or tomorrow, as soon as I can edit it. Sorry about the lateness; I’ve been sick.

Geek Fu #62 - Heaven Pt. 1

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:02:26 +0000

The audio quality is crap, I’m still struggling with Garageband. If anyone knows of a good Garageband 3 resource, let me know.

Submission guidelines for essays

Lessons From a Geek Fu Master is available

I’m finally into Dr. Who!

I’m feeling burned out geek-wise

I missed the yearly sale at my comic book store. It makes me sad

My serialized fiction begins, with Heaven Pt. 1 (working title)

Book now available!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:04:56 +0000

Lessons From A Geek Fu Master, my book comprised of essays originally in podcast form on either this podcast or Wingin’ It, is finally done! Supplies aren’t limited, but come on, you know you want it! Order now!

Geek Fu #61 - Guest Essay! - Rated PG

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:29:26 +0000

Stuff n’ things.

We catch up. A guest reads an essay. I’ll probably have better show notes when I’m less tired. But regardless, Geek Fu is back.

Not dead yet

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:40:08 +0000

Thanks to those who have emailed me, but Geek Fu is still on hiatus as I recover from the many deadlines I had this month. I’m not dead, I promise. Should have a new one soon.

Geek Fu Brokeback Edition

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:16:43 +0000

Well, we sat in a bar at StellarCon, drank, and talked about who we would go gay for.

This podcast is not for kids. It’s also quite long.

The players:

Me
Jason from Random Signal
Christiana, author of Nina Kimberly the Merciless
Tee from Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
Davey from RotO
Diana from Spades (NOT spayed)
Nick from Lulu

I accept reponsiblity for none of it.

Geek Fu #60 - You’re Teaching My Daughter WHAT?

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:34:56 +0000

Skullcrusher Mountain

Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Share Alike 2.5 License

Sorry about the ID3 tags

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:36:06 +0000

That is all. The file is fixed now.

Geek Fu #59 - Guest Essay!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:56:53 +0000

Wingin’ It

Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Lessons from a Geek Fu Master

[EDIT - *grumble* ID3 tags… dammit…]

Geek Fu #58 - Obi Wan, Can I Borrow the Keys?

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:00:59 +0000

Back on track, here’s an essay-filled geek fu!

Report of the D&D Duke University demo
I announce Voices: New Media Fiction - a podiobook featuring Cory Doctorow, James Patrick Kelly, Patrick McLean, JR Blackwell, Jared Axlerod, Paul Jenkins, Tee Morris, Daniel Emery and Jason Erik Lundberg
I will be at StellarCon this year
We saw a fun musician last night - his podcast is The Night Sound Show
I discuss email
Essay of the week: Obi Wan, Can I Borrow the Keys to the Car?

Geek Fu #57 - Duke D&D, stress, horoscopes

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:51:23 +0000

In this podcast I test out my iRiver microphone and discuss my upcoming talk at Duke about D&D, the horrible horoscopes in the paper, and the creation of stress in lives without it.

GeekFu #56 - Everything I Learned

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:02:13 +0000

Someday I’ll get this damn podcast back on track.

Show notes n stuff:
I apologize for name idiocy - check the blog post below this one for more info. I’m not going to write “cheapass gamer” seventeen times again.
I make a deal with my listeners on politics.
My husband Jim has a podcast: The Vintage Gamer. Check it out.
And I did not get everyone sick!
I promise to work soon on my podcast CD.
I read some comics by listener Daniel Warner - check out Cocopiazo
My to-be-read list is large, but I’m starting to get through it with the help of Robin McKinley
This week’s essay discusses all the lessons we teach children and how they aren’t used as adults.

Man, I can’t get anyone’s name right

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 05:04:53 +0000

So. Ralph Nader instead of Ross Perot in Podcast #55.

And I got the wrong Cheap Ass gamer. The cheapass gamer who mixes videogame music in a podcast and contributes to the Gaming Uncensored Podcast was kind enough to point out that it was the Cheap Ass Gamer, not he, who made the donations I mentioned in Podcast #52. CAG has a podcast, incidentally, if you’re a gamer who likes to save some cash.

Geek Fu #55 - Guest Essay!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:23:56 +0000

I’m back.

Sorry for the delay, I’ve been sick.
Filk podcasts - or rather, fun podcasts: Manic Mondays, Freakin’ Funny Music, and the live streaming filk.com. [EDIT - Thanks to Tim, the Firefly filk (or Firefilk) band is the Bedlam Bards. And of course I can’t leave out my favorite filk, the Brobdingnagian Bards.]
If you’re in the pharmaceutical industry, see if you can help Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
My husband has a podcast. I’m linking to it next week. Be patient. It rocks.
PodcasterCon was fun. Had dinner from Senator John and Elizabeth Edwards, got a plug from Madge, managed to struggle through the talk… met Raequel from The Triscast, Paul and Martha from ADD and Balticon podcast, and many more.
The Queer Podcast Community
I have deadlines, so I was unable to write an essay, but Alexis wrote one for you. The Amazing Exciting Potential.

[EDIT - Good lord, I’m embarrassed. Mixed up my 3rd party presidential hopefuls. It wasn’t Ross Perot who messed up the narcoleptic meds, it was Ralph Nader. Apologies all around, and thanks to Wes for the correction.]

Geek Fu #54 - Happy New Year

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:40:43 +0000

I’m sick. Short podcast, no essay. Things can only improve.
PodcasterCon is one week away!
I’m opening Geek Fu to submissions
Go check out Paul Jenkins’ plot thingy at the Rev Up Review

Geek Fu #53 - Belated Merry Christmas

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:40:15 +0000

Just a short Christmas note I recorded on Christmas Eve…. then carried around on my iRiver for a week.

Very sorry.

Sorry for the delay

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:26:09 +0000

Got back from holiday travels and then got hit with another cold. So I’m sick again. Will get a podcast up ASAP.

Happy New Year.

And Podcastercon is only 8 days away! I should be well for that. Huzzah!

Geek Fu #52 - Competently Incompetent

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:09:31 +0000

I look around and I seem to have lost my damn list of show notes…

Ah. There it is.

I bitch about politics. And crow about politics.
Leftwing Nutjob
Evil Genius Chronicles
Win a cool toy from Thought Out by going here, getting a code, and emailing it to me with “Contest” in the subject
Jason’s Airwolf Gallery (as of 12/18 he hasn’t updated with the pics from Thursday)
Evo and I are part of A Broadcaster’s Christmas Carol
Childs Play Charity
Penny-Arcade
Cheap Ass Gamer
Gaming Uncensored
I fear I’m competently incompetent
Visit the Frappr map! I was pleased with my numbers until I heard Mike and Evo’s numbers…

Last year, around this time, I had a couple of Christmas wishes. I wished for a plug from Dave Slusher, which I got in a bittersweet fashion that proved the adage of being careful what you wish for. This year I’d like more listeners, so tell a friend about Geek Fu. I’d like a book deal too, but to get that I have to get off my ass and finish editing the novel.

Geek Fu Promo

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:52:03 +0000

Several people have asked me for the Geek Fu Promo, so I’m putting it out on the feed. You can also find it on my Podcast Pickle page. Same for I Should Be Writing (pickle page), by the way.

Promo

Geek Fu #51: Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers Pt. 3

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:02:48 +0000

Happy Birthday Geek Fu!

I have strep throat, so Jason from Random Signal serves as my co-host for this episode.
Wil Wheaton has a podcast! Be still my geeky heart.
We get a peek of Geek Fu #1
Then we hear the end of Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers
Birthday greetings from The Seanachai, The Dragon Page, Escape Pod, Podcast 411, Contentious, Pop Goes the Culture, The Rev Up Review and Comicology! Thanks so much, everyone!
We have a contest coming up. Send me an email (mightymur AT gmail DOT com) with the subject “contest” and in the message tell me what you think Geek Fu should get for its birthday, as well as the code you will find on this page. The best answer will win a car dock for your iPod! (Info on the page you find the code.)
Thanks to our sponsor,

(bad words in this one…)

Geek Fu #50: Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers Pt. 2

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:12:40 +0000

Part 2 of Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers:

Happy Birthday to Geek Fu on December 9!
Is there a filk podcast out there?
Geek 4X4
Random Signal
Cafe Press Store is up!
Angi Shearstone
Writers for Relief Anthology
Frappr
Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers, Pt. 2
And thanks for everyone who sent a note about my dog. She’s much better, thanks.

Geek Fu #49 - Merry Christmas from the Heartbreakers

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:54:57 +0000

Lessons From the Geek Fu Master

The Poe Podcast Project

Geek Fu #48 - Things That Should Be Funny Pt 2

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:05:19 +0000

So here it is. The Jones Soda debacle.

Podcaster Con

Jones Soda

Geek Fu #47 - Things That Should Be Funny

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:54:02 +0000

New show! Check me out.

Lessons of the Geek Fu Master

Podcast411

Cafe Press

For Itunes subscribers

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:36:17 +0000

Apparently iTunes did not catch part 3 in the feed, so I’m reposting it. Apologies to people who get this twice.

Geek Fu #46 - Barry Koleman, Hero (Pt 3)

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:43:08 +0000

Two weeks later, I return! To make up for being late, you get both parts of Barry Koleman, Hero in two podcasts.

I Should Be Writing

Dominant Species

Lessons from the Geek Fu Master

Mirrormask

Astro City

Geek Fu #45 - Barry Koleman, Hero (Pt 2)

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 01:55:12 +0000

Two weeks later, I return! To make up for being late, you get both parts of Barry Koleman, Hero in two podcasts.

I Should Be Writing

Dominant Species

Lessons from the Geek Fu Master

Mirrormask

Astro City

More podcast delays

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:02:56 +0000

Too sick to podcast, or read. Very sorry. Hope to update soon.

Geek Fu #44 - Barry Koleman, Hero (Pt. 1)

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:02:36 +0000

So very much to talk about. Former prom date goes mad! The middle class have SUCH problems. And Mur puts out fiction over podcast because an essay failed to leave her mind this week.

Penny Arcade

Child’s Play

Geek Fu Shirts

Skepticality - Derek Blog

How to Succeed in Evil

Evil Genius Chronicles

survey

Mirrormask

I Should Be Writing

Geek Fu #43 - Prevention and Cure

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:20:50 +0000

So very late. So very sorry.

You have a chance to win swag from the Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean movie, Mirrormask! All you need to do to qualify for our random drawing is fill out this survey. Please note the “not a tool” policy - I don’t do anything with the personal info except contact the winner and then I throw the rest away!

Order Now

Leslie and the Lys: Gem Sweater

Alien EthOS

The Year of Coffee

Unquiet Desperation

Geek Fu #42 - Domestic Goddess

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:31:22 +0000

This one is tired and short, and quite late. Sorry about that. Adult language. It’s about plants. And godhood.

Buy a T-shirt with a donation of $16

Duke Podcasting Symposium

New Contest Coming!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:39:39 +0000

I’ve been gnashing my teeth about the fact that Mirrormask is not coming to NC in the forseeable future, but then I got the opportunity to run a contest to give away Mirrormask swag! So if you are in one of the lucky places it’s coming out, please go see it and tell me how wonderful it is. Stay tuned for the contest info, I’ve got some really cool stuff to give out!

Geek Fu #41 - Geeky Parenting

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 12:36:24 +0000

Well, some of you asked for it, more insight into being a geek and a parent. Here ya go.

Wow, check me out: lots of show notes!

Treo Cast (Rita Cast)
Duke Podcasting Symposium
Random Signal
Dave’s Lounge
Eat Feed
Audio Activism
Beyond the Storm
Chapel Hill Comics Zombie Reception
Angi Shearstone
The Signal

Geek Fu #40 - Delusions of Grandeur Pt. 2

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:50:01 +0000

Wow. 40. Maybe I should throw a party at 50.

Geeks who run. Check out forums. And a questionable yet clever card game called Gloom.

Geek Fu Forums
Have Games, Will Travel
Random Signal
Autism Run
Dragon Page
Seanachai
American Red Cross
Salvation Army

Lazy Mur - Pictures

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:49:28 +0000

Pictures! You’ve wanted pictures, you got them. Only, I’m lazy and pointing at my good friend Eric Coker’s photo album. There are three or four pics of me, my husband, and Jason from Random Signal. And yes, you can see that the hair is purple.

There are also pics of the podcasting panel. Which I’m considering putting out on the net, since no one else has done so yet.

Forgot to mention

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:17:03 +0000

Got an email from beth who said:

…I’ll mention a web site I’m involved with that is helping people contact friends and family who are missing, http://www.familymessages.org or http://familymessages.yahoo.net. Anything you could do to help spread the word about the site would be great and help people find each other.

So spread the word.

Geek Fu #39.5 - Good Good Things

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:28:05 +0000

Sad, then happy.

Congrats to the winners of the Split Reason sponsored random drawing contest!
Send healing thoughts to Derek of Skepticality
The RPG book to benefit the victims of hurricane Katrina: Beyond the Storm

Geek Fu #39 - Dean Haglund interview

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:25:59 +0000

Whee. I’m back. Promise. Deadlines are achieved, sleep has been accomplished, passive voice is back in full force.

This is my dragoncon podcast, where I intereviewed Dean Haglund because he asked me to.

Show notes. Are there any show notes? Oh, well, I should link to dean, I suspect.

Dean’s site
Chill pak - his invention

Another geek fu will be forthcoming very shortly, back on our regular programming, and announcements of the winner of the t-shirt contest from our sponsor, Split Reason!

No Stretch Breaks in Hell

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:36:02 +0000

Got back from vacation to hear “hey, didn’t I tell you, your deadline is Friday” when I already had a deadline on Friday. So I’ve been stressed. Podcasts have suffered.

Then today I got another email, “Oh, can you make it Thursday instead? If not, then first thing Friday is fine.” [emphasis mine]

See, maybe it’s the RPG writer in me, but I tend to believe that when the assignment is due on Friday, that means the end of the day on Friday, meaning I have Friday to work on it. Sigh.

Late nights. No game night (for me). Late podcats. Very very sad.

Donations Stopped

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:38:26 +0000

Donations to Geek Fu have stopped for an indefinite period - if you have spare cash, the nicest thing you can do to show appreciation for my show is to donate to the American Red Cross.

Please give. Things are unbelievable down there.

S#*$

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:22:18 +0000

I just got an email from lulu.com that my CD’s won’t work because they are mono and they require stereo.

They did not tell me they required stereo files when I made the CD’s.

So whoever tried to order them - please email me privately and I’ll burn you the CD’s you want. They won’t have pretty artwork, but at least you’ll get them…

Grumble.

Geek Fu #38 - Creativity is hard

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:29:27 +0000

Sorry this is late, haven’t felt terribly inspired lately. We have a new contest, I’ll do a random drawing of emails I get for free shirts! Whoo! Thanks to the sponsor, Splitreason.com.

Hopes, thoughts, and prayers are with the people who are affected by Katrina.

Forgot to mention we have new forums at TSFPN.com!

Geek Fu Swag

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:02:43 +0000

OK, t-shirts are available! Here’s the deal - to save money, for me and you, I had to order in bulk, so the only sizes I have are L and XL currently. If you want another size, email me and I’ll make a note to put it in the next order. If you are interested in black, or the breast pocket design, let me know and I’ll make a note of that as well (do these in email, not in order, because I want to be able to send you your order when you make it.)

If you’re international, email me and we can discuss shipping charges, then make your purchase through the donation button.

US Shipping - $3

Confusing enough? Well, if you have questions, feel free to email me.

You can also purchase my CD’s of earlier shows as well. CD 2 should be available today.

Geek Fu Swag

Geek Fu #37 - OLD

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:15:59 +0000

Interestingly enough, I cover a lot of ground here in about 20 minutes. Go me. Shows what preparing can do for you. New podcast, tshirts coming very soon, CD’s available now, and this is the Geek Ladies’ Show, and a geeky guy thrown in for flavor.

I Should Be Writing

Rev Up Review

Vox Monitor review of Escape Pod

Have Games, Will Travel

Thanks again to Split Reason, our Sponsors to save the Phenomenauts:

Geek Note, New Podcast!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:22:47 +0000

Yar, I’m hijacking the feed today to announce my new podcast, I Should Be Writing. I hope you enjoy it and subscribe to it. The regular Geek Fu will come back this weekend.

Geek Note
I Should Be Writing | Show 1

Geek Fu #36 - Geek Cruises

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:47:18 +0000

Last Geek Music cast! From now on, I’ll be doing features on Jason Adams’ podcast, Random Signal, to introduce music. But we go out with the Beatnik Turtles, and talk about games for 2 players, Firefly, and discussions on why throwing a bunch of geeks in the middle of an ocean is not the best idea, for me, anyway.

Save the Phenomenauts!

Thanks again to our Sponsors to save the Phenomenauts:

Geek Fu #35 - The Wisdom of Douglas Adams

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 02:54:57 +0000

My Odeo Channel (odeo/b24793b97f50478b) (yeah, I really messed up Odeo… what’s it to ya?)

Kinda disjointed this podcast. I break my promise about this being my last geek music podcast, but I make it up to you guys who don’t like the music by a) playing it at the end and b) not cheating you out of the essay, which is about Douglas Adams.

The deal with the music is that the Phenomenauts need money - they had their bus do very bad things in Nebraska, which Mike Mennenga tells me is a horror in itself. They are now suffering from several thousands of dollars in repair bills. They and the Epoxies cannot continue the second leg of their tour without these repairs. So, they need help. And I and my sponsor, Split Reason, are willing to reward you for your generosity.

For the next two weeks, the top 5 donators to the Phenomenauts will receive t-shirts from Split Reason, and the top contributor will get a Geek Fu Action Grip t-shirt. Be sure to mention in the paypal transaction that you’re coming from Geek Fu Action Grip, or you won’t be entered into the contest!

Thanks a lot to my sponsor, Split Reason, for helping me help the Phenomenauts.

Other stuff: partnership with Random Signal, geek shower gel, and the mourning of Douglas Adams.

Random Signal

Save the Phenomenauts!

Duke Podcasting Symposium

PodcasterCon

(oh, and I’ll be getting Geek Fu tshirts in soon, so we’ll be able to start selling! Woot!)

Update for Geek Fu 34

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:13:59 +0000

The essay made it into the MP3 file completely unedited, so sorry about that. I’ve fixed it. I’m not going to post it as a new enclosure, but if you want to download a fresh copy, you are free to do so.

I do NOT have RSS-fu, and am unsure how to get the old file out of my feed. I’m hoping it will update on its own. I have noticed the RSS seems to lag behind if I ever edit it. Multiple apologies for all the confusion, especially if you download two copies of the podcast…

Geek Fu #34 - Smoke and Mirrors

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 03:48:24 +0000

New format - hopefully seamless to you guys. Welcome if you’re here from the Penny Arcade link the second, I hope the site holds up better this time. Stuffy men, writing, plea for more geeky women podcasters, pictures, interviews, and more!

I always forget to mention my forums…

Apologies for the previously unedited file. It’s fixed now.

Pitchers!

Birthday and Fangirl Crush Musings

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:38:31 +0000

For about the last 12 years, I have celebrated my brithday along with Jason from Random Signal, his birthday being July 19 and mine the 25th. We celebrate the 6 days that we are the same age. Not once have I celebrated the fact that, for four days after that, I am the same age as Wil Wheaton.

This must stop.

So happy birthday, Wil, enjoy 33 and I’ll see you there next July 25.

Geek Fu #33 - You Had Me, Then You Lost Me

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:57:26 +0000

My Odeo Channel (odeo/58da2acbe4a7476c) (Pay no attention to this. Stupid WP won’t recognize comment tags)

Thirty three. I mention birthday prep, congrats to the brobdingnagian bards, upcoming Dragon*Con panel, and an essay about books that I desperately tried to like, cause everyone else liked them.

Brobdingnagian Bards on CDbaby

Dragon*Con

If I’ve forgotten any, let me know. Some people make notes while editing that they need links, but not me! I live life on the EDGE! The edge of laziness and forgetfulness!

Gah…

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:21:01 +0000

Podcast is recorded. halfway through editing and mixing, Audacity died on me. No time to fix, gotta get ready for a birthday party. Will fix and upload tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.

*grumble grumble need that mac and garageband grumble grumble*

Long Time Listener Help!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:12:35 +0000

If any long-time listener can mail me a copy of the very first geek fu action grip, along with their home address, I will send them one of my prototype Geek Fu Action Grip t-shirts.

I can’t believe I don’t have a copy…. sigh…

[EDIT] OK, my husband wins. He keeps better backups than I do. But he already has a shirt. So I will have to come up with some other giveaway…

Geek Fu #32 - Tivo Nation

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:44:24 +0000

You know, next week I turn 32. And this is my 32nd podcast. I’m vaguely disappointed that I didn’t manage to time this *just so*, since next week will be podcast the 33rd. Ah well.

This podcast marks the return of the essay! And I review Alpha Shade, discuss my trip to the Mac store, and other sundries.

And happy birthday Jason! (on the 19th)

Geek Fu #31

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:02:10 +0000

Special Guest Jason Adams from Random Signal returns, and we do geek music again. Jason breaks me at the end. You’ve been warned. There’s swearing. There’s Batman Begins spoilers.

I mention that if you do skype me (mightymur), please let me know who you are and why you’re messaging me. Something as simple as “I listen to your podcast and want to say hi.” That’s all I need.

And I forgot to mention (I even had a note for this) that even though I can’t talk about what I’m writing now, I can tell you what I’ve written that has just been published: World of Warcraft the RPG and Cult of Illuminated. And I’ve decided to change my last name to Aardvark because then I won’t be lost in the “et. al.” list of authors on a book.

Podcast notes:

Geek Fu #30 - I made it to 30! Woot!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:07:37 +0000

This podcast is all over the place. I am extremely tired. Saturday’s will be more structure, promise.

If I forgot to link something, send me an email. I mentioned I’m a little tired….

(Coming soon: pics of the geek fu prototype t-shirt, pics of my super rad Aquabats t-shirt, and pictures of my nerd-alert gemstone D20 earrings.)

Geek FUBAR

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:14:21 +0000

Ahem. Yes, the SQL database did not like all you zombies looking at it. It pouted and stamped its foot. It whined. And then it held its breath until it passed out.

This is a temp fix. Be nice to this site. Like the sun, don’t stare at it too long. Like Jenga, don’t pull the wrong support out. Like a bad simile, don’t talk like Mur…

Thanks for your patience. I’ll be back online Wednesday.

Geek Fu #29

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:01:21 +0000

Still no essay, but much discussion on Origins, work, Howl’s Moving Castle, a plug, and more. Fresh essay at The Dragon Page.

If you’re interested in a Geek Fu Action Grip t-shirt, drop me a line and let me know. I have prototypes and will start ordering them for real if there’s enough interest. I can get pictures up soon, if you need.

Thank you Nicole Simon!

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:08:03 +0000

Nicole started hosting my podcasts at just the right time. When my server was at 91% of used bandwidth, Penny Arcade linked to me after checking out the web comic Alpha Shade (and their podcast, Alpha Rant.)

Thanks, Nicole. And welcome, Penny Arcade readers.

Heads up

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 01:59:21 +0000

If you get the latest podcast twice, I apologize. My server is screaming at me, and I switched the RSS to point to Nicole Simon’s server, as she is lending me space and bandwidth. Thanks, Nicole, you rock! If RSS makes you download the file twice, I apologize.

Geek Fu #28 - Geeks and Music

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:41:37 +0000

So there is no essay, but my friend Jason from the Random Signal podcast drops by and we talk a lot about geek music.

Awesome new logo by Angi Shearstone.

The notes!

The Science Fiction Podcast Network

(Oh, and apologies for the frequent setting-down-of-beer-bottle noises. My new mic picks up everything)

Podcast delayed 1 day

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 20:22:12 +0000

I wanted to have a guest star for the next podcast, and he had to leave town to see his father-in-law. So we’re recording tomorrow night. Thanks for your patience.

Geek Fu #27 - No Shame

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:35:17 +0000

Actually the podcast - the essay - has to do with writer’s block. But the very first part of the podcast shows I have no shame. So vote! Vote for the boobs!

Podcast Outlaws

Daughters of Freya

Nuketown Radio Active

For the record, because I am paranoid in retrospect, I wish to clarify the following things: I am not saying I came up with Podcast Outlaws first. I thought it was a cool idea because it reminded me of something I wanted to do. That’s all.

Oh, and…

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:37:38 +0000

If you want a sneak peek at what I’m reviewing this week on the podcast, check out the Email Mystery.

In Which I Show Off My Ig’nernt Side

mightymur@gmail.com (Mur Lafferty) — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:31:59 +0000

How the crap is This WEEK in TECH #1 on podcast alley when I haven’t downloaded any shows? I’ve checked the feed three times, and it’s not seeing any shows. I really doubt people people would be voting for a show that isn’t really there, so the problem is obviously on my end…

If anyone could help, I’d apprecaite it. I’ve been wanting to check it out.