Radio Free Burrito

Radio Free Burrito: Episode Thirty-Three

Wil — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:01:43 -0700

Holy Crap it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

Today, I talked about some games I've been playing, rambled a little (a lot) and talked a bit about comic books and beer. It's a stream of consciousness RFB, so you probably want to skip this one.

If you're still thinking about listening to this, be warned: something PROFOUNDLY OFFENSIVE EVEN TO ME comes up in the demo of Cards Against Humanity.

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast did, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is Gidget Goes to Hell by Suburban Lawns.
Listen to Janitor here. In fact, watch it, too. This is what music videos started out as, kids.
Learn more about this fantastic New Wave band here.
Here's a random link from Wikipedia.
Here's Cards Against Humanity.
7 Wonders is really a lot of fun. Don't bother getting the expansions.
This seems legit.
The Resistance works with 5, but it really comes alive with 7 or more.
Reddit agrees with my conclusion about why there's been a troll explosion recently.
I feel like this is as necessary as explaining how to buckle an airplane seatbelt, but here's my show Tabletop on Geek and Sundry.
The soundtrack from VVVVVV is called PPPPPP (because why wouldn't it?) and can be purchased from Souleye, who composed it.
Did you know you can get a little smooshy plush version of me? Now you do.
Massive thanks to Kathleen for getting me a new bell just like this one. Yeah, it's a classy bell, right there. It doesn't try to be all fancy; it just does what a good bell should do.
I know that I'm forgetting something.
I'm also forgetting something else.
Does anyone read these notes?
I wrote about the Parsely System on my blog.
Paul and Storm made a video for Write Like The Wind.
This episode is about 49.4MB. Goddamn, thats a lot of Ms and Bs.
This episode is about 51 minutes long. That's probably where all the Ms and Bs came from.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
Please note that I've been wishing for Apple to fix this bug for over twofour years. Yay.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Thirty-Two

Wil — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:01:31 -0700

Holy Crap, after more than a year, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

Today, I read some stories from my blog, talked about some stuff, and played some weird and wonderful music.

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast did, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is The Summer Place, by Fountains of Wayne.
The first "commercial" from Paul and Storm is just silence. I messed up and put it on the wrong track. I'll fix it over the weekend.
You now have no excuse to not read The Bloggess.
Look, I gave her some twine.
I'm finally on Facebook.
Here's a random link from Wikipedia.
I forgot to screencap and link to that picture of the panning in Carnivale... whatever you have in your imagination is probably better, anyway.
I don't have a bell right now, but when I do, it's going to be like this one. Yeah, that's a classy bell, right there. It doesn't try to be all fancy; it just does what a good bell should do.
Apollo 18, people. Listen to it on shuffle.
This episode is about 17MB.
This episode is about 37 minutes long.
There are about 15 seconds of unnecessary silence at the end of the show. You get those for free. You're welcome.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
Please note that I've been wishing for Apple to fix this bug for over two years. Yay.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Thirty-One

Wil — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:05:25 -0800

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito! That's two new episodes in two weeks, for those of you keeping score at home.

On this RFB, I read the story I wrote last week, called 239 Sycamore St.

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is Hey You, by Pink Floyd.
I couldn't find the link I mentioned, but here's Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 3 from Dallas. Wow.
You can get your very own How We Roll T-shirt from shirt.woot.com right here. Yay!
This episode is 18MB.
This episode is about 19 minutes long.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
Please note that I've been wishing for Apple to fix this bug for over a year. Yay.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Thirty

Wil — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:11:09 -0800

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

On this RFB, I deliver a bunch of weird audio collected from the internets, a whole lot of thank yous, and a reading from the special edition of The Happiest Days of Our Lives.

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is Ceremony, by New Order.
You can check out Incredible, But True at the Internet Archive.
If you enjoy Old Time Radio, you'll definitely want to acquaint yourself with the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
In case you wanted to see one of Nolan's art things. (Not the thing mentioned in this episode, but a thing nonetheless.)
Really, Amazon?
When you build your time machine and visit Mountain Park, try to act surprised when Zoltan gives you advice.
This episode is 35.6MB.
This episode is about 37 minutes long.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
Please note that I've been wishing for Apple to fix this bug for over a year. Yay.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Nine

Wil — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:41:17 -0700

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

This episode was made possible by the generous contributions of listeners like you, as well as a grant from the We Didn't Really Give You A Grant, Wil, Foundation.

Show Notes:

This show doesn't have the best audio in the world, because I used my MBP's internal mic to record it, after the mic I bought this afternoon ended up not working with my computer for some reason. I know it's not the best, but it's not as bad as I thought it would be.
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music comes from one of my favorite PC games of all time, Interstate 76.
You can still make contributions to Team Wheaton. Here's our Wiggle Waggle Walk homepage.
This show features a reading of my original story The Last Unicorn (Pegasus Kitten) from Clash of the Geeks.
For context to the Unicorn Pegasus Kitten insanity, check out Scalzi's blog, my blog, and Scalzi's blog again.
This is the original Unicorn Pegasus Kitten picture.
This is Seamus. I know, right?
This episode is about 15.5MB.
This episode is about 32 minutes long.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Eight

Wil — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:41:24 -0700

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

Has it really been three weeks since the last show? I guess it has. Well, I brought a note that will hopefully excuse my absence...

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is Head On, by Jesus and Mary Chain, from their album Automatic.
Seriously, check out Slacker; it's awesome.
This show is almost entirely an interview with Felicia Day about The Guild.
Turns out neither one of us could remember who that artist was, and my Google-fu in this regard is appallingly weak. Luckily for me, listener McKenneth Blue is a fountain of art (and other) knowledge, and told me that the painter is, in fact, Magritte.
Patrick Duffy reference!
Slightly-different Patrick Duffy reference!
Patrick Duffy leg!
The Guild: Season 3 at Amazon.
I played a tiny bit of Elvis Costello's Miracle Man, from the album My Aim is True.
Unless you hate comedy, you should listen to the nerdist podcast.
You may also want to listen to Knights of the Guild.
This episode is about 48MB.
This episode is about 49 minutes long.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Seven

Wil — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:45:56 -0700

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

Let's all celebrate the departure of the Goddamn Motherfucking Bulldozer with a reading from Just A Geek!

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is Enjoy The Silence , by Depeche Mode, from their seminal album Violator .
The Reddit post about DM, in case you wanted to see it.
The volume of nostalgic commercials at YouTube is staggering and wonderful. Here's the Commodore 64 commercial I played today.
Here's William Fucking Shatner beaming in from the future to tell us all about the wonder computer of the 1980s.
The song I wanted to play but ended up having to cut is called Misery, by The Dynamics. It seems a little silly that I can link to a version of it and that's fine, but if I actually played it in the podcast, I could get into trouble.
Last week, I said, "I just realized that I have friends who do awesome things, and I should make them the unofficial sponsors of RFB each week, so RFB listeners can discover nifty things. I hope I remember to do that next week." Oh shit. I forgot to do that this week.
Today, I read a modified version of The Wesley Dialogs from Just A Geek.
This episode is about 35MB.
This episode is about 36 minutes long.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Six

Wil — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:59:55 -0700

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

At long last, the planets align, I have time and ideas, and the GDMF construction next door is quiet.

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is from The Legend of Zelda, one of my favorite video games of all time.
On today's show, I read two stories from The Happiest Days of Our Lives, currently available from Subterranean Press as a special edition.
There is also an audio version of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, if you'd like to hear me read even more of it to you.
Movin' Right Along was performed by 15-16 Puzzle. If you have some time to check out his musical archives, I believe you will find it worth your while.
I decided that this episode was brought to you by coffee ... specifically the amazing cup of Sumatra that I made using beans that were roasted by my friend Aric. He's @WayOfCoffee on Twitter, and you can even order your own amazing beans from him at FremontCoffee.net. Did I mention that they're amazing? They totally are.
I just realized that I have friends who do awesome things, and I should make them the unofficial "sponsors" of RFB each week, so RFB listeners can discover nifty things. I hope I remember to do that next week.
When I read Close Your Eyes and Then It's Past, I played music from Robert Rich as a bed. He has a ton of albums at Magnatune.com; I used music from Calling Down The Sky today.
Actually, well over 90% of listeners said the audio levels were messed up, and that the music, which I'd hoped would be a nice background bed, was actually way too loud and distracted from my reading. Since this podcast is all about me, I remastered the episode and removed the music.
Of course, if you didn't get this episode right when it was released yesterday, you probably won't notice the difference. Ahhhh ... BLISSS!
This episode is about 69.5MB. Yikes.
This episode is about 48 minutes long.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Five

Wil — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:40:10 -0700

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

It's a relatively quick show this week, but it sure was amusing to me while I made it.

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is Steppin' Out by Joe Jackson. It was originally released on his record Night And Day. Most of his catalog is really great, but Look Sharp! is probably his best. It's one of my desert island discs, for those of you keeping score at home.
On today's show, I told two stupid jokes, and read something I cut out of an early draft of my PAX East keynote.
Here's the first link I came across when I googled Personics System. Here's the second. I guess I just answered my "did I talk about this before" question.
I played a song called Rock Awhile by Goree Carter and his Hepcats. I have no idea where it came from.
This episode is about 10MB. Ahhh.
This episode is about 22 minutes long.
I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast. Listener Dave K. built a workaround that you can learn all about here. Thanks, Dave!
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done. Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
This is the end of the notes.

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Radio Free Burrito: Episode Twenty-Four

Wil — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:26:05 -0700

Holy Crap, it's time for a new episode of Radio Free Burrito!

It's one of those shows where I talked for an hour, and feel like I didn't say anything at all.

Also, I am aware that the tags are screwed up and the feed doesn't validate, so unless you're grabbing RFB from iTunes or getting it directly here, it's a giant hassle to get it. I am aware of this problem, but it's a gigantic pain in the ass for me to correct it, given the tools I have available to me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and I'm very annoyed by it, but I can make a podcast, or I can be a bug-squashing code monkey. I can't do both, and I quite frankly prefer making the podcast.

Show Notes:

The logo was designed by WWdN:iX reader Marc, who asked that I not link to his "in progress" website. Thanks, Marc!
Radio Free Burrito doesn't work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast does, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages from sensitive people. You have been warned.
This week's theme music is Driver 8, from REM's amazing Fables Of The Reconstruction.
On today's show, I talked about the responses and thoughts I had when I told Twitter, "All I want to do today is listen to REM and paint 40K figures. It would be like sitting in my dressing room in 1988, minus the muscle suit."
Here I am on Twitter. If you choose to follow me, read this first.
Warhammer 40K is an amazing universe, with more than just Ultramarines in it.
Ultramarine loyalists: I don't have anything against your chapter. It was just a silly thing with my friends when I was 14. Please don't hurt me.
You can get your own copy of Dungeon Delve at Amazon.
If you're interested in checking out D&D 4th Edition, this post on my blog may help you get started. If you're interested in running a game, I once talked a little bit about the art of DMing.
The Freeport setting from Green Ronin is intended for D&D 3.5 (or compatible rules, like True 20 or Pathfinder) but it's really neat and very easy to swap out the 3.5 creatures and NPCs for 4e equivalents.
Toward the end of the show, I played Downstream by Shira Kammen from the Soundtrack to Braid, available from Magnatune.com.
This episode is about 55MB. Holy shit.
This episode is about 57 minutes long. Holy shit.
Again, no embedded artwork. This distresses me, but it's Apple's fault, not mine, and it's too much of a pain in the ass to get it done (please see the above note.) Hopefully, they'll fix the bug REALLY SOON.
This is the end of the notes.

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