The Rissington Podcast

Episode Fifteen

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:07:55 +1000

The one where we meet “The One They Call Fido Gesiwuj”

Link Poos

Comics we read: Buster, Beano, Cheeky, Look In, 2000AD, Warror, Deadline and Eagle.
Domain registars mentioned: Cheapnames, Easily and 123 Reg
The Star Wars Lego walkthrough
The brilliant Alarm will sound covering the Aphex Twin
Our Last.FM accounts: John Oxton and Hicksdesign
John endorses Wusthof Classic chef knives, sharpened by Taylors
Mutiny over the Bounty by John Shuttleworth, grieving for the loss of the cardboard tray in the Bounty Bar.

Will it Blend?

Episode Fourteen

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:06:25 +1000

Comin’ atch from the ‘wolds!

This episodes Linky Poos

Not many linkys this week – there more abstract concepts than usual.

asv_tumblog plugin for Textpattern
Chryp, the lightweight blogging engine.
We use Samson USB Condenser microphones and record CD quality in Audio Hijack Pro. The recorded file is then levelled in the genius Levelator and put together in Garageband.

Stinking Bishop cheese. Smells like arse, tastes lovely

Episode Thirteen

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:06:10 +1000

The episode in which we give you space for reflection.

This episode’s linky-poos:

Sender of the stickers The Fawcett Inn
Tea Cosy, Teamrooms
Tony Hart
Take Hart
The amazing adventures of Morph (youTube)
Upper Rissington
RAF Little Rissington
DOM scripting
JavaScript: The Definite Guide
jQuery
Source of the GOOD MEAT about 2.05 mins in Stalins brother the babysitter (youTube)
Mouseposé
OmniDazzle
ScreenFlow
Metal Mickey
Metal Mickey theme tune (youTube)
Tascam US122L USB2 audio interface
Logic Express
JML toastbags
Coldplay iTunes ad
That cheesy pony ad tune
Cockney Rhyming Slang

Graphics Editor or Text Editor?

Episode Twelve

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:05:58 +1000

Being the episode where all 4 of us in Team Rissington share 2 mics. We also implement a swear-box, with donations going to our breakfast baps and Quake Aid Casserole.

The Linky-Poos!

Finding the central meeting point of several addresses on a map Mezzoman
We’re mentioning and linking to the WordCamp UK Wiki and Mailing List because Ian asked very nicely.
Kev Adamsons question generated an ad about Yurt Camping in Wales
The panel mentioned the glorious Speak your Branes, and suggested The Serif, AceJet, Dieline (packaging design blog), Monoscope and Textism.
Brands we love and are inspired by: Howies and Lego.
The embedded player in the podcast comes courtesy of jnm_audio textpattern plugin.

Phil Sherry’s charity Eyefund

BBC Wales uses arial instead of Verdana

Please no more questions about Textpattern, Fireworks or favourite text editors!

Episode Eleven

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:05:41 +1000

The Texpattern appreciation episode or, if you prefer, the diss Paul Boag episode.

This episode’s linky-poos:

Bite Size Standards
Elbow
Textpattern
Hicksmade.com
Unlimited Custom Fields plugin for Textpatterm
Unlimited Categories plugin for Textpattern
TextCommerce ecommerce for Textpattern, currently in Alpha
Trading Eye ecommerce solution
Fontstuct online font creator.
Fontforge open source font editor
Fontlab Studio the professional font editor app.
Angel Delight DON’T MIX WITH FRUIT!
Nice cup of tea and a sit down
Textpattern Resources
Textpattern tag list
Textpattern Tumblelog plugin

Dancing priest

Episode Ten

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:14 +1000

The outtakes are in episode.

In an attempt to streamline the process and get more episodes out more often we are experimenting with no editing. We’ve also ditched the .m4a version for the time being, hurrah!

This episode’s linky-poos:

The ever useful instantrimshot.com
Analog In, Digital Out by Brendan Dawes
Pixar’s Brad Bird on Fostering Innovation
Joshua Davis
Jon recommends A Book about Design (Complicated doesn’t make it Good) by Mark Gonyea.
The Poetic Prophet, the SEO Rapper speaks the truth about ‘Design Coding’. Make sure you do it great, or it won’t validate!

Eddie Izzard talks about the Universe

Your podcast needs you!

Don’t forget chaps, without your questions there is no podcast. Take a moment and think about a world where the only choice is Boagworld… exactly! So, send your questions about life, the universe and everything to therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com

Episode Nine

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:38 +1000

Recorded weeks ago, but finally edited!

This episodes link-poos:

Tim Van Damme for the excellent tingy tings for Made by Elephant
Hicksmade made the felt tingy tings.
Sam Brown is this Sam Brown, not this Sam Brown
Firefox Crop Circle on Google Maps
Death Star Canteen by Eddie Izzard, animated in Lego.
Subversion Cheat Sheet (PDF!)
Rissington Mind Maps

Ryan Carsons’ 4 day working week

Episode Eight

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:04:59 +1100

This show was recorded back in February, but only now have we had the chance to edit it and get it out. This one features Mr Clayson more, which is a joy to behold.

Shout Outs

Alun Rowe, Mayor of Thame, for the lovely RAF books

Relly Annett-Baker for the cross stitch instructions of the Rissington Podcast

The Questions

What Podcasts do you listen to regularly? John chose The Onion, Hospital Records, NeverRain and Zane Lowe. Jon chose They Might Be Giants podcast for families and the Maniacal Rage Podcast, In our time and the Summer Heights High video podcast.
Resources for Fireworks: There aren’t any – leave suggestions in the comments!
How do you respond when a client asks you just to ‘make a website?’.
Advice for a Morale Officer!
Differences between US and UK clients
Most British way to respond to client critiscm
Which gigs are most looking forward to this year? At any cost, we’d see Chris Joss (John) and Starflyer 59 (Jon)
Savoury pies: Shortcrust or Puff Pastry top? Best filling?
What CMS?
Would you rather design an entire web in lite brite or finger paint?

Tips for representing yourself online.

Notes

Child buys car on ebay

Since the recording of this episode, Safari 3.1 has been released, which supports @font-face – no need to download a nightly (unless you want to!).

BTW – today is the 90th anniversary of the RAF!

Episode Seven

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:02:12 +1100

The links for this week’s show include an interesting Em vertical rhythm calculator, The font pairing article Jon couldn’t find last time and the fantastic Gelaskins one of which is now stuck to John Oxton’s MacBook.

Episode 8 will be a little while coming; we’re going to do it properly this time!

Episode Six

therissingtonpodcast@gmail.com (Jon Hicks and John Oxton) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:01:15 +1100

Relax, we’re still podcasting! Just because we don’t knock them out in our sleep like Mr Boag, doesn’t mean we’ve stopped. Quality not quantity folks! Anyway, herewith another broadcast from the Rissington HQ.

This shows questions include:

How do you explain the internets to people who don’t eat often?
What’s your biggest cock-up?
Is it OK to wee in the shower?
Presents for Typophiles
Font Management
Using Free Templates

Poached Eggs: What’s your method?

Also introducing our recent office-buddy acquistion and expert tea maker, the spiffing Mr Simon Clayson.

This show’s links:

The wonderful OXO poster sent to us from Michael Grinstead.
Simon Warrick’s blog
Ask a Ninja explains Podcasting
Hoefler and Frere Jones Christmas presents for Typophiles and the Helvetica Film
Linotype Font Explorer, the wonderful, free font management app.

For typefaces that work well together, see this article on FontFont as well as this one