http://www.thegeeklyweekly.com/tgw/Podcast/Entries/2008/10/11_Episode_10%3A_NerdSmack.html
Sorry for the scratchiness and general nasally-ness of my voice-- I was just coming off of a Cold From Hell.

IN this ep, we cover more evidence of the "Geekly Weekly Bump", news on the DSi and Punch Out!, Facebook an last.fm making forays into computer games, Stephen Colbert teaming up with Spiderman, our Geek of the Week, Strange Internet findings, Video Game My Wife Is Obsessed With This Week, and more.

Well, crap.

9:43- open gmail, lj, associated content. check gmail,. lj associated content, thismodernworld.
9:45- logout of AC, switch thismodernworld to metafilter, answer emails.
9:45- finish emails, log in to lj, close metafilter.
9:53- typing this entry.

Total jobs applie for today-

craigslist: 1 freelance, 5 full time
careerbulder- 13
monster- 3
jobing- 5

interview this friday for gas station clerk.  my tempature is just below 100, i feel like yuck. wish me luck on friday.

10:57- comp turned back on to attach external HD & usb mp3 player to load songs from backup of my computer onto player.
11:01- windows is freezing up w/both HD and player in USB ports.
11:04- will try & attach HD only, copy mp3s locally, then copy to player.
11:07-- never mind! turns out that when I copied my music folder from my computer before I gave t up, the folder copied, but ot the files, so I'm out my entire music collection!
11:10- removing external HD, taking my usb hub back to my room, grabbing my player with 18 songs on it for the walk to able body temp services. afk.
12:42- back. at michelle's uggestion ("we have limewire"), attempting to rebuild music collection in background while doing other tasks open ie, gmail tab, gmail sent, craigslist, lj.
12:43 - respon to lj comment, check lj jobssection. othing new in jobs. close lj.
12:45- reply to email, to check metafilter jobs, craigslist.
12:52- open mapquest to check distance of job post city from home.
12:54- close mapquest, close metafilter.
12:55 still craigslist.
1:09- afk
1:21- back.
1:23- finish w/craislist. swoitch t career builder.
1:44- close IE. close limewire. afk.
4:37- back. load gmail, check gmail for job application replies. none found.
4:38- email read in main account. switch to shawnwho ccount. back to shawnstruck gmail account.
4:39- open monster in sep ab, searching monster.
4:43- stopped search. loading chase.com, calling chase bank.
4:56-afk
4:59- all the cahse stuff i can tae care of today- done. back to monster.
5:05- researching day labor place i'm regging w.tomorrw.
5:07- done with monster, 4apps total. switching to jobing.com
5:12- 2 jobs onobing send me to maxhire.com-- mustget password reset to continue.
5:14- email rec'd, password reset, jobs applied for.
5:16- job apps @ jobing: 5
5:17- log on to lj.
5:18- start this entry.
5:18- afk
5:25- back
5:32- finished typing entry. post.

10:02 IE started.
10:03- open up gmail tab, lj tab.
10:04- gmail loading VERY slowly. log into LJ, read comments.
10:05- finished reading comments. gmail still loading.
10: 07- gmail load finally finished. Compoose email response to one job lead, write more detailed work history for another that contacted me earlier in the day.
10:19- finished with email.
10:20- switch to LJ
10:21 type up this entry.
10:24 finished with entry, posting entry, logging off.

4:08 jobing.com search
4:10 cut and paste notepad.exe txt file (cover letter base)
4:26- finish w/jobing.com, 4 jobsapplied for. go to city of irving site to look is posted jobs are a match for e.
4:31- no matches for me. checking gmail.
4:34- sign out of gmail, afk
5:48- back. check gmail. check gamefaqs for Thrillville Wii walkthroughs. None found.
5:50- check lj friends list, gmail.
5:53- matt taibi blog entry reading.
5:59- close blog, close & log off LJ, close log off gmail. AFK
6:15- check gmail, thismodernword, rude pundit.
6:19 logoff all, close IE< afk.
6:52- test unlabledDVD- has a movie
6:54- test unlaled dvd- contains badly snyched dr. horrible parts 1 and 2.
6:65- afk
10:13- check gmail, craisgslist, livejournal
10:15- espond to LJ comments
10:18- finish with LJ comments, switch to craigslist
10:21- open tab to personal site to get "emergent mergers" article link. browse craigslist. send off to 4 more freelance jobs, 2 more fulltime.
10:42- finish with craigslist. follow up w/supposed "beta test" freelance offer.  at http://backend.centeredmarketing.com/
10:43- yup, it's a scam.
10:44- last check of e-mail today, log onto lj, type up entry.
10:55- finish lj entry. good night.

Total jobs applied to:

via craigslist: 7 freelance, 7 full time
Monster: 4 full time
Career Builder: 11 full time
Jobing.com: 4

7:56- log on to chase.com, gmail in seperate tab
7: 58 chase.com required me to get activation code (I chose "via email") to continue as brwswer & OS I was using didn't fit my usal user profile for accessing the site
8:00- rec'd authorization code via email. copy, paste, close gmail
8:01- entered code & password, granted access. Reviewed acct (checking) in prep to call chase.
8:03- Downloaded PDF: "CHase By Phoe Gide" for cust. svc # & phone tree guide.
8:06 On hold on phone
8:11- check shawnwho gmail account while on hold.
8:12- sign out of email close tab.
8:16 On hold again, open www.someguywithawebsite.com in new tab. read weekly comic.
8:18 SGWAW.com tab closed
8:22- AFK
8:25- BACK
8:26- open: gmail, gmail sent folder, raigslist in sep. tabs
8:27- AFK
8:32- back, start search on craigslist.
*:39- opened google search in tab, search: "tcc admissions" + arlington + tx
9"09- finish w/craigslist. applied for 4 freelance jobs, 7 full time jobs. opened monster.con inCL tab. switched to TCC info.
9:12- looked for TCC admissions info.
9:17- opened FAFSA in sep. tab
9:18- emailed site reminder to self to read more of FAFSA, rinted out TCC admission forms, closed fafsa tab, closed TCC tab
9:21- switched to monster.com tab, corrcted profile
9:37- 4 jobs applied for a monster, switeched to careerbuilder
9:38 had to reset pass for careerbuilder. while waiting fr email, checked associatedcontent.com numbers.
9:42- rec'd new careerbuilder pass, logged in.
10:03 logged off CB, closed tab. appled to 11 jobs on CB. Check gmail. rec'd one freelance copywriting response-- automated email.
10:06- open notepad.exe, drafting writing samples for response.
10:16- AFK
10:17- back, still composing
10:28- stopping work on copywriting sample resonse, go to jobing.com, signup.
10:34- AFK
10:41- back
10:50 finished sign-up, profile creation, cover letter storage, etc for jobing.
10:51 AFK
11:43- back. check gmail.
11:48- sgn out of gmail, close tab. AFK
12:32- back, check gmail
12:42- logoff, AFK
2:56- back, open gmail, log on to jobing.com
2;58- open notepad.exe to c/p cover letter fr jobing use
2:59- AFK for MIchelle
3:43- back. loading LJ, gmail, jobing in sep. tabs, log into LJ
3:48 typing up entry.
4:06- posting entry.

I won't have regular Internet access until Oct. 1st. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

Episode 9 is up!

The enhanced streaming version of the Geekly Weekly podcast, with pictures, is here.

YOu can get the direct Mp3 download here.

And finally, You can subscribe to the RSS feed here.

Last week we debuted the new Geekly Weekly theme song by jingle-miester Geoff Smith. This week we also roll out the new theme song for "Video Game My Wife IS Obsessed With This Week".

Topics discussed: Google Chrome, Google Crom, Microsoft's bizarre advertising, the "mac vs. pc" campaign, Everquest 2 players in recent study shatter "MMORPG gamer" stereotypes, Geek of The Week, our new sponsor: the hottest Web 2.0 app called Sploitz!, kids that transform into bicycles... or is that the other way around?, Michelle reviews "Sonic & Ario At The Olympics" for the Wii, and more.

A little over a hundred payments to process,sort and ship/ While a database that kept going up, then down, then up, then down. And a mountain of paperwork that had to be sroted, along with piles and piles and piles and PILES of of comics.

And having to re-do returns twice.

I was on my feet non-stop from about 11:30 right up until my shift end (6PM).

Just one more insanely busy day (thursdays are crunch time ANY week) and then I should be okay.

Plus, first payday, wooo!

The Geekly Weekly Episode 7: All Geeks Into The Pool... Is now available for direct download or on your podcast feed in AAC (with chapters and pictures) or MP3.

www.thegeeklyweekly. com

In this episode we are joined by John J. of AdultSwimCentral.com and The Swimcast (hooray, our first guest host). In this episode we discuss Adult Swim (of course), Intel breaking new ground in wireless electricity. Comcast continuing their effort to throttle net traffic, Katie Couric discovering Digg, Surgeons who play video games, Myst on the iPhone, Peter Moore not willing to sue file sharers, and the Geek of the Week. We also debut our new Geekly Weekly podcast art, thanks to Jess Ragan.

Plus starting next week, The Geekly Weekly is getting a new theme, written and performed by Geoff Smith who's most famous for the TWiT theme and all the jingles for Adam Curry's Daily Source Code podcast.

He also did an AWESOME theme for my wife's video game review segment-- wait'll you hear it.

Sorry for getting all fanboy-gushy about it, but it's pretty awesome seeing the 'cast grow more and more, and it's all been thanks to our listeners and commenters and stuff. Y'all rock.

Also, you can follow, vote, or promote us at:

Just.. I mean WOW.

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?s=4526ce862f2ae65c1894bd8cdb4d9395&p=1670673

Here's a sample:




G'night everone. Code's done compiling, and it's off to the grind in the morning as usual.

Today, I hauled a total of nearly 1 ton worth of bulk comic books, unbagged and sorted one person's Iron Man collection that includes the first appearance of Iron Man ever, handled a stack of Golden age comics, and also some golden age funnybooks.

Apparently "baby animals" engaging in wacky hijinks were a big comics-mover in the early to mid forties.

Also, my back is sore. But I'm still pretty happy.

Feeling a little tired though, so I think I'm going to give most of this evening's post-dinner second contractor work a pass-- I've missed hanging out with the rest of the household this week (plus I've missed Buffy AND Anime nights). Tonight is Dr. Who night (the newest one, we're 3 or four episodes into season one).

I must say though, considering the Dr. Who *I* grew up watching, it's still a little odd to not hear him offer anyone a jelly baby.

SO, can you recommend some pumping, non-techno high-energy music to listen to while doing semi-repetitive tasks? I'm always looking to expand my repertoire.

... we now have a new colorful euphamism at the house to describe taking a big poop: "have to save the game!"

Episode 6 is now up!



Visit the Geekly Weekly EPisode 6 podcast page to get a direct mp3 download, or watch the enhanced streaming AAC version with pictures and stuff.



We discuss The Geekly Weekly Bump, my secret life as a Star Trek LARPer, as demonstrated by John Scalzi's recent Hugo win, James' impressions of FFIV for the DS, arcade nostalgia, one Austin geek keeping Austin weird, scientists advancing warp drive theory, Google's potential iPhone rival, an indie games developer LEARNS from software pirates, 419 scammers recite Monty Python, and more.

I've been fiddling around with my digital camera, and I've taken some more pictures. SO, here are some of my room. Feel free to ask any question (what's the signifigance of this? What the heck is that?)

Since I can't give you all a tour, let try one in pictures. For example, do you know where I do all my writing and working? IN a closet.

No, really.

( Cut for a buncha pictures )