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Radio Active #57: Nanowrimo, Kit Bag, Crisis on Finite Macs, Unquiet Desperation, Halo 3

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 7:38pm

On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I become an uncle again, contemplate a Crisis on Finite Macs, geek out about Halo 3, look ahead to National Novel Writing Month, listen to the Unquiet Desperation podcast and the geeky Secret Agent internet radio station and consider the merits of a geek dad kit bag.

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Show Notes

  • Nuketown News
    • Crisis on Fine Macs
      • The MacBook Pro is here! And it rocks!
      • And now … the challenge. I've got stuff scattered between my PowerMac, the "life boat" archive I got off my iBook before it died, some misc. writing files on my work computer and another "life boat" from my old Windows machine and my .Mac documents folder.
      • Need to get these collapsed down to a single Mac, or maybe one computer and the .Mac web site. Really makes me look forward to Leopard and its improve sync with .Mac.
    • National Novel Writing Month
      • 50,000 words in 30 days. About 1,700 words a day. And I'm going to do it. Taking a week off and will spend days writing rather than working day job (and got Sue's support to do it).
      • http://www.nanowrimo.org
    • Halo 3
      • Finally here. Eager to lose myself in the campaign and multiplayer, but isn’t going all that well. Luke’s been sick, Sue’s been on vacation, and multiplayer doesn’t like me much.
  • Promo: Role Monkeys Podcast
  • Netheads
    • Unquiet Desperation: The Podcast Returns
      • Chris Miller's (Round Table, Podiobooks)  podcast companion to his blog.
      • "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Where's the fun in that?"
      • http://unquietdesperation.com
      • Music, short essays, conversations on religion -- just the mix you need some days.
    • Soma FM: Secret Agent
    • H is for Han Shot First
  • Promo: Master Plan Podcast
  • Feature: The Geek Dad Kit Bag
    • First heard about the idea of a "kit bag" through the Dire Café. Since then, I've heard about it in a couple of other blogs and sites, usually places where geekdom and life hacking collide.
    • Basic idea is a bag that has all your "stuff" in it, but not just junk; stuff you really need. Could call it a man purse, but it's different from a purse in that a true kit bag (at least from geek/lifehack perspective) is that you actually think about what you put in it.
    • Started thinking about it when I realized how much I was shoving into my pockets (cell phone, wallet, iPod). And jealous of how my wife could get buy with just two diapers and a wipes case in her purse, and I had to take the diaper bag everywhere.
    • Decided to start experimenting after getting cheap cloth satchel bag at Portal conference at Gettysburg College.
    • Now when I go out, I take my kit bag, which contains:
      • Two diapers
      • Wipes container.
      • Snack cup with Cheerios
      • Small toy for Luke
      • Keys & wallet.
      • 30 GB iPod (loaded with Star Wars / Superman soundtracks for kids, podcasts for me)
      • 1 book (presently Spirit of the Century)
      • 1 small notebook (with pen/pencil)
      • 1 pocketknife.
    • If we're going to the coffee shop, expect a comic book or Nintendo DS for Jordan and a sippy cup with milk for Luke.
  • Promo: Canon Puncture Podcast
  • Outro
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