It’s all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, and catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones). I also talk about the new[…]
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Nuketown Radio Active is a podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. The show features geek, technology and gaming links from around the Web as well as book, movie, game and podcast reviews. The podcast was first published in March 2005 and is hosted by Ken Newquist, Nuketown’s editor and founder. A web developer by day, he’s also a freelance staff writer for Knights of the Dinner Table.
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Radio Active #67: The Origin of Ummm
In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital[…]
Read moreRadio Active Promo: Short Bumper
This is a short, 13 second bumper-style promo for Nuketown Radio Active. It simply says “Nuketown Radio Active: A podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. Get the show at http://www.nuketown.com/podcast“. Download the file. http://media.blubrry.com/nuketown_radio_active/p/www.nuketown.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/NuRA-Promo-Short-Bumper.mp3Podcast: Play in[…]
Read moreRadio Active #66: Gut Checking Your Productivity
On this episode of Radio Active, geek fitness gets a gut check, Nuketown delves deep into statistics and I discover a new path to gaming adventure with the Pathfinder RPG alpha. I also try two new online productivity tools and[…]
Read moreRadio Active #65: Escaping to the Ballpark
On this episode of Radio Active, StarGirl loses her first tooth, but finds Narnia with the Magician’s Nephew, baseball season gets underway as I discover the wonders of DVRing games and having a new AAA baseball team in the Lehigh Valley,[…]
Read moreRadio Active #64: Opening New Portals to Geek Parenting
This episode of Nuketown Radio Active is brought to you by the letter F. Also, StarGirl turns five, we buy a car-camping tent, Nuketown gets upgrades to its anti-spam capabilities, Critical Hits blogs about the life of RPG gamers, Reaper announces[…]
Read moreRadio Active #63: Geek Survival in the Drupal-Haunted Wilds of New England
In this show I talk about my trip to the DrupalCon Boston geekfest, spend a few days playing in the snowy wilds of New Hampshire, my wife Sue starts a blog of her own for Red-Tail Designs. Meanwhile, in Netheads,[…]
Read moreRadio Active #62: Do Macs Dream of Electronic Balticons?
On this issue of Nuketown Radio Active I struggle to wake my narcoleptic MacBook Pro, try out The Bourne Ultimatum as a movie on demand, discuss my upcoming convention trips to DrupalCon Boston and Balticon 42 and spend some time[…]
Read moreRadio Active #61: Leopard, 4th Edition, Secret Lairs, Google Code, Kobold Quarterly
Radio Active returns to its somewhat regular schedule as I talk about family visits, getting more sleep, hacking Moodle and trying out Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. In Netheads, I talk about getting a sneak peak at D&D 4th Edition[…]
Read moreRadio Active #60: NaNoWriMo Wrapup, Zelda, Podcast Roundup
Radio Active returns from its holiday hiatus with a wrap up National Novel Writing Month and news about my new reviews up at SCIFI.com. I also talk about my family’s adoption (finally) of a TiVo, ramble on about boys and[…]
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