Atrocious Adventure Podcast

Sorry about not getting the show out this past Sunday.  Winter arrived here in Radio Free Ross-a-Noodle with the killer combination of cold and rain, and as usual I caught a cold from it. 

Hopefully will be able to resume this coming Sunday. 

Carol

Show 53, Part 13 of The Fall of Avalon.

See the infosite for info about the mailing list for the Simulated Reality story. 

 

 

Show 52, The Fall of Avalon, Part 12

And some rambling on about simulated reality.

Enjoy!


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Show 51, Part 11 of Avalon.

 

Show 50! 

Part 10 of The Fall of Avalon.

 

Show 49, Part 9 of The Fall of Avalon.

 

 

Show 48, Part 8 of The Fall of Avalon.

With editorial notes in the credits regarding Zulu-5 in print.

Show 48, Part 8 of The Fall of Avalon.

The immediate cause and beginning of the quest.

 

Enjoy!

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As promised, Zulu-5.

With music by Alchemystic, used under the Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike license.  Find it at Soundclick.com.

Show 46, Part 6 of The Fall of Avalon.

New intro music courtesy of Javier Sabadell via the Creative Commons license.  Nice, huh?

Zulu-5 is in the offing. 

Promo for The Fall of Avalon. 

Audacity + Creative Commons Music = Promo Goodness!

 

It's been almost a year.  Don't you think I need a promo?

 

Show 45, Part 5 of The Fall of Avalon. 

Arthur and Gwynyver's handfasting goes off without a hitch, but the reception is another matter.  Myrdwyn goes poking about for answers, and Morgaine's wedding gifts are just one more way to cause trouble. 

Also news about the new story "Zulu-5".

 

Show 44, Part 4 of The Fall of Avalon.

I hope.  I'm still having upload problems with the FTP, but I'll try it through the HTML upload. 

Anyway, Willow shows up in this one, and yes that's a reference to the Magic 8-Ball. 

 

It seems Libsyn is having some technical problems and I may have to wait until the morning to upload tonight's show.  Sorry, folks!  It'll be up as soon as I can get it there.  

 

Carol

 

Kind of a short show this week, but next week will be better. 

I misquoted the URL for my Myspace page on the podcast today.  Here's the corrected link.

 

http://www.myspace.com/auntyproton

 

That is all.

Show #42, Part 2 of The Fall of Avalon. 

Gwynyver arrives at Caerlyon and Camlann, escorted by Lucian, Gawain, Tristan and her own company of knights.  The game's afoot!

News about a new story-generating technique, a rant about an apparent collective cognitive dissonance, and the advent of Myspace in my tranquil life.  Enjoy!

 

 

Back from Hiatus!  And Bouncing!

Show #41, Fall of Avalon, Part 1

The Fall of Avalon Wiki

 

Here's the link for the Avalon wiki, as per my explanations on the Avalon preview.  Not much there at the moment, but it's a start.

The Fall of Avalon Wiki

13 days until we start on Avalon.

THIS IS IT, FOLKS!  THE LAST CHAPTER!

Thanks to everyone for listening. 

Tune in for the next show after the hiatus on August 26th, 2007. 

Here's the URLs, and while I'm gone I'll post any and all info pertaining to the next project on the Blogspot infosite. 

E-mail me at hb88@bellsouth.net

The infosite at www.atrociousadventure.blogspot.com

 

A preview of the next project, the Arthurian fantasy novel The Fall of Avalon. 

To go to the info site:

www.atrociousadventure.blogspot.com

To e-mail Carol:

hb88@bellsouth.net

Enjoy!

 

Show #39, Chapter 24. 

Too much to mention goes on this week, but look for all the easter eggs! 

One chapter to go, and then it's hiatus time!

 

Got your scorecard?  Good. 

Let's see here, we've got combat robots, maintenance robots, Xyl and Spryte finally getting into NetSpace, Pepper and the gang finally get somewhere with their raid.  Pepper finds a hidden server vault and upsignals into it and finds something he didn't expect.  Jodo sneaks off to go get his own answers and if Kham had any hair it would be going gray by now.  And Xyl really should know better than to flip to MuSpace in enemy territory. 

 

As advertised on the box, Chapter 22.

 

 

Xyl and Spryte share a bowl of tempura, Gwen and Pepper go shopping, Johnny is flying a heli-taxi to make a little money on the side, Jodo is having a minor identity crisis, Kham reassures him he's really himself, and then they have an operations briefing.  Really, just another day at the office.

 

 

Show #35, Chapter 20.

The gang is in transit to Tokyo.  Road Trip!  Jodo and Kham's "meet cute" was definitely not a case of two guys meeting over a double mocha latte and the last cherry danish;  Pepper wonders if maybe trusting a robot is the last thing he should do, especially with an antique telescope and a crate full of 250 year old science books;  Xyl tells Gracie they may be looking for Bottled Teen; and Xyl has a religious experience involving a Japanese girl in a synthex bodysuit.

Enjoy!

 

Chapter 19

Uh, let's see.  Mostly just a bit of a three-way showdown between Pepper, Gracie and Gelnick.  Guess who wins.  Wally cops a line or two from "Wargames".  Xyl and Jodo stop ignoring the five hundred pound gorilla.  And Pepper decides it's time they all went back to the world. 

News:  the resolution of the Great Car Debacle of 2007, and yet another week of good times with Ubuntu.  'Nuff said.

 

Show #33, Chapter 18 of Aquaria.

Wherein Pepper proves that his claims that the global government is one big conspiracy theory and speculates on the correlation between weapons technology and human nature.  Then there's a big fight with the black helicopter and Jodo gets his elephant -- or rather ELF -- gun.

News about the New Car Saga and Ubuntu follow.

 

Show #32, Aquaria, Chapter 17.  Wherein both Kham and the twins and Gracie, Rhain and Nyx continue through the Wastelands, and end up both being chased themselves by a mysterious black helicopter and a band of Jackals. 

Also, why this came out on Monday and other vaguely annoyed rantings.

Rather long at about 1 hr. 45 minutes. 

 

 

In honor of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, Episode IV -- A New Hope.

Enjoy!

2 For 1 Sale today, Chapters 15 and 16...

 

Car News:  No Joy Yet.

 

Enjoy!

As advertised, Chapter 14.

Wherein Kham, Jodo and Xyl escape from a Security blockade and Wally returns.  Xyl almost gets some time in looking for Pepper, but gets interupted.  Gracie gives a briefing. 

Also included, news about the new car and a few definitions from the glossary. 

Enjoy!

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In this week's episode, someone tries to pry information out of Julia regarding the Melissa Aidan case, Gracie deals with the aftermath of the massive explosion that threw him offline, Xyl and Jodo and Kham make a detour to go buy chipram for Wally, Nyx yells at Xyl, and Xyl and the boys end up getting Japanese take-out.  Oh, and Jodo refers to Kham as a "handsome beast".  Since in the chapter before he also made a comment regarding how comfortable a mattress Kham makes, make your own conclusions.  Don't make me draw you a picture.

As it says on the box. 

Collage-less due to technical difficulties explained herein.  Alas!

Show 27, Chapter 11 of Aquaria. 

Warning:  Some of this chapter may be offensive to some and very well may squick you into the middle of next week if you have a thing for snakes.  Or really fat people.  Or heights. 

 

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Show #26, Chapter 10 of Aquaria. 

Afterward, some random notes about actors who could play various characters in the story, and soundtrack suggestions. 

 

 

An extra podcast wherein I talk about Creative Commons, the new media, and fandom. 

Enjoy!

 

 

Show #25, Aquaria, Chapter 9.

A small technical note: 

At the risk of sounding completely full of myself, I get my own podcast and listen to it on my iPod at work.  I recently learned that the weird problems I was having with it were not just me or my wonky IPod.  If you have been having trouble pausing and returning to the spot where you stopped, or watching in horror as your paused show exed out back to the menu or any other such frustrating things, you're not alone.  I have consulted the technical forums on the website for my MP3 encoder, WAV2MP3 (an excellent program!), and implemented a change this week that I hope will fix the problem.  If the problem persists for you, please make sure your iPod's firmware is updated properly.  I shall be doing the same. 

Even more technical note:  They told me to use Constant bitrate for the encoding, as Average bitrate or Variable bitrate may confuse the iPod's hamster-like mind.  That may be the crux of the problem, that it can't figure out where it's supposed to be because it can't handle the constantly changing bitrates.  I switched to Constant.  I hope it works. 

 

Today's pondering:  Why it's taken 2000 years for the Church(s) to realize Easter eggs and bunnies are pagan symbols, as brought to you by CNN.

 

Ignore what I say on the 'cast, this is SHOW #24!  Chapter 8 of Aquaria.

Plus a pondering on new cars, old cars, computers, technology and obsolescence.

 

 

 

Show #23.  We're having a 4 for 1 sale!  4 chapters for the price of 1!  For the low, low price of FREE!

 

News about an impending acquisition by Your Humble Writer.  Otherwise, not much else cookin' here. 

 

 

As listed on the box, Show #22, Chapter 3 of Aquaria.

 

This week's rant/opinion:  visual culture and other things we have to look forward to in the future.

 

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Here's the link for the One Laptop Per Child project, if anyone's curious. 

One Laptop Per Child

 

Chapter 2 of Aquaria.

Plus a bit of a rant and/or speculation on the future of textbooks and computers in schools. 

 

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As promised, the first chapter of my second novel Aquaria. 

Sequel to Machina Obscura, and if you've been listening for a while you know all about that. 

 

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Greetings, everyone, I'm back! 

Proving the adage "good things come to those who wait", here's nearly thirty meg of Atrocious goodness! 

 

And starting Sunday... Aquaria. 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

THIS IS IT, FOLKS!  THE LAST CHAPTER!

Yes, this is it.  The very last chapter of Machina Obscura.  I'm not going to spoil it for you, just go listen to the chapter. 

And for those of you wanting visuals, keep this name in mind:  Steven Seagal.  You'll know who I'm talking about when the time comes.

 

Program note:  I'll be taking next week off, so go listen to Escape Pod.  The week after that, I'll be doing an Extra podcast.  The week after that, we start on what could be the biggest, messiest debacle of all time -- the podcasting of Aquaria. 

Thanks to everyone who has made it this far.  As long as people keep listening, I'll keep 'casting.

Carol

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Show #18, Machina Obscura Chapters 14 and 15. 

Why two chapters?  Because 14 is really short and I'd be fearing the packs of rabid frogs some frustrated listeners would send my way. 

Some trivia re: these chapters:

If you're looking for a soundtrack for Ch. 14, try "Duel of the Fates" from the soundtrack of Star Wars - The Phantom Menace.  I set it on loop and wrote the chapter listening to that song over and over and over and over...

And the parts of Shiva and Kali were written with the actor who made that sequence of Phantom Menace so memorable -- martial artist Ray Park.  At the time I was writing MO, he was my eye candy.  Go here to see me making an utter fool of myself. 

One more chapter to go...

 

 

Chapter 13 of Machina Obscura wherein Xyl and Gracie find themselves inside the gigantinormous netspace.  As Xyl says, "It's kinda pretty in a post-holocaust kind of way." 

Also a report on ChattaCon. 

 

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In which Agent Searles gets an unwelcome dinner companion, and Xyl and Gracie get up close and personal with the biggest netspace Xyl has ever seen.  They even manage to have a Moment.  Stop that.  I know what you're thinking, but this is a family show.

 

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Chapter Eleven - Workmates and Yellow Submarines and Tyranosaurs, oh my!  Xyl confronts Gracie about the unidentifiable netweapon from the end of Chapter Ten.  They're still chasing the link that leads to the netspace behind that passcode, and the trail is getting hotter all the time.

 

Also a polite rant on the subjects of fandom, books, and the state of education in America. 

 

Enjoy!

Show #14, wherein Xyl ponders beginnings and endings and the future of bots and AIs in her thoughts to Pepper, and she and Gracie chase a broken and corrupted link through MuSpace trying to find the netspace that matches the passcode key from the invisible maze. 

 

An extra about Publishing on Demand, the joys, the expenses, the angst.

 

Enjoy!

 

Back from a brief Christmas hiatus! 

In this week's chapter, Wally and Xyl try to figure out if Gracie really is who and what she says she is. After hooking up with Gracie again, they get attacked by an Aivatar and figure out the real focus of the run.  Let's just say, Searles handed Xyl at least two different lines of hooey.   A lot of other stuff goes on too. 

A how-to on how I publish my books may be forthcoming in the next couple of days, so watch this space.

 

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Show # 12, wherein Xyl has to sneak her way into a "tank farm".  Xyl has a bad feeling about this, but unlike in Star Wars this does not immediately result in anything bad happening.  But hey, the night is still young.

Due to the proximity to Christmas, I may or may not be able to post an episode next weekend.  But if not on Sunday I will endeavor to do so as quickly afterward as possible. 

 

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The excerpt of Aquaria I've been promising for a couple of weeks now. 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Mayhem ensues when Xyl sneaks into a Walking Dead netspace.  Gracie is still annoying, but they have a bit of a heart-to-heart and they haven't killed each other yet, so it's all good.

 

 

Show #10, wherein we fight some more Runners (real ones this time) and meet an annoying irresistable force -- Gracie.

 

For those of you of a visual persuasion, if MO were a movie the part of Gracie would be played by Lexa Doig, who used to play Romi in Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda" and now plays Dr. Lam on Stargate SG-1 and is married to Michael Shanks who plays Daniel Jackson on same.  Just imagine her in a short blue tube dress with animated cloud patterns moving across it, with a big fragging particle cannon.  'Nuff Said.

 

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