Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak Launch Gitmo Nation Tour 2008
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 310 of the No Agenda podcast from a mobile studio in Borrego Springs, California. Curry describes the technical challenges of his new RV setup, including a missing USB hub and dual monitor configuration. The hosts discuss the upcoming "Gitmo Nation Tour 2008" scheduled for mid-July and the logistics of traveling across the United States in a four-winds RV provided by a listener.
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00:03 Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak It's Sunday June 5th 2011 time for Gitmo Nation Media Assassination episode 310 This is no agenda! Podcasting live from the pre-Hot Pockets Gitmo Nation Tour 2008 mobile studio currently docked in Borrego Springs in Gitmo Nation West The People's Republic of Southern California In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry hello alley where I it's is what it is and do what happened just who are you I'm Jesse Dvorak I'm sorry we might as well mess it up in the early on in the show
00:52 It was you do wrong. I do everything Yeah, just did every different buttons you got new buttons yeah, I do so here's what I realized You know when you do it right? So by the way in the morning everybody in the morning to you Adam and in the morning at all ships at sea boots on the ground and Lois Whitman Lois Whitman indeed in the morning to you Lois. Now so right now we are in the Hot Pockets mobile as Miss Mickey and I are doing a pre-test of our Gitmo Nation hot pockets tour across America 2008 We are docked in Borrego Springs, California In the desert It's very warm right now And so we've been on the road for three days and You learn a lot about what you forget
01:39 and so let me work backwards from what I forgot. So, i have the new mobile setup this is the first time we're ever trying it uh... so far knock on wood so far so good. Knock on vinyl! Yeah indeed all thing is carbon fiber plastic whatever it is um... so i have dual monitors i've got the jingle machine here that thing all works everything's perfect i also have uh... the control board for it to do the faders except i forgot that um with the new setup by have like a little external berenger uh... external audio device that's how actually getting everything to you and then skype work but didn't have an extra uh... usb port to plug in the control panel and of course i neglected to bring along my uh... usb hub
02:33 Yeah, yeah so uh so I got to control the controls manually and I potted you down. I'm so sorry Oh, so when I was yakking nothing else coming through very soft Hi, I'm John it was there It was just very quiet he always likes to keep me low You're very low indeed So um yeah, so we're on the road We're rocking and rolling sounds like a auspicious beginning So when are you leaving for real? Mid-July. I don't think we've actually pegged the date yet, but Mickey celebrates her birthday on July 8th We have a big party on the 9th...I think you're invited Did you get an invite? No Then your not invited My daughter's birthday is on the 11th Yeah, the ninth of this party Your daughter is on the eleventh Well you could make it back
03:28 so we'd celebrate on the ninth, you sleep off the hangover on the tenth and then your back on the eleventh no problem. So um... And then you leave? And a couple days later will leave. So yeah you gotta get your flights, you got to get some flights and load everything into luggage in boxes and then you have to hope that those things show up at the other end of the flight now you know why we call him The Buzzkill ladies and gentlemen Yeah so we have Baroness Maggie Vincent of Virginia, of course has kindly offered us her four winds RV. What if you go there and find that her address is just an empty lot? She doesn't really exist Well we'll figure it out won't we I mean There's a lot of stuff that when you do a trip like this is a lot of very wet blankets on things but no actually sending a box of stuff ahead
04:26 and uh... so i know that there you go now you think it's a bit may just be about what if he brought us out of the stuff has been sold as she doesn't really exist yeah but you know i don't know john why don't you tell me mister no at all mr smarty pants so we made a list of things is really good were doing this to make a list of things i think it's a great ideas like that big when the guy gets in the cabins new york keep throws on the stuff in the trunk and they got takes off but i think not yahoo yo-yo mas cello No, so this is a great trip because we've already figured out a lot of things that we need to bring. One of which would be a fan for the mobile studio since I can't have the air conditioner on The air conditioner sounds like i'm in an engine room of a boat
05:14 uh... so i can have that running while we're doing the show interesting point yet and of course it could lead to do you take a shakedown cruise another thing will be really good to bring along is a corkscrew i would hope yeah with our office over the first night we stay up in the joshua tree national park and there's a issue shipped a corkscrew those boxes yes they'll still let So, the first night was Joshua Tree National Park. We're up there and of course there's no Wi-Fi there it's just a campsite with nothing and absolutely no cell phone connection although I have to say that I have three networks with me. I've T-Mobile Verizon AT&T so far AT&T wins hands down as it comes to coverage at least where we've traveled. There is another thing to do! What?
06:10 When you're on your road, keep a map with you and then put the coverage information down. It could be a scandal! What am I? Consumer Reports?! I think so... No well we'll figure it out but Verizon definitely not as great Not in the parts we traveled But anyway it was awesome! It was so phenomenal and by the time we were out of the park on AT&T and I did my email and stuff while Mickey was driving. And you know what? We still like each other! It's only been a couple days, give me a break... Yeah. ...and by the way you should have your seatbelt on when you're in the back Yes, no, we don't- I have seatbelts in the back So um
06:54 Can you tether the 3G connection and make it so it's possible to do Skype or not enough bandwidth? Yeah, if we have pure 3G with AT&T I think we could probably do a show reasonably well. I have to shut down a lot of stuff even on this park Wi-Fi... I gotta shut down my email and everything because it's all like shared bandwidth and stuff and Mickey can't be on the computer but it's reasonable and again knock on plastic! So far so good So it's gonna be a hoot, man. It's gonna be great! Can you stream? Are you streaming? Can you stream from 3G? Yeah. Yeah I think so.
07:34 You know, an average 250 to 300 kilobits upstream should work. That's about what I have now What are you using right now? Right now i'm using the park wifi What park? The park where we're parked of course! You're in a park and what kind of a part is it? Is it national parks or state parks? No, Borrego Springs Are you kidding me?! Borrego Springs It IS a national park that we drove through to get here This is basically a golf course with RVs Okay, so you're there with the old farts. No they're not that old Unfortunately I have to say some of them are probably not more than like six or seven years older than I am and i'm Like oh my god is that what? This is the future witnessing the future it's time traveling into the future
08:21 I could do it though, John. Yeah, I could see you making a life out of this if we're being honest about it. Yeah, I could totally do this! Because your paranoid and crazy enough... Hey John, I'm in Ohio! You gotta bring back the show! Remember the good days? What's interesting though when you're RVing around is 99% of people that you meet are of the slave variety who have their eyes so firmly shut they have no clue. You hear the conversations you're like, oh wow really? We stopped off at what was that sea... I gotta write all this down. Salton on Sea
09:06 Have you ever heard of that? Oh the Salton Sea. Yeah well it's salted on... That thing is just a bunch of, that's just a dead area? With that trailer park! It's got a dead trailer park?! No, well the people in there are alive but barely and then we had lunch at some like place We've just... That's the refuge of the lost souls oh yeah yeah we had just missed the luau last weekend darn But it's fun, you know. You sit there and listen to people... By the way smoking indoors rules and regulations don't apply in Salton Island Sea. Want an ashtray? Yeah thanks that's cool. Anyway no it's a
09:52 it's going to be great and everyone who was out there in Gitmo Nation would like us, would like to offer us some form of hospitality or services just email mickey at curry dot com m i c k y and we've got so many cool things coming in John. It is unbelievable. We could be on the road for years. Yeah but you get a organized, well I guess Mickey is very organized I know that but are you gonna You know, it seems to me you're going to get too much to do. You're not gonna be able to fulfill all the obligations. There's no way we are going to be able to get everybody I don't think and also there is a lot of people in the same place so we may have to combine stuff. Have a meeting! Yeah, yeah, well have a meeting Also... We will probably also need a little bit of time for ourselves from time-to-time Nah! You'll have plenty of time for yourself driving But what you notice is like the show
10:46 The work that goes into the show when you're at home and you've got, y'know like 20 megabits down and 2 megabits up. That makes a big difference when your on the road and your on wifi or 3G Work goes slower And I can't watch C-Span yet because they don't have the... Even though many of the parks have cable hookups So basically i'm watching C-Span over the internet Can you say buffering? Yeah, it's painful. C-Span has the absolute worst video technology you could imagine. Sucks! They just put all their stuff on YouTube... So horrible. Yeah they should why don't they? I dunno. Someone paid 18 million dollars for that website and gotta keep it rolling Gotta keep it used
