Adam Curry Mobile Studio Setup, New Mexico Travel
Adam Curry reports from a mobile studio in New Mexico while relocating from California to Austin, Texas. The journey included a stop in Palm Springs and a difficult move involving over 300 boxes. Technical challenges arose due to a forgotten USB hub and a failing Wi-Fi connection, forcing the broadcast to continue over a tethered 3G iPhone connection.
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00:00 The recording there we go so recording has started for those of you listening to the podcast this is another Show done with minimal resources, so cannot edit after the fact What's you hear is what you get and remember if you see something say something I got a nice note from Guy said oh. I love it when you play the unedited although We never added but He's from the Opera Now podcast. He was totally getting off on the fat bitch Just goes to show we please all sorts here Well, I guess that's my cue
01:09 it. Camp MoFo coming to you today from the land of enchantment, the great state of New Mexico. In the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley where I stay...I'm John C. Duvall-Hackett It's Crackpot & Buzzkill in the morning! Yeah, your a leave behind, a takeaway, a folder, a brochure left in California Help me! yeah we're uh
01:54 in New Mexico. You're heading out? Yeah! You're out of town, you are out of the state of California Yes we are completely gone to lagoo And let me tell you, John, it took a little bit longer than we expected to leave Southern Kentucky. So basically you're still in Palm Springs? Actually that's what we wound up doing We wanted to leave right after the show and it was just like wow! Even the guys were like...the movers I don't understand! I counted 237 boxes but now you have 342 You counted wrong then the first time
02:30 And so we didn't actually leave the house until like 5.30 or something and of course, 5.30 in Southern California it took us two hours just to get to Riverside It was horrible The traffic was totally crap So uh...we decided to drive to Palm Springs that was the first night at uh...oh what's it? The Riviera Hotel & Spa Resort which is hilarious bunch of old guys trying to hit on the only three women there I'm telling you and they were all hammered Snake I want to see my snake so then we We got up next morning. We drove we drove we drove we drove to right by Mesa, Arizona what is that? They're just south of Mesa and
03:29 Tucson? No, no no. I can't remember now You went the southern route Yeah because we were so late and you know not knowing really got to start boogieing We gotta start rolling Why don't have to be there till Tuesday yeah i know but you remember that we had this little thing that we do called what is it oh yeah a show which mean your mickey had the only thing she produced in advance was this hotel in uh... right by white sands new mexico and she found a place uh... well she called and he said hey look you know we need great wifi they made sure we had the room right near the the wi-fi transmitter because of course i brought the whole mobile studio so I set it up last night, got six megabits up six megabits down. I'm like this is awesome then of course I realized that I'd neglected to bring along my USB hub
04:25 Don't you hate it when that happens and you look at your computer and go like, I have three chords that need to go in. And I only have two holes! This is not good So then last night around 9 o'clock I'm running around trying to find the best buy or radio shack finally finding one Get the hub By the time all was said and done I am totally ripped I'm so tired Then there's this little time change Oh yesterday by the way first border control about a hundred and fifty miles from the border I'm sorry what yeah so you know what white sands are in the the White Sands in New Mexico you've heard of them they're white sands yeah it's white sand essentially and Mickey really wanted to see it to take pictures and they have this four o'clock
05:20 Sunset stroll and they have a you know, a ranger takes your you know one of the one of those lesbian RV volunteers Who are great by the way? And so we like, you know going down route and of course everyone here in this town The closest town nearby says oh it's about 45 minutes. Yeah. Yeah Well, it's about how long does that all the time? It's hour-and-a-half I'm doing 95 on On Route 70 And then all of a sudden it's like, you know, slow down. Like the road closes and there is a border patrol checkpoint with cameras... I mean not just couple cameras John, I'm talking biometrics license plate facial recognition infrared The whole thing! And we're like oh we are totally going to miss this tour
06:07 And I'm like, okay. I'm just gonna stay really really calm if it had been any other circumstance I would have made a big deal about it and what they do is they you know You roll down your window and they say can ask you what nationality? You are now of course I don't have to answer that question Of course I don't have to answer that question at all where's not right but you know tell them this screw off If, as I said if it were different circumstances. I would have said What are you? So but you know like so am i yeah But what are you Yeah but What's it to you It's real and its 150 miles from the border and it's border patrol what nationality Are You so of course I immediately throw Mickey under the bus she's dutch She's not American
06:59 It's like And he's like can I see your papers please and Mickey Mickey is so she's so obedient. She's like here Like hmm Oh status Hmm Mickey says yes, I'm an actor and the guy literally goes oh You and my It was a... again under any other circumstances I would have said no, you know or just said what who cares? You can do it. I don't feel like telling you what I am They don't have the right to ask that and then of course you get into the whole you know Am i being detained in my free-to-go and my free-to-go That's the way he's supposed to handle it but it was total like wow Ausweispita! Let me see your papers
07:57 And Mickey was freaking out, it was kinda cute. She's like... Cause he's like where-where is your extension? It's in there! Uhh.. We can't find it why don't you park over in slot number two while we check Horrible Gitmo Nation man Anyway In the morning to ya John from uhh The Land of Enchantment In the morning you in the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground feet washing up on shore and Boots in the air. Yeah, and of course all of our human resources in the chat room at no agenda stream calm No agenda, no agenda chat net coming to you today actually from a 3g connection because of course this morning The six megabit up six mega bit down had become like 60 kilobits
08:46 So I'm literally on the tethered iPhone now and just sucks. Yeah, of course it sucks But what are you gonna do like jump up and down and ask the IT expert to go fix it? No And after I have to say all things considered, I think I'll just knock on some wood Sounding pretty good on a 3g so far yeah does sound good so far anyway So I'm sure that you've done a lot more work than i have, but I've been following a couple things in particular. The most interesting of course is Berlusconi if we look at Euroland which is now the official title. Berlusconi resigned as prime minister and of course
