Podcast Introduction, Technical Screencast, Alternate Universe Banter
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the program from Austin and Northern Silicon Valley, noting the end of the California drought. Curry describes a new technical experiment involving a live screencast on YouTube to show the "sausage-making" process of the show's production. The hosts engage in their recurring "alternate universe" bit, transitioning into political commentary through a surreal lens.
adam curry· john c dvorak· austin texas· silicon valley· screencasting· youtube· alternate universe
00:00 Okay. With one foot squarely at each alternate universe and broadcasting live from the darkest corners on the internet, here in Austin Tejas. In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where the rain has stopped but reservoirs are filled to capacity with John C. Dvorak It's crackpotting boomskill! You got no drought
00:35 Drought be done. It's supposed to last for decades and actually never end Yes, we're all gonna die. This is as early as last year they said this Something new today John I just want to mention this up front okay? Yeah for some reason. I'm in a bit of an archival mode oh yeah, I know so I've been thinking about you know this what are we down our tenth year and we've got But we got a lot, I will get to it later. I got a segment called the no agenda story because we all, we both have great stories so... The No Agenda Story? Yeah and from time to time we tell the story again but its nice to have a collection of those in audio which I think would be great and then of course we could do our album Our Greatest Hits record Of Stories? Oh yeah! When I was a kid That's the title of it when I was a kid you nailed that that is the title of our double LP
01:34 But today, I think this will be for one time and one time only. I decided since people we always say we make it look so easy what we do We do? This is where you say yeah! Hey man, we're gonna make it real easy So I thought for one time at one time only I am screencasting live at this moment on the YouTubes And so people can see my entire desktop, so you can see all the things that happen during the show including the chat which is really the main reason. I would like people in the chat to see what i'm seeing and the challenges that they present me often and the good things! In a little window on the bottom left hand corner you'll see the mixer and the jingle machine where you'll see my hands
02:26 And this will be a one-time archive so that we can you know it's just so you don't have enough to do What you're telling me? It took me four hours four hours yesterday to get this working So you did put four hours into this instead of show prep. This is why they still video shows are no good Okay, John if you really think that I would let show prep suffer under this then your douche because that's not what I am about But this is not video of me and if people seeing talking heads. This is a technical... With the cans on you, yeah, they have cans on you No You don't see that have you ever seen someone show how the sausage is made here? Here you see my screen desktop
03:06 It's a screencast. Should I go look at this? Well, you could if you want to. You're recording it though aren't ya? Of course! So I can go look at it anytime I want. Yeah of course don't need to do it now we have a show to do. We have a show to do and I think maybe we should just start off John by well me I don't know did you have breakfast yet Why, you gonna make me throw up? Well when you travel back and forth between universes it can be a little complicated. Oh we're going to do this right away? You know I get nauseous Okay then you start with something else We'll go that in the middle No no let's just go do the universe I can do it Hold on lemme get some tea that will calm my stomach I'll drink some coffee I feel its better when I move into the alternate reality Are you ready?! From this day
03:53 See it hurts doesn't it? Where did dog come from? Well, the dogs live in all universes simultaneously. Yeah there's only one dog consciousness. There is just one dog! I've always said that there is only one dog. There really is only ONE DOG. Ah man so fun to see all the alternate universes and...
