The ninety-fifthth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: Storm is back from staycation, and describes the key to “That Vacation Feeling;” PAX anticipation; Paul recounts the nerd hornets’ nest he kicked over after Tweeting his opinion that […]
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Show #094: Flophouses and Cat Herders
August 17, 2010 – 7:15 pm
The ninety-fournst episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: we break down the general process that goes into choosing w00tstock locations, which seems to mostly involve herding cats, soliciting the philanthropy of billionaires, and puzzles; picnics and carnivals, […]
Elvis Died Today – Free Song!
August 16, 2010 – 12:27 pm
On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, we offer you a FREE! FREE! FREE! thematically-appropriate song: Elvis Died Today. Try not to cry today, and please share it with your friends and frenemies. Long live The King. [audio:http://www.nuggetman.com/free/elvisdiedtoday.mp3] Elvis Died Today (click to download, right-click then “Save As…” or however […]
New w00stocks a’ Comin!
August 12, 2010 – 5:34 pm
Here we go again! We’re pleased to announce that we’re bringing our travelling circus back to the nest, with w00tstocks 2.5 and 2.5.1 coming to the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA, on Thursday & Friday , September 16 & 17, 2010. Guest acts and other mayhem TBA, but it’s guaranteed to be […]
Show #093: The Glass of Milk and Honey
August 6, 2010 – 11:44 am
The ninety-threeth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s supersized-but-totally-worth-it episode: we are joined by podcasting juggernaut and general techie mensch (and self-described Paul and Storm groupie) Tom Merritt; Tom’s beard is analyzed; we reminisce about the past week, […]
Kanye New Yorker Tweets
August 3, 2010 – 2:59 pm
Yes, it’s true: Paul created the #kanyenewyorkertweets Twitter hashtag meme. We’re seriously thinking about changing the name of our act to The Meme Brothers. Hot on the heels of Storm’s #wookieeleaks juggernaut, Paul’s insomnia and subsequent Twitter exchange with Josh Cagan led him to launch #newyorkerkanyetweets, a mashup of New Yorker cartoons and Twitter n00b Kanye […]
#WookieLeaks #wookieleaks #wookieeleaks
July 30, 2010 – 3:00 am
Yes, it’s true: Storm started the #wookieleaks / #wookieeleaks hashtag meme that smoldered on and on like the Centralia Underground Coal Fire. It’s frankly a bit mind-blowing how far it’s spread. Here’s a sampling: Wired.com e-mail interview with Storm from Wednesday about how he thought of it and spread it, with the help of @shanenickerson […]
w00tstock SDCC: My God–It’s Full of Stars!
July 28, 2010 – 1:00 pm
Sometimes you order a large barrel of Awesome and they accidentally send you the DELUXE MEGA-ECONOMY SIZE. That is precisely what happened at w00tstock 2.4 SDCC. An SRO sellout crowd of around 800 was utterly rocked by each and every performer, as well as a handful of surprise guests. And we know that this comment […]
Show #092: That Time We Almost Met Joss Whedon
July 27, 2010 – 1:00 pm
The ninety-twostrd episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: a reasonably thorough breakdown of our Comic-Con and w00tstock 2.4 experience, including such topics as camelcase; the multiple possible con tracks one can enjoy; the Guild Bollywood-style promo video; […]
Show #091: Stupid Like a Cat
July 15, 2010 – 1:27 pm
The ninety-onethth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: Storm works to overcome his terrible mood (with the help of a German digestif); drunk cats and Ivy Leaguers; a lengthy dissection of the “Double Rainbow” meme, and memes […]
