22 comments op “HN 119 – Christmas in July – (805)725-5085”

1. Colin G said: (Tuesday 15 July, 2008 )

   Being the tourist trap that it is, Bath has a couple of ‘Fudge Factories’ in the centre of town where you can see it all getting made. They’re quite close to each other so sometimes the sugar haze is quite over powering.

   I’m personally not bothered at all by spiders and would like that kind of key chain. If I actually used a key chain… Whenever I think of arachnophobia I’m reminded of a band called Space. In the mid ’90s they released their fantastic debut album called ‘Spiders’. The CD, in keeping with the title, was covered in pictures of spiders and there were tales of people who bought the album and then had to get their friends to put it in the CD player because they didn’t want to touch the spider covered object. When it’s that bad you’ve really got a problem…

   ‘A Demon the size of a pigeon’. You really know how to freak out your audience don’t you.
2. Uncle Drew said: (Tuesday 15 July, 2008 )

   The comment about everybody moving away seemed ironic, considering that you two live in California. Where I’m originally from, Rockford, Illinois, people really leave and almost never come back. But I can’t imagine that being the same in California… Although I lived in the Bay Are in ‘90 before I moved to Hungary.

3. Erk @ the Erk Pod said: (Wednesday 16 July, 2008 )

   I reckon Shawno could have talked for 4 hours!

   Too bad you couldn’t get a MePhone but I’m not sure that breaking a contract and having to pay coin to do so just to go on another contract is a good idea. I was a bit surprised to learn that we here in Australia have 3 carriers to choose from for the MePhone. As Richard ranted on his latest episode, Apple screwed up and there was no way I was going anywhere near a MePhone on day one. Besides, my N95 is better, I’ve got a better camera on it, I can do MMS and my data plan is better.

   Good on you for sending your first text message, too. How long did it take you to write it?
4. Jen from Hyper Nonsense said: (Wednesday 16 July, 2008 )

   Colin,
   Years ago, I visited Bath, and did much of the touristy stuff there. Visited the Roman Baths (which damn near killed me from the mold count alone), and took a tour on a double decker bus. Didn’t see the fudge shops, though, or I would have dragged my family into one. I remember starving, a lot, on that particular vacation, and fudge is always a good thing. Glad you liked the “demon the size of a pidgeon” comment. Just one example of the demented little thoughts that go through my head sometimes.

   Uncle Drew,
   I once lived in Rockford, Illinois, and was mostly miserable there. Had a really great time at the Waterfront fest one year, (and painted a huge mural for it). Often, I wonder if they still use the mural, or parts of it at the fest. And, I am one of those people who lived in Rockford, and leaves it, never to return again. So, I guess I will never know about my mural.

5. Ken Turetzky said: (Wednesday 16 July, 2008 )

   I have a tin of banana & butterscotch cookies from the Bath Sweet Shop.

   I never get to go anywhere, but people bring me shit from their vacations when I pick them up at the airport.
6. Inside My Head » Blog Archive » VayKay said: (Thursday 17 July, 2008 )

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7. Shawno said: (Sunday 20 July, 2008 )

   Just testing out our new CAPTCHA system for comments. If this posts, then that means it’s working.
8. Paul Roberts said: (Sunday 20 July, 2008 )

   Shawno: why don\’t you have the headphones with the call answer button and mic on your phone, and you\’re lucky it pauses and starts where you left off my Samsung goes back to the start of the podcast and i have to FF and find where i was.

   I\’m waiting for them to sell PAYG iPhones, they say Christmas but not in July

   custard creams FTW

9. Paul Roberts said: (Sunday 20 July, 2008 )

   Shawano: your capture thing seems to be messing with ‘ and maybe ” by adding extra escape characters (\).
10. Paul Roberts said: (Sunday 20 July, 2008 )

    and know it makes me look silly

    i’m

11. Shawno said: (Sunday 20 July, 2008 )

    Are you drunk, Paul? I have no idea what you’re talking about.
12. Orange Tim said: (Thursday 24 July, 2008 )

    Mmmmmm. Fudge! My personal favourite is Scottish Highland Fudge! I did have some on it’s way out to me from Scotland, but Royal Mail lost my 4th package for the year!!! Grrrrr!

    Congrats on the 1st Text Message!!!! I send 100’s of these a month! Just ask Erk! LOL!

    iPhone Never, Nokia Forever!

13. Harold said: (Thursday 24 July, 2008 )

    I’m with Erk and Orange Tim: Nokia’s the way to go. I’m a longtime MacAddict, too, but I’m not seeing the price of the device realistically matching its capabilities. I mean, I’m in love with the idea of portablility, and love being able to send message and check my email and listen to ‘Net radio while on the go: but I can do all of that with my E62. I *was* in love with the idea of surfing the web in its fully glory — and the Symbian OS running on my Nokia has the best browser available for this — but I’d still rather surf on a larger screen. The smallest I think I’d really be will to go with for mobile browsing is a device like the EEE series by Asus, which are smaller laptops with long-running batteries and less limitations than browsing on a phone presents.
14. Dave Calderbank said: (Friday 25 July, 2008 )

    Can anyone tell me what’s so cool about the iPhone, or cell phones in general? They’re probably usefull in an emergency, but most of you “oh i gotta stay in touch” idiots just cause emergencies. Pay attention to traffic and talk to grandma when you’re at home. This whole thing is getting outta hand, even most stay-at-home moms i know have cell phones, what is that, fidgety? Are cell phones 21st century cigarettes?

    F.Y.I.: I do not own a cell phone.

15. Harold said: (Friday 25 July, 2008 )

    For males, it’s an addiction to gadgets. To females, it’s an addiction to chattering. It boggles the mind, though. I’ve actually had friends tell me they don’t like books. They don’t like *books*? No wonder they talk talk talk all day on the phone; where else are you going to find a portable story?
16. Harold said: (Friday 25 July, 2008 )

    Just to clarify: It wasn’t just that they didn’t like books: they didn’t find pleasure in reading, which is what boggles my mind. One of these friends spends a great deal of time playing consoles games and WoW and watching movies. To each his own — I love films and play games, too. But the phone seems to be a solution to boredom for some people, for people who have trouble being with themselves, contemplating or considering or reading without the assistance of some kind of extra-activity.

17. Colin G said: (Friday 25 July, 2008 )

    I do own a cell phone (or since I’m British a mobile), but the only times I ever use it are to check whether my weekly night out with the lads is still on or to phone home to see if there’s anything anyone wants while I’m in town. I could definitely live without my mobile, but for those brief moments they are useful.
18. Harold said: (Friday 25 July, 2008 )

    My g/f & I just got my monthly bill; we’re on some type of shared/family plan. We have so many unused minutes that we currently have 1500 accumulated rollovers. Those have been accumulated for so long that our provider is actually expiring the minutes that are 12 months old; this month, 150 of those accumulated minutes were expired. We’re considering switching to those pay-as-you-go phones.

19. The Parallax View(Matt) said: (Sunday 27 July, 2008 )

    Hey! Hope you both had a great time at the S.T.P. show. Hopefully the singer didn’t F things up with his ummm…..side hobbies. Let me know how it went!
20. Paul Roberts said: (Tuesday 29 July, 2008 )

    no I’m not drunk, i was referring to these you\’re and don\’t which i get instead of you’re and don’t, think it’s a magic quotes php thing.

21. Teacher Marc said: (Friday 22 August, 2008 )

    Dunno if you got you i{hone desires met but I wanted to add that I use the T-Mobile Shadow and love it. Good for everything I need it to do.

    I have seen the Cuesta Ridge Boys (one of my buddies attends church with a guy in the band) and I liked them a lot. Being a folk musician I adore local bluegrass and celtic bands. As for the Shamblers, I’ve heard them and while they are entertaining I don’t see them rising any higher than a Farmer’s Market or Country Faire type band. They just don’t have that “oomph” that any serious venue could say “Hey … we could consistently pack a house with these guys”. If the singer feels anywhere near the same way I do about the band then I would’t blame him for wanting to try to make it somewhere else.
22. The Parallax View(Matt) said: (Friday 29 August, 2008 )

    NOOOOOOOOO! You guys gave away my secret for jacking up my post count!

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