{"id":866,"date":"2010-01-19T23:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/01\/19\/snoutcast-5-proto-skypecast-with-jra\/"},"modified":"2010-01-19T23:09:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T07:09:00","slug":"snoutcast-5-proto-skypecast-with-jra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/01\/19\/snoutcast-5-proto-skypecast-with-jra\/","title":{"rendered":"SnoutCast #5: Proto-Skypecast with JRA"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, we are not actually speaking from inside a tin can this week; we’re trying something new: Skypecasting!<\/span> Which basically amounts to recording an international telephone call, with all the attendant audio problems.<\/p>\n

I had to do a lot of “fix it in post,” and if you hear a vacuum cleaner in the background, it’s because I scheduled the recording session at the same time as our monthly house cleaning. Hopefully there is still enough good content for you to enjoy this comedy of errors.<\/p>\n

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00:00 – Random Teaser\u2122: explaining Crisco
02:45 – introducing our special guest: Jeff<\/a>!
06:32 – Clue prototypes<\/span>, generally; why tactile?
08:53 – FoBiK<\/span> “shrinky dinks”<\/a> (2002) inspired by Tantrix tiles<\/a>
16:44 – FoBiK<\/span> PVC pipe decoder<\/a>
20:27 – FoBiK<\/span> “bloody blocks”<\/a>
24:05 – FoBiK<\/span> “meat necklace”<\/a>
26:52 – packaging the Justice Unlimited<\/span> ruler<\/a> (2004)
29:06 – Curtis and Jeff get yelled at by their old boss
31:40 – recreational vacuum-forming<\/a>… for great Justice<\/span>
37:00 – Dragonhunt<\/span> (1998): no paper clues!
40:29 – working with Nitinol<\/a> in Homicide: Life On The Farm<\/span> (2001)
41:02 – DeeAnn waxes nostalgic about Sutro Baths
45:10 – The End<\/p>\n

Oh, yeah: trivia contest! Be the first to e-mail hotsheet@snout.org<\/span> with the correct answer and you will win…<\/p>\n

One(1) FREE team entry to the <\/span>DASH 2<\/span> event in Portland, Oregon (the hunt happens on April 24, 2010. More information coming soon; meanwhile, you can read about <\/span>DASH 1<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Good luck! We’ll reveal all on our next episode, in two weeks.<\/p>\n

Music: instrumentals from “Code Monkey,” “Ikea,” “Baby Got Back,” “Chiron Beta Prime,” “Shop Vac,” and “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

[ Subscribe to SnoutCast<\/a> \/ iTunes link<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

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