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of Paul Fischer
Teacher Fired for Wizardry!
by Paul FischerThis is insane. In this day and age for a man to loose his job over superstition seems like fantasy, but it’s all too real.
Please click through to Digg and vote for this story. Then leave a comment on the Tampa Bays 10 website. We need to bring some national attention to this idiocy.
Bacon Rapping
by Paul FischerBacon! The Musical
by Paul FischerI ran into Rob Balder at RavenCon last weekend and discovered The FuMP! Funny music is awesome, and I figured I’d get around to looking at it eventually. But then I noticed a song about Bacon by The Great Luke Ski.
Rolling Back Twitter Friends
by Paul FischerI’m sorry to say I just can’t keep up with the greater conversation on Twitter anymore. In order for Twitter to continue to be of value to me I must cut back on who I’m following. I hate to do it. There are a ton of people out there with good information and interesting lives. But I’m just too damn busy.
I think my heuristic will be something akin to this: Do I know you personally? Have I met you in person? Am I going to meet you in person? Do we do business together? Do I find you intensely interesting?
Unfortunately, everyone who doesn’t meet the heuristic must be axed. I’m sorry, but I need to make Twitter work for me. Please don’t be offended. It’s nothing personal. I will still approve follow requests, but I will likely not follow you back.
Fight Junk Mail With Bricks
by Paul FischerI found this on Digg today and just couldn’t contain myself. This must be shared.
http://officeofstrategicinfluence.com/bulkmailer/ Is a site that shows you how to mail a brick or other heavy items to junk mailers. It helps the USPS and cost the junk mailers lots of cash. It’s time to fight back America! Click the link and mail your own brick.
Sekret Projekt Kingfish - We’re Having A Baby!
by ljosalfSometime in early October, Martha and I will be adding a very small person to our household. That’s right–we’re pregnant. Not quite in the traditional way, but pregnant none the less. We’ve been working on Sekret Projekt Kingfisher for a long time, and all our hard work is finally coming to fruition.
It’s been a long journey of ups and downs filled with doctor’s visits, medicine, surgery, grief, and hope. Suffice it to say that we got a lot of help along the way and are still receiving it daily. We’ll post more about our surrogacy journey later. For now we present you with a very early portrait of our little human. We aren’t even sure what sex he/she is but healthy is all that matters.
Plug-In Prius Conversion: Mid-Atlantic
by Paul FischerI drive a Prius. My wife drives a Prius. We’re proud of the fact that our cars get high mileage and are inexpensive to own and operate. We’re also proud to be doing something for the environment.
The Prius is a great car, but it could be better. In many other places where the Prius is sold, with the exception of the US, the Prius has an EV (Electric Vehicle) mode. This allows the drive to completely disable the gas motor if he chooses. It’s supposed to be a huge energy savings when you’re driving in traffic or at low speed. If you could combine this with a plug-in option, you could save money and energy. This is called a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV).
I want these options. I have wanted them since I found out about them by reading Prius board and website on the net. However, the only places that sell kits to hack your Prius that I’ve found, such as Coastal Tech, are west coast based. Until now.
Enter Harvey Coachworks. This is the first Mid-Atlantic company I’ve seen that does any kind of Prius conversions (a.k.a. Prius Hacking). They’re based in Knoxville, MD less than 30 minutes from where I work. For the first time, I have hope that I can work with a local company to install some of the cooler Prius mods on the market without screwing up my car. I just contacted Mike Harvey, the owner of the company, but already I know we’ll be able to work together.
Why?
In and odd coincidence I have worked for him before. In a previous day job he was my supervisor. And, while the company wound up sucking the life out of me, I generally enjoyed working with him. (Except for the time he gave me a performance review and had his head in his Powerbook the whole time he was talking to me. But he was going through some heavy shit at home during that time, so, in hind sight, I’ll cut him some slack.)
What’s even weirder is that he’s going to be on the Science Track at Balticon to talk about his EV and PHEV conversions. I’m definitely going to snag an interview with him. I may even try to record it from inside his car, a VW Cabriolet which he personally converted into an EV.
Little Blue Herons from St. John’s River Florida
by Paul FischerThese are the first pictures from our trip to Florida and the morning we spent boating on the St. John’s river.
Scott Sigler’s Infected - Free eBook
by Paul Fischer
We did it before and we are doing it again.
Scott Sigler’s new print version of Infected gets released on April 1st, 2008. Over the next few days, his publisher has allowed him to give away copies of the PDF version of the book for free.
We are helping him do just that.
For more information on Scott and Infected, visit www.scottsigler.com
If you want share the file with friends, get them to download it from this page or from:
www.randomhouse.com/crown/infected/downloads/infected_novel.pdf
By getting the file from that link, it’s proving to the big publishers that we podcasters have a clue about what we are doing.
This file will only be active for a few days, at which time the link will become inactive and you’ll have to go to the bookstore to read the story. Which you should do anyway.
Sigler Donuts
by Paul FischerIf Scott Sigler were to make donuts, what kind would they be?
Buy Scott’s new book, Infected, on April first and show the world what Podcasting can do!
R.I.P. - Jesse Dakota Fischer Preston
by Paul FischerMy nephew Jesse passed away this week. We’re out in AZ with family. We’ll be back soon.
Here’s Jesse’s obituary.
-Paul
Bacon therapy and furuncular myiasis
by Paul FischerKind of cool. Kind of gross. Very clinical.
Bacon therapy and furuncular myiasis
Bacon, the Pig’s Gift to Humanity and the Ultimate Diet Food
by Paul FischerMike Doe has an excellent Blog Post on bacon.
Bacon Wallet
by Paul FischerBacon Salt
by Paul FischerIn other bacon news, there is apparently a real product that will make anything taste like Bacon! I may need to try out Bacon Salt at home just to see if it really works.
Bacon Cups
by Paul FischerI just saw this post on Digg. I’ve been making a lot of bacon recently, and this seems like a wicked cool idea.
I’ve also created a bacon category for the blog so I can post bacon specific news.
Podcasters Supper Mark II - Martha Style
by Paul FischerMartha put a shot across the bow of podcasting today by annotating the awesome picture posted last week by JR Blackwell. Click on the photo to go to Flickr and leave he a comment. She’ll love you forever.
Photo taken at Farpoint Convention. Thanks Steve for an awesome time.
Jocelyn’s Bat Mitzvah Pix
by Paul FischerHere’s the first round of pictures from Jocelyn’s Bat Mitzvah.
