Hey, look at that, another episode of my podcast (which I make with Will Hughes), and it hasn't even been over a month since our last one.

This week on the ExpertCast, Daniel Wheeler and Mike Haggar sit down to discuss the subtle art of the superintendent. We learn about the annoying teacher-suicide epidemic, master the art of speaking Bubonics, and check in on the war on knowledge. Also, an actual letter from an actual listener, not just fake ones like all the other ones.

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Welcome to another episode of the podcast I wish somebody would care about (especially me).

This week on the ExpertCast, Danny Madison sits down with noted urban cannon enthusiast Roy Bromwell to discuss America's most dangerous hobby since Synchronized Stabbing. Featured in this episode: moat-digging tips, more death rays than you can shake a death ray at, and surprisingly, no jokes about how cannon and canon are homonyms.

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I have been finding myself complaining about the world more and more lately. War. Famine. Oil spills. Everything is a mess. I've decided to take it upon myself, as a person on the internet, to send my complaints to the person I think could to the most to fix it, the President of Earth. I don't know why nobody has thought of that before. There's no need to thank me, the benefit of having a better world is reward enough.

Well, I guess if you want to send me gifts and stuff, you can.

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Lazyness is my excuse for why it's been two weeks since the last podcast. Wait, laziness is a terrible excuse. Um . . . ZEPPLIN ATTACK!

In this week's episode, Detective Jack Tenrec (Ret.) and Daniel Courtland, a.k.a 'The Scribbler' come to talk to you about Bike Theft. Learn about the value of street art created by known criminals, the fate of a doomed universe, and why you should never marry a bicycle.

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I've been working a lot, and Left 4 Dead 2 has burned through what little free time I've had, so I haven't had much time to make any progress on this summer's project,

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After a week-long delay (we had to grease some palms to make sure we weren't going to be thrown into some kind of secret pan-dimensional prison), the new Podcast is finally ready for you to listen.

Two elusive experts, Daniel Randolf and a figure known only to us as "Shadowman" hi-jacked our podcast to discuss a terrifying new quantum conspiracy, Garrison Keillor. William Hughes and Shauvon McGill completely deny all responsibility for this, of course, and we had no idea that the two experts would throw away our chosen topic for this week, harp tuning. We had no idea that the two conspiracy theorists we brought in to speak for us would demand to tell you about the conspiracy they just happen to be experts in. We're as surprised as you. In this episode: pita pizzas, more information about Saddam Hussein, and too many secrets that you SIMPLY MUST KNOW.

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Okay, so I've been informed that I should make these posts about my podcast (with Will Hughes) more informative than just "hey whatever, something about a podcast." Since I don't want to enter into yet another lengthy court battle with Will Hughes and his team of super-lawyers (or as I grew to call them, "lawyests"), I'll tell you a little more about this one.

Tune in and prepare to be informed as you listen to two experts discuss the upcoming season of Fantasy Fantasy Baseball! Join Ladd "Super Joe" Spencer, six time world champion Fantasy Fantasy baseball player, and Danny Clark, author of For the Love of the Love of the Game, the seminal work on the subject, as they discuss the hot players, newest trends, and future of everybody's favorite new sport. So take me out to the ball ball game game and get ready to play play ball ball!

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The company I work for, Colossal Squid Industries, recently launched a new website for Scott Brand. It's pretty sweet. We had a launch party for the website (lunch party) yesterday at Southport Lanes, which I thought was weird because that's right down the street from where I live.

I took some pictures, which you probably won't be that interested in unless you work at Colossal Squid, but I decided to post them here anyway because some of them are just cool pictures and I want to get everybody at work to start reading my blog. I guess I better stop talking about all those illegal activities and stuff I do when I pretend to be sick to get out of work.

See the pictures.

Hey guess what this time. Yes, yes, another podcast. I think this one might be the best. The two guys we got to represent us really did a great job. Use this flash object!:

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For the past few years, summer has always brought with it a bit of a windfall for me. My expenses stayed the same as the semester ended, but I suddenly had much more time to work, resulting in my income going up substantially. The sudden influx of cash always left as quickly as it came, as I used it not to invest or save (as a reasonable person would do) but to fuel one of my favorite hobbies, rebuilding my computer.

The months of April and May usually see me exploring the virtual aisles of Newegg.com, which most people would recognize as the best place for people who consider pictures of motherboards almost like pornography. Again and again I would check various components, judging which would be the best option for my new super-machine. Each year the shiny new bits would come usually on the same day, and usually in one big, glorious box. My former roommate John and I would come to call these events "Mini-Christmas." My credit card company would come to call them "flag for potential identity theft."

It would seem that this year the trend continues, as I find myself pouring over Newegg shopping carts once again. This year is different, though. My computer bits just aren't old enough yet to justify dropping a bunch of cash to upgrade. This year I'm building something that will actually be useful and might actually improve my life.

This year, I'm building a web server.

I have simply had it with my current host (Startlogic) and their continual outages, bouts of slowness, and their inexplicable need to constantly change my ftp address. The time has come to throw off the shackles of my web host and take my tiny little media empire into my own hands.

This certainly won't be easy, mind you. I'll have to negotiate with my ISP, RCN (this series is going to have a lot of acronyms) about the increased throughput on my connection, and about giving me my own static IP address. I will need to get Linux up and running on the new machine, complete with Apache, numerous MySQL databases and an email server. I will need to reconfigure my various domains to point to the new server. On top of all of this, I need to finally finish that sweet new design for DenyConformity.com.

Will I succeed? Will my obsession with using Gentoo Linux melt my waxen wings? Will RCN even allow me to run a web server from home without charging me ridiculous amounts of money? Will a home-built, entry-level PC suffice for the virtually ones of hits I receive every day? What other unforseen difficulties will pop up, threatening to ruin the entire project? Will I ever get around to doing it, or am I just going to keep talking about it all the time?

The answers to these (and more) questions will come in the next few months. Stay tuned for the continuing adventures of . . .