The Death of an Imaginary Sentient Sloth
November 12th, 2009
Have you ever cared a great deal about your imaginary pet sloth, only to get caught up in your imaginary business to the point where your imaginary sloth dies of neglect and a broken heart? I have.
Also, from now on these are going to be purely on youtube until they get less crappy and I get some better ideas of how to edit these in a non crappy way.
You need to do something about the volume, with everything turned up I can barely hear it.
we gotta get you some compression software…get that volume louder. Are you bumping it up in Wavosaur??
Listened to it all Good as last time. And that means it was good so don’t sigh and say “It sucked that bad?”
As the others have said, volume up.
Okay. Just read over my last comment and it was…horrible.
Revised: Listened to it all and it was even better than last time. If you’re using Vista then you should be able to adjust the volume of the mic for future podcast by right-clicking on your volume button. Choosing recording devices. Click on the microphone on the (possible) list of mics that you’re using and adjust the levels.
Skull names: Skully, Bones McCoy, Kurt Cranium. That’s all I got for now.
Skull Names Suggestions: Skeleton In The Closet, Darcia, Moro, Marrock and Mr. Ghoul.
Come on, no one has suggested Yorick? Or how about Lews Therin?
Also, just finished the Crapcast and have to mention Python as an alternate programming language for you as it doesn’t require all the crap that Java/C does. Additionally, you can make tons of penis jokes about Python.
(Also, a good program for more mathematics based programs is Matlab)
Skull names: Percy, Gilbert, Phinneas, Fluffy.
These are some good suggestions!
@Matt
I can’t figure what went wrong with the volume, but I will figure it out for the next one. I have to basically lean into the mic for it to register anything at all, and since the mic is awesome I figure it’s got to be something I’m doing.
@Andrew
I bumped it up in Audacity same as last time. I think it had something to do with me having to stop in the middle of it because someone interrupted me.
@DJ
Remember when I was like God to you? And now here you are, giving a sad old man advice on how to turn up the volume on his microphone.
I feel like I’m 80 years old.
@Eric
Skully and Bones… I think those are my two running favorites.
@Clayton
No offense.
@Tech Support
I was going to name him Yorick but it felt like a creative cop out. Also, Tech Support, when I have time to learn it I shall use that suggestion to pick up a programming language.
@meggiemarin
Thank you madame
@Clayton
They are! Keep ‘em coming everyone. Knock Eric off his high horse.
More Names: Pastmaster, Bone Meal, Deadwalk, Frank, Tieresias, Asil, Cereal Bowl, (My friend bought a real human skull top from a shop in Hong Kong and he eats cereal out of it. Seriously.) Aviso, (Warning in Spanish.) Anubis’s Gambit, Cakal, Shaghal, Ngorongoro (a crater in Africa formed by a fucking massive volcano eons ago.), Latrans, Dirus, Nahuatl (Descendants of the Aztecs), Nekros the Skull, Hrafur, Cranium.
Shit, that is a lot of Goddamned fucking names.
Don’t worry m’lord you are still Godlike to me.
I’m in a Panera, so I couldn’t really hear it well enough to listen all the way through. The one thing that struck me (since I didn’t listen to the last one at all, not because I didn’t want to but because I usually check this blog from work and I can’t watch vids there) is that you sound like you should be on NPR. Seriously, you have a really good radio voice, and specifically a good NPR voice. And since I don’t know what your feelings on NPR are, I’d just like to clarify that this isn’t meant as an insult. Anyway, can’t wait till you figure out the volume thing and post a new one
Oh, and I didn’t hear the skull thing fully, but I think you should name it Corky.
Why you hate BC? You should just pick Kurt Cranium and leave my high horse be. Or is he just another Imaginary animal you need to off?
I vote that Eric needs his high horse, though his horse should stop smoking weed. Okay, that was kind of a lame zinger, but it is 1 o’ clock in the morning and I think I heard my bluegill and yellow perch talking to me from their tank. Must be the Nyquil. (I have a cold)
Well I think this one was better. Less apologising. When I first read the headline, I immediately thought you were making a Goonies reference. Oh well.
As for my question, are you going to read any stories on these casts? And I think you should name the skull Doc. It’s a shout out to The Venture Bros. cartoon, which has a skull in the theme sequence. Oh and the creator’s name is Doc Hammer.
If you ever write “What the fuck is shit made out of?” I will buy it. I will buy it twice.
Also, I really enjoyed the podcast. Keep them going.
Dang…I really wish I could hear it but you did say you’re working on that.
What are all the differences between Aberdeen and Boise? I’m sure the local cultures are quite unique.
How’s Andrew the little kitteh getting along in his new home? What does he look like?
Ah, wait, scratch that. I just read the kitteh’s no longer named Andy and now there are TWO! How’s that working out?
What is the name of your alter-ego, the warrior whose arm never strays far from his weapon?
Re: Iran’s fashion police. Yes, a solid majority of the boys (see “basij”) likely believe, or delude themselves into believing, that they are doing right by God. Although I think the “drag a woman into a van and beat the shit out of her” meme is taking things a bit too far; mainly a woman gets yelled at. As I understand it, if she doesn’t comply, she may be subject to being detained briefly until a cop shows up.
Regarding Ummmmcast, if you’re learning Latin depending on what period you want to read, Wheelock’s Latin or Bennett’s New Latin Grammar (although Bennett is heavily influenced by the Latin of Caesar’s time).
Also, I saw Space Chimps 2.5-3 times in a row at my brother’s house because his kids loved the movie. God that was horrible.
Another good show and very appropriately named.
Questions for the next Podcast:
1. If you where forced to do one job, other than writing, which would you choose and why?
2. You win a date with a celebrity. Who and why?
and I’ll think of more as the week goes on.