The Evil Eyebrow

Category: Podcasting

  • Escape Pod

    I’ve plugged the science-fiction short story podcast Escape Pod before, but this week’s episode was particularly good, in my opinion.

  • Random Podcast!

    This is a random sound posting. Don’t listen to it. It’s boring. I’m doing this out of pure ego. I recorded my voice, therefore I must share it with the world.

  • Why Trees are Evil

    Mike L. would say that Trees are Evil because they pump volatile organic compounds into the air, thusly causing global warming and smog. If we cut down all of the trees, there will be no VOC’s to mix with the other pollutants. Go us!

    I, however, would say the trees are evil because you can run your vehicle into them. That is why this bi-week’s edition of Talking Traffic concerns clearzone, and why we evil civil engineers cut down all the trees by the roads. This should address the conversation some friends of mine were having at the Landmark Diner during Dragon*Con.

  • This Week in Traffic…

    …is no more. Make sure you check over at the sister blog TalkingTraffic.org for the traffic item tidbits. There were some interesting ones this week.

    First PodcastAlso, I think I’ve settled on a once-every-two-weeks podcast distribution schedule. That should work out fairly well with the rest of the things I’ve got going on. I could do it faster (in fact, episode 2 could have gone up two days ago) but I’ll stick to a regular posting, which should keep me on track. Look for them on Mondays, over at Talking Traffic, or on Itunes.

  • Escape Pod Podcast

    I am a huge fan of Escape Pod, a Science Fiction podcast published by Steve Eley. Its intent is to deliver an audio version of a science fiction short story every week. It is one of my favorite podcasts, and I listen religiously.

    Give it a try, and if you like it well enough, donate to it!

  • Splinter Blog/Podcast

    You may have noticed over the past few months that I’ve been alluding to a new project. That project is now live and in color. It is called Talking Traffic and is a podcast/blog site designed to bring some clarity to the confusion that often arises when I talk to people about what I do for a living.

    The reason for this is two-fold: One, I think it’s useful for people to know some of the basics behind transportation engineering, as the topic is often featured in the media and political debates. Two, maybe (just maybe) someone who listens to the podcast will come to one of the public information meetings I am present at as a consultant and I won’t have to ever-so-nicely disagree with them over a point of engineering. Instead of educating them there, I can educate them here (well, over at Talking Traffic)

    This blog, The Evil Eyebrow, will revert to being more of a personal endeavor, divorced partially from my professional life, which has been notably featured in the This Week in Traffic postings and other essays about infrastructure. Of course, I won’t be sending all of the random postings I do concerning highways, bridges, railroads, and airports to Talking Traffic; some of it won’t belong there. And you can expect to see some crossposting back and forth from both sites.

    Hopefully everyone who reads The Evil Eyebrow will enjoy both this site and the new one.

  • Talking Traffic is Live!

    crossposted from Talking Traffic

    Tonight at midnight, 0000 local time August 6, the first episode of the Talking Traffic podcast will be up. What does this mean?

    Most of the traffic- and transportation-themed postings at The Evil Eyebrow will now be posted here instead (possibly crossposted back to The Eyebrow).
    This blog/podcast will be undergoing tweaking for thematic purposes, and suggestions are appreciated. I realize that the format is a bit plain at the moment.
    I intend this to be a twice monthly podcast, but you know how things go with respect to time. Perhaps they will come faster, maybe slower.
    Any suggestions that people have regarding topics are also greatly appreciated. I happen to know what I like to discuss, but I’m an industry insider and may not have the best grasp on what somebody looking in from outside would be fascinated by.
    Please alert me if you find anything on the site that is broken or confusing. I hope you enjoy the podcasts!

  • You May Ignore This Post

    This is a test post. I have another website coming online soon, but it’s having…issues. This is a debugging tool. Feel free to enjoy the music, though.

    EDIT: Music gone. Still debugging.

    EDIT: Podcast UP!

    [display_podcast]

  • Dragon*Con Review: Podcasting

    Part IV in an n part series. See here, here, and here for others.

    One of the session tracks at Dragon*Con concerned Podcasting in its various forms. I did not attend any sessions except one, which was hosted by, among others, Phil Plait a.k.a. The Bad Astronomer, who was the only reason I attended. Phil Plait at Dragon*Con '06, during a Science in Podcasting session

    My original intention was to see what Phil had to say, but I became very interested in the session itself during the hour. I was made to see how easy it is to publish a podcast, assuming you have something to say that’s worth somebody’s time. It made me ask myself, “Do I have anything interesting to talk about that people would want to listen to?”

    I don’t know.

    I have some ideas, and it may involve some of the people I know, but the first warning I may give for a produced podcast may be on this blog when I post it!

    Poking around on the internet shows that the equipment and software needed to broadcast your melodious self by MP3 is easily attainable, if you don’t have it already. One Microphone (check!), one set of speakers (check!), one nicely put-together piece of software for audio recording and editing (check! check!) and something that will export to MP3 (check!). Now I just need to put together something to say that would be worth 15 minutes of your time.

    Of course, the equipment I’ve got is pretty substandard from a recording industry perspective. I’ve got the mic off my headset, and I’m sure I’ll run into feedback problems using my computer speakers for playback. But, I don’t intend to run out and spend money on headphones and low dB microphones until this thing becomes something useful and regular.

    We shall see. Maybe it will be 15 minutes of me singing It’s a Small World…

    The Hosts of the Science in Science Podcasting session at Dragon*Con '06. (LtR) Phil Plait, Swoopy, Fraser Cain, Derek ColandunoThe podcasting session was hosted by Phil Plait, as I mentioned, but he was present as a science expert and occasional Podcastee, rather than a Podcastor. The other three were Swoopy and Derek Colanduno from Skepticality, and Fraser Cain of Universe Today. It was a rockin’ good session.