Thursday, September 21, 2006

Podcasts 'R' US

So, as promised, I am letting you know about a nice little gem that I discovered several weeks ago. As you know (whether you care or not is up to you, as per usual), I'm hugely into podcasts, and listen to many hours of them each week while I work.

My latest discovery is what is called podcast novels. You can find them at podiobooks.com. I listened to the entire podcast novel called EARTHCORE, which is this science fiction, bizarro work by a guy named Scott Sigler. Basically, this mining company finds a massive deposit of platinum, which ends up [spoiler alert!....yeah like you care] being a big, 50,000 year old spaceship. It's inhabitants (crazy octopus, glowing aliens) are still alive, but are so inbred that they are basically the equivelent of cavemen, yet are still pretty creepy. Many adventures ensue for the folks who find themselves stuck in the massive underground highway system. I quite enjoyed it, as i'm a bit of a sci-fi junky.

Next I tried a podcast novel called 'The pocket and the pendant', and I got pretty bored with it, so I checked the next novel by the same guy who wrote earthcore. It's called Ancestor and involved a lot of Canadiana, which is cool. The main badguy is an ex Calgary Stampeder (CFL football) who is super crazy and likes killing nice americans. I found this funny, as I was starting to think that Canadians were nuts. Anyway, I just finished that one today and am now back to square one.....i need more podcasts! I need my fix!

Please help me.....please [whimper]

Friday, September 15, 2006

Off on another jaunt....


So, a couple of weeks ago I recieved word that there was a potential trip I could take part in (as a photographer). Things seem to be pretty much finalized now, which means I can tell you that next month I'm heading to El Salvador for two weeks to shoot for World Vision! I'm pretty excited about it as it's the first trip I'll go on since they made me a part of their extended team last year after I went to Kenya. Hopefully I'll be connected and can keep updates flowing through this blog.

Later....

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Do Video Games lead to bad behaviour?

"Games don't affect kids; if Pac-Man affected us as kids we'd be running around darkened rooms munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."


Monday, September 11, 2006

Truth or Scare....

I often check ctv.ca for news updates and the like. I found the pole on September 10 very interesting. It asks:

Do you believe the official explanation of 9/11 or the conspiracy theories?

I had no idea that the conspiracy theories surrounding the whole thing were so pervasive. I know it isn't a scientific pole or anything, but only 41% of those who answered say they believe the official explanation. The majority either wholeheartedly believes the conspiracy theories circulating, a bit of both (conspiracy theories and the official explanation), or they think nothing anybody is saying, whether on CNN or youtube, is actually the truth.

I definitely have my suspicions regarding the whole thing, but I'm not sure I would be ready to say that I think there was a grand conspiracy. The evidence (of conspiracy) does make one go: hmmmmmmmm. There is this online film called loose change that goes through quite a bit of it. Parts of it are certainly far fetched, but it makes you second guess what was going on. I've read a few 'debunking the conspiracies' pages and they seem to bring up some good points. Here is one from Time magazine

..but I still have my doubts.

So, what do YOU think?

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Podcastapalooza - part deux


Well, the wee drought has ended with the second episode of Podcasts I listen to and think YOU should listen to too.

This month I treated myself to a magazine subscription. The magazine is called Relevant
and I've never actually read one. BUT, I have listened to the weekly podcast they do and it is seriously a lot of fun.

If you might enjoy a candid picture at western culture from a young, Christian perspective, you will enjoy this one. These people are kooky, a bit too go-america for my sentiments, but still entertaining. It's probably the podcast that makes me laugh the most out of all of the podcasts I listen to.

Enjoy! And please please please let me know what podcasts you are into....I am constantly looking to broaden my podcast library!

Next time (on this feature): Brand new discovery in my podcasting experience....it's exciting, and it involves ancient caveman aliens.