Dr. Cmar and I have shaved off our facial hair for the 2011 How Not To Grow A Beard Month festivities. As part of this, we are also accepting donations for the annual Beards4Boobs drive, wherein we ask you to sponsor a beard to raise money for Breast Cancer research. Please donate on the Beards4Boobs page. … Read More …
If you’ve watched The Baristas, then walking into Affogato in Bellevue, PA is like walking into Cheers in Boston. You know the place, it is familiar, but some part of you is unprepared for the actual size, filled with actual people, none of them the actors you have come to know. After a moment the feeling passes, and you … Read More …
At last, we’re back with a new podcast episode. In this bundle of joy: We hold a board meeting to reveal just what that bacon smell was in the Lair, and discuss the fate of Overlord Johnson… We relate what we’re currently reading… Natalie is reading [amazon_link id="0765328542" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Fuzzy Nation[/amazon_link] by John … Read More …
The reports of my carbonite freezing have been greatly exaggerated. I am back, thawed and ready to rumble in that way that we do around the Lair. Posts will follow shortly. Brace yourself, Effie. This shit just got real.12 Am I mixing metaphors? No. Am I mixing movie quotes? Yes. Back off man, I’m an … Read More …
Magnatune, the online music label sporting the tagline “We Are Not Evil,” announced this week that their all-you-can-eat membership program has been so successful that they are shifting their business model to take advantage of it. For $15 a month1, you can download as much music as you like from the service. From founder John … Read More …
In this episode of The Secret Lair, we’re joined by hacktivist and digital culture commentator Thomas “cmdln” Gideon and a bit later in the episode by author and DIY enthusiast Matthew Wayne Selznick (Brave Men Run). The topic is one near and dear to our hearts: free content. This time out, we’re looking at free … Read More …
Love is in the air here at the Secret Lair, and all personnel are advised that rebreathers must be worn on levels A14 through B31, and access to level B32 and lower requires (a) special security clearance and (b) use of an approved Hazmat suit. Once pheromone levels have returned to normal and a cleaning … Read More …
The news has moved quickly in some circles, but for those who have not yet heard: Natalie Morris, wife of Podiobooks.com founder1 and author Tee Morris, passed away suddenly yesterday. In order to help Tee and his daughter through this diffcult period, Pip Ballantine has set up a fund where anyone who wishes to can … Read More …
To: All Lair Personnel From: Overlord Miller Subject: Web site uptime and podcast schedule While Overlord Johnson and I reward hard work and appreciate an enterprising mind, whomever decided to hook up the Q-Crays to the Desktop Hadron Collidor needs to present him/herself to me as soon as possible. The resulting gravitational anomaly has trashed … Read More …
This episode of The Secret Lair was recorded in an unnamed coffeeshop somewhere in an eastern suburb of the largest city in northeastern Ohio. No baristas were harmed during the recording of this episode, but Kris did some serious damage to a blueberry muffin. Your Overlords are Old Men or “Infirmateam Assemble!” Decaffeinated coffee? Non-dairy … Read More …
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