Well, it's been a week since I should have released Episode 6, so I suppose I owe you some sort of apology.
Sorry, I've been busy.
That's your apology. Given how little anybody cares, it should be enough.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Bustopia to be Sold
Bustopia is going to go through some major changes to offset the rising costs of podcasting (equipment, advertising, bandwidth, etc). We have opened bidding for a corporation to purchase the Bustopia podcast. So far, Fox Networks, Apple, Public Broadcasting Corporation, and Air America have expressed interest. Since whatever road we take will screw over you listeners, I felt it was only fair to warn you. I will list the cons of each; the only pros in any case is we get our financial burdens lifted.
Fox Networks
Episodes would be available for stream, but not download
We would be required to run a few advertisements throughout each episode
Apple
All episodes would be purchased at the iTunes Music Store, for 99 cents each
We would each be given a Mac and then required to pretend we like it on the show
We would have to conform to strict censorship
Public Broadcasting Corporation
We would have donation buttons on the site and regularly ask for donations during the show
We would regularly play Public Service Announcements
We would add a "history time" section
Air America
We would be required to set aside 30% of each show for Republican bashing
We would no longer be allowed to talk about how much we love Dick Cheney
We would be required to increase our ethnic diversity by getting some black dude to ride the bus
We would no longer be allowed to use the terms "Democrat," "liberal," "nerd," "gay," "ghey," "elderly," and "hippie" as insults
Feel free to post comments telling us which company you would most like to see Bustopia a subsidiary of. Unless there are large differences in the money involved, we will try to cater to our listenership like the suck-ups we are.
Fox Networks
Episodes would be available for stream, but not download
We would be required to run a few advertisements throughout each episode
Apple
All episodes would be purchased at the iTunes Music Store, for 99 cents each
We would each be given a Mac and then required to pretend we like it on the show
We would have to conform to strict censorship
Public Broadcasting Corporation
We would have donation buttons on the site and regularly ask for donations during the show
We would regularly play Public Service Announcements
We would add a "history time" section
Air America
We would be required to set aside 30% of each show for Republican bashing
We would no longer be allowed to talk about how much we love Dick Cheney
We would be required to increase our ethnic diversity by getting some black dude to ride the bus
We would no longer be allowed to use the terms "Democrat," "liberal," "nerd," "gay," "ghey," "elderly," and "hippie" as insults
Feel free to post comments telling us which company you would most like to see Bustopia a subsidiary of. Unless there are large differences in the money involved, we will try to cater to our listenership like the suck-ups we are.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
HELLO, MORTALS!
Consider yourself warned! 16-9 days remain before the coming of the apocalypse. There will be swords of flame and demons aplenty, not to mention I, your subterranean overlord, Adrian. Pestilence will overcome nations, as greed turns to bloodshed and regularly peaceful busses revolt, not don't stopping and such. APOCALYPSE!
Is that you Adrian?! No. It can't be. I defeated you in Episode... um, in a prior episode. *draws sword. Now we duel! *swords clash, sparks fly. Gaah! My arm! *thunder crashes in background, grunts issue from both parties as they struggle against each other.
You haven't bested me yet, TERRANCE! En garde! *sword comes down between shoulders, hewing body in two.
AHH! Oh. I'm awake. Well, that was exciting. And now, to practice my swordsmanship for when I must face him in real life...
Is that you Adrian?! No. It can't be. I defeated you in Episode... um, in a prior episode. *draws sword. Now we duel! *swords clash, sparks fly. Gaah! My arm! *thunder crashes in background, grunts issue from both parties as they struggle against each other.
You haven't bested me yet, TERRANCE! En garde! *sword comes down between shoulders, hewing body in two.
AHH! Oh. I'm awake. Well, that was exciting. And now, to practice my swordsmanship for when I must face him in real life...
Thursday, March 22, 2007
~Bustopia Podcast Episode 5~
Surgeon General's Warning
Episodes of Bustopia evenly divisible by 5 are known by the state of California to cause birth defects in babies (as are most substances). Additionally, they are known to the civilized world to cause you not wanting to listen to Bustopia ever again.
Well, folks, we've come a long way since the birth of our fine podcast (just look at the difference between 0 and 1 or between 1 and 4!). As you may know, it takes a lot of work to keep the podcast bitchin' awesome, and every once in a while I need a break. So, we conceived the "behind-the-scenes" episode. Originally, it was going to be an episode where we talk about how the podcast is produced and stuff, but it turned out (partially thanks to Qalar) just to be something where I record the entire bus ride and don't edit. (I'm going to do about two rides per /5 episodes, since that comes out to about an hour). Anyway, we revert to the style known only as "Noobulous running a podcast before he knew how to run a podcast." Enjoy.
Just to be clear, there is no reason to feel obligated to the /5 episodes. Unlike the rest, they exist for our entertainment, not yours. Listeners such as Barnaby who have large quantities of free time due to excessive TARDIS use should feel free to listen to this, but listeners like the Mad Potter who had to be coerced into listening to Bustopia at all should steer clear.
On the show:
-whatever the hell we felt like saying/doing
Send death threats, rude comments, and DDoS to bustopia@gmail.com
Bustopia Episode 5
Episodes of Bustopia evenly divisible by 5 are known by the state of California to cause birth defects in babies (as are most substances). Additionally, they are known to the civilized world to cause you not wanting to listen to Bustopia ever again.
Well, folks, we've come a long way since the birth of our fine podcast (just look at the difference between 0 and 1 or between 1 and 4!). As you may know, it takes a lot of work to keep the podcast bitchin' awesome, and every once in a while I need a break. So, we conceived the "behind-the-scenes" episode. Originally, it was going to be an episode where we talk about how the podcast is produced and stuff, but it turned out (partially thanks to Qalar) just to be something where I record the entire bus ride and don't edit. (I'm going to do about two rides per /5 episodes, since that comes out to about an hour). Anyway, we revert to the style known only as "Noobulous running a podcast before he knew how to run a podcast." Enjoy.
Just to be clear, there is no reason to feel obligated to the /5 episodes. Unlike the rest, they exist for our entertainment, not yours. Listeners such as Barnaby who have large quantities of free time due to excessive TARDIS use should feel free to listen to this, but listeners like the Mad Potter who had to be coerced into listening to Bustopia at all should steer clear.
On the show:
-whatever the hell we felt like saying/doing
Send death threats, rude comments, and DDoS to bustopia@gmail.com
Bustopia Episode 5
Ep5 delayed
I started the upload last night, and in the morning I found that it had failed. I copied the file and resumed the upload from my desktop PC. It gave an ETA of 45 minutes, and the Busride was 1 hour. When I got to school, I checked in the file and it did not seem to exist. So the upload failed. The facist school firewall blocks FTP, so I can't reupload. I should have interim-hosted it on my own webserver, but I didn't. So you will get it later today.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
A few notes about Bustopia
As many of you know, because it was on this blog before, the former official recording device of Bustopia, the Noobulous' mp3 player, has broken. Or perhaps bwoken. Anyway, Episode 4 was partially recorded on that, and after it broke, recorded on the portable video player (The Archos) that Sqiblet and I share. The mp3 player recorded at the sample rate of 8000hz. The Archos, however, records at the much higher sample rate of 44100hz. The second half of Episode 5 was recorded on my laptop, actually, because I forgot to charge The Archos, but the laptop also records at 44100hz. The point is, for Episode 4, I downsampled the 44100hz audio to 8000hz, so I could mix it with the audio from the mp3 player, but if all my audio is 44100hz it isn't worth the large amount of effort to downsample it all. This means there will be a notable increase in the size of our lossless files. There might be an increase in the size of the VBR mp3s and the ogg vorbis, but the 64kbps mp3s are bitrate-capped (and mp3s are not sample based as far as I know), and those are the ones I link to, so most of you won't notice a thing. (by the way, if you take the filename out of the url, you can access the archive.org project pages, but you can also find those by Googling "Bustopia")
On an unrelated note, I've noticed that there is a misunderstanding about the email system. I am fairly certain we have at least eight listeners, yet we have gotten almost no email. You may have noticed that at the bottom of each episode it says "Send somethingorother to bustopia@gmail.com"? This is not a request. Emailing is mandatory. It is only fair; Bustopia gives you many well-developed thoughts on a regular basis, so if you are going to consume them, you are required to give us at least a few in return. Thank you for your cooperation (which I trust I will be receiving shortly in the form of angry emails promising to never listen to Bustopia again).
Speaking of episodes of Bustopia to not listen to, Episode 5 is ready and will be posted tomorrow morning, because it's uploading now and I'm going to sleep.
On an unrelated note, I've noticed that there is a misunderstanding about the email system. I am fairly certain we have at least eight listeners, yet we have gotten almost no email. You may have noticed that at the bottom of each episode it says "Send somethingorother to bustopia@gmail.com"? This is not a request. Emailing is mandatory. It is only fair; Bustopia gives you many well-developed thoughts on a regular basis, so if you are going to consume them, you are required to give us at least a few in return. Thank you for your cooperation (which I trust I will be receiving shortly in the form of angry emails promising to never listen to Bustopia again).
Speaking of episodes of Bustopia to not listen to, Episode 5 is ready and will be posted tomorrow morning, because it's uploading now and I'm going to sleep.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
More reasons not to trust Noobulous
...I promised Episode 5 yesterday, didn't I?
It's not ready.
Yesterday Qalar and TERRANCE were not on the Bus, and Ferris refused to podcast without them, so it would have been just me and Sqiblet, and Squiblet's boring.
And since there's no school for a week, you don't get anything until the following Monday, if then.
In the meantime, listen to The Original, or listen to a good podcast (which I already know I will get a lot of flak for linking to).
It's not ready.
Yesterday Qalar and TERRANCE were not on the Bus, and Ferris refused to podcast without them, so it would have been just me and Sqiblet, and Squiblet's boring.
And since there's no school for a week, you don't get anything until the following Monday, if then.
In the meantime, listen to The Original, or listen to a good podcast (which I already know I will get a lot of flak for linking to).
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