The Stray Pointers Podcast (Season 1 Episodes)
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Illustration copyright © 2023 by Rick J. Lundeen - Licensed to James K. Lawless
https://rickjlundeen.wordpress.com/
https://www.teepublic.com/user/rick-lundeen
Dec 26, 2023
Rick joins the show for a look at the final episode of Doctor Who for 2023 ... "The Church on Ruby Road."
Dec 10, 2023
Rick Lundeen joins the podcast for a review of the final of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials ... "The Giggle"
Dec 3, 2023
Rick Lundeen joins us again to discuss "Wild Blue Yonder", the second Doctor Who 2023 special. Please note that there are spoilers in this discussion.
Dec 1, 2023
Dan Kenny joins the show to discuss the Endless Forest, an Omaha area electronic bulletin board system (BBS) that began life on the Apple II in the 1980's. Dan, was responsible for creating the next incarnation of Endless Forest using the C programming language. This version ran initially on a DEC VAX 11/750 hosted at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, but it moved to other Unix/Linux machines during its existence.
The Endless Forest was one of the first BBS's that could be accessed via telnet.
Nov 26, 2023
Rick Lundeen returns to the podcast to continue the 60 year celebration of Doctor Who. In this edition of the podcast, we discuss "The Star Beast" ... the first of three weekly 2023 special episodes of Doctor Who.
Nov 21, 2023
Former 1970's Beatles Trivia radio show co-host David Helling joins us to discuss his Beatles knowledge and his long career in political news journalism.
Dave's retirement video:
Nov 12, 2023
My friends and fellow Whovians Rick Lundeen and Neil Welch join me for a roundtable discussion of the series. Neil presents a unique perspective as he saw the very first episode air on UK television on November 23rd, 1963.
Nov 10, 2023
Elizabeth K. Joseph leads the Open Source Program office for IBM Z series mainframe systems. She's published books on Ubuntu Linux and OpenStack. She was the 2012 winner of the O'Reilly Open Source aware. Lyz discusses the history of her involvement with the Linux community and her current position at IBM.
Lyz's Blog:
Lyz's Wallace and Gromit Fan Site:
The Official Ubuntu Book ( Matthew Helmke, Elizabeth K. Joseph, José Antonio Rey )
Common OpenStack Deployments: Real-World Examples for Systems Administrators and Engineers ( Elizabeth K. Joseph with Matt Fischer )
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Oct 25, 2023
Keith Howell joins us for a discussion on his long background in art, comics, modern and classic pulp texts, and his ongoing art publications. Keith also discusses his work and friendship with writer Philip José Farmer.
Keith's Website
The Meteor House Press Website
Oct 22, 2023
Software engineer Ben Kimball discusses learning BASIC programming at age seven, writing and running his first BBS using Turbo Pascal, telnet BBSing, and the creation of Nebraska's first production wireless Internet services provider.
Oct 20, 2023
Horror novelist Angela Sylvaine discusses various elements of the writing process and the journey that led her to write her new book "Frost Bite."
Oct 18, 2023
In this episode, illustrator Daryn Richardson describes how art permitted him to deal with PTSD and how a coupling of art and his interest in supernatural stories might help others.
Oct 9, 2023
Bob McCoy joins us for a discussion about his lengthy career in various kinds of electronics disciplines and his path to programming in Perl and PowerShell. Bob also discusses his work in voice audio and audiobooks.
Oct 5, 2023
During the first half of the episode, James discusses his usage of Omaha-based electronic Bulletin-Board Systems ( BBS's ) and his experiences marketing software using the shareware try-before-you-buy concept. At the halfway point, he turns the tables and interviews Jim on his dalliance with shareware marketing.
Sep 29, 2023
Musician Ron Gablehouse discusses the inculcation of tech into the music that he writes and produces in his home studio.
Aug 25, 2023
Long-time computing professional and entrepreneur Randy Carson discusses his career path in Information Technology.
Aug 17, 2023
Illustrator / writer Rick Lundeen discusses comics, Doctor Who, and his various creations including 100 Covers, The Swede, Super Unicorn Mega Chop, Where Have All The Heroes Gone?, and Merlin and the Nuclear Engine. A Chat with Illustrator Rick Lundeen
Designs at Teepublic
Thing Is blog
Mickey & Maj: the Selfies
"Where Have All The Heroes Gone?"
Rick's Amazon Author Bio
Aug 3, 2023
Author Eric San Juan discusses his interests in writing, the 12 books he's written / co-authored, and other media projects. His books include discussions of Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, and TV series such as Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead.
Eric's Amazon site:
Nerd Out With Me podcast
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