This has nothing to do with me.

Aparently, “manata” means “To Curse” and “To Exercise” (not jogging, but to remove demons).

How can it mean both of those things?

Posted on Nov 24.06 to Life | No Comments »  

A lesson in zen minimalist .php salvation.

Posted on Nov 22.06 to Projects | No Comments »  

I decided to get back into the graphic design goodness and played with the latest stable release of GIMP.  I came up with some pretty cool little desktop wallpapers that I’ll share for your amusement.  Give ‘em a click to check ‘em out.

This first set is some fun lighting effects on an orange M.

This next set is some cool flame effects that were hand-swirled.  One has a skull and corss, the other has a FSM pirate fish.

Posted on Nov 18.06 to Projects | No Comments »  

Uh, I got 2 votes. My story sucked. Wow, they didn’t get it…

Oh, well. Check the Episodes link for some inebriated goodness.

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Wow, that was quite a recording adventure.

The Squirrel Bait Podcast, Episode 6

I bet you can’t guess which parts were recorded sober and, which were recorded…uh…not so much.

T-Minus two years until we’re living on Dantuine.

Posted on Nov 18.06 to Episodes | 1 Comment »  

Books I’ve read in the last 6 weeks:

Puff - Bob Flaherty

Swagbelly - DJ Levin

The Innocent - Harlan Coben

Velocity - Dean Koontz

Shattered - Dean Koontz

The Husband - Dean Koontz

Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz

Forever Odd - Dean Koontz

The Hundredth Man - Jack Kerley

Posted on Nov 16.06 to Life | No Comments »  

Sci-fi action star makes cameo in hit “podiobook” series, 7th Son

Fresh from the first-ever launch party for a novel in the online community Second Life, the 7th Son podcast novel trilogy has achieved another “first” in podcast history: Actor Nathan Fillion, star of the TV sci-fi series “Firefly” and film “Serenity,” will appear in the free audionovel 7th Son, Book Two: Deceit on Nov. 14 as a special guest reader.

Fillion, whose future projects include appearances in this season of ABC’s hit series “LOST” and the lead role in the supernatural thriller film “White Noise: The Light,” will read a segment at the beginning of the Nov. 14 episode. Called “The Story So Far…”, this segment recaps events of the novel’s previous episode.

This is the first time Fillion has appeared in a podcast novel, and may be the first time the actor has recorded original content for any podcast.

While Fillion is best known for his role as Capt. Malcolm Reynolds in the TV series “Firefly,” 7th Son author J.C. Hutchins has admired the actor’s work since he appeared in Steven Spielberg’s 1998 film, “Saving Private Ryan.”

“It’s an absolute honor to have Nathan on the podcast,” Hutchins said. “Folks best know him as a well-grounded hero in a science-fiction epic. 7th Son — a reality-driven sci-fi thriller — is a good fit for his cameo. Current listeners of 7th Son will love his ‘previously on’ reading … but this also provides a terrific reason for new listeners to hop aboard.”

Fillion’s appearance is the latest in a series of “very special” guest readers for Book Two: Deceit. Best-selling science fiction, fantasy and comic book writers have also appeared on the podcast, including: Robert J. Sawyer (Mindscan, the Nebula-award winning Neanderthal Parallax trilogy), Mike Resnick (Santiago, the Starship series), Tracy R. Hickman (Dragonlance series), Jeph Loeb (writer/co-executive producer for NBC’s “Heroes,” Batman: The Long Halloween) and Mark Waid (Superman: Birthright, Kingdom Come). Patrick Lussier (film editor for the “Scream” horror trilogy, and film director for “Dracula 2000″) also recently read a recap for the novel.

7th Son, a free weekly podcast, is the most popular “podiobook” series in history. More than 11,000 listeners currently tune in each week to hear new chapters of the thriller. 7th Son is the #1 most popular program at the podcast directory PodcastPickle.com, and is listed in iTunes as one of the Top 25 podcasts in Literature category. The first novel in the series — titled Descent — was nominated for numerous awards for excellence in podcast fiction. The novel has also been featured on such popular blogs as BoingBoing.net and MissSnark.com.

ABOUT 7th SON:
7th Son is a free weekly podcast novel. The story chronicles the lives of seven strangers who have been brought together after the recent assassination of the U.S. president. These men quickly discover they all appear to be the same man, with identical childhood memories. Unwitting participants in a human cloning experiment, these “John Michael Smiths” have been assembled to catch the man who murdered the president. Their target? The man they were cloned from.

7th Son, Book Two: Deceit and Book One: Descent can be found at www.JCHutchins.net, and at www.Podiobooks.com.

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Link to the novel’s audio promo
For more informaton, please contact J.C. Hutchins at 7thSonNovel@gmail.com.
Visit http://www.JCHutchins.net for additional news about the 7th Son podiobook trilogy.

Posted on Nov 01.06 to Technology | No Comments »