Category: mediageek status

The radioshow page is now fully up to date with all the show archives that are available on-line. Now up are the following shows: Nov. 7: Live report from the National Conference on Media Reform and the Be the Media! Conference, from mediageek host Paul Riismandel and John Anderson, of DIYmedia.net. Nov. 14: The FTAA…

As I noted a few days ago, a column in the American Spectator decrying the liberal and lefty failure to have much sympathy for Rush Limbaugh’s drug problems quoted the ‘geek as one example of this “angry, cowardly, and vile hate-fest.” (Of course, my response is along the lines of: the pot calling the kettle…

The Internet is a crazy place sometimes. Today the mediageek site is getting hundreds and hundreds of hits from people using various search engines looking for “Chris Plummer CBS Marketwatch,” or some similar variation. Inexplicably, one old mediageek post comes up as the top, or close to the top search result all around. Of course,…

While the poor radio show page remains neglected, the archive of mediageek radio shows keeps getting updated nonetheless. Listen in to these two interesting programs, conducted in the midst of WEFT‘s annual Fall pledge drive: 10/10/03 – Interview with Brent Ritzl, publisher of Zine Guide and Tail Spins, about indy publishing and communicating with youth…

Yesterday’s mediageek radio show is already posted for listening on-line. The feature was an interview with Chicago zinester Brent Ritzel, of Zine Guide fame, along with the usual media headline news. mp3 (download; 16kbps 3 MB) broadcast quality mp3 (64kbps 13 MB) Ogg Vorbis (52 kbps 10 MB – broadcast quality) about ogg vorbis

It looks like the mediageek server’s Internet problems are resolved, at least for the moment, so I was able to upload the last three weeks of the radio show last night. Here they are: Aug. 29: John Anderson of DIYmedia.net co-hosts live in the studio, he discusses recent FCC activity with unlicensed broadcasters Free Radio…

Yes, I know that the mediageek site has been up and down for the last few weeks — mostly down for the last few days. This is the result of problems with routing equipment and with SBC (the world’s worst telecomm) where the server is. We’ve been promised things will be fixed this weekend, but…

The excellent ‘zine review blog Poopsheet has given the mediageek zine a gander, and concludes: “I found every piece in this zine to be informative, helpful and encouraging. Definitely recommended to anybody who needs media creation demystified or just wants some good advice on making their own. ” So, what are you waiting for? Order…

The server that houses mediageek.org is having all sorts of problems with its ‘net connection and router. That means that the site is periodically unavailable — sometimes for just a few seconds, sometimes for much longer. Of course, this is annoying as all hell, but I do know that smart geeks are busting their brains…

I’m back in Champaign and had a good time in Portland, even considering it was a 2.5 day train ride to and back. The Zine Symposium was cool — I suspect it’s become more successful and popular than the organizers dreamed. Like similar conferences I’ve been to, the individual workshop sessions are kind of hit…