In this episode, I am hosting an episode of The MannersCast on my feed to introduce my audience to a podcast that I think is fantastic. This episode was put together by the MannersCast guys at my request as I totally think Colin’s stories are the bomb.
Other Episode Credits and Information
- Hey! What Did the Bluejay Say? by Maria Muldaur
- Hey Mr. Bluejay by Brad Stubbs
FACT: Being a jerk is one of the main features of bluejays.
I really enjoyed this! I think I’ll subscribe and try this podcast out. Thanks for sharing this with us, Dee.
Oh, bee tee double you, I suspect your frequently calling Zune owners like myself crazy is evidence that you’re actually envious of the greatness that is Zune, and are merely trying to convince yourself against your closet love for Zune because of the accompanying feelings of guilt and shame which result from emotionally betraying the leader of the Apple cult. The outworking of your brainwashing is so readily apparent, I’m surprised nobody’s pointed it out sooner!
I found this on the Wikipedia entry for Bluejay:
“The Blue Jay has a bad reputation as a raider of other birds’ nests, stealing eggs, chicks, and nests.”
Clearly the reputation is not only justified, it’s understated! Someone needs to add bullying, murder (or would it be “birder”?) and cannibalism!
You will end up downloading them all and cracking up. Must listens to are: The Immaculate Hand and Spanking the Sofa, oh and the episode on the medical taster.
All two of you? Even the weight-challenged weirdo with the tattoos saw the error of his ways… though I am not so sure we want him in the cult.
Keep telling yourself that dude. Like how Monkey Boy said that the iPhone would be a flop and the Seinfeld commercials made sense. Well they did in an odd way. When you think Microsoft, think of Gates’ butt. Pretty accurate, though “delicious” kinda made me swallow my tongue.
Hush your mouth. I would never betray Dear Leader.
Boy you weren’t kidding, Spanking the Sofa was hilarious! I was in tears I was laughing so hard, and even more so at the carful of referees story! Thanks, sincerely, for turning me on to the Mannerscast. They should fill the time nicely between episodes of the Preterist Podcast
I am glad you enjoyed it. A lot of people are surprised that my favourite podcast is not a theological podcast or a Mac podcast. There are a lot of my podcast listeners from TheologyWeb that are also Mannerscast fans. I too was almost in tears during the spanking the sofa episode. The comment about the crumbs geometrically inserting themselves into the fabric was the kicker with the mental image of Tetris.
It does take a certain quirky sense of humour to appreciate them, but I am pretty sure that anyone who thinks I am even somewhat funny would love them. Fact.
Well I think you said it well in one of your “Kicking Some Left Behind” podcasts: As Christians, we’re not supposed to be only interested in theology or spiritual matters. I think we’re called–designed, even–to have a variety of other interests as well. These other interests help us interact socially with others in the community, developing friendships and bonds, with believers and unbelievers alike. They help us function in civilization, perform tasks and do jobs, etc.
My podcast collection is rather limited, I’m sad to say. I’m thrilled to have added Mannerscast
I’m open to other suggestions, though Apple-focused podcasts are unwelcome.
My podcast subscriptions number around one hundred, which makes the fact that the MannersCast is my favourite even more significant. I wouldn’t have suggested an Apple podcast simply because the ones I listen to aren’t “entertainment” based but technologically based on Mac troubleshooting and the like, so of no use to someone who is not a Mac user. The MannersCast guys use Mac though. Yay Macs!
If you like technologically humourous shows, Techorama is awesome but they don’t put out many episodes lately as one of the hosts has small children so that podcasting takes a backseat. They though are Apple-biased. Oh yay, they are the ones who did the 12 days of Christmas song, with the… Zune.
I also listen to fan-shows. For instance the 2 Guys Talking network has great fan podcasts on 24 and the Sarah Connor Chronicles. So whenever I get into a new show, I look for a fan podcast. It makes watching the shows even more enjoyable, but only that, very creative as theories are batted around. It makes TV not a mindless activity at all. I love Fringe so there are a few Fringe podcasts I listen to.
The majority of my podcast list is Apple-centric. Once you go Mac, you never go back
One of the Mac podcasts I listen to is Typical Mac User. The host used to be the host of Typical PC User. Guess what happened to him? Oops 
Some good general tech podcasts that are definitely not Apple fanboi ones are TWIT and Cranky Geeks.
Here is a random statistic for you. More than 30% of podcasters (no matter what the podcast subject matter is) use Macs. That is way out of proportion to the general usage percentage.
Hey on 24, it is awesome that all the bad guys use PCs and all the good guys use Macs
Fact.
I really should subscribe to a Fringe podcast. I subscribe to a few Lost podcasts, so I’m definitely up for fan podcasts
As for your Mac statistics, big frenching deal
. To quote the bluejay who sent you the hate mail, 24 is “sucky” anyway. And as for podcasters? I fall back on my ubiquitousness argument. Podcasts originated with the iPod, which is still the dominant podcast player. It follows naturally that a disproportionate percentage of podcasters would use Macs. Give it time. As the world increasingly recognizes what a superior product Zune is, it will replace iPod as the quintessential music/podcast-playing device 
In fact, I think they’ll have to replace the term “podcast” with “Zunecast”.
The official Fringe podcast is very good. I also like Wayne’s Take on Fringe, and the Fringe Dwellers podcast. The last one though has some audio quality issues. The quality has improved, but there is still an issue IMHO with the levels between the two hosts, and I find myself going up and down with the volume control.
The Mac statistic is significant in part of the larger statistic that Mac users make up a disproportionately large segment of all creative fields, be it movie editing, photography, graphics, etc. This extends to podcasting.
Funny should you mention the 24 is “sucky” issue. That is the one podcast in which the hosts do not use Macs. Whoops, seems you stepped in it on that one.
Actually the reason that a disproportionate number of podcasters use Macs, besides the above, is because of GarageBand which comes natively with the Mac and is ideal out of the box for podcasting. Despite podcasting originating with the iPod (not true precisely but I know what you are getting at), that has nothing to do with podcasters. Most iPod users were and still are not Mac users. The halo effect was not at all in place at the beginning of podcasting. Additionally, iTunes was late to the podcasting game with its directory. Podcast directories prior to that were web-based and platform neutral. The only factor for which ubiquitousness plays a factor is in how podcasts came to be known as PODcasts rather than some other name. Very few of the users had Macs. The halo effect didn’t take off in full force until Apple switched to Intel from PowerPC chips in 2005, and not really even until the end of 2006 which is when a really significant exodus was seen. I wasn’t a Mac user until 2006 though I had been planning a podcast since 2005. I listened to podcasts on my Creative Zen. I didn’t get an iPod IIRC until AFTER I got a Mac. I could be wrong on that, but I don’t think so. I wasn’t an iPod user for many years but a user of Creative’s products. The Creative Zen was incompatible at first with Vista which is what caused me to consider a new player.
Yes, I will acknowledge that a disproportionate number of creative content creators use Macs. Much to my chagrin
. Actually, I don’t mind admitting that Macs are better for that purpose than PCs. After all, “Since we have gifts that differ according to the [programming] given us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly.” I don’t mind Macs filling the niche of creative content creation, with PCs filling up the rest of the client OS market 
Oh, and I said 24 is “sucky”, not the fan podcast dedicated to the show. I bet the podcast rocks because it was created using a PC!
Thanks for the schooling on Podcast history. I was waxing intellectual for the sake of playful bickering. My ignorance has been sufficiently revealed