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www.ViewFromTheQuad.com is back, and sexier then ever! Hurrah!

ViewfromTheQuad.com will be down for a short while. You can still reach all the crazy goings on from the VFTQ podcast over at www.VFTQ.info

VFTQ Ninja!, originally uploaded by slasher_65.

Oh No! Its the View From The Quad NINJA come to beat us all up! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

You might be hearing a little more from me in a few months... A new podcast will rise from the flames, and dance the night away. Or something like that.

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VFTQ no 52 - Time to earn me some explicit! - Firstly: sorry about the quiet recording. It won't happen again.

In this happy-go-lucky episode of the View from the Quad podcast i talk about how you can get yourself a free VFTQ shirt... But only if you either feel darn lucky or buy a shirt. Its like one of those Public Good games which I learnt about during Game Theory in DCU!(
http://tinyurl.com/24gs9y )
I talk about my copy of Ancestor which arrived in a lovely big brown box yesterday.
And then some vague nattering.

Lets look a bit closer at the rules for the T-shirt competition.
Once I sell 10 t-shirts which are not the black long sleeved girls shirt, (The cheerleader shirt is included in this competition) I will announce through the mailing list, and later in the week, through the podcast, that the competition is on. You will then email me through an email address which I will tell you closer to the time with your full name and address and choice of shirt (which must not cost more then €20.40) and I will pull a name out of a hat.
If you have previously bought a shirt, let me know, and send a picture of you wearing it. You will get entered into the hat twice.
If you let me post the picture of you wearing the shirt on the interwebs, you will get entered three times into that hat, giving you a huge advantage in this game.
The easiest way to win a free shirt, therefore, is buy a shirt which is not the black long sleeved women's shirt. If you have bought this shirt, you can still get entered three times by sending a picture and letting me post it, you will just not contribute to the 10 shirts sold.

You can buy a shirt by going to www.viewfromthequad.com and clicking the 'shirts' button on the left hand side.

In order to hear when I sell the first 10, sign up to the mailing list at
http://www.viewfromthequad.com . This will let you enter early, and I will announce the winner though that method first. I will then announce it on the podcast, and if you don't respond within 4 days, somebody else gets the shirt. So it would make sense to sign up.

The promo you heard today is somehow involved with
http://joemurphymemorialfund.org/ Thanks for listening!
You can contact me at Talktome@stuffslashersaw.com or by leaving a comment on the blog or forums over at
http://www.viewfromthequad.com .
See you lot next time!

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Yes, those things to the left and to the right of the Ancestor book are those signed postcards I am giving away very very soon on the View From The Quad. Head over to www.viewfromthequad.com to enter!

"Pandora™ is the doorway to a vast trove of musical information. With Pandora you can explore to your heart's content. Just drop the name of one of your favorite songs or artists into Pandora and let the Genome Project go. It will quickly scan its entire world of analyzed music, almost a century of popular recordings - new and old, well known and completely obscure - to find songs with interesting musical similarities to your choice. Then sit back and enjoy as it creates a listening experience full of current and soon-to-be favorite songs for you."

Yea. And I have been using Pandora.com for about 2 years, every day. And then they drop this bomb-shell on me.
Click 'Read More' to read the Email I just recieved from Pandora.

As a benefit for the family of Joe Murphy, a podcaster and XM Radio personality who passed away on April 1st, a group of podcasters spearheaded by Paul Fischer and Phil Rossi have created a Creative Commons-licensed version of Jonathan Coulton's hilariously profane song 'First of May.'
All Hail the Late Joe Murphy!

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A while back, (39 days back, in fact) I discovered, through our friend Digg.com, a project named Justin.tv. Basicly, what it is, is an attempt to view somebody elses life through a camera stuck to his hat, for the rest of his life. The man in question is Justin, hero of many.
I was holding back on talking about this, bucause i thought that it might fall appart. But 40 days on, it is still going strong.
You can watch Justin live right here!

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VFTQ 51 - Interview with Mur Lafferty - In this episode of the View from the Quad, I talk to Author Mur Lafferty of the great podcasts Geek Fu Action Grip, Pseudopod and I Should Be Writing, and the great podcasting book, Tricks of the Podcasting Masters all available at www.murlafferty.com. Thanks to Mur for making a hub like site so that I don't have to rush all over the interwebs looking for her stuff. *Glares at Tee Morris*
We talk (and giggle) about many things, including Worker monkeys which eat useless materials, a possible Guinness World Records Attempt and Advertising in Podcasting.
Continuing on the fun, I play the song Who Dogs the Outlet by George Hrab, (great song) and then a promo for Geek Fu Action Grip.

On the VFTQ website, you are spoiled for choice. You can leave comments, join the forums, buy t-shirts, (the shirts rock. I am wearing one as i type) enter the Scott Sigler competition and cause general roudyness. I hope to see you there soon.
The link to the website is
www.viewfromthequad.com

You can email me at talktome@stuffslashersaw.com

Thanks for taking the time to listen, and If you are listening through some sort of Click to Play thing on a website, please consider subscribing.

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