View From The Quad

Save yourselves while you can!

You lot may have checked out the t-shirts already, but let me tell ya that you aint seen nothing yet.
If you go over to the t-shirt shop, you will see a net entry entitled 'Customizable hoodie'. Click that, and you get to mess about with the text which is on the hoodie! On the back is the the unmistakable VFTQ logo with the website name, and on the front is text: White VFTQ and the chance to put your name right underneath it! Try it out kiddies, and let me know what you think! (just before you order it, make sure that you spelled you name correctly. That could get nasty.)

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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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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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Please do not forget to sign up for the mailing list! you can sign up right here, under this text, or over to the side of the page. Signing up will bring lots of happy things, and i swear never to give your information out to anybody, or use it to spam you. And hey, you can unsubscribe whenever you want!

Joining our announcement list is horribly easy. Just by subscribing, you will get reminders on when a new episode of the VFTQ podcast is out, along with the entire shownotes! You will get information on contests we are holding here, as well as requests to submit your own questions for future interviews!

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*fixed* VFTQ episode 50 -
Hi there Dudes and Dudetts! Welcome to the big band episode 50 of the View From the Quad podcast! We have two songs to soothe your ears: Making me Nervous by Brad Sucks, and later in the episode, we play Think for Yourself by George Hrab.
Time for the links of happyness.
To visit the forums, head over to www.viewfromthequad.com and find the 'Forums' button. Click it!
Find that you need yourself a lovely shirt? Well, you could head over to www.viewfromthequad.com and click 'Shirts' or you could just head over to http://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?sid=238339 and remember, if you send me a piccy of yourself wearing one of my shirts, and you could find yourself on the up and coming 'Cool Peeps' section of viewfromthequad.com.
At viewfromthequad.com you can also find lots of ways to contact me, in either text of voice form. Hurrah!

To all you great people who have been around for the last few months and still listen, I owe it all to you. In the last few months, VFTQ has grown from a 'sometimes podcasted' podcast to a fully fledged weekly podcast, with interviews and contests. For those of you who are new, I also owe it all to you. Thanks for subscribing and making me feel important.

Contact me at talktome@stuffslashersaw.com
visit the websites at viewfromthequad.com and and do NEVER forget to fill in my survey over at http://www.podtrac.com/audience/start-survey.aspx?ver=2&pid=OBfjk4EdXf4$

See you lovely lot later!

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VFTQ episode 49.5
Not the big 50, but pretty darn close!
In this very short episode I talk about why you should subscribe to the Mailing list, as well as ask for comments for the big five zero coming around about saturday.
Here is the link you need to click or copy-paste (into your browser, of course) in order to make a voice message. You can record straight from your computer, and It will upload directly to my site.
http://www.mychingo.com/recorder/record_app_JS.asp?code=8104

You can also email me your mp3s of text comments to talktome@stuffslashersaw.com Chances are that you will get mentioned. How cool is that? Mentioned on a show which has hundreds of fans. I hope you take me up on my offer...

Now, stay right where you are. 50 is coming very soon...

Hurrah! I got me some more podcasting books!

It is a momentous occasion in the Life of me. I have manged to interview three of my favorite authors on my podcast, (Episode 45: Scott Sigler, Episode 47: JC Hutchins, Episode 49: Tee Morris) but a few people noticed on my last episode, (49) that I only had one more to go, until I reached episode 50. This, in my mind, is huge.
Thanks to all my loyal listeners, and lets see episode 100!
If you want to, you can email me your comments in text or mp3 (or wav... or whatever really) form to talktome@stuffslashersaw.com . I will mention your name. If you don't want me to, just tell me not to. (if they are in text form, you could just leave it as a comment here.)
Also, if you want to leave a voice comment RIGHT NOW, you can do so by going to www.viewfromthequad.com and scrolling down until you see the box marked 'My Voicemail'. Use it to your advantage.
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Do you lot have any questions you would like to ask Mur Lafferty, of Geek Fu Action Grip? Let me know in the comments!