I do both Bar Talk and Lightning Round this week to make up for the remote segment. And maybe we’re just a wii bit too “inside podcasting”?

• PodCamp Numero Dos, missing power brick, Frank walks the River Walk in search of dredging, rationing laptop power
• Didja notice? Airfares are high
• Passing of Lena Guerrero
• Bar Talk: Aviation
• Lightning Round, The FWR edition
• The remote segment: Other podcasters we love, callbacks and dumbasses, checking in with Twitter, we learn about Redboy’s Wii injury, winning friends through booze and games, the Luby’s pub crawl, grackles attack Tim
• Feedback City: Mash up appreciation, I censor a call for cause, Frank’s security in Vegas, meauxito followup, caladiums, a questionable question

Link-O-Rama: PodCamp San Antonio, Morning Brewcast, For Whatever Reason, Redboy Podcast, A Geek and His Wife, Wicked Good Podcast, Love Long and Prosper, TuckerTales, Bearcrawling, Delta Park Project, Pizza Go Here, Life of Spaguy’s Wife, Gumbeaux Gal, Barely Podcasting, Tastes Like Burning

Frank and Shelly are joined by Tim and Nanette of For Whatever Reason. Let the hilarity begin.

• Tim & Nanette try to take over the show
• FWR travels in Austin: Duck tour, Tim’s new favorite food, dinner at Moonshine, bad Austin drivers, cars versus bikes
• Get thee behind me, Frank
• Nanette’s assessment of Fab Frank
• Tech Talk: Mac Mini, meet TV, using the “fine” HandBrake, playing the contents of remote computers, audio through the SoundCast
• Bar Talk: Meauxitos
• Get well soon, Ross
• Feedback City: love for Bar Talk, “damn right, your dad drank it”, compliments all around

Link-O-Rama: For Whatever Reason, HandBrake, Gumbeaux Gal’s meauxito recipe, send get well wishes ro Ross, Dry Shave, 2 Guys 1 Brain, Life of Spaguy’s Wife, Canadian Club ad, Pizza Go Here

Would you believe tech (bar) talk? Oh yeah, and a whole lot of feedback from the listeners.

• Welcome to new podcast listeners
• Spring gardening and cleaning, the garden map, mulching
• The new mixer, Yamaha MG124cx
• Leaving my job: I’ll be looking for work in a week or so.
• Lightning Round
• Bar Talk: The Manhattan in all its variations, different kinds of whiskey (rye, bourbon, Canadian)
• Dueling Telemarketers
• Feedback city: Seeking fame, TV, Ivar, our favorite dork, exercise, Chuys, Kori wants to do some shots
• Next week, it’s a Shelly’s Podcast/For Whatever Reason mashup. Send us your comments or questions.

Link-O-Rama: That Podcast Show, Yamaha MG124cx, “Moving On” blog post, Max Quick, The Big Show, The Rachel Maddow Show, Wicked Good Podcast, Darcy and Holly Show, Petspeak Podcast, Tastes Like Burning, Barely Podcasting, Desperate Husbands, For Whatever Reason

Lightning Round Music: “Skunks Meet Russians”, by B-Sea Surfers on the Podsafe Music Network

Frank joins me for tonight’s show, causing the usual challenges to your podcast producer.

• Drink check: Maredsous 8 and 10
• News: Ted the tree is blooming, vines are growing, gutters coming next week, our house on Google Street View, exercise bike fun, another “appearance” on the Rachel Maddow Show, dueling iPod nanos, hot tub is back together, life returning to normal, watching TV
• Restaurant review: New World Deli
• Bar Talk: chicken shot, brain wave, what is a jigger?
• Music contest
• Feedback city

Link-O-Rama: Maredsous , For Whatever Reason, GeekFit, The Rachel Maddow Show, Life of Spaguy’s Wife, New World Deli, The Zedcast, Tastes Like Burning, AndyCast, Cheap Date Show, Desperate Husbands, Redboy Podcast, Tech Talk for Families, Hulu, Polarbear Podcast, The Mills Brothers, “Diga Diga Doo”, Roy Orbison, “Workin’ for the Man”, Gurf Morlix, “Rock Bottom”, from the album, Toad of Titicaca, The Naughty Ones, “I Dig Your Voodoo”, from the album of the same name“, Southern Culture on the Skids, “Ditch Diggin”, from the album of the same name.

There’s music and tech, and kitty cats. More than that, you’ll have to pay for.

• News: Parents anniversary, mom’s knee, good bye, Ivar, Podcast Peer Award
• NEW SEGMENT Bar Talk: shaking versus stirring, acquiring bar tools
• Lighting Round
• Tech Talk: Pushing Safari for Windows, liking Safari better lately, why can’t I get the TV I want?
• Music contest
• Feedback city

Link-O-Rama:
Podcast Peer Awards, Redboy Podcast, Love Long and Prosper, Mighty Mommy, GeekFit, Terry, Philosophy Guy Show, For Whatever Reason, Desperate Husbands, Zedcast, Tastes Like Burning, Road to Denver, Pizza Go Here

Lightning Round Music: “Skunks Meet Russians”, by B-Sea Surfers on the Podsafe Music Network

Frank and I made the difficult decision to end the suffering of our furry friend, Ivar. He has been a part of our family for 17 years.

At the moment, we’re still dealing with the loss of our tabby friend whose most frequent nickname was Thumper because of his expressive, constantly-moving tail. If you’ve had animals, and have had to make the decision to take that long ride to the vet, have drugs administered, and then bury your friend in the yard, you know something about what our day has been like.

I’ve got lots of great Ivar photos, and I’ll be putting them into a slideshow/movie later tonight. For now, I want to say thank you to all of my Twitter friends who have sent sympathetic notes. They are very much appreciated.

A short show with sick cats, SXSW observations, and even a little political humor

• News: external show plugging, passing of furry friends, SXSW and Twitter talkin, watching your weight at south by
• Music contest
• Tech Talk: My former employer, bankrupt, iPhone SDK leaves me cold
• Hooker trouble
• Feedback city

Link-O-Rama: Road to Denver, For Whatever Reason, The Mac Observer, Redboy Podcast, Life of Spaguy’s Wife, Lyrics to The Nields “Best Black Dress”

Home with cats and foliage, plus Leopard docking and listener feedback.

• Caffeination and wild dogs, the new tree, gutter man, sick kitteh Ivar
• My new political podcast
• Music contest
• Lightning Round
• Tech Talk: Upgrading the MacBook to Leopard, new hard drive, easy backup and restore, minor glitch, custom Leopard docks
• Feedback city

Link-O-Rama: For Whatever Reason, Road to Denver, SuperDuper, Leopard Docks,Life of Spaguy’s Wife, Cheap Date, Desperate Husbands, Truth Seekers, Tastes Like Burning coming out stories episode

Lightning Round Music: “Skunks Meet Russians”, by B-Sea Surfers on the Podsafe Music Network

I mix politics (or the trappings of politics), cookies, and conversation on the porch.

• Punching a skylight in the studio
• Debate frenzy: 100 tickets v. 43,000 requests, presidential cookie poll, Chelsea Clinton ikes my favorite taco place, debate watching, political debates as show business, Obama-rama, and a little remote audio from a great big rally.
• Music contest, week 3
• Podcasts taking over your life
• On the porch with Frank: cats frolic, Dice and the iPod, projects proliferate, wine is good, vegetable weekends.
• Feedback city

Link-O-Rama: Truth Seekers, Barely Podcasting, Dice, Life of Spaguy’s Wife

Show segments are over-rated. The mark of a true podcaster is the ability to assemble unrelated bits into something like a show..at least that’s what I’m going to tell myself this week.

• A tech tangent: soft tech news
• Home for geriatric cats: Frank loves Ivar, Shelly loves Gremlin, queen of the universe
• Shopping in the ‘burbs, girls and boys in Breed Hardware, my drinking hobby, Costco random goodness
• Finally made it to the Rachel Maddow Show
• Music contest, week 3
• Prez candidates come to Austin
• Listener feedback

Link-O-Rama: Philosophy Guy Show, Rachel Maddow Show, The Big Show, Love Long and Prosper, For Whatever Reason, Tastes Like Burning, Borderline, Redboy Podcast, Wicked Good Podcast, Mac OS Ken

Lightning Round Music: “Skunks Meet Russians”, by B-Sea Surfers on the Podsafe Music Network