Podsafe Christmas Song Video - Featuring US!

Mike "Spiff" Booth works his machinima magic once again with JoCo's "Podsafe Christmas Song". We feel honored to be turned into WoW characters. It's a Christmas miracle! Enjoy!

Jawbone and ELR Powers - Activate!

Scott Johnson of Extra Life and myself are joining forces to create an improv comic strip:

The idea is simple: Create a comic storyline, completely improvised one panel to the next, and alternate panels between each artist. Still confused? Scott creates a panel one day, and Len does the next one, and so on. (Scott started with the first…and then Len with the second, and the pattern continues from there.)

No idea where this might end but we are thinking 50 total panels or something. Enjoy!

Should be fun to see where it ends up. Check it out here.

Spider Man Says Merry Christmas!

Spider Man Says Merry Christmas
Originally uploaded by jawboneradio.

Some selected photos of our Christmas are up on the Flickr site.

SEE us playing the Wii!

MARVEL at our messy living room!

AMAZE your sense with a very tiny Spider Man!

Enjoy!

Wii Want To Be Friends

Quick Update: The verdict is in -- We love the Wii! For anyone else who got one over Christmas here is our number to add us as a friend:

2715 7190 0850 3471

See you in the Mii Plaza!

Caption This: 12-26-06

Merry Christmas everyone! A day late on this, but it was Christmas yesterday. Anyway, this little pic comes to us all the way from the West Side of Cleveland, from my sister-in-law, Laura. Do your worst.

BTW, we got a game this Christmas called Bubble Brain. It's like Caption This in game form. Brilliant!

Jawbone #142a: A Very Special Christmas Present

It's not a full show, but it's something a fun for your feed. Consider it a little present in your stocking for the holiday. (BTW, that is Jon Bon Jovi singing the song - for real!) Thanks to Wayne for the heads up on this and Charley and Carol for the outtro.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

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Ho Ho Ho!

Just for the record, I am usually not this brutal on talent in the studio. But you gotta get the magic while they're there. Happy Holidays!

Give Us A Digg

Digg is now allowing you to digg podcasts, so head on over and show Jawbone some love. And if you feel so inclined, tell a friend. You'll have to register on Digg, but it's a pretty painless process. Go now!

Person of the Year

Person of the Year
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Yes, you. All of us. Everyone who has posted a video on YouTube or put something on the net or done a podcast. We are all collectively the TIme Person Of The Year. Yes, soon many offers will come pouring in from all sorts of directions. How will you celebrate? I plan on renting a hyrbid car, finding some Mexican midgets and going to Vegas to hit as many all-you-can eat buffetts as possible.

Incidentally, the photo of the cover comes courtesy of our good friend, Ape Lad. God bless you Ape!

Jawbone #142: Christmas With the Kids

On tonight's show, we have THE ENTIRE family up in the studio a few days before Christmas. This marks the first time that we have had the whole clan up in the studio for a show. It's very loud, chaotic and wacky, as it is less than a week away from Christmas. Join us for a regular day at the Peralta household.




Also, here is the Christmas card drawn by our son, Max:


RUNNING TIME: 22:12

Music:
Jonathan Coulton | Podsafe Christmas Song

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AoME Audiobook: Free on iTunes!

Got this little tidbit from Coulton's blog: The Areas of My Expertise Abridged Audiobook by FoB and leader of geek chic, John Hodgman, is a free download at the iTunes Store. If you haven't read the book already, go now! You fool! Download it now.

Deletion Review

For those of you who are interested, a fan has started the appeal process for our article over at old Wikipedia. That's all I have to say.

Christmas Eve: 24 Style

Got this from Mr. X tonight. For those of you who are fans of 24, this should whet your appetite for the next season. I think this is perhaps the FOX Christmas card? Anyway, enjoy!

Yogi Bear's Dad Dies

Sad news from Cartoon Land:

Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.

See the whole story here.

Caption This: 12-18-06

It's a week before Christmas and what better way to celebrate than with an weird and creepy Caption This photo. Thanks again to Ultimate Chad for this wonderful photo.

Worlds Tallest Man Saves Dolphins

Yet another Christmas miracle. You can't make this stuff up:

"The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards."

Via BBC.

WOW! (Wow Burning Crusade Cinematic)

I have to admit that I thought my WOW days were starting to become a thing of the past, and then...Blizzard introduces the new cinematic intro for the Burning Crusade....Oh man...check this puppy out! Bring on January 16th!

Build Your Own Action Figure

Just in time for the holidays, make an action figure for yourself.Make It Here.

Link Dump: Round Up Of Random Weird Stuff Issue 14

Too...much...stuff...in...mailbox...must...dump...
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This disgusting flash game comes from Nephew Mark. It reminds me of a pretty funny story about a fellow podcaster, but I will let them tell the story for themselves one day.

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Chad sends this in: Peanuts as Marvel Characters. Simply awesome.

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IN ZOMBIE NEWS: Thanks to everyone who sent these stories in...

ZOMBIE CHICKENS!

ZOMBIES ARRESTED!

Then...ZOMBIES SUE!

ZOMBIE FLASH GAME!

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Matt sends us ZLAD!

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Mike sends us this photo. Could it be some sort of information from another dimension? We'll let you decide.

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Japanese cats teach you a new language.

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From Paul: Gots to love the YouTube. Lesser Superheros and who can forget Taco!?

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And finally Monica sends us all these wonderful colors of lobsters:

The Blue Lobster
The Calico Lobster
The Orange Lobster
The Yellow Lobster
And finally, The Albino Lobster

And with that...the mailbox can breathe again. Sorry some of these links took so long to get up here. It's...just...too...much...to...handle...

Ok, back to talking normal again.

Sony Gets Ripped A New One For Fake Blog

All I can say is....wow. Can Sony make more missteps marketing wise this year? First, it was being blasted on the announcement of the cost of the PS3, then it was the malicious rootkit, then it was the racist billboards...now it's this steaming pile of crap. A fake blog called "All I Want For Christmas Is A PSP". A playa wants to buy a PSP for his friend, so he posts YouTube videos about it. Apparently, no one -- and we mean - NO ONE -- fell for it. From Adfreak :

Visitors to the site are letting Sony have it in the comments. Says one: “If you want a PSP badly enough you should get together with an ad agency. Then try to sell the product through a lame website while attempting to speak down to what you consider your target audience.” Even more comical: “Charlie” keeps posting his denials, in pseudo hip-hop speak. More than once he writes, “yo where all u hatas com from... juz cuz you aint feelin the flow of PSP dun mean its sum mad faek website or summ... youall be trippin.”

I have to admit. I feel kind of bad for the agency. I mean, here they have a huge client in Sony who is asking them to create some viral marketing for their lagging gaming system and they get totally trashed for it. Ah well. Live and learn, Zipatoni. If you're going to do viral marketing, focus on making it organic and as real as possible. No one is going to fall for this kind of crap.

Shane's Singing Lessons

Just in time for all your holiday caroling, singing teacher, Shane, gives us a wonderful lesson on how to sing up to 3 C's above middle C. Thanks to Dan for this wonderful find!

UPDATE: I couldn't let this song go unnoticed, either. Consider this our Christmas present to all of you! It's a Christmas miracle!

WiiSaber: Take Your Dork To The Extreme!

As geeky as this looks, I can't wait to try it out on my Mac. A Machead has developed a program that allows you to simulate a lightsaber using your Powerbook or Macbook and your Wii remote. Now the only thing left to do is figure out how to get a visible beam to shoot out. Thanks for the link, Steve!

Jawbone Non-Notable?

How about a small mention on NPR? Ever hear of that? Huh!?

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Well,to be honest. they didn't really mention us, per se. But they did showcase my VTAW drawings for Jonathan Coulton, who is deservedly getting all the attention. Check out the interview on NPR with Coulton and -- and did I mention...the Visual Thing A Week book on sale now at Lulu.com? :)

Awesome TGIF Party at Lucasfilm

One of my Flickr contacts, Bonniegrrl has uploaded a super cool photoset of a party at Lucasfilm. Man, what I wouldn't do to get a custom-sized wookie costume, See the whole set here.

Using Social Engineering To Get a Wii

Inspired by my recent finagling, Knightwise sends is this interesting story about unique ways to procure a Wii. Read on!