Random Inspirations

Show #4

Posted by Chris | Filed under College, Entertainment, Misc. Things, Random, Sports, Technology, Websites

Sorry for the delay… Technical difficulties, you know. Yeah, right, like we could have technical difficulties. Actually, Hollow and EJ are becoming so popular, he hardly has time for us anymore.

In this show, we talk about everyone’s favorite social networking sites, and those that only “older” folks know about:

Here’s a NYTimes article that shows trends of VC’s and social networking sites and how they are tending to give more to sites that cater to “older people.”

The scandal that rocked the A/V world: PatriotsGate!!!

We here at RI also obtained a copy (through less-than-professional journalistic means) of the video the Pats were using to spy on the Jets. Here it is.

Pick ‘ems:

Dave: USC, UF, GaTech, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Michigan over ND 7-6 (w/ a blocked PAT).
EJ: USC, UF, GaTech, Louisville, Arkansas, Michigan over ND 3-2.
Chris: USC, UF, BC, Louisville, Arkansas, Michigan over ND 7-3.

Special Guest Correspondent Shelbi Hayes serves up some Hard-Hitting News: Airline Girl (aka Kyla Ebbert - No relation to Roger… or Siskel… or Roeper.) Here’s Ms. Ebbert on the Today Show. Oh, Lauer, you dirty, dirty man.

Sponsors: Pidgin; ProTools; Airlines, in general - keep it classy; words, specifically über, hyperbole, ether, and lexicon.

End up with Hollow’s “Remedy.” Download the entire song from Myspace.com/HollowRock.

Eds. Note: Pidgin’s website was incorrectly given in the podcast as pidgin.com. It is actually pidgin.im. Please follow the link above. My bad, dog. My bad.

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Tags: airlines, belichick, College, ebbert, facebook, football, hollow, kyla, myspace, networking, patriots, pidgin, protools, remedy, social

Read more | Comments (4) | November 26th, 2007

Show #3

Posted by Chris | Filed under Apple, College, Entertainment, Music, Sports, Technology, iPod, iTunes

THIS IS THE 100TH POST ON SOLID ROOTS!!! (just a sidenote)

Whooo!!! An hour long. I just couldn’t bring myself to cut out any more than I did. It was 1:30 unedited, so I cut out 1/3 of it. Okay, enough about you, onto the notes:

Apple.com and all their announcements: iPod, iPhone, iTunes, etc. (yes, I know the iPod and iTunes link are the same, but I’m a partial Type A…)

Sidenote: my iMac probably came out around 2000 but the “colored” line was first introduced circa 1998.

Fake Steve. We love you Fake Steve, thanks for the cash. Oh, and the iPods.

The Mac Movement:

Okay, I guess we’ll link to the Zune… here it is…

Blogging software: WordPress, Xanga, and Blogger were the two we mentioned. There’s also MT, Livejournal, and Bloglines. Random Inspirations recommends WP (thanks WP).

How to be interesting. Not by us though. And stop blogging about me at the next table.

Pick’ems:

	Miami/OU	TCU/UT	LSU/VaTech	FAU/OKState
Dave	OU	UT	LSU	OSU
EJ	Miami	UT	LSU	OSU
Chris	OU	TCU	LSU	OSU

Here’s the music your awesome hosts are listening to:

Lucinda Williams’ West
WILCO’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Townes Van Zandt
Snow Patrol’s Final Straw
John Mayer
Norah Jones
Dave Matthews Band
Fall Out Boy (Indie Power Emo Pop)

If you want to get into jazz and be a kool kat check out these albums for the new listner:

Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue
John Coltrane’s Giant Steps and Blue Train
Thelonious Monk’s Greatest Hits

Shameless Plug #1:

Hollow

Go check out EJ’s band Hollow @ their Myspace. Hollow originally formed in March of 2004 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and has been known to frequent both Christian and mainstream venues in the Oklahoma City area, as well as Kansas and Texas. They have shared the stage with Bon Jovi, Project 86, Spoken, Family Force 5, Disciple, Jessie Daniels and Radial Angel among others. Hollow is Katy (vocals), Alana (vocals), Jordan (guitar), Will (bass), and EJ (drums).

Show 3 Sponsors:

Apple (see link above)
Forbes
blogs
The New Standard
Hollow (see link above)

And as always, Blue Note Studios

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Read more | Comments (2) | September 18th, 2007

Show #2

Posted by Chris | Filed under College, Don't Even Think About It, Entertainment, Just for Fun, Misc. Things, Random, Sports

For the first time in Random Inspirations’ history, we’re releasing a never-before-released version of the published version of this podcast. Since adding a co-host and a regular guest, the time of the podcast went from 7:30 to over 106 mins. I got the official version down to just over 40 mins (all good stuff), but I wanted you to be able to hear the entire thing (mostly) unedited - if you have 106 mins to spare. You can download the full version here.

College football. Click here for your favorite team. This is the coolest schedule I’ve ever seen.

Miss Teen USA South Carolina. Enough said. Just listen.

Fall TV Lineup. Laruel’s TV Picks: Decent guide for upcoming shows. Couchville.com: The best guide for what’s on now.

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Sleeping - Unless You’ve Already Listened to the Podcast. Then it’s about 15 you didn’t know.

Blonde Joke.

We Suck!