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Shamelessly Plugging Ourselves

GAB — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:54:11 -0700

Here's the thread you can use for telling others what you're doing. Over the years there has been a great variety: writing projects, visual arts, music including single tracks and full album-length projects, blog posts, and podcasts.

Please do share. No artistic endeavor or hobby venture is complete without an audience. And, speaking for myself and Jay from Masters Of None and many others, variety is what makes this particular thread work.

Introduce Yourself

Mechanical_Bowl — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:33:15 -0700

If your new, which I guess we all are at this point, take a moment to tell us a bit about yourself.

Simply Read

AztecLos — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:46:58 -0700

SO how is it done again. I like to write something on The Avengers, but really never done it before.

Potential "unofficial" London and Leeds meetups in June?

kyp — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:56:09 -0700

As some of you know, I'll be visiting the UK for several weeks in June. Theoretically, if we used my trip as a pretext, would anyone be interested in mini meetups in London and Leeds? (Technically I'm going to Manchester, not Leeds, but a detour would totally be feasible in your itty bitty country.)

Eye Of The Liger - The SimpSyn Health & Fitness Thread

Bucho — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:27:07 -0700

There was a really good thing going in the previous forum and it was this thread in which Synners posted ideas and goals for increasing health and fitness and supported each other in inspiring and heartwarming fashions. I had slacked off from posting in there over the last couple of months but my New Forums Resolution is to get amongst this thread and at least keep posting encouragement, and hopefully post more on my own actual blood, sweat and tears (so many tears) to contribute to this text equivalent of an underdog sports movie montage.

Let's roll.

Non Simply Syndicated or Federation Podcast Recommends

ToxicDeath — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:38:33 -0700

I remember this discussion previously coming up with some cracking reccomends so thought I would start it again so I can get some more ideas on what to listen to.

Also if any of the members do podcasts that are not widely known or start up then they can let us know about them.

Now Playing Podcast - From Star Wars Action News and Veganza media, they are a movie review podcast and they give a detailed breakdown of the film and they cover off all of the major movie series, retrospectives they have done include the StarTrek Films, Halloween, Friday the 13th and currently they are covering all of the Avenger films in the build up to the release of the new Avengers film. currently a favorite of mine.

Little Pod of Horrors - From Goggs and Boz it is back, they have just re-released all of the old content but i know that they are both working hard to bring us new shows and I for one cannot wait to hear what they come up with.

Answer Me This - From Olly Man and Helen Szaltzman they answer questions from the listeners with much hilarity and interesting facts.

Fighting Talk - The ultimate sports quiz with points for Pundetry hosted by Colin Muray another one I enjoy every week.

MYSS Subscriber: Hey You're Still Here!

Yocraig — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:31:10 -0700

Hey, doods. Like, I thought maybe you were all dead. No, that's not true, I never thought that. Actually, I probably haven't thought of you at all. The last episode of MYSS that I heard said the show was going on hiatus, for Summer or Christmas I think, and well, at the time I thought like, ok and then i guess I kinda forgot all about yous. You kinda of fell off a cliff in my mind (quite rocky in there).

Then last week some podcast I was listening to started, like, reviewing a movie, and I'm like, wtf, you aren't supposed to be doing that, how dare you, I already listen to a different podcast for that, and like right then and there a light went off in my head…or a boulder moved, sticking with the mountainous motif.

"What the hell happened to MYSS?!?!" It's been months since I heard anything. maybe you should like post a little something something on that MYSS feed to shout out a bit, like "We're still here, no cliffs in sight! This is what we've been up to."

So, I come here and there are all these podcasts I never heard of and like damn I've been missing out cause I didn't know cause I was only subscribed to MYSS and that other one where you (you would be Rich) were supposed to be mad but you weren't always and oh I was subscribed to that other one too with your girlfriend talking about tv and then the tv part got ditched and it was just talk and I really shoulda used a few more periods in there so here…

So, I'm going to subscribe to some of these new, to me, podcasts but there may be others like me that were only subscribed to MYSS and aren't into this forum thingy or into following folks on FB or twitter and they might still be in the dark.

That's all, I'm out!

What items are on your Bucket List?

Mechanical_Bowl — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:16:48 -0700

What stuff do you guys want to accomplish before you die?

Do you share your birthday with someone famous?

Mike — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:37:39 -0700

Here's a bit of fun for everyone: look up your birth date on Wikipedia and/or IMDb and see which personalities you share it with.

This came to mind because this Wednesday just gone (April 18) was my mother's birthday, and whilst on IMDb, I happened to glance down at the Born Today section on the home page, where I discovered she shares her birthday with James Woods, Tenth Doctor David Tennant, Edgar Wright, Conan O'Brien, Rick Moranis, Eric Roberts and what's-her-face Rosie Huntington-Whitely from Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

So, I'll get the ball rolling with my date of birth, June 28. I share my birthday with:

John Cusack
Kathy Bates
Felicia Day
Mel Brooks
Alice Krige (The Borg Queen)
Lalla Ward (the second Romana in Doctor Who)
King Henry VIII

Craig Bevan Live and the July 2013 Simply Syndicated Meet Up in Tyler, Texas

TrapperJohn1210 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:45:22 -0700

Some of you may know a lot about this and for some of you this will be the first time you hear about it, but I have come here tonight to get as much interest in this project generated as I possibly can.

I have been volunteering since December at a place called Liberty Hall in Tyler, Texas (where I live). The place is part of our downtown area which is being revamped into a new arts district similar to any street in Austin. The Liberty was one of Tyler's original movie theaters. It shut down and lay dormant for 35 years. It was purchased and renovated and is set up top run movies, which are mostly "classic" movies. We've shown things like Citizen Kane, Psycho, Halloween, Attack The Block, *cough*Ghost*cough*, and others. We are also set up for concerts and plays. Every concert we have had so far has been a sold out show.

Because I volunteer there I have gotten close to the manager of the theater and she told me if I knew people who might be looking for a place to perform to let them know. The first person I thought of was Craig.

I contacted Craig and asked if he would be interested in a gig at Liberty Hall. He was honored by the idea and after some back and forth conversation, he is into this idea. I also talked to people like Rick (aka Adm. Marius) from Starbase 66, Mark (aka eldiablito) and Mindy (aka yddy) about the idea and they all said it sounded great if it could be pulled off. Rick even said if it was far enough in the future so that people could save up to attend he'd be into the idea. Which leads me to where I am going with this...

The Craig concert (which is not in any way greenlit at the moment) would of course be open to the general public, which excites me with the idea of Craig gaining new fans. But, what I really want this to be is an excuse for a massive Simply Syndicated meet up. The UK and Canada meet ups (and the New York one) aren't feasible for everyone around the world to truly meet up due to economy, schedules, not enough time to truly save up. And add to this, Liberty Hall is booked through the rest of this year. Which means this meet up would have to be sometime in 2013.

After some discussion with Mindy, we arrived at the perfect date for this to go down - Saturday, July 13, 2013. This give us less than a year and a half to save up and attend. It also gives me time to get this show on the schedule, get Craig's stuff promoted here, and we put on what could potentially be the biggest meet up in Simply Syndicated history. Not only do I want to meet my fellow Synners from the US and Canada but I'd love for the ones from the UK to attend as well. And other countries as well.

For now, I want to know how many of you would like to attend (remember, this is about 16 months from now) so I can take this to my manager at Liberty Hall and show her the global attention this show is getting and help her convince her bosses to put this on. We have had a group of performers from the UK play there, plus legends in Texas country music, and a comedian who has had a Showtime special. So, it's not like we're just putting on any old entertainment on there. We've gotten Grammy winners to perform.

I'd also love it if some of the shows could plug this as well - even now in the early stages as we're just plotting and planning so I can have lots of help showing my boss that this will be an awesome turn out if she could just get it booked.

I have a backup plan in case the city doesn't give Craig the okay (not sure why they wouldn't), which would be to start a Kickstarter account to get Craig to play here.

So, please respond. Would you be interested in attending at all?

Netflix

Tenn_Tuxedo — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:36:16 -0700

Seeing as this company has really game changed how people watch movies and tv in their home, which makes for a much more self determinate viewing experience it is readily understandable it is mentioned so often in so many of the shows. Especially as they go international with their service.

I just wonder that in light of Sim Syn's ever on going need to develop revenue streams, might it behoove the network if Netflix didn't get so much free international advertising which unlike traditional media where an advertisement is one and done, podcasts make product placement exist into perpetuity.

I know Sim Syn had a sponsorship deal with them a while back and that is over now, but there is repeated promoting of their product on multiple shows.
Clearly their service comes in handy for show hosts scattered across borders and oceans, making content readily available. And even if Netflix isn't interested at this time in becoming an advertiser with the network, is this free publicity for them actually doing a disservice to Sim Syn? Some of the radio shows I catch via podcast remove all the on air commercials from them because they are aware those ads would then get national/international exposure far beyond what they paid the station for.

I get that it would require hosts during the show to be aware not to mention a product by name during what is essentially a conversation between them, or for the editor of the show to cut the name so thus more work would be created for what most likely doesn't matter if Netflix isn't remotely interested. But regularly giving away free advertising can't be helpful for the network.

Simply Syndicated Twitter Directory

Aromir — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:56:21 -0700

Thought this was a great idea on the previous incarnation of the Forum so thought I would restart it in our new home.

@Aromir1

Vote For Lego To Make Shawn Of The Dead The Winchester Set

AztecLos — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:35:28 -0700

Simon Pegg was on the Conan O'Brien show and he mentioned that some they
are pushing for Lego to make a set of The Winchester stand off from
Shawn Of The Dead as a set for Lego. He said they just need 10,000 votes
to make it happen. So let's do this, make it happen. Looks like they
are close to it now.
http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/7451

Your most admired visual art work of your land (or perhaps state, if you live in a very big land)

MadSteven — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:32:43 -0700

Hi,

Wandering around on wiki, I saw my favourite work of visual arts in our country. It's not a statue.

Het Torentje van Drienerlo, [The Little Tower of Drienerlo], Enschede, by Wim T. Schippers.

As you might figure, Wim T. Schippers is an absurdisd artist, writer, radio and tv-maker of our country. Incidently, he voices Ernie on our version of Sesamestreet.

Personally I think this work of art is simply brilliant.

So what your favourite visual art work in your land?

March 24th Leeds Meet Up

UraiFenn — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:15:03 -0700

Thought I would restart this thread on the new forum.

It looks from what was said in the previous forum that we are stopping in the Doubletree Hilton Leeds (Formally Mint).

From looking the best prices are at Octopus Travel, https://www.octopustravel.com/.

I also have a spare bed in my twin room if any one would like to share and split the cost, it includes the breakfast.

Get booking fast before the prices go up.

Google Chrome crashing.

gadiac — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:43:27 -0700

Have any other Chrome users noticed it crashing while on the forums? It's happened to me a couple of times, even with no extensions switched on. It appears to happen on threads with images embedded. They seem to work fine on Firefox.

London hotels/hostels

kyp — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:27:39 -0700

I'm planning a visit to London in April/May, as some of you may have seen on twitter, and while air fare is something I expect to be expensive, I am probably inappropriately shocked by hotel prices. Do you guys have any recommendations for relatively cheap accommodation in London... hopefully a place that comes equipped with free WiFi? :D

Thank you!

Mini London Meet Up - Wednesday March 7

TorontoKev — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:07:00 -0700

So I'm in London this week and it sounds like on Wednesday TBG / Shane and Emma (lou) will likely be having a wee drink together Wednesday night. If you are in the London area, or could be on Wednesday night, watch this thread for location and time details!

It's a long shot I know as it's 2 days away, but hey, even if it's just the 3 of us it shall be fun!

Is the Sim Syn "Catch All" feed working?

oriSTUDFARM — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:38:23 -0700

Just wondering as the last couple of days I've been getting a message in iTunes saying an "Unknown Error Has Occurred (8006)"

With all the site maintenance lately, I just wanted to make sure you were aware of it and also check that I don't need to alter my feed or that it's a problem with my end....

Planning a trip to England; want to see a football match

LordZupka — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:12:04 -0700

So, my wife and I are in the VERY early planning stages of a trip to England in May of 2013. One thing that we have always talked about was seeing a football match while over there. We will be staying mostly in London, but would not be adverse to a day trip. So, if I may, I have a few questions.

1. Are there even games going on in May?

2. If yes, where would be a great place to find schedules?

3. As a tourist and visitor, is there anything that we should know so we don't incur any wrath of the locals?

I think that's all I have for now. Thanks in advanced for any suggestions!

The Funny Things Children Say

oriSTUDFARM — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:06:42 -0700

I enjoyed this on the other forum. Sharing some of my kids funny utterings, or reading about others...

Well I have one from today. Not strictly politically correct, but hey! That's kids for you!

I'm on a day off work today. My eldest, Jamie-Leigh is off school sick and Amanda is hogging the TV...so we're being forced to watch This Morning.

They had the whole 'coming up after the break' section, "a couple who don't let size get in their way" and showed a woman holding hands with a moustachio'd 'little person'...
Daughter says straight away without hesitation "It's Mario!!" Absolutely cracked me up....but it looked just like him! I couldn't help it!

Post a Photo of Yourself

tonypucci — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:25:14 -0700

I was super lucky enough to have coffee with the lovely Lindsey (she was lindseykal on the old forum) here in Rochester a couple of months ago.

Job Opportunities

GrantJB — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:10 -0700

Hey Guys,

In this time of austerity I thought I would let you know that the company that I work for are hiring Service Desk Engineers. Would be perfect if you have any Avaya systems experience and perhaps exposure to ITIL, IVR systems and call recording.

Anyway the roles are based in Glasgow. If anyone has an interest then give me a shout and I will get a spec and let you know about the company in more detail.

Grant :)

Post Pics of Pets

GAB — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:36:32 -0700

I've always like this part of the forum in years past.
Since I generally suck at putting up personal photos, I figured I'd better do this while I'm Flickr'ing today.

My dog, Zoe, is a schnoodle. After letting the kids name previous pets after candy bars (more on that in a moment), I really wanted better for this dog. She is named after a strong and loyal black female character from a show I really love ... "Firefly"

Kit Kat, resting here under the Christmas tree a couple of years ago.
Historically, we've named our cats after streets in Stillwater, Oklahoma (random story). Kids changed all that.

Hello Again!

GrantJB — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:53:47 -0700

Hey guys,

Giving this a second go, you may remember me briefly as Tyler Durden. I have always had a herd time finding time to keep up to days with forums but I am really going to try. Been a listener for around 2 years and really hoping to contribute more to the forum!

Anyways hope everyone is good and I hope to see you all around!

Grant

Simply Syndicated App Survey

wryterra — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:56:01 -0700

I posted it on Twitter but I guess here's a good place too. It's quick survey time: Would anyone who uses the Simply Syndicated app object thoroughly to the next version requiring iOS 5?

Shorty Awards Vote (please?)

JayMoN — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:18:08 -0700

Hey gang, with Rich's blessing, we'd like to ask for your vote for this Twitter awards thing called the Shorty Awards.

If you have a Twitter account, and a spare second, please go to http://shortyawards.com/mastersofnone it literally only takes a sec. If you hate us, feel free to write that as your reason. Only one vote counts per account, so we won't ask you to vote a million times or anything.

THANKS!
Jay, Mike & Art

Help for my beloved Fiancee

ToxicDeath — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:49:41 -0700

Hi Guys, another simple request the same as Mason asked, can you all try and help my Fiancee Mhairi Arthur win a hand drawn portrait on Facebook?

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=289991197727351&id=181817168544755

You just need to find her name Mhairi Arthur to Win and like that link on George's Portraits.

All of your support greatly appreciated.

Loving the look of the new forums as well, will be spending more time here in the future.

Andrew

Welcome to the new forums!

Rich — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:35:40 -0700

Hi Guys!

Glad to see you could make it here. These are our new forums. I hope you like them.

I know they don't quite look right at the moment, and there may be some functionality that needs adding, and a few bugs to work out, but this is basically it. In case you were wondering, we had to close down the old forum due to an unbelievable amount of spam being posted there. The best guess is that it's all getting in via the methods used to make our iPhone app work. That means that forum posting from the app won't work for a while, hopefully it'll be back up and running before too long.

In the mean time, please take a look around and post some things. That's why we're here.

Attention SimSyners! I need some help!

Masonreptiles — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:08:59 -0700

Hey all, Its Dexter, or Mason Reptiles, or Ghostface SnakeCharmer if you be in the crew! I need a little help from any and all of you out there who have facebook. I live in Charlotte NC and there's a beer festival coming up. The festival is sold out but a local brewery is giving away tickets to whoever can get them the most Like's on facebook. It will only take 60 seconds of your time and all you have to do is go to Kind Beers page on facebook,

Kind Beers Facebook Page and click "Like" then comment on their wall Dexter Mason referred me! I would love to get to go to this festival and I'm currently in second place. The more people I can get in there the better so I'm stretching out to any and all forums I belong to as well as friends and family members of friends. The more likes I can get the better. Thanks to all who can help!