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Re: Show 10 Concludes our Interview with Joe Meno...
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Date: 
Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:37:43 GMT
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Patrick,

Thanks so much for the feedback.  I am sooo sorry I haven't responded sooner.
I'm not use to finding messages hear about the show.  Generally they come via
e-mail or are posted on the BimPBoards.  Guess if I am going to announce on
LUGNET, I'm going to need to start checking the board more regularly.

In lugnet.general, Patrick McFarland wrote:

> _"Well, being hacked means we're getting popular."_: I said the same thing
> right after you said it on the podcast, and you repeated me a minute or two
> later.

Great minds...

> Its great that bimp is getting popular; maybe it will attract more
> people into the community.

That is definitely the goal.

> _Twins accused of hawking pilfered Lego sets on eBay_: /Whiskey Tango
> Foxtrot/. I'm not sure what I'm pissed off more about, the fact they would
> steal them from Lego, or the fact they could actually part with them. I <3
> Lego ISD.

You wouldn't per chance happen to be a military man would you?

> _"The best sets are at shop.lego.com"_: Bingo! Look around in
> lugnet.dear-lego for a post of mine saying how much Walmart sucks for
> carrying Lego sets. If its big (as in total kit size) they don't carry it
> (ie, no Titan XL), if its not Bionicle-in-a-can or Knights-in-a-can they
> don't carry it, and they're only carrying the small Designer sets (just
> Robo Platoon and Speed Wings; Sky Squad and Sea Machines haven't shown up
> yet, and I doubt the other bigger ones will because of their high price)

Don't even get me started on the Wal-Mart thing.  But I agree totally with your
remarks.  However, I'm not sure how much of this is LEGO controlled either.
Even Toy's R Us rarely has anything I want to purchase except maybe the
occassional Star Wars set to two.  Although I did snag a great buy on the
Millineum Falcom model at Target (now there's a department store).

> _Interview audio quality_: I probably should have mentioned this last time,
> but the interview is lower volume than the rest of the podcast, and a
> little hard to hear, especially Joe. It probably slipped my mind because
> the interview itself is quite interesting.

I have been hit over the head with this one by many a listener and I understand.
I have communicated with Joe and he now has a USB headset.  One listener even
suggested we take up a collection so he could get a decent headset! That will
definitely enhance the quality of the audio (and yes...Joe is coming back to the
BimPCast very soon).  I heard his interview on the BrickNebula podcast and they
too had difficulties with sound equalization.

> _Space heavy_: I didn't notice it either, looking through it again with that
> in mind, I /still/ don't see it as space heavy. However, maybe an idea for
> a future issue: an issue totally dedicated to Lego Trains. The Train LUGs
> out there do some pretty amazing stuff.

Love LEGO trains and would love to get a guest on board to talk trains.

> Podcasts are the same way, what radio show would even spend time mentioning
> Lego? Podcasts can specialize and fit in very small communities and still
> have a wide fanbase; ie, how big is the AFOL community? Not that big. We
> could never do a big time radio show on some big radio station, but
> bimpcast is doing great.

Hey thanks!  I appreciate that you like the show.  And as always, keep sending
the feedback.  I truely want this to be a community driven show.  I would also
like to invite others to join us for a BimPCast.  If you have something to say
and you have Skype, drop me a line.

> _20k downloads_: Yahoo! At least part of that is thats to being mentioned on
> BoingBoing (which is a widely read random stuff site, 250k+ regular
> readers)

I gotta get the BimPCast listed at BoingBoing!

> _BJ/BIMP collaboration_: You guys should work together more. You're both
> well known voices in the community, and you two together can only make the
> community bigger.

Joe and I are planning more collaborations.  He's asked for an article and I've
asked him to become a regular on the BimPCast.  Both of us are looking at our
busy schedules and trying to make it happen.

> _Bizzaro's Batmobile_: Thats a great example of SNOT building. It looks
> great too.

Glad you liked the featured MOC.  If you or anyone else has a MOC I should
consider featuring (or a MOC challenge) send it to me via e-mail or as an audio
comment.

> _Show 10_: And I hope it keeps going for at least another 100.

Thanks so much and I too hope to make to 100!  Love the comments...keep'em
coming.

Steven



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