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So with Dragon*Con 2008 behind me, I miss it immensely already. I got to meet all my friends in Podcast Fiction for the first time, and they are even awesomer in person! Yes that's right I said awesomer! Anyway, here is a Flickr Slideshow of the pictures I took at Dragon*Con. Sorry for some of them being blurry or hard to see. I realized I need a better camera while I was at Atlanta, so couldn't be avoided. Maybe next time.

So here we go:

Okay, so obviously I'm not talking about the movie here, but I hope you get my drift.

So August is finally here *Yay!*

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Don't all clap and yell at once. Jeesh!

Anyway, with the month that is ought eight of ought eight this is probably going to be the busiest month I will have all summer, if not the whole year. I don't know how much I will get done on writing a certain project you've all been patiently waiting for *ahem 12th Disciple ahem* but rest assured that writing is indeed scheduled.

First of all I have to apologize for the lack of updates recently. I really wanted to talk about the Dark Knight, which of course was awesome *if you have a chance see it in IMAX, much better. Trust me, all you have to remember is Fuzzy Slippers*

Anyway, I also wanted to do a few shout outs to people too, however that will have to wait. In the meantime, here is a quick and dirty version of what I will be doing this month. Oh, and if you are going to be in and around these areas that I'm in, please feel free to find me and be all fanboy and fangirlish. I'm totally okay with that. Except if you're creepy, that's just....creepy.

So here goes:

August 9th:
Pure Pwnage Double Feature Screening
Bloor St. Cinema - Toronto ON
2:00pm - 6:00pm

I'll be hanging out with my friends from the Pure Pwnage Crew there.

August 16-17th:
Niagara On The Lake 2008 Social Media Meetup
Prince of Wales Hotel - NOTL

This is really exciting! I'll actually be speaking at this conference! This is so cool. I'll be talking about Podcast Novels, how to write them, record/edit them, then market them. Please, please, please, please sign up for this if you're in the area. I would love to meet all of you.

August 23rd:
Toronto Fan Expo 2008
Metro Convention Centre - Toronto ON

As I have for the past few years, I will be attending the Fan Expo as Press, I'm really excited about some of the guests this year, and I hope I get to talk to them.

August 25th (TBD)
Moving to Toronto - Humber North Campus
Toronto ON

That's right I'll be moving to the big teedot, by the end of this month, so if you're in Toronto, send me an email I would love to hang out. Maybe see if I can get a Twitter meetup out of this.

August 28th - Sep 1st
Dragon*Con 2008
Atlanta GA

This hasn't been 100 percent confirmed, it's like 85.654% though that I will be attending Dragon*Con this year! This will be my first year going, so I'm really nervous, but excited. I will have more on this as soon as I get 100% confirmation, but let's just say I have a HUGE Public Shout Out for this one.

Anyway, that's it for now. If details change, I will post on the blog. Once again if you are in and around those areas at the times I mentioned, please email me at mail at stevesaylor dot net letting me know you'll be around, and we should totally hang out and stuff! LOL

That's it for me, for now.

So as always, I remain, obediently yours.

Steve "Snowball" Saylor

So it's finally here, the first act of the long (well at least a year...wait okay maybe less then a year...you know what I mean) awaited arrival of Joss Whedon's foray into the world we call web by releasing his Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog starring Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Doogie Howser), Nathan Fillion (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly), and Felicia Day (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Guild).

Sorry long sentence.

Anyways, this project created by Joss himself along with his brothers Zach, Jed, and Jed’s Fiancé Maurissa Tancharoen was a cool project about “...a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to.” according to Joss himself. Plus it's a musical!

With that, I would post the video of Act 1, 2, or 3 on this post, however the Internet version will only be available for at least until the end of July, so I'll just link you to http://drhorrible.com for all the details.

I will be updating this post specifically when I see Acts 2 and Act 3 so you can read each review.

Click "Read More" to read my review.

Hey geeks, geekettes, and cousin its!

Snowball here from our hotel room in Grapevine TX. This entire trip has been soooo cool! I can't believe how much fun I'm having! I'm so disappointed that I'm heading back on Monday morning. I've met some awesome people, reconnected with old friends, and just having a good ol' texas time!

Here are a few videos that were recorded by my friends Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell from http://geekbrief.tv

Things are gearing up at Snowball Central. Tests are being conducted, Scientists are scooping Snowballs from Mars, and the BBQ's are heating up. Today is a day for updates, this is update 4 of 4 for June 16th 2008.

Watch the video for details on our trip to Dallas Texas for the Iron Man of Gaming Tournament at http://ironmanogfaming.com

Here is the details for the whole trip:

Dates: June 19-22
Hotel: Super 8 Hotel in Dallas/Fort Worth
Grapevine, TX
http://tinyurl.com/3q7xzm

Events:
On Location with Cali Lewis
Thurs June 19th 8pm *Dallas Time
http://calilive.tv

Iron Man of Gaming 2008
Thurs June 19th - 22nd
Grapevine Convention Center
Grapevine, TX
http://ironmanofgaming.com

Dallas Meets Canada - Twitter Meetup
Sat June 21st 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Spring Creek Barbeque
315 State Highway 114W
Grapevine, Texas 76051
(Google Maps)

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/780600/?ps=2

Twitter Updates:
http://twitter.com/stevesaylor
http://twitter.com/birdmandodd

So that's all I could think of at any rate. Follow along with us as we go on this trip. Follow our Twitter accounts, keep an eye on our blogs http://thisweekingeek.net as well as http://stevesaylor.net and http://birdmanofsteel.com for video and blog updates from the road!

See ya'll in Dallas!

Yee-Haw!

As always I remain obediently yours.

Steve "Snowball" Saylor

I have been waiting anxiously to be able to review this for you guys and gals for the past week or so. This is by far the coolest thing I have ever received to review for you my friends. Thanks to Miranda for getting this to me.

Good news is, if you are in Canada, today is the official launch of The Flip Video Family to the Great White North! You can buy the Flip Video's at WalMart's now and in Futureshop stores in mid June!

First of all, a Summary of the Flip Video. I did this as a Geek Gadgets Review for This Week in Geek. This was recorded on the Flip Video Ultra, as well as edited using the built in Software.

Click "Read More" for the full review...

For those who have been following me on Twitter(and if you're not why aren't you?!), you may have noticed I was doing the snoopy dance last week. Reason why was because I had gotten word from my co-host Mike that he was able to arrange an interview with Wil Wheaton!

Problem was though, for him, he was up north and couldn't do the interview, and if I wanted to, I could do it. So I immediately jumped at the chance, because for those who know me, know that I have been insipired by Wil for a long time. You ever have one of those people in your life that you would love to meet someday and you have been following what they do for several years? Well for me one of those people is Wil.

So last week I went over to the TWiG Studios and sat down for almost an hour long chat with Wil. To be honest, I sounded a lot more nervous than I was. Oh don't get me wrong, I was really nervous, but when I got into the interview, I thought I was perfectly fine. It wasn't until I hear it now that I realize how nervous I actually sounded.

Either way, the interview is now live at http://thisweekingeek.net/node/131 So if you want to check it out and see how nervous I was as Wil and I talked geek, then by all means give it a download. Let me know what you think in the comments too, and please, be gentle.

Oh, here's a link directly to the mp3 if you can't be bothered to go to the link directly.

http://thisweekingeek.net/media/audio/TWiG-WilWheaton.mp3

As always, I remain, obediently yours.

Steve "Snowball" Saylor

Deep in the heartland of North America, lives a private school where moral values and ideals are kept. However, deep in the shadows, not everything is as it seems. When a student commits suicide, his best friends stumble upon a conspiracy that involves a new friend named Julien, and a secret cult named "The Pentecost"; who will stop at nothing to bring the Antichrist to power, and take over the world. You thought Judas was the greatest traitor of all time? Think again. From the mind of Steve Saylor, author of the Podcast Novel "Black Shadow" comes The 12th Disciple, A Podcast Novella. Betrayal is not what it used to be.

An All-Star cast, an awesome director, and one of the most believable super heroes in Marvel's Goodie Bag, this past weekend, I had the pleasure of watching the first adaptation of Iron Man for the big screen.

Click "Read More" for the entire review.

For those who listen to This Week in Geek you may know already that Mike, Pierce, Stefan, Jordan, and myself have been doing reviews of DVDs, Video Games, and Geek Gadgets since last summer.

Well, I thought I would give it a go on my own with my own reviews of software, hardware, and other geeky gadgets I can get my hands on.

This review is going to be for NewsGator's now free RSS Reader, NetNewsWire

Click "Read More" for the full review...