Ten FREE Apps That Make My iPhone a Mobile Office

On August 2, 2012, in Carrie Cuinn, Tech Nerd, by CarrieCuinn

One of the best tech purchases I ever made was an iPhone*. While I’m normally a bigger fan of open-source software than of anything from either Apple or Microsoft, there are a couple of reasons an iPhone works for me: I can use it as a mini-computer, it automatically notifies me when I have email, […]

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Episode 094 – Gail Carriger and Mur Lafferty

On March 13, 2012, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

In episode 94 of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Gail Carriger and Mur Lafferty to talk about Building Your Audience. About Gail: New York Times Bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life […]

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Drink and Draw! (a twitter event and more)

On July 13, 2011, in Andy Romine, Art Nerd, Galen Dara, The Booze Nerd, by Galen Dara

I’ve asked Booze Nerd Andy Romine to assist me in writing this post as we gear up for a Functional Nerds Drink & Draw party.  Thank you Andy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Functional Nerds twitter event: Drink & Draw! When: The evening of Friday July 15th. Where: tweeting from a computer/mobile device near you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drink • and […]

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Functional Nerds 049 Carrie Cuinn Don Pizarro

On March 15, 2011, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

In the 49th episode of the Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester & John Anealio sit down to chat with Carrie Cuinn, editor and publisher for Dagan Books & author Don Pizarro about the new anthology, Cthulhurotica. We also chat about: short story writing, Dagan books, independent publishing, Twitter, Lovecraft, weird tales, tentacle porn, sex, anime, Rigor […]

Functional Nerds 048 Jason Sanford

On March 8, 2011, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

In the 48th episode of the Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester & John Anealio sit down to chat with Jason Sanford, author of Memoria, available in Interzone Magazine. We also chat about: short story writing, novels, “Millisent Ka Plays In Real Time”, Interzone Magazine, inspiration, music, Lawrence Welk, Hank Williams, Ghosts, Philip Jose Farmer and Andy […]

Episode 046 Harry Turtledove

On February 22, 2011, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

In the 46th episode of the Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester & John Anealio sit down to chat with Harry Turtledove, author of Atlantis and Other places, now available from ROC.  With Harry we chat about: Atlantis, alternate history stories, novellas, ecology, war, twitter, The Byzantine Empire, the 24 hour news cycle & immigration. Links: Unofficial […]

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Episode 044 Cherie Priest

On February 8, 2011, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

In the 44th episode of the Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester & John Anealio sit down to chat with Cherie Priest, author of ‘Bloodshot’, now available from Spectra.  With Cherie, we discuss: urban fantasy, horror, southern gothic, TOR, Bantam, Spectra, writing, daily wordcount, Subterranean Press, humor in writing, social media, LiveJournal, blogging, Chattanooga TN, the Internet, […]

Episode 041 Lavie Tidhar

On January 17, 2011, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

041 The Functional Nerds In the 41st episode of the Functional Nerds, John & Patrick travel to Tel Aviv (via the Internet, of course), to chat with Lavie Tidhar, author of The Bookman, An Occupation of Angels, Cloud Permutations, HebrewPunk and The Tel Aviv Dossier. With steaming cups of coffee, we chat with Lavie about: […]

Episode 031 Carolyn Crane

On November 1, 2010, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

031 The Functional Nerds In our 31st episode, John & I welcome Carolyn Crane, author of Mind Games & Double Cross, available from Spectra. With Carolyn in tow, we discussed: author websites, geocities, twitter, urban fantasy, marketing, cover art, product packaging (when it comes to books), 1st person prose, tense, Anne Rice, Jim Butcher, Laurel […]

Episode 030 Jaym Gates and Erika Holt

On October 25, 2010, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

030 The Functional Nerds In our 30th episode, John & I welcome Jaym Gates & Erika Holt as our latest recruits in the 3rd Nerd Army! Jaym & Erika share details of their new anthology, Rigor Amortis; a collection of stories about Romanace, Revenge, Risk & Raunch – with Zombies.  We also tackle topics like: […]

Episode 028 Fred Kiesche and Mike Ferrante

On October 11, 2010, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

028 The Functional Nerds In our 28th episode, John is living the rock star life, parked in a Hummer with Fred Kiesche, blogger for SF Signal & The Lensman’s Children & Mike Ferrante, King of the Nerds.  The boys sit down to chat about SF Signal, science fiction, the Internet, the ARPANet, blogging, .mac accounts, […]

Nerd News Round Up-April 19, 2010

On April 19, 2010, in News, by Patrick Hester

Nerd Worthy News Took the weekend off to do some writing – here’s today’s news… Scifi & Fantasy SFSignal.com: SF Tidbits for 4/19/10 i09: The Amount Of Free Scifi TV On Hulu Is Mind-Boggling SciFi Wire: Sexy new pics from Fringe’s ‘noir’ musical episode! Airlock Alpha: (Paraphrasing) SyFy finishes flipping off fans by putting wrestling […]

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Nerd News Round Up-April 14, 2010

On April 14, 2010, in News, by Patrick Hester

Nerd Worthy news for April 14th Scifi & Fantasy SFSignal: MIND MELD: The Best Sword & Sorcery Stories SFSignal: SF Tidbits for 4/14/10 AirlockAlpha: Joss Whedon To Helm ‘The Avengers’ The Lantern: Science fiction class dispels misconceptions about genre i09: 8 Upcoming Science Fiction Movies That Could Be The Next District 9 Grasping for the […]

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Nerd News Round Up-April 13, 2010

On April 13, 2010, in News, by Patrick Hester

Nerd News for April 13 Scifi & Fantasy Slice of Scifi: Man turns mail truck into street-legal Viper i09: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan & Steven Moffat take us inside Doctor Who Season 5 SfSgnal.com: SF Tidbits for 4/13/10 SciFi Wire: How Felicia Day pumped up to fight werewolves for Syfy i09: (fan made) Star Wars […]

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Nerd News Round Up-April 10, 2010

On April 10, 2010, in News, by Patrick Hester

SciFi & Fantasy Airlock Alpha: Review: Stargate: Universe ‘Divided’ i09: Weekend Short Story Club Life, Doctor Who & Combom: TRAILER: Victory of the Daleks SfSignal.com: Free Fiction for 4/10/2010 SfSignal.com: SciFi Tidbits for 4/10/2010 Walker of Worlds asks: What do you love about Sci-Fi books? Technology CNET: Twitter joining Ap market, Developers worry ARS Technica: […]

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Episode 004

On April 9, 2010, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

004 The Functional Nerds In the fourth episode of The Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat about a proposed sequel to John’s George RR Martin is not your bitch called ‘George RR Lucas IS my bitch’, about: John Ottinger, grasping for the wind, R.E.M, Billy Joel, comic book creator copyrights, Marvel, DC, Image, […]

Episode 001

On March 20, 2010, in Podcast, by Patrick Hester

001 The Functional Nerds In the very first episode of The Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat about the new iPad from Apple, what it means to be a ‘functional nerd’, about: science fiction media, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, Felicia Day and The Guild, SciFi site SFSignal.com, the Atari 2600, […]

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