The Undisciplined Room

Episode 15: A Flabby Rattle, or: I Know Just Enough to Be Dangerous

room34 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:09:47 +0000

In the fifteenth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara make sound about sound, reflect on how learning to code is like learning plumbing or auto mechanics or something, and in a brief Arts Corner, acknowledge the existence of a book neither of them has read.

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65:52

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31.8 MB

Show Notes

Sounds of Silence

To Code or Not to Code

“The Arts Corner”

Amy Chua: The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Episode 14: Close Enough for Jazz Apples and Infographics

room34 — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:48:40 +0000

In the fourteenth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott loudly eats an apple, à la John Gruber, and then Sara joins him to discuss (or just diss) infographics, “single-serving” Tumblrs, and what people say they like in music.

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45:50

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22.1 MB

Show Notes

The Unbearable Grossness of Eating

Wikipedia: Jazz (apple)

Disinfographics

Tumblr’s Delight

Nobody Puts Baby in “The Arts Corner”

Episode 13: Trying to Get to What I’m Trying to Get To, or: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right, but Three Rights Make a Left

room34 — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:30:11 +0000

In the unlucky thirteenth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara discuss moving into a commercial studio space, P’interest, Adventure Time, and further deep thoughts inspired by what is ostensibly a children’s cartoon.

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54:49

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29.8 MB

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Still here…

room34 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:26:07 +0000

Hello? Anybody home? The Undisciplined Room is not gone… we’ve just been busy with travels and the Room 34 studio move for the past couple of weeks. New episodes are on the way!

Episode 12: Snark Valve

room34 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:19:49 +0000

In the meandering twelfth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara discuss Twitter’s not-really-birthday, the Tumblrization of Pinterest, and hanging pictures (metaphorically).

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61:59

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Show Notes

Twitter Turns 6… or Not

Tumblrization

Hanging Pictures, Making Pins, Writing Code

Episode 11: A Couple of Wavy Lines

room34 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:23:32 +0000

In the short, but not as short as we think, eleventh episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara discuss “homeless hotspots” at South by Southwest (SXSW), the Curator’s Code and the audacity of valuing curation itself over the content being curated, and, in a brief “Arts Corner,” the anachronistic use of fonts.

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40:40

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19.6 MB

Show Notes

Pete’s Choice

SodaStream: Dr. Pete (formerly Pete’s Choice)

Homeless Hotspots

Curator’s Code

“The Arts Corner” presents The Lettering Artist

Mark Simonson: The Artist vs. The Lettering Artist

Episode 10: The New Episode

room34 — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:17:29 +0000

In the mercifully brief tenth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara discuss International Women’s Day, the meaning of The Guardian’s “Three Little Pigs” ad, and Apple’s new iPad. (And as a special bonus, how to piss Scott off: criticize the Retina Display.)

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34:59

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16.9 MB

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Episode 9: Jake Lloyd Is an Ewok

room34 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:58:47 +0000

In the ninth episode of The Undisciplined Room, in a galaxy far, far away, Scott and Sara discuss Tumblr and Pinterest (again), the “happs” with apps, and taking a machete to the Star Wars Saga. (Scott also reveals his true preference in the Star Wars/Star Trek debate.)

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61:57

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Show Notes

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Tumblr and Pinterest Strike Back

What’s the Happs with Apps?

“The Arts Corner” presents Machete Order

Episode 8: As of Yesterday, Dick Cavett Was Still Alive

room34 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:35:04 +0000

In the eighth episode of The Undisciplined Room, Scott and Sara discuss what can or can’t (mostly can) go into a breakfast burrito, the pros and cons (mostly cons) of electronics manufacturing in the Age of Apple, apps, ABC’s The Middle, and Dick Cavett’s continuing presence among the living.

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76:36

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Show Notes

Kitchen Sink Burrito

Nightline/Foxconn

Apps

“The Arts Corner” presents The Middle

Fun with noise gate

room34 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:30:40 +0000

Apparently I had the noise gate up a little too high on episode 7. If you notice a lot of weird audio drops in spots where we’re not talking, that’s why. I’m sure it’s not as bad as when Linus recites the nativity story in A Charlie Brown Christmas though. (Whenever I think of excessive noise gate — which, yes, is something I think of — this always comes to mind.) But then again, our voices aren’t drenched in cavernous reverb, either.