Unquiet Desperation

If you listen to The Round Table, and you’d like to have more of a say in what we cover, or want to appear on the show, please read this annoucement that I put on the HHM boards. It describes how to recommend topics for the show and how to get on the list [...]

Mick has made it official…KJ and I are taking over creative direction and production of The Round Table.
Mick says:

I want to let Monkey patrons know about a little behind-the scenes adjustment that is taking place that is designed to improve the quality - and hopefully the consistency - of episodes of the Round Table.
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The next phase of the Mahalo project is now ready for release. We call it Mahalo Greenhouse, and it’s your chance to get involved.
Here’s the skinny, straight from Jason’s blog:
Today I’m thrilled to announce the Mahalo Greenhouse, a place where the public can build search results that—if accepted by our Guides—will be included [...]

Thanks to a suggestion from JJ Lanza from [Fistfull of Comics and Games](http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/), I’ve put up a [messageboard for discussion](http://www.ctmiller.net/chris/talk/) of the Supers Project, plus anything else that strikes your fancy. Bookmark [http://www.ctmiller.net/chris/talk/](http://www.ctmiller.net/chris/talk/) if you’d ike to join us. I’ll also put it in the sidebar.

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This is the project I’ve been working on for the last few months, which I have not been able to talk about until now. The Big Secret is now out, and we are live. Say hello to [Mahalo](http://www.mahalo.com).
From the [press prelease](http://www.mahalo.com/Mahalo_PR):
>**Human-powered search engine Mahalo.com launches with investors including Sequoia Capital, Elon Musk, [...]

Scott Sigler’s book, *Infested*, previously released at the podiobook *[Infection](http://www.podiobooks.com/title/infection)*, is going to be made into a [movie by RH Films](http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6447296.html)…
>The deal was arranged by RH Films president Peter Gethers and the co-presidents of Rogue, Andrew Karpen and Andrew Rona. Random House Films will also get filmmaking rights to the unpublished second novel in Sigler’s [...]

Congratulations to James Patrick Kelly, whose book Burn won the 2007 Nebula Award. Some of you may remember that Burn was a featured title on Podiobooks for several months last year, and we’re thrilled that it’s been recognized for the work of genius that it is. Congrats, Jim!

Five minutes of my time at the University of Akron during the start of the first Gulf War are featured in the latest episode of Matthew Wayne Selznick’s Five Minute Memoir podcast.

Some of you might know that Joe Murphy of the Dragonpage/Farpoint Media family is dying from cancer. A fund has been founded in Joe’s name, and contributions are being accepted to help fight this particular form of cancer. Please consider giving.
Link to the Website: http://www.joemurphymemorialfund.org
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The New York Times has just published a great article on podiobooks, their authors, and Podiobooks.com.

“The business is brewing at Podiobooks.com, the Web site founded in late 2005 with just 15 titles, including books by Tee Morris and Mark Jeffrey, who began offering podcasts about the same time as Mr. Sigler.
The site was founded by [...]