Hyper Nonsense - Podcast/internet Radio From San Luis Obispo, Ca

It's hot! So hot we had to abandon our usual recording studio for the (almost) comfortable confines of another room that had some leftover A-C in the air. It's been an interesting (i.e. frustrating) week for us in terms of technology. But the good news is that Jen has room again on her MacBook Air hard drive! Apple dropped an iOS update and broke everything. The weirdness with fraudulent activity on our bank account continues. This time in the form of an unexpected credit. Also, Bluetooth pairing has become the most complicated thing computers do now. We read an iTunes review and then that was pretty much it. Get in touch with us! e-Mail: show@hypernonsense.com Twitter: @hypernonsense Call our voicemail line: 805-725-5085 Subscribe to Hyper Nonsense: RSS | iTunes | Spreaker | Stitcher | TuneIn | Android | Google Play Music Let us know if your favorite podcast app/platform isn't listed above!

It's time for Hyper Nonsense! The best podcast you'll hear right now... unless you listen to something (anything) else. We started out the show with ambient furniture noises, which lead into a story of the last couple of chairs I bought from Staples. Jen explains how it feels to never leave the house. We talk about the new social net that's all the rage with the kids. I relate a story about how my sister's car was broken into and what happened to her stolen iPod. I've been cooking more at home and researching recipes. I discovered that food bloggers can be kinda self-important.We read some listener feedback and we take a look at what American products are called in other countries. And more! Statelets: Always get the furniture replacement plan when buying a chair from Staples. What level do you have to get to with chairs before they don't suck? I joined Ello. Let me know if you want an invite. Ello's manifesto may not be all it's cracked up to be after all. I've been on Twitter since April/2007.

We're as live as we wanna be on our latest pod! Find out what our loud neighbors are now doing loudly. We have an update on Jen's claim for disability benefits.  We're going thru some legal things right now that we're not talking about. Hear about Jen's most recent adventures in Sleepy Boos Land. Some lucky person went on a fancy clothes and fine fragrances shopping spree with our debit card. Hear my review of the iPhone 6 Plus. We read some listener feedback (including iTunes reviews!). We covered a news article about how Joan Rivers is endorsing the new iPhone from the other side. And more! iPhone (((((((Six Plus!)))))): My "professional" microphone stand is creaky. I don't wanna work. I want to make a drum all day (and bang on it). We're taking applications for a new cohost. There is a mandatory $25.00 processing fee for all app's. Mail from the government. The smaller the envelope, the better. You don't need to work. You just need to avoid dust all day. The most precious resource I have is

Just in time for this week to not be over, it's our latest podisode! We recount our (mostly uneventful) memories of  the September 11th attacks, including the fact that we moved in together that week. We give our thoughts on the big Apple shindig (and its seriously buggy live stream) that went down earlier this week. (iPhone 6? Apple Watch? Meh...) Hear about our exciting adventure in troubleshooting a leaky faucet! And then... scanning and shredding 21 months worth of documents! We also went over some listener feedback and talk about how a disappointed billionaire won't be able to carve California into six individual states. And more! A 10,000-word treatise: If you got bronchitis, congratulations! Chinese moon diggers are extracting huge moon chunks to bring back to Earth to make iPhones. Jen wrote some blog posts about her September 11th memories here, here and here. We appreciate the things Apple makes but we don't run out and buy all of them. I accidentally referred to the Flint Center as Mo

We're back with our latest pod! It's a rare and special show where Jen actually describes herself as "OK!" We tackle some heavy topics such as dreams and how to define "success." Is coding/programming the only sure bet left in life in terms of paying work? Does money = love? Or is being acknowledged by strangers the only true expression of real love? Is it better to focus on short-term gains and move on? Or is it better to go for the long haul? We discussed the phenomenon of "Internet pile-ons," specifically the Ice Bucket Challenge and the death of Robin Williams. I recount the story of a crazy guy who asked me about the Battle of Armageddon. We went over some listener feedback and more! Dreams: Some people want to live in a house with a horse barn. I just want to be able to go to Starbucks all the time. I've never seen The Godfather or any of the sequels. I have recently watched seasons of G.I. Joe and Transformers, tho. Coding: The only sure bet left in life. The problem with building apps is I

We've got an exciting episode for you! Not only are we Starbuckin' it, but we have our first-ever guest for this iteration of our ongoing pod project. It's Matt Sams, also known as Somnistatic. Matt has undertaken an ambitious song-a-day project for the year 2014. He's recording a new song every day and releasing it online. As of this recording, Matt is on song number 239. He's just about 75% of the way there and he hasn't missed one day! During the interview, we discuss Matt's songwriting inspiration/process. We talk about marketing and "making it" as a creative person in the Internet age. We meander thru a couple fun digressions and we play a couple of Matt's songs. More notes: Jen and I tried the RPM Challenge. We failed. Matt came into the project with some songs already written, but most of the songs have been written on the day they were recorded. Jen and I have done NaPodPoMo. Everyone who does that is excited at the beginning, and by day 10, they're ready to quit. Want to write a song? Jus

Meh. It's a low-energy kinda day. But we gotta make some pods. You're welcome and we're sorry. We've got an update on the errant tuna can that magically rolled behind our stove. We recount the story of when we rescued and released a wild bat. We played a sound clip from a recent episode that proves we're time travelers. Or that the concept of decades really confuses us. Hear the exciting story of our new blender! Our listeners attempted to rescue us from the desert island we've been trapped on by sending in some hilarious feedback. We cover a story about a local woman who tried to get friendly with a giraffe and more! It ain't gonna work today: Gas mains. We got 'em. And ours isn't a standard one. Don't use a claw tool to grab a live bat. Precautions. You don't always need them. During a past episode, we seriously confused 1995 with 2005 and 1996 with 2006. I'm not a blender expert (blendxpert) but if you wanna make a smoothie, try the "icy drinks" button. We read some listener feedback from M

On a scale of Scott Weiland to Jim Morrison, how stoned is Jen during this podcast? Find out as we talk about Jen's adventures in applying for Social Security disability benefits. She saw a doctor last Sunday for an evaluation. The doctor was German. And apparently, very nice! In related news: Jen is sick. All. The Time. (You probably already know that if you've listened to the show before.) Jen is now a contributor to Podcaster News. She made an intro video and together, we produced the first episode of the new Podcaster News Show. We read some listener feedback that confirms the existence of the book Pepe Goes North but the mystery of the book's disappearance from history continues. We're stuck on a lonely desert island thanks to the lack of iTunes reviews and other listener interactions. Jen read a questionably-worded spam e-mail she received for a website she doesn't run. And more! The top left of Google: Jen is sick. Did we mention that already? Some friends recommended Jen should file for disabi

We're Starbuckin' it! Live with hula girls and balloon animals! Not really. We had a conversation about how maybe it's not so good that we're married to each other because sickness, disabilities, etc. But it's likely that normals wouldn't put up with either one of us for long so maybe it's all worked out for the best. We're really killing it in terms of money. We're doing so well that Jen actually qualifies for Medi-Cal! We've got bus-riding refugee kids on the Sweet Pickles Bus. Not really. We recounted the coincidences in which we might've met earlier in life (but didn't). We read some listener comments. Jen's got another unintentionally funny post from Bubblews. And more! More details: San Luis Obispo. Cool kids call(ed) it "SLO Town." Between the two of us, we're almost one functional human being. Do they have Starbucks in prison? We're so old and broken. We're both receiving government-sponsored health insurance. I was gonna go to Columbia College. Jen was, too. Then, we didn't. Jen worke

We've still got "leftover" stories from our Las Vegas trip, including mean people on airplanes. Flight attendants with special airplane-healing powers and crazy coffee-drink customers. We received an odd solicitation in the mail from the 'California Compliance Center?" Pretty sure that's not legit. We'll be eating well in August thanks to a gift card we got last year but didn't redeem until now. Tho, it was unclear at first if the gift card was still valid. Jen read a post from the site Bubblews that was hilarious, but it probably wasn't meant to be. And more! Make me got the famous: It's humid here but we're still having a drought in California. We'd love your iTunes reviews! You can do that thru the iOS Podcasts app or desktop iTunes. A guy on our flight to Las Vegas was a bit of a jerk. All airplanes need licensed and approved qi-checkers. Some people have l33t skillz when it comes to ordering Starbucks drinks. Some Starbucks stores are corporate, some are licensed. Check out our support

Last week, we celebrated our 10-year wedding anniversary by visiting Las Vegas. We stayed at a hotel shaped like a pyramid! Jen had a piece of gluten-free carrot cake! Jen had lots of drinks! We hit it big at the blackjack table! (And by "blackjack table," we really mean the $0.25 electronic blackjack machine.) Annoying salespeople! Lunch with Diablo! Big lights! Elvis Electric! Awkward selfies! More! And more! Shiny, shiny details: "Las Vegas" is technically unincorporated? Jen's cell phone does weird things to our recordings. It's really important to get to the airport two hours before a flight. Not really. Santa Maria Airport = stuck in the 80's. The TSA took my face wash. Also, it was stupid of me to bring it. Amtrak = no TSA. Vending machine coffee. Always the best. Boarding thru the aft hatch of a plane is sorta like climbing into a spaceship. The Las Vegas airport is bigger than our local airports. You have to go thru several buildings to catch a taxi at the Las Vegas airport.

We're not live but we're also not dead. We're un-live and we're preparing for an exciting trip to Las Vegas! But we decided to make a pod before we leave. Tech problems, we got 'em (again). Apple's conspiracy against us continues! We have now soundproofed our closet so we can use it as a vocal booth. We recently celebrated my birthday, which included a nice dinner and airplanes. We responded to some listener comments. Jen wants to see shipping containers and pretty lights in Vegas. I want to go to the mob museum. Nobody wants to see Carrot Top or Criss Angel: Mindfreak. #BuyJenADrink: New segment idea: What's wrong with Jen today. I'm obsessed with the audio levels now, thanks to a comment we received. We hung some Audimute blankets in our closet to make a soundproof booth:. I'm worried that the vocal booth may be too warm inside but Jen's always cold so it might be OK. Apple has broken Apple Mail again. Also, Apple SuperDrives suck. Our internet connection is slow and computers can be bandwid

Man, we're getting old. Don't believe us? Just listen to this pod! We spent a lot of time talking about toothbrushes and shopping coupons. Still don't believe us? We also talked about new bedroom curtains! Some of this old-person talk is relative to the new business we're launching, but some of it's just because we're old. Last week was Independence Day here in 'Merica. We've got some explosive news related to that, as well as an analysis of the country's favorite 4th of July jams. Also, we read some iTunes reviews and go over a little bit of other listener feedback. And MmmPasta Syndrome. More details: Our new business venture: A hydra with multiple, specialized heads. It's hard recording audio when everything outside is noisy. Jen has the gift of sleepy boos. I don't. TWiT shows are good for falling asleep to. We ordered some blackout curtains. I'm skeptical about online reviews. Our air conditioner now looks like it's wearing a bonnet. We have a big box in our living room. It's been the

Hyper Nonsense! We are the pod that comes to you straight from the heart of California. San Luis Obispo (Sanluiton) to be exact. On this exciting episode, we talk about how The Man is sticking it to us for starting our own business. I had a cool "customer service" experience on behalf of a local musician. We talked about "binge-watching" of TV shows and why we don't do it. We honored the mystical land of Canadia with a special performance of O, Canadia. We wonder how it'd be possible for Hyper Nonsense to become the first podcast on Mars. Ceiling-breaking cupcake-eating bears, we got 'em. The most annoying phrases that we're all overusing? We got those, too. #blessed: Cornbread: Ain't nothing wrong with that. We've recorded four episodes in four weeks. Congratulate us! I don't consider myself unemployed. I consider myself pre-retired. I have a Starbucks gold card but no retirement fund. Priorities! We now have an officially filed LLC and an $800 bill from the state of California. I want to cre

Some somber news to report, including a diagnosis of pterodacylism (with random outbursts of pterodactyl speak). We recap our experience at the Classic Car Show in Pismo Beach, CA. That lead to a lengthy discussion about the humanities (?) and the declining nature of car culture in America. We speculate on why some people who ride buses are some combination of anxious/depressed/sad.  We talk about how gullwing car doors are cool but deadly. We review a sorta nautical-themed eatery. We went over the feedback we've received since the last show. We read an article about "bedtime procrastination." And more! Bulleted points in a list: Pterodactylism. I've got it. California = America, perfected. We tried recording this show a couple times already. There's no target day of the week for new shows, but it might be Thursday (America time). All we care about is maps. We went to the Pismo Beach car show. We rode the bus. And a trolley (bus). Some people who ride buses are depressed. There's no inno

We've done it! Yes, it's true. We've successfully doubled the number of episodes we've produced so far. In honor of this milestone, we've decided to end the show. Just kidding! How could we quit now? We've got listeners leaving us comments, tweets, even calling us at home in the middle of the night! We've got new audio gear and we're happy to tell you about it, even if we do have "more money than sense" in buying all of this stuff. We also discovered that the Australian prime minister has apparently been listening to our pods for years. Star Wars references! We got those, too. And daring helicopter-based escapes from Canadian prisons. More details: I had considered putting together a complete "historical archive" of all of our episodes instead of just starting over with episode one. That didn't happen. Jen made an interesting connection between my ideas for that show archive and Robotech. You can now listen to Hyper Nonsense thru several different platforms. Check the sidebar of the site

Welcome to our very first podcast ever! That we've ever recorded...? Maybe not. In this episode, we recount our history in podcasting going back to January/2005. We talk about the state of our work situation and how we're going thru the process of starting our own business. We encounter a small technical glitch with the recording (sorry!) and then we finish off with a fun news item about drunks burning down a pizza parlor. Highlights include: New (to us) microphones, we got 'em. I explain the definition of "podcasting 1.0." Jen was somewhat apprehensive of being on the microphone. Back in 2005. I had the idea of posting "recorded radio shows" back in 2004. We found the name of our show thru LiveJournal. ("Hyper Nonsense World Tabasco Shower") We've podfaded a thousand shows. Not really. YouTube hasn't made us rich and/or famous. We're not Business People! We have another website called Book of Jen. A history of horns: Both the Importance and Fail kinds. I worked briefly for Automatti