Hey there! This week I interview Ben Carey, one of the two genii (Geniuses?) behind Benrik. "Benrik Limited is the corporate lovechild of Ben Carey and Henrik Delehag, and the outlet for their creative ideas and general outpourings. Benrik's mission is to introduce a welcome element of branded anarchy into our predictable lives. Benrik's books are thus instruction manuals for warped living." Sponsor:  Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcasts Links http://is.gd/7L4i - Buy Benrik's books. (Due to publishing restrictions, the latest Diary can only be ordered from the UK Amazon site. Benrik hope to fix this in the future.) LESS

VFTQ episode 123 can be downloaded for free at www.ViewFromTheQuad.comToday on the show we talk about how Apple's new trackpad is a bit broken, the full story behind my Halloween as well as Podcasting in my school and Serenity FINALLY coming to HD! Sponsor:  Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast Linkshttp://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/2248 - Problems with the new Apple Macbook Prohttp://is.gd/6NcO - Preorder the blu-ray version of Serenity in the UKhttp://is.gd/6Ndy - Preorder the blu-ray version of Serenity in the US LESS

VFTQ 112 can be downloaded for free at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com. Accept no substitutes. Today on the show I interview the genius creator of the 7th Son trilogy, J.C Hutchins. Sponsor:  Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcasts "J.C. Hutchins is an award-winning novelist best known for his 7th Son technothriller trilogy, which he released as free serialized audiobooks from 2006-07. Nearly 50,000 people worldwide have enjoyed J.C.âs work, making 7th Son the most popular âpodcast novelâ series in history. A former journalist, J.C. wrote for The Palm Beach Post, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Lexington Herald-Leader (Ky.), and Wizard: The Comics Magazine." Links http://jchutchins.net - The only link you will EVER need to get to any of JC's stuff. Really. LESS

VFTQ 121 - Fantastic Face Funk! if free for your downloading pleasures at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com Today on the show we talk about some utterly insane man who hooks electrodes up unto his face. And then uses it as a music visualiser. Madness, I say! Next, I rant for a bit about shitty music shops and the staff in them. Then, we have some crazy cops who allegedly ATTACKED AND SODOMIZED some man who was alledegly smoking pot. Then... VFTQ brings you a NEVER BEFORE HEARD trailer for the upcoming Saw 19! Yay! Links --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxdlYFCp5Ic - Weird face visualizer guy http://www.nypost.com/seven/10242008/news/regionalnews/horror_abuse_by_cops_135071.htm - Horror Abuse by Cops LESS

VFTQ episode 120 is up for grabs at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com Heya! Today in the show we talk about my upcoming interview schedule, stupid electric self balancing unicycles, some stupid antivirus virus thing called Macguard, Japan finding 34,500 times the legal dosage of PESTICIDES in Chinease beans. Om nom nom! Also on the cutting block for discussion is some weird man who implanted an RFID tag into his hand. Sponsor:  Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcasts Links http://gizmodo.com/5065431/self+balancing-electric-unicycle-to-make-clowns-attention+seekers-even-less-impressive - self balancing unicycle at Gizmodo.com http://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/17/macguard-double-plus-ungood-avoid/ - damn dirty fake antivirus http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Rest+of+the+World&month=October2008&file=World_News2008101614556.xml - Japan detects pesticides in Chinese frozen beans http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/14/video-of-a-guy-impla.html - motherfraking insane guy implants RFID tag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat - Wikipedia article on cats. You know you want it! http://craphound.com/littlebrother/ - Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. Give me an interview, Cory, PLEASE! LESS

VFTQ 119 - WTFNEWPSP? is free for download at www.ViewFromTheQuad.com Heya! In this episode of VFTQ which I recorded with a horrible migraine. So let it be grumpy. We talk about Apple hosting Field Trips (WTF#1), Old VS New Media (again) some new PSP I have never heard of (WTF#2) and Apple Rumors. (not so WTF.) Update Apple released new Macbooks, Macbook Pros and a big ass cinema screen. Sponsor:  Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcasts Links http://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/10/apple-stores-welcome-kids-via-field-trip/ - Apple Field Trips http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/10/12/fighting-perceptions-against-new-media/ - Old media hates New Media LESS

VFTQ 118 - Podcamp, Work, Music is free to download at www.ViewFromTheQuad.comHeya! Today on the show we talk a bit about Podcamp Ireland (I list the good and bad things), I go through why I'm really busy at the moment and then play some amazing George Hrab song and Galway Girl. Yes. THAT Galway girl.Sponsor:  Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcastsMusic - Galway Girl (eeeeek!) More On This Album Download Galway Girl (mp3), Sweet Dreams redo by George Hrab. Visit him at www.GeologicPodcast.comLinkshttp://www.Podcampireland.com - Podcamp Irelandhttp://www.grannymar.com/blog/ - GrannyMarhttp://teaandchat.com/ - Tea and Chathttp://vulturespi.com/Vultures.html - Vultures PI LESS

This is being reposted because something went horribly wrong with the feed.----VFTQ 117 can be downloaded for free at http://www.ViewFromTheQuad.com Hey-lo, VFTQites! Today on the show, we meet an excited CEO, a granny who wrangles Liamas, a song that Iâm gonna be singing for some auditions or others and a host of other characters! In other news, this is a bit of a cop out episode. Hopefully school will calm down soon and these cop out episodes can end. Donât forget to meet me and a host of other A-List podcast celebs at Podcamp Ireland in Kilkenny on September the 27th. Check out the Links section for the website. Sponsor:  Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit âhttp://www.gotomeeting.com/podcastâ Links http://www.apple.com/support/usbadapter/exchangeprogram/ - stupid Apple screwing up a piece of plastic recall http://teaandchat.com/ - Steven Kilbride of Tea and Chat. http://www.podcampireland.com - Podcamp Ireland (free registration!) http://www.jonathancoulton.com/ - Jonathon Coulton Vote for me in the European Podcast Awards! ââ Starting WoW and View From the Quad have both been entered into the European Podcast Awards, and now they need YOUR help to get through! Please vote for Starting WoW by clicking http://tinyurl.com/67hqzo, clicking âVoteâ and then by giving 5 stars for each catagory. Then, if you have the time, vote for VFTQ by going to http://tinyurl.com/63n3zd and voting in the same way. If you only vote for one of my podcasts, vote for SWoW please. Thanks! LESS

VFTQ 117 can be downloaded for free at http://www.ViewFromTheQuad.com Hey-lo, VFTQites! Today on the show, we meet an excited CEO, a granny who wrangles Liamas, a song that I'm gonna be singing for some auditions or others and a host of other characters! In other news, this is a bit of a cop out episode. Hopefully school will calm down soon and these cop out episodes can end. Don't forget to meet me and a host of other A-List podcast celebs at Podcamp Ireland in Kilkenny on September the 27th. Check out the Links section for the website. Sponsor:  Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit âhttp://www.gotomeeting.com/podcastâ Links http://www.apple.com/support/usbadapter/exchangeprogram/ - stupid Apple screwing up a piece of plastic recall http://teaandchat.com/ - Steven Kilbride of Tea and Chat. http://www.podcampireland.com - Podcamp Ireland (free registration!) http://www.jonathancoulton.com/ - Jonathon Coulton Vote for me in the European Podcast Awards! ââ Starting WoW and View From the Quad have both been entered into the European Podcast Awards, and now they need YOUR help to get through! Please vote for Starting WoW by clicking http://tinyurl.com/67hqzo, clicking âVoteâ and then by giving 5 stars for each catagory. Then, if you have the time, vote for VFTQ by going to http://tinyurl.com/63n3zd and voting in the same way. If you only vote for one of my podcasts, vote for SWoW please. Thanks! LESS