web02.fireside.fm Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:34:24 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Joel” https://topiclords.com/tags/joel Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week. en-us episodic The only place on the internet you can hear topics discussed! Jim Stormdancer Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week. yes Jim Stormdancer jim@goombas.org 314. Gotta Catch Half of 'Em! https://topiclords.com/gotta-catch-half-of-em 6293dad9-6f0a-4612-bdb2-afa99f485ce2 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Jim Stormdancer full Jim Stormdancer Lords: Elena and Joël. We discuss the Luck Factor, Dual Pilgrim Certificate, the return of PicoSteveMo, and every poem, by every human. 1:04:45 yes Lords: * Elena * Joël Topics: * The Luck Factor: * http://www.richardwiseman.com/resources/TheLuckFactor.pdf * Dual pilgrim certificate * The return of PicoSteveMo * https://itch.io/jam/picostevemo-3 * Every poem, by every human * https://www.tumblr.com/nextworldover/793694487879827456/animatedamerican-atamascolily Microtopics: * Packing cubes. * The Rolling Method. * Modular backpacks. * Camera people: a different type of people. * Nested zippered envelopes labeled one through five. * Why does your purse say "three" on it?? * Tool user opinions. * Getting ready for fiction to incorporate our new conception of what AI is. * Running experiments on people who self-identify as lucky or unlucky. * Gladstone Gander. * Paying your put-upon nephew a dime to accompany you on a trip to Zazu-Zazu. * Stan Connery's terrible taste in roles. * Natalie Portman's Tom Scott number. * Systems that are gamable but not trivially gamable. * Rick Rubin numbers vs. Sabbath Numbers. * The Kumano Kodo Trail's trail adjudicators ringing a bell and giving you a certificate to certify that you've walked their trail. * A terrible time of year to hike the Camino de Santiago. * Taking a wrong turn while hiking the Camino de Santiago and ending up on France. * All the school children running over to high five the pilgrims. * Feral Eucalyptus plantation. * Peeking into all the ancient mills. * Shrine tossing tricks. * Passing bones from chopstick to chopstick. * The three major sources of ritual pollution. * Getting sick of climbing the hill all the time so you write a poem explaining that the gods don't want the shrine to be at the top of the hill any more. * Harassment prevention for non-supervisors. * Printing and framing the certificate you got after taking the class on filling out your timecard. * The uncle so otherwise never contacts you sending you a happy birthday message on LinkedIn every year. * Endorsing your friend on LinkedIn for being a git. * Balloons in the sewer. * Sokoban mechanics that could apply Stephen King's It. * A tricycle kart racer set in the Overlook hotel. * NanoSteveMo. * The scruffy guy the hotel manager doesn't want around. * Singlehandedly supplying the fanbase for this Mo. * Hoarding Pico-8 cartridges on you desktop. * The Spore creature creator exporting your creature as a PNG. * A topic for another Topic Lords. * Concatenating a zip file to the end of a different file. * Here's this artifact. Please try it out. * Saving PNGs to Starlings. * Storing your Pico-8 game in a bird. * Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme. * Pirating software on Usenet. * Catching 50 out of 100 birds to extract the Pico-8 game from them. * Realizing that it's a plums in a refrigerator thing and moving on. * Helping a stranger grieve using your well-honed crossword skills. * Approaching classical literature as a collection of in-jokes and wanting to be in on the joke. * A book with a serrated edge. * How to read a book vs. how to read a poem. Lords:

  • Elena
  • Joël

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Packing cubes.
  • The Rolling Method.
  • Modular backpacks.
  • Camera people: a different type of people.
  • Nested zippered envelopes labeled one through five.
  • Why does your purse say "three" on it??
  • Tool user opinions.
  • Getting ready for fiction to incorporate our new conception of what AI is.
  • Running experiments on people who self-identify as lucky or unlucky.
  • Gladstone Gander.
  • Paying your put-upon nephew a dime to accompany you on a trip to Zazu-Zazu.
  • Stan Connery's terrible taste in roles.
  • Natalie Portman's Tom Scott number.
  • Systems that are gamable but not trivially gamable.
  • Rick Rubin numbers vs. Sabbath Numbers.
  • The Kumano Kodo Trail's trail adjudicators ringing a bell and giving you a certificate to certify that you've walked their trail.
  • A terrible time of year to hike the Camino de Santiago.
  • Taking a wrong turn while hiking the Camino de Santiago and ending up on France.
  • All the school children running over to high five the pilgrims.
  • Feral Eucalyptus plantation.
  • Peeking into all the ancient mills.
  • Shrine tossing tricks.
  • Passing bones from chopstick to chopstick.
  • The three major sources of ritual pollution.
  • Getting sick of climbing the hill all the time so you write a poem explaining that the gods don't want the shrine to be at the top of the hill any more.
  • Harassment prevention for non-supervisors.
  • Printing and framing the certificate you got after taking the class on filling out your timecard.
  • The uncle so otherwise never contacts you sending you a happy birthday message on LinkedIn every year.
  • Endorsing your friend on LinkedIn for being a git.
  • Balloons in the sewer.
  • Sokoban mechanics that could apply Stephen King's It.
  • A tricycle kart racer set in the Overlook hotel.
  • NanoSteveMo.
  • The scruffy guy the hotel manager doesn't want around.
  • Singlehandedly supplying the fanbase for this Mo.
  • Hoarding Pico-8 cartridges on you desktop.
  • The Spore creature creator exporting your creature as a PNG.
  • A topic for another Topic Lords.
  • Concatenating a zip file to the end of a different file.
  • Here's this artifact. Please try it out.
  • Saving PNGs to Starlings.
  • Storing your Pico-8 game in a bird.
  • Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme.
  • Pirating software on Usenet.
  • Catching 50 out of 100 birds to extract the Pico-8 game from them.
  • Realizing that it's a plums in a refrigerator thing and moving on.
  • Helping a stranger grieve using your well-honed crossword skills.
  • Approaching classical literature as a collection of in-jokes and wanting to be in on the joke.
  • A book with a serrated edge.
  • How to read a book vs. how to read a poem.

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]]> Lords:

  • Elena
  • Joël

Topics:

Microtopics:

  • Packing cubes.
  • The Rolling Method.
  • Modular backpacks.
  • Camera people: a different type of people.
  • Nested zippered envelopes labeled one through five.
  • Why does your purse say "three" on it??
  • Tool user opinions.
  • Getting ready for fiction to incorporate our new conception of what AI is.
  • Running experiments on people who self-identify as lucky or unlucky.
  • Gladstone Gander.
  • Paying your put-upon nephew a dime to accompany you on a trip to Zazu-Zazu.
  • Stan Connery's terrible taste in roles.
  • Natalie Portman's Tom Scott number.
  • Systems that are gamable but not trivially gamable.
  • Rick Rubin numbers vs. Sabbath Numbers.
  • The Kumano Kodo Trail's trail adjudicators ringing a bell and giving you a certificate to certify that you've walked their trail.
  • A terrible time of year to hike the Camino de Santiago.
  • Taking a wrong turn while hiking the Camino de Santiago and ending up on France.
  • All the school children running over to high five the pilgrims.
  • Feral Eucalyptus plantation.
  • Peeking into all the ancient mills.
  • Shrine tossing tricks.
  • Passing bones from chopstick to chopstick.
  • The three major sources of ritual pollution.
  • Getting sick of climbing the hill all the time so you write a poem explaining that the gods don't want the shrine to be at the top of the hill any more.
  • Harassment prevention for non-supervisors.
  • Printing and framing the certificate you got after taking the class on filling out your timecard.
  • The uncle so otherwise never contacts you sending you a happy birthday message on LinkedIn every year.
  • Endorsing your friend on LinkedIn for being a git.
  • Balloons in the sewer.
  • Sokoban mechanics that could apply Stephen King's It.
  • A tricycle kart racer set in the Overlook hotel.
  • NanoSteveMo.
  • The scruffy guy the hotel manager doesn't want around.
  • Singlehandedly supplying the fanbase for this Mo.
  • Hoarding Pico-8 cartridges on you desktop.
  • The Spore creature creator exporting your creature as a PNG.
  • A topic for another Topic Lords.
  • Concatenating a zip file to the end of a different file.
  • Here's this artifact. Please try it out.
  • Saving PNGs to Starlings.
  • Storing your Pico-8 game in a bird.
  • Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme.
  • Pirating software on Usenet.
  • Catching 50 out of 100 birds to extract the Pico-8 game from them.
  • Realizing that it's a plums in a refrigerator thing and moving on.
  • Helping a stranger grieve using your well-honed crossword skills.
  • Approaching classical literature as a collection of in-jokes and wanting to be in on the joke.
  • A book with a serrated edge.
  • How to read a book vs. how to read a poem.

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