Last Friday night we did things a little bit different.  We packed up all our gear, left the comfort of our little studio and headed to Vidoop in downtown Portland for a little party to celebrate Cyborg Camp.  The party was, I think, a big success and a good time was had by all, and that’s largely due to the awesome party planning skills of Nate Angell.

During the “Tech Edition” we were lucky enough to talk to Amber Case who instrumented the whole shebang.  We kept her around during Afterhours and then brought on Cyborg Camp Speakers Bill DeRouchey, Lia Hollander and Ward Cunningham.  We also snatched up a few moments with  Bram Pitoyo, the man behind @cyborgcamp on twitter.  As if that wasn’t enough fun to pack into an episode of SLL we managed to lure Will Norris, Alain Bloch and Scott Kveton onto the couch as well.

There’s one last person I want to call attention to before you listen to the latest episode.  He wasn’t a guest on the show but I assure you the Cyborg Camp Pre-Party episode would not have been possible without the talents of Joe Christensen of Blaze Streaming Media.  Not only was he there every step of the way with Dr Normal to get stuff up two flights of stairs and set up, he also brought a brand new level of video delight to the show with 3 camera angles.  If you want to watch the video you can see it on our ustream channel.

SLL Episode 61: Amber Case &: Cyborg Camp

SLL Episode 62: Afterhours at the Cyborg Camp Pre-Party!

On a side note, I have to show you my favorite image from the episode/ party.  Our fab guest Amber Case took it and I really think it speaks for it’s self.

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Join us Friday December 12th at 10 PM on ustream with guest dieselboi (yes!! OurPDX’s very own) who’s going to teach us a thing or 10 about beer, and bring in some of his own home brew!  Once we’ve imbibed a bit and moved on to Afterhous I’ll be sure to ask him about neon, blogging and the city we all love, Portland.

Add to that 4 Our PDX Network author’s in the studio audience and I’m sure we’ll have a night to remember!

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This is Portland, so it wouldn’t be a real week here if there weren’t some kind of “Camp” for you to go to, hear about or watch a stream of.  Camps happen all the time here, but what doesn’t happen all the time is a pre-party for a camp with a live on location recording my Podcast, Strange Love Live.

Really, that doesn’t happen for every camp, in fact it’s never happened before. I rarely come out of my basement.  But it is happening for Cyborg Camp.

For the first time ever Dr Normal and I are going to take our show on the road.  He’s going to spend a better part of his afternoon setting up at Vidoop while I run around doing things that Podcast hosts do, like cooking pasta, decorating a tree, watching ballet, trying to pick the perfect shade of lipstick or maybe reviewing a show note or two.

If you have an urge to get out and about tonight, have ever wanted to see Strange Love Live in person, want to celebrate Cyborg Camp a few hours early or are curious what this whole Cyborg Camp craze is about then come on by.  The party starts at 8:30, the show starts at 10 and all the other details I could possibly give you are on the upcoming page, where conveniently, you can RSVP if you’d like.

Now I have to go find something appropriate to wear, something that says “I sure hope you’re the humanity loving kind of Cyborg, not the big bad machines from the future that fly around in a giant cube… please don’t assimilate me”.

Wish me luck?

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