Listen above or download from here (right-click, save as). The podcast is up on iTunes, so be sure to subscribe! PLEASE! 
In this week’s episode we talk about:
Also:
Happy Trails,
Sam.
PS — Watch LOST tonight!
The following is important information for you all dealing with my digital story. Seriously, read this or you might get confused:
As most of you know, I had originally chosen to do my mandatory digital story this semester based off the best show in all of ever, LOST. I had two great ideas, unfortunately both of these ideas have fallen through. While I hinted at this in an earlier post, it is now official. 
Not to worry, though, because I already am in production of a different non-LOST-related story for my blog. Though admittedly the way I want to tell to story is very LOST-esque, including hiding clues within the videos, and great foreshadowing (which LOST excels at!)
You need to know: a post which is part of the digital story will have a title starting with “Samuel Michaels …”. You can also view only posts relating to the story by keeping an eye on this page (link: http://chasinglilly.net/blog/tag/samuel-michaels/) The first part will be up before 11 tonight. I can’t reveal too much, though I can tell you that it’s a drama series composed mainly of videos.
As you will be able to tell from the first video, an unidentified person will be uploading a series of videos to their account over the next few weeks. The videos are from a video blog series by “Samuel Michaels” (aka user newfoundmemories122) which was originally posted in early March 2009. These videos are only copies of the originals which “The Uploader” managed to saved before they were taken down. “The Uploader” is also somehow in possession of Michaels’s personal dv camcorder, and will be uploading videos from it as well.
These videos start off normal. But there is something weird about them, not the least of which being that the originals were taken down by direct request from a company named “Burke Pharmaceuticals”. Why would they take them down? What is it about Michaels which makes him so important? But I have already said too much…
More to come,
Sam.
Listen above or download from here (right-click, save as). The podcast is up on iTunes, so be sure to subscribe! PLEASE!
In this week’s episode we talk about:
Also:
Happy Trails,
Sam.
PS — Been having some major problems with uploading from the network in my dorm, especially to YouTube. Stay tuned!
This post is a few days late, but it is here none the less! With such a specific title, there’s not much to explain in this post other than that I did another screencast tutorial. Although a few things have already been shown in class, it is worth going over again. Pretty much what you will learn is the basics of how I record audio from Skype, edit it in Audacity, and host it, all for our weekly LOST podcast.
I do have to apologize for the seeming quickness of the tutorial, YouTube now only allows 10 minute videos so I had to be fast. Also for the general annoyingness of my voice in a few segments. Enjoy, though! Rate it, leave some comments, etc!
Websites used:
Other tutorial page: http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/22-free-podcast-hosting.htm
Skype recorder used: Pamela Call Recorder
Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org
Ourmedia: http://ourmedia.org
FeedBurner: http://feedburner.com
The Dark Territory LOST Podcast: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TDTLostPodcast
Happy Trails and Namaste,
Sam.
Listen above or download from here (right-click, save as). The podcast is up on iTunes, so be sure to subscribe! PLEASE!
In this week’s episode we talk about:
Also:
PLUS:
Notice something missing? Like… a podcast for last week’s episode, Sundown? Due to difficulties beyond this lowly LOST blogger’s control, it doesn’t exist. And to upload it now, over a week late, would just be pointless. But feel free to check out and download this one!
Once again another amazing episode from the final season of the greatest show in television history! Any thoughts or comments? Then just stick em down there below this post! Keep checking the blog for more podcasts and info as well.
Yo. Sam out.
Listen above or download from here (right-click, save as). The podcast is up on iTunes, so be sure to subscribe!
In this week’s episode we talk about:
Also:
Loved this week’s episode! Sorry for the posting delay, guys. This is the first podcast this season that Will and I have done together in the same room on the same mic, so enjoy the better sound quality. Note: we did record this at 2 AM so please forgive and tiredness in our voices. Be sure to keep checking the blog for more podcasts and info!
Happy Trails and Namaste,
Sam.
So this post will serve a dual purpose. One is about the assignment we were given, the other is a general update as to what’s happening on this here blog. First comes the assignment.
We are to make a Flickr account, follow @DailyShoot on Twitter, and complete the tasks tweeted to us for the next four days. Also we have to integrate some sort of Flickr plugin on our sites. Since I already had a Flickr account, I just started completing the Daily Shoot tasks, which you can see below (links to Flickr page)
So as to what’s going on here at the site? Well, quite a bit! First off, I’d like to thank everyone who’s commented on all my posts, though especially the comments about ideas pertaining to this upcoming LOST-themed project I’m doing. All of your texts, comments, and audible conversations have been great! I think I know what I’m going to be mainly doing for this project, though I’m still working out the kinks in the story (can’t reveal too much, this is LOST, after all!)
Speaking of LOST, you can subscribe to our weekly LOST podcast using whatever application you want from the RSS here. Alternatively if you have iTunes, you can simply subscribe to our podcast by clicking here (then ‘Subscribe’, of course). Thanks for the support, guys, and for taking this crazy ride with us through this final season of this great show! Of course, if you missed this last week’s episode check it out here.
Also you may notice the sidebar not only has a Twitter feed, but also my Flickr RSS showing a few of my latest photos. In other plugin news, I would urge ALL of you who haven’t already done so to go check out the plugin WPtouch from Brave New Code! It’s a great, easy-to-use plugin that turns your website/blog into a portable theme. Basically how it works is it recognizes if the viewer is accessing your page on a handheld device (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc) and if so, it shows a version of your site specially made for faster portable use. It shows your stories in an iPod-like fashion and even allows the reader to comment on or tweet your articles, email them, or even message you right from their device. And the best thing is: it’s super easy to customize! You can change the themes, decide what shows up, and more. If you can’t tell, I like it and highly suggest it to everyone.
As always, more to come!
Happy Trails and Namaste,
Sam.
Listen above or download from here (right-click, save as). The podcast is up on iTunes now, so be sure to subscribe! At the moment, though, I’m having some issues getting the ping service to update our feed in iTunes with the latest episodes, but we’ll keep you posted!
In this week’s episode we talk about:
ALT TIMELINE:
ON ISLAND:
I’ll be putting up more information on the upcoming school project I will be doing based on LOST. On a side note, those of you who have followed Will’s and/or my previous blogs or work will be happy to know that we have FINALLY decided on what our next project will be film-wise! And no. It’s not Island Wars 2 (thankfully!) More info on that later, too!
Happy Trails and Namaste,
Sam.
I’ve honestly been thinking quite a bit about what my digital story should be. I’ve gone through probably six different ideas over the past few days, everything from an idea based on a fictional story I wrote a while back to even videos having to do with certain events in my life. But then I got to thinking about what we were told last class and how much time I spent creating my site theme. Then I remembered how last class Jim Groom talked specifically about my site and podcast as being part of a sort of digital story of it’s own, and how my being an obsessed LOST-fanatic is one of those things that also keeps the internet great (thanks for making my addiction almost seem cool 
). And it’s true, I’ve spent so much time over the last six years with my friends and family discussing and watching LOST.
So I came to the conclusion… why not make a digital story which is LOST-related?
I thought about what would be the best way to do this, and I eventually came to this idea. I could over the next nine to ten weeks be one of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 and communicate everything that I personally experience up until a certain point in the series. I would probably take on the persona of an unknown survivor who isn’t shown much on the show, so that I could put my own spin on how I see things. This would limit me to how far into the series’ story I could delve, as in Season Five episode two all the non-main-characters and extras were killed by flaming arrows. But I could sustain a full story for this long (heck, I’ve been following it for six years, why not!?).
My main thought on how I could do this would be through blog posts I write as this made-up character. Maybe I could have some updates on Twitter as to what’s happening on the Island at that moment. Or maybe, in true LOST fashion, I could make some short “Flashback” videos of this character and post them to my blog and/or YouTube to overview how the character got to the Island and other back story. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I like it, and the more it sounds almost like an interactive work of fan-fiction!
Of course, any comments or ideas would be great and very helpful!
Happy Trails and Namaste,
Sam.
Listen above or download from here (right-click, save as). We hope to get the feed up on iTunes soon, so look out for that! And we kept the time of the episode down this time, too!
Sorry for the delay in putting this podcast up! In this week’s episode we talk about:
Honestly we talked about as much as we could with the episode we were given. We actually want to know your reaction: Do you think this week’s episode was more of a filler episode or are we just bigots? Comment below and let us know!
Lastly you may remember a terrible theory that me and Will jokingly thought up during last week’s episode. The theory pointlessly tried to link the fact that in the ALT both Christian’s coffin and Locke’s knives were missing. And possibly that Christian cut the plane in half with the knives in the normal timeline. Yeah, it’s stupid. Well I wrote up a full-page theory and sent it in to the LOST Theory section at DarkUFO and, beyond all reason or logic, they put it on the official theory section! In fact, not only did they put up up, but it was also one of the most-discussed theories of the day! It is entitled “The Mysterious Missing Knives of Mr. Locke by ChasingLilly”
But that’s not all. Later that day I got on my handy-dandy iPod Touch, only to notice that our theory was also one of the popular theories on the LOST Theories App on the iPhone! At least if you check the comments on the originally posted theory over at DarkUFO you will see that nobody really took it that seriously. In fact, the comments are pretty amusing, my personal favorite being “Exactly. Worst theory ever. What the f, man?” Of course Will and I got on to try to defend the theory. Go read it for yourself and comment your thoughts! Oh, and don’t forget to leave a comment here on any LOST-related ideas… or just life in general.
Happy Trails and Namaste,
Sam.
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