Podcasts about thundertown

Our dear friend Olivia rejoins us for another thrilling chapter of Varney the Vampire! Wherein Varney attempts to seduce literally any man who shows up on his doorstep. Check out Olivia's spooky novels Lord of Thundertown and Backmask. Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the original Victorian working class audience would do for the authentic 1840s Chartist coffeehouse experience. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.  

EPISODE 150: The Grand FinaleOur final Helpdesk Nightmares episode. Thanks to our loyal listeners! It's been fun :)Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com.FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 149: Enter RelhaventHave a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com.FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 148: Unsolvable Trouble TicketEveryone's favorite segment remains - the Limerick Challenge. Especially Mr. Hnaknaw!Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com.FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 147: I Love LimericksEveryone's favorite segment remains - the Limerick Challenge. Especially Mr. Hnaknaw!Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 142: Used FootbathsCody reveals a startling reality from his childhood. Also there are 5 of us now.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 140: Adaba PhatashapOur usual shenanigans and mayhem, join us won't you?Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 138: Who Knows Something About Servers?I mean we all do in IT to a certain degree. But that's not the real question for this redditor's user, of course.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 137: Twitch and JitsiWe're testing out Jitsi AND we're back streaming on twitch!Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 136: Why Are You Arguing?Just don't argue with tech support. Even if you think you're right (you aren't).Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 135: New Year New MeThis is our first episode of 2021! We made it everyone, well done!Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 134: What is Google?You wouldn't think a support tech would actually ask "what is Google?" in a serious way...Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 133: The Pound SignYou'd think saying pound sign would be less confusing to certain age groups than hashtag. You'd be wrong.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 132: Something In The AirSomething must be in the air. We had a Friday the 13th recently, didn't we?Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 131: My PC Only Runs BIOS?A user thought he could run his computer only in BIOS... which I guess, technically, you... can?Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 130: It's Not Your Alarm, ManWe talk about a few different alarm/beeping issues this week. It's not what you think.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 128: Can We Skip Those Steps?Yes, it sucks to have to do all the troubleshooting steps. But no, there's a reason we do not skip them.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at helpdesknightmares@gmail.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 126: Caution: Exploding Hard DrivesCraigbot: it's supposed to just work. Unless it doesn't. We do our usual shenanigans complete with 2/4 of us blue screening during recording.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 126: Caution: Exploding Hard DrivesSome IT guys connected to a warehouse/manufacturing facility get to have lots of fun exploding hard drives to erase the data. Jealous.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 125: There's No Paper On Our EndWhen told a printer has a paper jam, a user asks "Oh - is that on our end or on yours?" I'm sorry... what?Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 124: That's Because It's a ScreenshotA user can't get a program to open on the desktop. When remoting in, turns out he's trying to click on the icon in a screenshot.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comSome background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 123: One of the Good OnesNot all helpdesk tickets or issues are nightmares. Sometimes it's just a good day!Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comOur Patreon is taking a break. If you're a current patron, you won't be charged for the foreseeable future. But the page isn't taking on new patrons right now.Some background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

EPISODE 122: 10 Plagues of EgyptSometimes there's flies in the office. And it's a real mess.Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.com or call us at (202) 798-HELP to leave us a message. Maybe it'll make it on the show!FIND US ONLINETwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comJoin our patreon at http://patreon.com/helpdesknightmares at any level to get the episode at least 2 days early and other bonuses!Some background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

BONUS: Ruby RidgeThis is a story all about how - Randy Weaver and his family got hooked up with Nazis and 1/3 of his family ended up killed. Not our typical Helpdesk Nightmares tale, but here's a bonus with Mark from this show and Jay from Halfway to Thundertown where we talk about how a weapons charge turned super, super bad fairly quickly.If you're a Patron you can hear another bonus about the history of the QWERTY keyboard over there (link below).FIND US ONLINEHave a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.comTwitter: @helpdesknightInstagram: @helpdesknightmaresWebsite: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.comJoin our patreon at http://patreon.com/helpdesknightmares at any level to get the episode at least 2 days early and other bonuses!Some background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

O.F. Cieri joins us to discuss their upcoming release, Lord of Thundertown, as well as the role history plays and gender representation in fiction!

Episode 66: Codyerday 2 On this special Codyerday Mark has BIG NEWS!! We do our Yahoo Answers, a This Week in Tech History, talk about the new Chromium powered Microsoft browser, and more! https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/04/08/microsoft-invites-you-to-take-the-all-new-edge-web-browser-for-a-test-drive/ FIND US ONLINE Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.com Twitter: @helpdesknight and @halfwaytttpod Instagram: @helpdesknightmares Website: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.com Some background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

Jay and Chad of Halfway to Thundertown join Mark this week to talk about, among many, many other things, the importance of backups to... well.... everyone. Episode 65: Backup (w/Halfway to Thundertown) https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/azurfm/i_lost_my_flash_drive_can_you_recover_the_files/ https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/avwqwu/please_delete_my_departments_folder/ https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/9dn126/sorry_you_lost_your_data/ FIND US ONLINE Have a helpdesk nightmare to share? Send it to us at support@helpdesknightmares.com Twitter: @helpdesknight and @halfwaytttpod Instagram: @helpdesknightmares and @halfwaytothundertownpodcast Website: https://www.helpdesknightmares.com and https://www.halfwaynetwork.com Find **Halfway to Thundertown **wherever you get podcasts, and on www.halfwaynetwork.com Some background music used via creative commons license: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/ All other music is licensed or available by public domain.

What do you get when science and history collide? ODDITIES! We close out Goth Month with special guest Olivia, here to tell us all about what oddities are and where they came from. (Hint: it's all Napoleon's fault. Probably.) Follow Olivia! @obfvscate (twitter) 0bfvscate.tumblr.com ...and watch out for Lord of Thundertown coming this December from NineStar Press! Sources: Orientalism by Edward Said Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice by David P. Silverman, John Baines, and Leonard H. Lesko Distilling Knowledge by Bruce Moran

What do you get when you turn a 19th century textile mill into an antiques shop? GHOSTS! We kick off the month of Halloween with haunted antiques--and special guest Olivia! Follow Olivia on Twitter! @obfvscate ...and watch out for her book Lord of Thundertown coming soon from NineStar Press!