This event is over. For recordings, go here. It’s the scenario we've all feared. After decades of planning, Finland is finally ready to conquer the Earth. Only one things stands in their way: The participants of a niche podcast not that many people have heard of! Poised outside the building are dozens of nuclear-tipped Angry Birds prepared to launch unless they read material of Montrith’s choosing. There is only one cat…
In the beginning of May, we published a blog post explaining our basic premise: We received a $20 donation with the instruction that the money should be spent on the outsource freelancing site Fiverr. The idea was a sound one, so we opened it up to the community. People would suggest Fiverr gigs and vote up their favorites. I would buy the 3 gigs that got the most bulbs (the ballpit equivalent of upvoting), as well…
We've been asked a couple times now about how we put these episodes together, so if you're looking to set up a remote podcast, this is how we do it. Update 11/17/2016: Some of our methods have changed since this article was originally written, edits have been made to reflect those changes. How do you record? When recording a podcast with people in different places, the first step is to get isolated audio for each…
Nearly a year ago now, I wrote this blog post about how and why The F Plus was trying Flattr to accept voluntary donations to the podcast. I explained my reasons for trying, and described the whole thing as "an experiment". That experiment has now concluded. Firstly, I want to start by saying that I recognize that a number of people did, indeed, push the Flattr button to contribute monetarily to the…
This event is over. For recordings, go here. F Plus Live 4 is a two day event! Saturday we're having a party in Sisyphus Brewing starting at 8PM, then Sunday is the actual show at Grumpy's Downtown starting at 9PM. Come to both, details below. Confirmed Readers Lemon Boots Raingear Kumquatxop bumpgrrl STOG Frank West Jack Chick Chris Collision J. W. Friedman SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3RD We're starting off the event in…
This page was updated Jan 1st, 2019. The F Plus' logo was modified on June 26th, 2015 to a simpler and derivative-friendly version of the same shapes we've used since the podcast's inception. On this page you'll find a few use cases, the color palette, some files you can download, and a longer explanation and tips. article.blog .content .logo-example { background:#fff; } article.blog .content .logo-example…
How To Impress A Boy With Temporary Email (For Contributors)

How To Impress A Boy With Temporary Email (For Contributors)

Some sites make you sign up to see everything. While HypnoLoser may not have a problem with using his personal email address, let's say you don't want to hand out your email to any and all weird websites you come across. But you still want to be able to sign up. What you want is a burner email. A burner email is a temporary address you set up, use, and then forget. There are lots of sites out there that offer quick, easy, fairly-anonymous temporary emails. For most of these sites, you only need to enter an address to open the inbox. While there's no sign up, there's also nothing to stop someone else from using the same address. That shouldn't be a problem if you're only signing up to…
Some sites make you sign up to see everything. While HypnoLoser may not have a problem with using his personal email address, let's say you don't want to hand out your email to any and all weird websites you come across. But you still want to be able to sign up. What you want is a burner email. A burner email is a temporary address you set up, use, and then forget. There are lots of sites out there that offer…
Prologue: This is a piece all about what happens in the Black Mirror episode White Christmas. It was originally supposed to go in the ballp.it TeeVee forum but then it got too long and ended up here instead. If you don't want this episode spoiled, don't read this. For the record, a lot of the other Black Mirror episodes are good. So the thing starts out promising enough. The always reclusive and camera shy Jon Hamm…
Before we start, I recognize that it's kind of suicidal to say unkind things about iTunes. This is a website for a podcast, people listen to podcasts with iTunes. The majority of our listeners (an altogether nerdier and more tech-savvy group than most) still uses iTunes to listen to our podcast, as do a number of the ridiculists, and we take extra effort to make sure that's still a comfortable and easy process. But…
Hi there, let me show you around. As you can see, a lot of what's here is significantly different than it used to be. Personally, we think it's a whole lot better. I know change is hard, but I'm thinking once you get used to the new format, you'll like it a lot better. Let me show you a couple of things that are new. explore the miserable world of The F Plus The old site had tags and search, and neither of them…
UPDATE: While a lot of the information in this blog post is still valid, we've abandoned this experience. For more on this, please read Why We're No Longer Trying Flattr. The internet is free, except for all the parts that matter. When I first started making stuff for the internet (in the late 90's), any time you built a website that was for information or entertainment, you put it together like you would a…