There is one person in hilldavids’s collective.
Cue the digital fanfare! In a first ever Bonus Episode, Leonard & Baron sit down with Stephen Tobolowsky to discuss acting, writing, storytelling, having your scenes cut from movies, the benefits of heated hallways, and of course, whether or not Godzilla was a documentary."
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Here we are: The last episode before our hiatus. We certainly couldn't have had a better guest to share with you than our friend John Roderick.
In this episode we discuss Jeremy's encroaching Kaczynski-ism (minus the pipe bombs), digging holes with your boots, babies, writing, David Rees's insistence that we all get ripped in 2015 and challenge coins. It's a lot to leave you with.
That said: Farewell for a bit. We will return, rested and ready, in late June 2015. Until then, listen to old episodes, think of new topics, questions and guests for us to have on the show and definitely spend some time getting to know the other shows on misfitrad.io. We'll see you soon.
The last episode before our hiatus. We certainly couldn't have had a better guest to share with you than our friend John Roderick.
In this episode we discuss Jeremy's encroaching Kaczynski-ism (minus the pipe bombs), digging holes with your boots, babies, writing, David Rees's insistence that we all get ripped in 2015 and challenge coins. It's a lot to leave you with.
That said: Farewell for a bit. We will return, rested and ready, in late June 2015. Until then, listen to old episodes, think of new topics, questions and guests for us to have on the show and definitely spend some time getting to know the other shows on misfitrad.io. We'll see you soon.
General background
Don is a professor of Food Science at Rutgers University, and he lives in Freehold, New Jersey. He grew up in Ithaca New York, and attended Cornell University. He moved to Athens, GA to attend graduate school, before joining the faculty at Rutgers.
Current interests
Don's current interest is losing weight. A buddy of his recently dropped 70 pounds using the iPhone app “Lose It”, and that convinced Don it was time. Lose It syncs with Fitbits and Withings Scales, among other devices. Don's other cool new toy is a treadmill desk. Don's not a great typist while seated so the treadmill desk has given him a renewed interest in Dragon Dictate. Don's current research interests include understanding the factors that influence microbial cross-contamination, including handwashing effectiveness, and whether the “five second rule” is real.
Growing up
As a high school student Don played D&D and collected comic books, and discovered the sport of fencing. As a graduate student at UGA, he regrets was not going to see R.E.M. at the 40 Watt Club. In High School Don, learned to program in Fortran using punch cards. In graduate school he took classes in Pascal, Fortran and assembler, as electives because he thought computers were cool.
Origin Story
Like with some (many?) of other guests, Don's 5by5 story start's with Merlin Mann. Don was a 43folders fan back in the day. He started listening to 5by5 when Merlin did his spot on the Pipeline. Don became a guest 5by5 guest himself when he pitched Dan on the idea of talking about food poisoning. From Back to Work, Don discovered The Talk Show, Hypercritical, Build and Analyze, and Systematic.
Podcasts
Favorite active show - B2W
Favorite retired show - Hypercritical
Favorite not on 5by5 - Roderick on the Line
Other great podcasts: Accidental Tech Podcast, Your Daily Lex, Just the Tip.
Gratuitous self promotion: Food Safety Talk
Stuff to check out
Merlin and John Gruber at SXSW a few years back.
Media
TV watching generally consists of whatever Don and his wife both like. That might be British crime dramas, Doctor Who, or The New Girl. Last Tango in Halifax is a great British show, season 2 just just out on Netflix.
TV shows that Don consumes when traveling are those that his wife doesn’t like, most notably The Wire (about to start re-watching for the third time) and Adventure Time.
The last great fiction book Don read is called “The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break”. He learned about this from Alton Brown’s podcast episode with John Hodgman. Another highly recommended book is "Gun Machine" by Warren Ellis.
Other stuff
Don became active in his local Boy Scout Council when his sons were scouting age. All three have fond memories of Philmont Scout Reservation in New Mexico. Don is still active in the Council, but in a volunteer administrative position. Don recently finished his term as president of the International Association for Food Protection. He is also an editor of the scientific journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
On the web
Don's Rutgers University webpage, his tumblr at donschaffner.tumblr.com, and on twitter at @bugcounter.
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If you like John Roderick or Roderick on the Line (and let’s be real… if you’re on Tumblr, you do), then you’ll love listening to our time with Sir John himself.
Hell of a way to leave for vacation.
Here we are: The last episode before our hiatus. We certainly couldn’t have had a better guest to share with you than our friend John Roderick.
In this episode we discuss Jeremy’s encroaching Kaczynski-ism (minus the pipe bombs), digging holes with your boots, babies, writing, David Rees’s insistence that we all get ripped in 2015 and challenge coins. It’s a lot to leave you with.
That said: Farewell for a bit. We will return, rested and ready, in late June 2015. Until then, listen to old episodes, think of new topics, questions and guests for us to have on the show and definitely spend some time getting to know the other shows on misfitrad.io. We’ll see you soon.
http://therocksglass.com/post/114161058664/if-you-like-john-roderick-or-roderick-on-the-line
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Jason and special guest John Siracusa discuss the iPhone 6 Plus, reactions to "Becoming Steve Jobs," Apple's lost decade, and what lessons can be learned by business successes and failures.