Charlies “Corky” Kelly – What a handsome fella.

It’s been five long years since digitalflood Pirate Radio (DFPR) has had a new show, but I’m happy to report that the hiatus is over. For the 2014 into 2015 season we will be recording our seventh volume, which should be comprised of at least eight episodes. We’ll see what happens from there, but I can tell you that we have been hard at work planning this season over the last few weeks.

The web site is finally all back up and running. All the content is more or less up to date (or close enough). I’ll be tweaking it as we go along, but for all intents and purposes the site is ready to go. Likewise we’ve started assembling the different pieces of technology required to record. We’ve switched from a Dell desktop computer running Windows XP to an Apple Macbook Pro running OS X. I’ll be moving over into new recording and production software as well. That of course required me to learn those new applications. That ate up even more time and delayed things. Regardless it was worth it. The new technology, applications, and methods we are using will make producing DFPR less of a process while adding noticeable improvement to production quality. In short, expect a better sounding show and faster episode turnaround.

Likewise the music for the first show has been picked. The tracks all obtained and the sample script written up. I’m happy to report we have a new addition to the show in the form of my new co-host Charles “Corky” Kelly. Corky brings years of disc jockey and MC experience to the table, as well as, a background in stand up comedy. He’s been instrumental in putting together new material, bringing new ideas to the mix, and providing content. He’s also more or less written the script. This has allowed me to focus on the more technical aspects and work more on the production side of things.

I’ve been talking with some of the past guests and cast members from previous seasons as well. I’m happy to report that it looks like many of these people are going to be involved in future episodes as we make our way through this season. This includes DJ Georgette @ The Disco, Reverend Baker, DJ SlipK, and Chrissy to name a few. I’m saving some other names though for later on because surprises are worth waiting for.

We’ll also be bringing some new people into the mix and continuing to grow the DFPR cast. I’m not going to get too far ahead of myself, but I’m pretty excited about some of things that are in the works and the new places we plan to take the show.

For all the fans who so patiently waited for this moment– I thank you as always for tuning in, dealing with my hermit tendencies, and for all the kinds words. It is appreciated.

As I always says– Let’s get into it!

…and then this happened.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Nov. 11, 2010) Navy ROTC cadets from Jacksonville University march in the Jacksonville Veteran’s Day Parade. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr./Released)

On any given night almost 50,000 US veterans will not have shelter and sleep in the elements right here in the USA. 1.4 million US veterans will be in danger of homeless– they live at or below the US poverty level (less than $29,000/year income). 1 in 4 homeless people are vets. Some 41% are between 31-50 years old. Most are male. Most are black or Hispanic in ethnicity even though they make up only 10% of the veteran population by demographic group.

Today we thank Vets for their service. We recognize their sacrifice and their service for our freedom, but everyday our Vets need us to stand up and give back to them. They need our help.

Please during this holiday season and these winter months consider making donations or volunteering services for food pantries in your community and helping out at local non-profits who deal with the homeless, impoverished, and hungry. While doing so you are helping our Vets when they need us their most.

Don’t dismiss the status. Don’t think it’s political or an opinion. Just think about it. One can of corn costs $.59. So little can do so much right here in your community. Thank you for taking the time and for giving back.

http://nchv.org/index.php/…/media/background_and_statistics/

If you live near Pine Bush, NY– Church of the Infant Saviour (amongst many of the other parishes in the local Euchmenical Council) is collecting food through 11/17. You can find out more here:

http://www.infantsaviour.org/…/Bulletin%2011-09-2014.pdf

We are also doing a Giving Tree and collecting warm clothing for children.

Never Give Up. No really. Don’t do that.

Continuing the improvement parade, the following updates were made:

• Resolved page navigation issue with the blog posts– you can now select which page you want or use the “infinite scroll” feature to move through the blog posts.
• Fixed Gallery navigation menus.
• Fixed 3 broken images in page two of Artwork.
• Fixed search function. You can now search the site and get results (a novel idea indeed).
• Fixed a few issues with the code in the footer, navigation, and header that you don’t see; but it was causing issues when rendering certain pages.

Things I still need to do:

• Update all the Gallery image labels.

If you notice anything broken let me know.

The “Whatever I Found in My Fridge” Burger… delicious!

Longtime no talk– hope all is well. The last several days have seen a number of things on the site fixed:

• The Gallery page (and sub-pages) have all been fixed. All the pictures are back and in shiny new galleries for your perusal.
• The social widget for Facebook, Youtube, etc… has finally been fixed. It can be found on the right hand side menu, as well as, the right hand bottom menu. Get subscribed already!
• I traced major slowdowns to the original photo gallery system. That system has been yanked out and migrated over (see first item above). Load page time is largely improved across the whole site.
• I had lots of other caching issues that also had to be resolved– all fixed. Move along. Nothing to see here.
• Minor updates to all the info on the site to reflect current data.

So yeah, DF.com is all back up and running again. That of course means it’s only a matter of days before I break it again.

Maybe some news to talk about soon as far as the rest of the site goes. Maybe the return of Pirate Radio (of course I’ve been saying that for five years soooooo). We’ll see.