Jamie D Audio Rally!

i_am_scifi

Hey, guys. Just passing this along for everybody as Sean's currently waiting for a new login to kick in over here. It's a great idea, and I hope everybody participates!

Hi Everyone,

I'm Sean Whelan from Raging Bullets. Depending on where you are reading this, you may or may not know me. I was talking to Matt and was trying to figure out something I could do to show Jamie just how much we all care for him and are rooting for him in his battle with cancer.

I'd like to put together a series of podcasts that Jamie could listen to from friends, listeners and fellow podcasters that Jamie could listen to. It would be a way for those of us who can't be with him to let him know that we are in his corner.
How can you participate?

1) If you want to send a quick voice recording via Skype
- My screen name is drnorge
- The voice line is 1-440-388-444

2) If you want to email me an audio comment, send it to ragingbullets@icloud.com with the subject message "Jamie D"
Please keep the messages brief but thoughtful. I want to compile as many as I can each night. The idea here is to make Jamie smile and let him know how much we believe in him.
Feel free to post this to other forums. If you are a podcaster and want to put together a similar rally of your own, feel free to give your listeners your contact info instead. This isn't about me. The idea is to try and give Jamie a chance to hear from as many people as we can.

Thanks in advance. I plan to start work on this tomorrow when I get home from work, so I can send audio each day!

matchkitJOHN

Great idea. Thanks for doing this! And people can go to Jaime's Facebook page and write a message there too.

DrNorge

Jamie's Facebook page is awesome right now! It's fantastic to see so much support.

CageNarleigh

Recording TONIGHT.

Royal_Lantern

We're going to be recording tonight and I'm sure we're going to be sending our well wishes and love to Jamie during the episode, so I'll pull that out of the episode and send just that segment.

Caliban

Sent.
Great idea!

CageNarleigh

For the record, since we're sending this stuff via email, does anyone know how big of a file can be sent via email? Also, whatever the size limit is, what does that translate to in terms of length? (We're still going to keep it short as asked, but I'm curious as to what the ABSOLUTE cut off is.)

steel

awesome

Corwin

Will do tonight and send it in.
The best way to share it would probably be dropbox or something similiar.

little_witch

Done but I'm too babbling too much let me know and I'll record a new one.
This is a wonderful idea, thank you for sorting it out/

bralinator

CageNarleigh said:

For the record, since we're sending this stuff via email, does anyone know how big of a file can be sent via email? Also, whatever the size limit is, what does that translate to in terms of length? (We're still going to keep it short as asked, but I'm curious as to what the ABSOLUTE cut off is.)

If it is too big, maybe using wetransfer.com would be a good option. It is free and you can send up to 2 gigs - more than enough.

luckymustard

CageNarleigh said:

For the record, since we're sending this stuff via email, does anyone know how big of a file can be sent via email? Also, whatever the size limit is, what does that translate to in terms of length? (We're still going to keep it short as asked, but I'm curious as to what the ABSOLUTE cut off is.)

Email size limitations vary, and it could be on either the sender or receiver's end. So just try it, is my suggestion.

DrNorge

There is no actual size limitation. You can always use a Google Drive, drop box, etc to get it to me if needed. The goal is to get as many people as are interested in the recordings that will be shared with Jamie. I'm happy to put in what you would like. I have no plans to edit anyone's comments these are meant to be personal vs for a podcast release. I hope that makes sense. It's whatever you consider best to send positive vibes to Jamie D. Great questions.

matchkitJOHN

Anybody got a mailing address for cards?

i_am_scifi

Just sent along a mono mp3 to @DrNorge‌ that was 5 minutes long and topped out at 3.5MB. So as long as you compress the file right you should be able to send it via email without any issues.

bralinator

This might be a helpful tip

kiwijase

bralinator said:

This might be a helpful tip

Thank you for the tip. I've just sent my message.

DrNorge

If you run into any issues with audio just shoot me an email at ragingbullets@icloud.com. I am happy to help. There are lots of ways to send thoughts to Jamie. My goal is just to offer another option. I think it's great that he's getting things from lots of different places. He deserves it.

DrNorge

Just an update. I am sending each day's audio submissions to Jamie. Yesterday's are already sent. I received a couple over night and they will be the first of today's group. Feel free to send a comment at any time. The main idea here is getting your thoughts to Jamie. I am not worried about size or length. I can work around whatever you send. Also, feel free to use Skype. If you contact my screen name "drnorge" or call 1 440-388-4434, it connects you with our voicemail line. I am pulling those as well. I hope this helps for anyone interested.

bralinator

kiwijase said:

bralinator said:

This might be a helpful tip

Thank you for the tip. I've just sent my message.

Happy to offer it @kiwijase, especially for a cause such as this.

DrNorge

I am putting together today's audios. Please feel free to send at any time. I will keep adding them as they come in. If they don't make it this evening, they can go in tomorrow's recording.

CageNarleigh

SENT! Let me know if you got it! (LanternCast)

grannygeekness

Sent mine yesterday. Thank you for doing this, it's such a good idea.

LibraryBoy

Called in last night. Thanks for setting this up, @DrNorge‌.

[Deleted User]

Is there anywhere we can actually send cards, etc.?

David_D

I just messaged the people on this thread that were asking for a mailing address. If anyone else needs a postal address (it will be via his sister) please PM me. Thanks.

Matt

Tonebone said:

Is there anywhere we can actually send cards, etc.?

What @David_D‌ said.

M

DrNorge

Just an update for Day 3. I have been receiving the audios either via the voicemail line and compiling them. I have been sending each day's group as 1 file to Jamie's sister. Please feel free to keep sending to me. I am happy to do this. It's a terrific group of people here.

TheOriginalGMan

Would be great if one of the Geeks would create a thread just to keep folks updated on Jamie. I find myself constantly checking this one and the "Off the Racks" thread looking for news.

luke52

Just sent mine via email. Thanks for doing this @DrNorge‌ it's a great thing you're doing here.

DrNorge

His Facebook page is a good source for info. I am sure it is hard to keep up with everything.