Well, just as we’d hoped, work was done over the weekend, and everything is back to normal. All previous episodes should be back in your feed. If you happen to see the first ten episodes we ever did pop up as new downloads, please ignore that. I was doing some work that caused that. No worries. All is good.

Thank you for your patience, and we hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving (for our US listeners) weekend. If you live elsewhere, well, I still hope your weekend was awesome.

Hey, folks, just wanted to put out a little update. It seems that the source of the problem has been discovered, and a fix is due to be implemented over the Thanksgiving weekend. Until then, PodHoster has made a temporary change to our feed that is limiting the number of episodes available to the last twenty shows (including episode 201). Once they’ve fixed the greater issue, our feed will be corrected so that all episodes are available once again. I’m sorry about any inconvenience this might have caused, and I appreciate your patience and understanding.

Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that we are currently suffering some technical difficulties regarding episode 201. I noticed this morning that the new episode wasn’t available, and I’ve been struggling to understand it and resolve it all day long. Trust me, hair has been lost, and I don’t have enough to let that happen. Right now I *think* I know what the problem is, and the technicians who can help say they are going to be working through the Thanksgiving holiday to do just that. So, right now I ask for your patience and understanding. If you want to listen to episode 201, and your downloader of choice isn’t getting it or showing it even exists, then you can listen to it or download it via the post just below this one. That link is fine and shouldn’t be a problem. As for iTunes and all the other downloaders, well… let’s just cross our fingers and hope this gets resolved soon.

I do want to warn you though that — should the techs not find the problem — we might have to make some changes here behind the scenes. Should that happen (and please, to all that is good and holy, please don’t make that happen), we will let you know.

Hey, everyone, Justin here. I just wanted to let you know that the Dead Robots’ Society podcast is now available through Stitcher, an internet radio station you can program and personalize just for you. Stitcher is a free service, one that you can listen to through your computer at home or on your smart phone when you’re on the go, so you will never be far from the latest DRS episode no matter where you are. We’re excited to be part of the Stitcher array of offerings, and we hope you’ll go check them out to see what else you might want to listen to and enjoy.

Due to events outside our control, there will not be a show this week. We’re sorry for the late notice, but it couldn’t be helped. Next week should more than make up for it though, so please accept our apologies and be ready for the awesomeness to come.

Everyone, last night we announced that we were reopening submissions for the EXPLORERS anthology we originally announced on Labor Day of last year. This anthology is something that we are passionate about, so we weren’t ready to drop it just because we didn’t get enough qualifiying submissions. So, we have reopened the submissions window until the end of June in the hopes of getting more stories that fit not only the guidelines we’ve laid out, but also the theme of the anthology. If you did not get an opportunity to submit to the anthology previously, please take this as your opportunity to do so now. If you did submit but were rejected, we encourage you to edit your work and try again. And, if you submitted a story but didn’t hear back from us, that most likely means we didn’t get a chance to read it before we realized that — even if we loved it and accepted it — there just weren’t enough to make a long enough book. We still have the stories, and we will respond to them all.

I hope this comes as good news to some of you. We look forward to seeing what you have to offer. Good luck, and thanks for wanting to be part of this endeavor.

Please see our FAQ for more information.

Hey, everyone, Justin here. My friend and co-host Terry is a rabid forum poster, putting even me to shame, and this weekend he let me know that when he’s checking forums over his mobile devices, he likes to use an app called Tapatalk. Hoping to help bring people to our own little forums, as well as make it easier for people to be part of our community no matter where they are, he asked me to make the Dead Robots’ Society forums part of the Tapatalk network. A few minutes and some HTML editing later, it’s done! You can access our forums using the iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry, WebOS, and Nokia. We all hope this proves to be a benefit to you, our listeners, and that you all join us in continuing the conversation past the weekly podcast.

** UPDATE **

Because you demanded it, we’ve also made the forums available via the Forum Runner app, which is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android devices. They say more are to come, so keep an eye out!

I sincerely hope that all this makes becoming a part of our community easier and more fulfilling. Enjoy.

As was mentioned in this week’s episode, Ryan has made the decision to leave the DRS podcast at the end of this year. No animosity or acrimony precipitated this decision, so no one need worry that he’s leaving under anything but good feelings and well wishes. Ryan is an amazing person, and we are going to miss him terribly. He has been part of the podcast since it began over three years ago, always ready with a witty comment and joke, and we know the show won’t be the same without him. Trust me, this isn’t easy on any of us…

If you have something you’d like to say to Ryan, a goodbye or a well wish or especially a jab, please send it in. We’d love to have some emails and voice mails to send him off with. It would mean a lot to us, and I know he’d love it. His last episode will be here before you know it, so please send them in as soon as you can.

Thank you so much…

Just a quick bit of news. Today I changed the style of our forum. Back when we had our old site theme, a very dark forum style fit it, but now that I’m trying to lighten things up a little, it seemed too dark. And, quiet frankly, I personally never cared for it. Now we have a new style that more closely matches the lighter grays of our new site theme, and I think it’s a cleaner look. I hope those of you who use our forums find it as appealing as I do. If not, you can always switch it back by clicking on the “User Control Panel” link in the upper left of the forum.

Have a great day! And please, let me know what you think. Comments are very welcome.

Hey, everyone. I just wanted to drop a note saying that there won’t be a new episode this week. Over the past several months we’ve worked hard to keep new content coming you way, either through our usual weekly shows or special content from conventions, and we will continue to make every effort to maintain a consistant flow into the future. But, this past week has been especially busy, and we – your hosts – decided that we needed to take a week off to refill our tanks. Call it a mental health break. We hope this doesn’t upset anyone. We look forward to seeing you next week!