“Mattie Stevens, a young boy of the early 80’s, dreams of owning a Commodore 64. He sets out to convince everyone this is the perfect gift. But, along the way runs into opposition from his parents and everyone around him including old Santa Claus”

Written By:
Kreg Steppe and Douglas E. Welch

Produced By:
George Starcher – Typical Mac User Podcast
Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast - – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Steve Holden – Tech News Radio - Jersey Boys Podcast – AztecMedia.net

Cast of Players:
Narrator: Kreg Steppe – Technorama
Harvey Stevens: Dad – Kevin Devin
Mandy Stevens: Mom – Susie Murph – How to Grow your Geek Podcast
Mattie Stevens: Son – Daniel Devin
Sandy Stevens: Little Brother – Spencer Holden
Curtz Eisenberg: Friend to Mattie – Harrison Steppe
General Beringer: General – Douglas E. Welch
Lieutenant: Steve Holden – Tech News Radio
Mrs. Little: Katie Floyd – Mac Power Users Podcast
Santa’s Helper: Chuck Tomasi – Chuckchat.com
Santa: Larry Pesce – Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Judge: Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Andrew Carnagie: Andy Helsby – Absoblogginlutely!
J.P. Morgan: Grant Bichocco – Mr.Grant.com
UPS Guy: Paul Asadoorian- Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Skipper: Rylie Starcher

Tip of the Hat to the old Christmas Commodore 64 Demo

Previous FiT Holiday Specials:

• Halloween – Server Room of Horrors – 2005
• Christmas – A Geek Christmas Carol – 2005
• Halloween – Server Room of Horrors – 2006
• Christmas – Lucky the Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Geeks – 2006
• Halloween – It’s the Great Server Chuck and Kreg! – 2007

This has been a Friends in Tech Production.

Friends in tech has made several really great holiday specials over the years.  If you are itching for something to listen to while you wait for A Geek Christmas Story try out our previous productions!

• Halloween – Server Room of Horrors – 2005
• Christmas – A Geek Christmas Carol – 2005
• Halloween – Server Room of Horrors – 2006
• Christmas – Lucky the Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Geeks – 2006
• Halloween – It’s the Great Server Chuck and Kreg! – 2007

Friends in Tech presents a new Christmas Special for 2009, A Geek Christmas Story.
“Mattie Stevens, a young boy of the early 80’s dreams of owning a Commodore 64. He sets out to convince everyone this is the perfect gift. But, along the way runs into opposition from his parents and everyone around him including old Santa Claus”

Watch for it at FriendsinTech.com December 21st.

 

   Hi Everyone!

 It has been a long time since you had audio on the the FiT feed. Well here we go again. This time around several of us got together and had a chat. We talked where we have been in 2008 tech wise. What we expected to get for Christmas and where we are going in 2009.

Join Us:

• Victor Cajiao
• Chuck Tomasi
• Kreg Steppe
• Steve Holden
• George Starcher

We Chat About:

• Nikon D90 – SLR Camera
• Victor’s eeePC
• Fujistu Tablet Pcs
• Box.net Storage Service
• Getdropbox.com Storage Servic

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• Brightkite Location Service
• Evernote 
• Flip Mino HD Camcorder
• JVC GZ-MG155 Camcorder
• TomTom GPS
• ChuckChat Technorama TomTom Video
• Zoom H2 Handy Recorder
• Sling Media – SlingCatcher
• AppleTV
• aTV Flash Hack Stick
• Boxee
• Amazon Kindle

As our Wishbook 2007 Project comes to a close, Members, Friends, and Family of Friends in Tech present a reading of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore.

All of us at FiT hope you have a joyful holiday season and have enjoyed our presentation of The Wishbook.

Read By:

• Saina Aldrich
• Victor Cajiao
• Keri Dearborn
• Kevin Devin
• Rick Gundzik
• Andy Helsby
• Michael Lawshe
• Andrea Louise
• Douglas E. Welch
• Rosanne Welch
• Joseph Welch

Music by Kevin MacLeod

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

Music by Kevin MacLeod

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

Find Tee Morris at:

• Tee’s Personal Site
• Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

Find JT Shea on the internet at:

• Night Gig

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Find Douglas at WelchWrite.com

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

Music by Kevin MacLeod

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Find Steve Holden on the web at:

• Steve’s Personal Blog
• The Jersey Boys Podcast
• Tech News Radio

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

• Doug’s Site – Blackcreek Books

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

• Technorama
• Kreg’s Personal Blog – Spyndle.com

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

• Victor’s Typical Mac User Podcast

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

Music by Kevin MacLeod

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

• Picture of Kery with Larry Lion
• Picture of Keri with Baby 1 Step
• Video of Keri with The Toys

Music by Kevin MacLeod

The Wish Book: Stories inspired by the Christmas Catalogues of the Past.
A holiday gift from Friends in Tech.

Share your Christmas stories.

Visit Friendsintech.com for more information.

• Kevin’s Photo Blog

Music by Kevin MacLeod

Douglas E. Welch: A while ago, I came across this site, http://www.wishbookweb.com/, which hosts scanned copies of historical Christmas Catalogs from the 1940s-1980s. As I was flipping through the site, it brought back some great memories of my childhood. As a child, on the cold Winter nights in Ohio, I would often sit for hours flipping through the Christmas catalogs, dreaming of the neat things I might receive (but probably wouldn’t) for Christmas. For example, this is one toy I have remembered since my 2nd or 3rd Christmas in 66/67. Bizzy Buzz Buzz. The fact that I can remember the feeling of it in my hand after so many years proves the impact that childhood toys have upon us. So, starting today, Friends in Tech is announcing

“The Wish Book – A Friends in Tech Special”

Starting December1, 2007

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Here is how you can participate…

• Visit The Wish Book site
• Find a toy or other object that you remember from your childhood
• Tell us a story about the toy or object
• In the end, the stories don’t have to be based on the catalogs. Tell us your favorite personal holiday story is fine, too

Try to include the following information in your recording:

• Your Name and Home Town Location i.e. Douglas E. Welch from New London, Ohio
• The catalog and page where you found you item (So that others can see a picture of it)
• Your story

Your story can be whatever you wish — a real-time discussion with siblings, “hey do you remember that? Didn’t you leave that out in the rain?” to amore structured “I remember this…” type of story. Let yourself go! Tell us what made this item so special to you.

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How to send in your audio or video? You can send in your audio or video in a number of ways:

• Call the WelchWrite Listener Line at 818-804-5049 and leave up to a 3 minute story
• Record your audio or video and email it to douglas.welch@gmail.com
• Email a URL where I can download your audio or video

Please join us in this celebration of the Holiday Season by sharing your memories!

PDF Flyer: http://welchwrite.com/blog/pdf/wish-book-project.pdf