Gweek podcast episode 025: Michael Kupperman

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In this episode of Gweek, Ruben Bolling and I are joined by the cartoonist and illustrator Michael Kupperman, who has a hilarious new book out, called Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010. Ruben interviewed Michael about his work and then the three of us went on to talk about the folllowing things:

I got rid of my standing desk last week and am looking for a better solution.

Using an hour-timer as a self-check throughout the day

Esther Williams' autobiography, The Million Dollar Mermaid

Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson

Cul de Sac Golden Treasury, by Richard Thompson

Orchid

Twitter

Uni-watch: The Obessive Study of Athletic Aesthetics

Secret Fun Blog

The Walking Dead TV show

The Last Man Alive

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Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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Just_Ok

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Hal Greene

FWIW, if you wait a couple of weeks, I have been experimenting with standup desks for over a year and I think I am about to achieve standup desk nirvana with the next iteration, which is being custom-built for me. I have become a standup desk convert for sure. I wanted to send you a pic of my current jury-rigged setup but I haven’t been able to figure out how to send you email. Twitter?
http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

Very interesting show. I’m realizing how that I somehow, improbably, had Esther Williams and Hedy Lamarr mixed up, and I thought the syncro-swimmer was the one who had radar patents.

So the next productivity hack after standing desks is going to be head-down on an inclined plane, clamped to the top by our toes? I guess it’s always good advice to make sure you get plenty of water throughout the day.
lavardera

Not sure if you are abandoning the standing work position, or just looking for a more permanent solution? There are some products on the market that are meant for this. Example: ArchiMeda desk by Vitra lets you adjust from sitting to standing height really easily: http://www.workalicious.org/2011/06/vitra-archimeda-desk-stand-to-your.html
its a nice looking table desk to boot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones

Cul de Sac is a very cute strip, with some interesting and insightful “real kid behavior.” I look forward to that discussion / review.
nosehat

Michael Kupperman’s work is awesome. Thanks for the interview!
Brandon Kruse

Excellent show! Re:standing desks — years ago, before everyone went to Cintiqs, some animation studios had hydraulic animation desks that were just awesome. Large, super heavy-duty, and probably prohibitively expensive, but those are ones I dream about picking up (if they haven’t all been trashed). You’re in Studio City; I know Warner TV animation used to use them, maybe they’ve got a few sitting around?