Over half a million total downloads since we started the show just over two years and two months ago. Pretty amazing, huh? And this is just from our end, who knows who’s out there mirroring and caching the show files as well…

By the way, that flashy graphic is 100% vector (well, except the shiny reflection) and something I whipped up in under an hour, another testament to how awesome Inkscape is! That just in case you are one of these people saying artists need Macs to produce wonderful artwork…

Dan and I just recorded the first episode of the show earlier today — I think it went rather well. The audio quality seems to be excellent from what I’ve listened to so far and apart from some slight floundering on my part it sounds like it could actually turn out to be a listenable podcast. I plan to edit the show this week and release it as soon as we get the theme music worked out. Don’t quote me on this, however. Who knows what’ll happen during the editing process…

To sweeten the wait a bit, here’s an exclusive preview of the album art for you. I hope you like it. I sketched it myself, scanned it and redrew it by hand in Inkscape. The background is a touched-up shot of the Australian outback from my travels earlier this year.