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Introducing the 244th production of the two hours of tech show starting at Script School Radio:

New 2257 requirement are here. Today on the last Script School before a two week summer show break, we’re going to take this on and try and come up with solutions.

- New RSS 2.0 extension coming by Microsoft with Creative Commons sharealike licensing
- “Hello World” in 170+ languages
- eBay offers Prostores hosting
- Catching lightning
- How Sharebuilder works
- Cool, robotic OCR to nab car thieves
- Does over-advertising really work?
- RSS advertising testing results
- The Links Machine now accepts Blogs! (worth mentioning again)
- Speed round Blog Event #4 and eighth dry run Blog Event starting at 4:00pm PST

The 244th two hour of tech radio show starts at Script School 2pm PST / 5pm EST / 10pm GMT and your attendence and opinion is welcome and encouraged:
http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/ <– radio show feeds (look for the 24k and 56k links)
http://www.scriptschool.com/commons/ <– java chat
irc.scriptschool.com #scriptschool port 6667

Toll Free caller line (US and Canada): (800) 634-2718
Skype line: TDavid

## Hour #2: — Mainstream “Safe for work” –
(via webmastercookbook.com — LIVE commercial free, no carbs education) show #44 — starts at 3:30pm PST ###
A reality-based family-friendly webmaster e-learning show. Follow along as a Jowl learns webmastering and specifically how to create his very first website, step-by-step.

Drinks (cool stuff like RIAA-free music, free scripts, affiliate programs, websites, and more):
- trail picture taking?

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- we discuss some things that can be done with a computer when it’s offline
Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- More discussion on offline activities

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- What would Jowl like to do on summer vacation?

The Check (what did we learn today)
- Take the weekly quiz along with Jowl — what was learned today?

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The log from show #243.

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[23:06:02] [orangecrush] haha
[23:06:34] [JP_Go4livecash] rofl
[23:06:35] [CatsEye] who is Jowl?
[23:06:47] [orangecrush] tdavid’s son
[23:07:05] [orangecrush] and cohost of webmaster cookbook
[23:07:10] [jvastine] he’s going blind from touching a powerline? I thought you went blind for touching something else - like viagra!
[23:07:11] [CatsEye] interesting nick.
[23:07:28] [@Forser] CatsEye : Jowl is his name and not nick
[23:07:45] [ssengineer] Almost have it done
[23:07:48] [CatsEye] interesting name
[23:07:54] [@Forser] CatsEye : yeah
[23:08:02] [orangecrush] never heard of Nick though….
[23:08:08] [orangecrush]
[23:08:17] [ssengineer] yea
[23:08:20] [@Forser] Radiostream -> http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/24k.php <- 24k 64k -> http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/56k.php | Todays Artist : http://www.garageband.com/artist/rukusrocks
[23:08:27] [jvastine] Forse: I thought the name was Joel & the nick was Jowl
[23:08:41] [ssengineer] my name is joel, my nick’s Jowl
[23:08:56] [@Forser] ah
[23:09:04] [SlicKRick] sound is poor
[23:09:05] »» [t]opic> [Forser] changes topic to [Script School’s Official Chatroom - Next Show : NOW - Music : Rukus]
[23:09:19] [jvastine] that’s what I thought, thanks for confirming Jowl
[23:09:27] [ssengineer] no problem
[23:09:33] [@Forser] ssengineer : The sound is distored .. Did TDavid say what you should do?.. like restart the server?
[23:09:41] [@Forser] The soundserver that is
[23:09:54] [jvastine] yeah, the sound is bad
[23:11:03] [orangecrush] the 24k is real bad
[23:11:20] »» [j]oin> [PhoneMistress] [~jirc@pool-151-200-160-250.res.east.verizon.net]
[23:11:38] [ssengineer] im trying to figure this out
[23:11:41] [Rowdy] hi PhoneMistress
[23:11:42] [jvastine] welcome PhoneMistress
[23:11:44] [@Forser] TDavid is a bit late due to traffic, so Joel is the one setting up radio right now to have TDavid call in .. and he is working on getting it to run ..
[23:11:47] [@Forser] Hiya PhoneMistress
[23:12:11] [@Forser] ssengineer : WORKS NOW
[23:12:12] [PhoneMistress] Is that why the sounds off?
[23:12:13] [orangecrush] no problem Jowl. just keep at it.
[23:12:21] [jvastine] there you go Jowl!
[23:12:22] [@Forser] the sound cleared up for me
[23:12:22] [@Forser]
[23:12:26] [^Lestat] three cheers for jowl!
[23:12:42] [PhoneMistress] Hey everyone. Great job Jowl.
[23:12:48] [JP_Go4livecash] sounds is ok now
[23:12:51] [JP_Go4livecash] without restart
[23:12:52] [CatsEye] wtg Jowl
[23:12:53] [jvastine] wtg Jowl, good job!
[23:13:09] [JP_Go4livecash] wtg
[23:13:16] [@Forser] Jowl rules!
[23:13:17] [@Forser]
[23:13:52] [orangecrush] thumbs up Jowl!!!
[23:14:43] [CatsEye] ah. Cell phone connections…
[23:14:55] [^Lestat] this is funny
[23:14:57] [@Forser] LOL ..
[23:15:05] [^Lestat] yes!
[23:15:14] [^Lestat] um, your mom
[23:15:57] [@Forser] lol.. the burger people must think TDavid is nuts talking like that
[23:16:00] [^Lestat] thats gonna leave a mark
[23:16:13] [CatsEye] get me a burger, will ya TD?
[23:16:26] [CatsEye] with cheese please
[23:16:39] [orangecrush] lol
[23:16:43] [jvastine] true Lestat…that’s what happened to me
[23:17:03] [@Forser] Radiostream -> http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/24k.php <- 24k 64k -> http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/56k.php | Todays Artist : http://www.garageband.com/artist/rukusrocks | Todays Scriptschool : http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/
[23:17:38] [^Lestat] no kidding?
[23:18:07] [jvastine] no kidding
[23:18:43] [Rowdy] no burger here .. those fast food joints are scary … lol
[23:21:32] [@Forser] Scriptschool Radio Episode : Burger Accident
[23:21:49] [orangecrush] lol
[23:22:42] [PhoneMistress] 20 million dollars? Which affiliate program?
[23:22:52] [@Forser] PhoneMistress : 40 million dollars..
[23:23:08] [PhoneMistress] Ok, which program?
[23:23:19] [@Forser] PhoneMistress : but which affiliate no idea .. guess you have to wait for the burgerman
[23:25:00] [CatsEye] Hooray for the blog project!!
[23:25:05] [jvastine] Jacko a man - isn’t that stretchng the definition of man?
[23:25:14] [@Forser] Yeah.. Five Cheers for the Blog Project
[23:25:18] [PhoneMistress] A blog project would be great. I have 50 adult blogs.
[23:25:21] [@Forser] jvastine : lol
[23:25:40] [@Forser] jvastine : according to the latest news, he is leaving the country
[23:25:43] [@Forser] US that is
[23:25:58] [jvastine] great!
[23:26:06] [ssengineer] well what the reports said Michael Jackson is extremely poor.
[23:26:08] [PhoneMistress] Seriously, was there a trial?
[23:26:27] [@Forser] ssengineer : yeah, he is on the brink of bigtime broke..
[23:26:44] [ssengineer] if he did a tour he could regain his cash
[23:26:51] [@Forser] Apple Intel Machines will be locked down with a security chip (as i posted in my blog)
[23:27:16] [@Forser] ssengineer : a world tour then.. question is who will hire him?
[23:28:00] [CatsEye] locked down?
[23:28:29] [PhoneMistress] I’m getting prison images here …
[23:28:33] [^Lestat] eh?
[23:28:41] [@Forser] CatsEye : yes.. a special chip that will make sure that the hardware is the MacOSX compability hardware.. without it you can’t run MacOSX
[23:28:48] [^Lestat] OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[23:28:53] [^Lestat] not the powerline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[23:29:07] [@Forser] SOmeone should do a remake to ^Lestat touched the powerline
[23:29:10] [SlicKRick] that was reviting radio for some reason
[23:29:19] [^Lestat] HAHAHA
[23:29:27] [^Lestat] it was exciting
[23:30:21] [^Lestat] does ANS have a tutorial on making transparent images?
[23:30:22] [orangecrush] this is the best SS radio in years
[23:30:37] [CatsEye] transparent images in Photoshop?
[23:30:38] [@Forser] orangecrush *thumbs up* ..
[23:30:49] [orangecrush] lol
[23:31:11] [^Lestat] ya
[23:31:20] [^Lestat] im using GIMP, but i think it will work
[23:31:35] [^Lestat] I know NOTHING about graphics
[23:31:38] [CatsEye] layers, baby.
[23:31:43] [^Lestat] (and im in commercial print hehehe)
[23:31:47] [CatsEye] heee
[23:31:53] [^Lestat] z-index you mean?
[23:32:11] [orangecrush] yeah, a check came in the mail today!!!!!!
[23:32:14] [@Forser] ^Lestat : ask the graphicartistprintingspecialistdudes that is sitting in the room nextdoor?
[23:32:23] [@Forser] orangecrush : Sweet.. now, redirect that check to me
[23:32:29] [^Lestat] nah - the Mac guys are too busy
[23:32:31] [orangecrush] haha
[23:32:42] [CatsEye] we Mac people are always busy
[23:32:44] [CatsEye]
[23:32:51] [^Lestat] yea- specially in printing
[23:32:51] [@Forser] ^Lestat : just unplug there mouse from the keyboard
[23:33:02] [^Lestat] heh
[23:33:13] [@Forser] TDtablet : Yes it came trough good! .. Thumbs up for Jowl the Techguy!
[23:33:19] [orangecrush] the one button mouse…….
[23:33:38] [CatsEye] who wants to make book on the 2257 injunction, how long it will take the gov to respond…heh
[23:33:41] [JP_Go4livecash] pool waether here. right after 7pm when show is over
[23:34:02] [^Lestat] freakish things - those 1 button meeces
[23:34:11] [orangecrush] yes
[23:34:49] [@Forser] Radiostream -> http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/24k.php <- 24k 64k -> http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/56k.php | Todays Artist : http://www.garageband.com/artist/rukusrocks | Todays Scriptschool : http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/
[23:35:02] [CatsEye] impassioned
[23:36:21] [JP_Go4livecash] see through
[23:36:58] [orangecrush] hehe , he said “pop”
[23:37:08] [SlicKRick] I didnt get anything
[23:37:10] [SlicKRick] either
[23:37:27] [orangecrush] where I come from it’s “soda”
[23:37:32] [jvastine] TD, not me, it was SlickRick
[23:37:42] [@Forser] TDtablet : can i compete?
[23:37:43] [CatsEye] Kansas City
[23:37:45] [ssengineer] my bad! sorry slickrick
[23:37:48] [ssengineer] anybody can compete
[23:37:50] [@Forser] TDtablet : Des Moines, Iowa <-
[23:38:15] [jvastine] a good sounding start
[23:38:28] [SlicKRick] Des Moines
[23:38:45] [ssengineer] forser I’ll send you $10 instead LOL
[23:38:51] [@Forser] ssengineer : LOL
[23:38:52] [^Lestat] Danzig
[23:38:53] [ssengineer] too damn expensive shipping stuff to Sweden
[23:39:01] [SlicKRick] sounds like Cher on cough medicine
[23:39:08] »» [n]ick> [ssengineer] is now known as [TDavid-LIVE]
[23:39:25] [TDavid-LIVE] congrats to forser (who made $10) and to SlickRick who wins the Sisters of Sharon CD!
[23:39:42] [@Forser] lol
[23:39:47] » @Forser is the champ!
[23:39:58] [TDavid-LIVE] the answer *is* Des Moines, Iowa .. but put up the URL where that info is at
[23:40:14] [@Forser] TDavid-LIVE : i did that earlier .. in the long text
[23:40:19] [@Forser] Rukus : http://www.garageband.com/artist/rukusrocks
[23:40:22] [@Forser]
[23:40:29] [TDavid-LIVE] worth repeating
[23:40:55] [TDavid-LIVE] slickrick please send your mailing address to kmr@scriptschool with subject: “sisters of sharon CD”
[23:41:05] [TDavid-LIVE] and we’ll get that out on Monday
[23:41:14] [JP_Go4livecash] sounds a bit like godsmack
[23:41:22] [TDavid-LIVE] be sure to tell us how good it sounds when you break the seal
[23:42:30] [jvastine] 7.5
[23:42:34] [@Forser] lol
[23:42:53] [^Lestat] lol
[23:43:00] [TDavid-LIVE] from 1 (worst) to 10 (best) what do you think of Rukus “seethrough”
[23:43:13] [JP_Go4livecash] costs about $5 with a global priority flat rate envelope. less by airmail. even less by surface mail
[23:43:13] [orangecrush] 7
[23:43:21] [JohnnyRS] 7.5
[23:43:22] [jvastine] Rukus 7.5
[23:43:25] [JP_Go4livecash] 8
[23:43:26] [Rowdy] 6
[23:43:28] [CatsEye] 5
[23:43:29] [@Forser] 8
[23:43:36] [@Forser] JP_Go4livecash : scchhyy
[23:44:00] [SlicKRick] it sounded like Cher on cough medicine I give them a 1
[23:44:15] [JP_Go4livecash] no but to germany and other surrounding countries
[23:44:17] [@Forser] *Bork*Bork*
[23:44:28] [JP_Go4livecash] but forser wants the $10
[23:44:40] [@Forser] JP_Go4livecash : yeah.. 5 bucks by flatrate.. Decalgirl.com sent the Ipodskins with that package
[23:46:24] [JP_Go4livecash] cher is scary
[23:46:28] [JP_Go4livecash] how old is she now ? 70 ?
[23:46:54] [jvastine] has to be close JP
[23:47:05] [@Forser] JP_Go4livecash : i thought it was 120 but with all the plasticpadding she is like 70 or so
[23:47:07] [@Forser] lol
[23:47:28] [JP_Go4livecash] she was a star in the 60s or so
[23:47:34] [SlicKRick] with marbles in her mouth too.
[23:47:35] [JP_Go4livecash] cher re-animated
[23:47:54] [JP_Go4livecash] and cher tends to come out with farewell albumbs…..and then yet again comes back
[23:48:02] [JP_Go4livecash] typo day
[23:48:08] [jvastine] early 70’s JP…I was a teen then
[23:48:11] [orangecrush] she never goes away
[23:48:30] [@Forser] orangecrush : like jackson.. once stuck to ya, never goes away
[23:48:42] [@Forser] orangecrush : hanging in the balls all your life
[23:49:02] [orangecrush] LOL
[23:49:30] [@Forser] EVERYONE TURN OFF THE VOLUME QUICKLY!
[23:49:40] [CatsEye] already done…
[23:49:53] [@Forser] lol
[23:50:14] [@Forser] damn it.. To renew my WoW account or not… that is the question of life lol..
[23:50:22] [CatsEye] lmao TD
[23:50:33] [CatsEye] hey Forser on the intel mac lockdown chip
[23:50:39] [@Forser] CatsEye : yes?
[23:50:39] [CatsEye] What they’re likely to do is because they need a MacROM chip is tie it and the processor together…
[23:50:56] [CatsEye] But, it would not surprise me one bit, if Intel creates a very special version of their processors just for Apple
[23:50:59] [@Forser] CatsEye : i have a post on my blog about it http://blog.radio-xperience.com
[23:51:00] [PhoneMistress] Someone has been drinking the Jesus Juice
[23:51:09] [SlicKRick] SORRY TD
[23:51:11] [SlicKRick] lol
[23:51:41] [orangecrush] he actually knows the words……….damn.
[23:52:00] [SlicKRick] lol
[23:52:27] [@Forser] TDavid-LIVE : Perfect, lets bleed all over you instead so you get aids
[23:52:36] [PhoneMistress] Oh that is soooo cool …
[23:52:39] [TDavid-LIVE] the rapist venus fly trap: http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050610/2003/
[23:52:39] [orangecrush] hahahahaha
[23:52:42] [CatsEye] heh. Why not?
[23:52:43] [^Lestat] yowsa
[23:53:00] [CatsEye] if he wasn’t invited, he’s fair game for that.
[23:53:12] [JP_Go4livecash] a anti rapist device?
[23:53:22] [@Forser] CatsEye : problem the bleeding .. i mean, you will get infected
[23:53:30] [@Forser] either way
[23:53:32] [jvastine] an intel processor still won’t compare w/ibm’s ppc…one of there latest designs has 16 proc’s of a single chip & the copper connections are 1 electron wide.
[23:53:44] [jvastine] an=any
[23:54:00] [@Forser] jvastine : Intel are looking for more clients since the normal Windows users are moving to AMD
[23:54:13] [CatsEye] Rome is burning….
[23:54:41] [@Forser] CatsEye
[23:54:58] [CatsEye] He was talking about Jim Rome.
[23:55:15] [CatsEye] Rome has a show called Rome is Burning (i think)
[23:55:25] [jvastine] Forser: the intel 86 architecture has pretty much reached it’s limits though
[23:55:50] [CatsEye] sorry, TD; my head just exploded.
[23:55:50] [SlicKRick] with a splash of Cher
[23:55:51] [CatsEye] brb.
[23:56:08] [@Forser] jvastine : yeah.. AMD has said that they will have a Quad AMD 64 out by 2007
[23:56:22] [CatsEye] omg this is like the Weird Al Yankovic Tech Show.
[23:57:13] [@Forser] *brb* fetching more to drink .. freaking cold/soar throat is killing me
[23:57:22] [jvastine] Forser: that sounds good
[23:57:40] [CatsEye] forser: hot tea with a single malt in it…
[23:57:42] [CatsEye]
[23:58:23] [@Forser] CatsEye : hehe i don’t drink alcohol ..
[23:58:31] »» [j]oin> [FranciscoIV] [~fvalines@pool-138-88-38-22.res.east.verizon.net]
[23:58:42] [@Forser] welcome FranciscoIV
[23:58:42] [FranciscoIV] I made it!
[23:58:43] [CatsEye] that’s why you caught a cold
[23:58:45] [CatsEye] hee
[23:58:53] [CatsEye] welcome FranciscoIV
[23:59:00] [@Forser] Radiostream -> http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/24k.php <- 24k 64k -> http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/56k.php | Todays Artist : http://www.garageband.com/artist/rukusrocks | Todays Scriptschool : http://www.scriptschool.com/radio/
[23:59:04] [@Forser] CatsEye lol
[23:59:10] [CatsEye] inkernet? wtf?
[23:59:25] [CatsEye] inkernut.
[23:59:39] [CatsEye] time to sing the Alice Cooper songs then, TD
[23:59:47] [@Forser] Damn it, and i just bought inkernet-is-hot.com
[00:00:09] [orangecrush] play some william hung and the show will be complete
[00:00:12] [TDavid-LIVE] omlermiml” http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050617/2037/
[00:00:13] [@Forser] CatsEye : No, don’t make him sing more lol
[00:00:24] [TDavid-LIVE] inkernet: http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050617/2037/
[00:00:35] [CatsEye] LMAO
[00:00:37] [CatsEye] sorry
[00:01:19] [@Forser] TDavid-LIVE : did you see the Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Trailer ?
[00:01:23] [FranciscoIV] ohohoh I saw a Charlie and the chocolate Factory trailer yesterday at the movies!
[00:01:29] [@Forser] FranciscoIV : It rules
[00:01:32] [^Lestat] you missed wot!
[00:01:41] [@Forser] FranciscoIV : Tim Burton owns!
[00:01:44] [FranciscoIV] Johnny Depp is a Scary Williy Wonka
[00:01:51] [CatsEye] He’s the man.
[00:01:51] [FranciscoIV] Wot!
[00:02:20] [CatsEye] Or “Born Yesterday”
[00:02:21] [CatsEye] shuddery
[00:02:43] [@Forser] Damn it .. i made him sing again
[00:02:47] [FranciscoIV] i saw Batman Begins yesterday
[00:02:50] [JohnnyRS] lol
[00:03:09] [CatsEye] that’s really been dividing the critics, FranciscoIV
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