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The 261st edition of Script School Radio continues to break from the updating of the PHP course to cover the 5th Annual Black Friday show. Also:

- THIS WEEK’S DEMOS: desktop blogging clients
- Porn on Google Base
- How to make text on your LCD easier to read and eliminate ghost images
- Yak visualizations on the Xbox 360
- Fruitless launch day hunt
- 60 minutes spotlight on I-Gaming
- Microsoft releases Simple Sharing Extension with Creative Commons Licsens (bidirectional sharing)
- AIM adds two bots automatically: moviefone and shoppingbuddy
- Big AOL tie-in deals for LCD and computers
- Skype update for Windows users. Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: Checking out what’s in the Mac Mode

The 261st 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 #61 — 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):
- building wish lists with Jowl and Spawn (part 2 of 3)

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- the FORM tag and user input
Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- how to obtain user input using forms

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- more on the Shoposphere

The Check (what did we learn today)
- checking Spawn and Jowl’s knowledge so far

The 260th edition of Script School Radio continues to break from the updating of the PHP course to discuss and build custom pick lists and discussing prep for Black Friday #5. Also:

- THIS WEEK’S DEMO: Yahoo Shoposphere, Google Sitemaps
- How to fix out of sync IE Toolbar list
- Ink blogging
- eBay drops developer API transaction fees
- list of software sins
- Friendster shopping itself for rumored $50-100 million
- search queries on computer being used as evidence in court
- vertical space testing your website
- free TiVO series2 … with $16.95/month monthly committment
- Inspiring innovation within your company
- Sony rootkit CDs recalled, exchange offered to customers
- Skype update for Windows users. Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: Exploring the iSight

The 260th 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 #60 — 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):
- building wish lists with Jowl and Spawn

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- publishing past podcasts
Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- Jowl gets a few more DJ tips and understanding how sharing can help bring people to your website

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- pick lists and the Shoposphere

The Check (what did we learn today)
- checking Spawn and Jowl’s knowledge so far
90 minutes catering to adult webmasters and 30 minutes for mainstream webmasters every Friday … it’s the two hours of tech radio show starting at scriptschool.com

The 259th edition of Script School Radio is taking a break from the updating of the PHP course and to celebrate Tag Orgy 1.0. Come join our Script School first official Tag Orgy … bring your favorite bookmarks and let’s work on sharing, learning about different tagging techniques and tagging together.

The 258th edition of Script School Radio is taking a break from the updating of the PHP course to analyze what basic webmaster skills are required and are a prerequisite to learning programming. Also:

- how much attention does Google have in your daily life?
- THIS WEEK’S DEMO, a new weekly segment?
- prepping for Mind Camp 1.0 … what do you want to hear coming out of this?
- free version of Oracle beta
- geocoding with Yahoo API and Rasmus
- Windows Live here, Office LIve in early 2006, gadget away contest to win Xbox 360
- Sony’s CD DRM fiasco
- where are you buying your music? (my LAUNCHcast experience)
- Skype update for Windows users. Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: iTunes 10.4.x major update coming, $1.99 video, anybody tried yet?

The 258th 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 #58 — 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):
- php/mySQL chat

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- more wmcookbook debugging

Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- Spawn, Jowl and reorganizing the show (part 2 of 2)

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- tagging with MyWeb

The Check (what did we learn today)
- checking Spawn and Jowl’s knowledge so far

The 257th edition of Script School Radio is taking a brief break from the updating of the PHP course to explore what happens when a site isn’t working. Also:

- RFID in US passports coming, what do you think?
- Is waging war with splogs sinking to their level?
- Forbes article calls bloggers ‘lynch mobs’
- Digg gets $2.8 million in VC funding
- Some workplaces filtering blogs, fearful of sensitive information getting out
- Shut up, Hollywood! Box office receipts show increase every year since 1991
-15 second Doom review
- GOOG stock kicks ass, takes names
- Microsoft says no to easter eggs in OS
- Flickr lets you print your photos, burn to DVD and more
- Yahoo adds more goodies: MyWeb features and Trip Planning
- Should clickthru pricing be smart priced based on content quality?
- Skype update for Windows users. Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: iTunes 10.4.x major update coming, $1.99 video, anybody tried yet?

The 257th 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 #57 — 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):
- Flock browser, based on Mozilla

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- what is wrong with WMCookbook and how we plan to fix it
Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- Spawn, Jowl and reorganizing the show

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- tagging with MyWeb

The Check (what did we learn today)
- checking Spawn and Jowl’s knowledge so far

The 256th edition of Script School Radio will continue updating the PHP 101 course. Also:

- Flock mixes browsing, blogging and tagging (del.icio.us)
- Attending Seattle Mind
- Google Print vs. Copyright owners in literary cage match
- Symantec has raised renewal prices 650% over the last 4 years … customer loyalty?
- Microsoft Shared Source License, more open, less legal filling
- Doom in theaters now, Halo coming next year … oh and Rocky 6 too
- Wikipedia founder admits there are quality problems
- Parental Google brownnosing
- JibJab lawyers send C&D letter
- Does Craigslist telling Oodle to stop using their classified ads bringing further suspicin to mashup services?
- What type of early adopter are you?
- Does Blizzard’s WoW warden go too far to protect against cheaters?
- Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: iTunes / iPod with video, the $1.99 video pitch and, .Mac email lock-in?

The 256th 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 #56 — 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):
- Lesson #2b course material posted, read and reviewed

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- Spawn and Jowl on their learning so far

Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- PHP script week #3, lesson 2b: working with date, time, concatenation and conditionals

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- more debugging tips

The Check (what did we learn today)
- checking Spawn and Jowl’s knowledge so far

The 255th edition of Script School Radio will continue updating the PHP 101 course (Week #3, Lesson #2a). Also:

- Blog downsides
- Selling monitors without cables … why?
- Chicago federal court rules that spyware can constitute trespassing
- Comcast would like to see PPV window shrunk and/or eliminated
- IBM steps up and announces genetic privacy policy
- The Fog is here, prepare to be Doom’ed next week, and the silver screen will wear a Halo in 2006 — will you go to the theater?
- Find out why the tag hotspots include: del.icio.us, Yahoo MyWeb and the new Google personalized tagging
- Yahoo blog search: promising blog + news idea, weak execution so far
- podcast.yahoo.com has a way to go to truly take on iTunes, but it’s a step in the right direction and free exposure for podcasters
- Pirillo says he’ll release separate adult.gada.be service if interest and sources are there
- TV on the PSP via Sony LocationFree
- SIemens plans to release paper-thin TV for magazines/newspapers in 2007
- iFilm says yes to $49 million buyout from Viacom/MTV
- Microsoft and Real reach $781 reach around deal
- Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: iTunes / iPod with video, the $1.99 video pitch and, .Mac email lock-in?

The 255th 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 #55 — 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):
- Lesson #2a course material posted, read and reviewed

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- Spawn and Jowl’s first to-do assignment reviewed

Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- PHP script week #3, lesson 2a: working with date, time, concatenation and conditionals

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- the wonderful world of debugging

The Check (what did we learn today)
- checking Spawn and Jowl’s knowledge so far

90 minutes catering to adult webmasters and 30 minutes for mainstream webmasters every Friday … it’s the two hours of tech radio show starting at scriptschool.com

The 254th edition of Script School Radio will continue the focus on updating the PHP 101 course. Also:

- Tooting your own horn to get on noticed — good or bad?
- Here come MMOCG!
- Two overhyped announcements: Open Content Alliance and Google and Sun cross promoting eachother
- Whedon’s Serenity reviewed
- NaNoWriMo 2005 starts Nov 1, who’s making the plunge this year?
- Verisign buys weblogs.com, cracking down on splogs
- Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: Mac OS X update includes tabbed IM, Safari updates and more

The 254th 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 #54 — 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):
- PHP.net and php-scripts blog resource

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- Spawn and Jowl learn write their second PHP script

Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- PHP script week #2 information

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- assigning the first to-do assignment

The Check (what did we learn today)
- checking Spawn and Jowl’s knowledge

90 minutes catering to adult webmasters and 30 minutes for mainstream webmasters every Friday … it’s the two hours of tech radio show starting at scriptschool.com

The 253rd edition of Script School Radio will continue the focus on recapping the SS Battle of the Indie Bands 2005 artists to date. Also:

- Drama ensues over OPML spec
- Does any legitimate, free PHP/MySQL hosting exist?
- Yahoo releases another niche browser and API: Y! Site Explorer
- XM, Sirius or neither?
- Whedon’s Serenity flying in theaters everywhere
- Cold Stone Creamery rocks!
- 500,000+ people subscribed to watch TV on their cell phones
- Rollyo part of a new breed of API mash-ups
- Annoying Microsoft video ads in Zinio appearing, auto-play enabled by default
- Google personalize adds “remove result” feature
- TiVO starts $150 early termination fee for new customers with rebates
- Warner Music wants to play hardball with iTunes over 2006 song pricing
- MusicGiants offers up to 1100k lossless files starting at $1.29 per track
- Internet advertising up 28% compared to first half of 2004
- Google removes the index count, says they are “more comprehensive”
- MSN flirting with Adwords-like program … in Singapore and France first, US to follow in October
- Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: Mac OS X update includes tabbed IM, Safari updates and more

The 253rd 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 #53 — 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):
- PHP.net and php-scripts blog resource

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- Spawn and Jowl learn write their first PHP script

Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- PHP script basic structure

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- assigning the week #1 to-do assignment

The Check (what did we learn today)
- checking Spawn and Jowl’s knowledge

90 minutes catering to adult webmasters and 30 minutes for mainstream webmasters every Friday … it’s the two hours of tech radio show starting at scriptschool.com

The 252nd edition of Script School Radio will kick off the orientation for PHP course I launch. Also:

- Opera goes free, find out how and why
- Useful Photoshop image reduction, but not quality, tip!
- American techies making the Fobes richest Top 400
- Getting MSM to link up your blog (traffic boost!)
- WoW in-game plague offers interesting possibilities
- Microsoft might buy into AOL to keep Google at bay
- Jeeves, your favorite search butler, out on his butt
- Something you don’t hear often: flaming virtual poop!
- The PubSub bad new feature marketing story
- Guide to blog commenting
- Meebo combines AOL, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ with no software required
- Clever marketing or spam? The Million Dollar Homepage
- Grotica hoax
- Authors Guild sues over Google Print
- Google flirting with WiFi in London and San Francisco
- The good and bad with blogging networks
- Will Firefox take over IE browser penetration before Vista is released?
- Skypers can call toll free numbers via SkypeOut for free in France, Poland, UK and USA — this means listeners outside USA/Canada can now call Script School radio live for free!
- Mac segment: Mac OS X update includes tabbed IM, Safari updates and more

The 252nd 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 #52 — 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):
- PHP.net and php-scripts blog resource

Appetizers (hungry for knowledge, this will get you started)
- Jowl to learn PHP programming, gets first week material

Main Course (the meat and potatoes of the show)
- Introducing PHP

Dessert (fun and fat-free stuff)
- School projects

The Check (what did we learn today)
- Weighing in with Jowl

90 minutes catering to adult webmasters and 30 minutes for mainstream webmasters every Friday … it’s the two hours of tech radio show starting at scriptschool.com