the nutcrackers take orders from this creepy toddler doll that appears to be in charge of all other elements in the window.

Betsy and her husband Kris Jul 06, 2007

Betsy and her husband Kris April 27, 2007

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Betsy and her husband Kris November 27, 2006

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Betsy and her husband Kris November 06, 2006

1) Fill out the appropriate form for you - *New* Listener or Get a Handle (current listener)
2) Verify your email address (Activates and qualifies those with a "Handle")
3) *New* listeners get activated and qualified by using their special RSS feed
4) 300th new listener and the person whose Handle they use win iPods AND
5) A drawing for 2 more iPods from everyone who entered!

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Betsy and her husband Kris November 03, 2006

1) Fill out the appropriate form for you - *New* Listener or Get a Handle (current listener)
2) Verify your email address (Activates and qualifies those with a "Handle")
3) *New* listeners get activated and qualified by using their special RSS feed
4) 300th new listener and the person whose Handle they use win iPods AND
5) A drawing for 2 more iPods from everyone who entered!

So a little due diligence I found the IP is part of Podshow's block at RackSpace. I skype Chris from Podcast Alley, cause I knew him way back before Podshow, and asked him what was up. Oh yeah, the IP was asking for authentication when I visited so I couldn't see what going on.

I asked him what they were doing with the feeds. His reply was that they were caching them. No big deal. Still problematic in a sense that I am not pinging them to send them an update, but whatever, they got a plan and caching isn't inherintly evil. At this time I requested him to add the User Agent information to the script they were using to pull the feeds. That never happened.

Needless to say I shared this information with a couple of podcasters who immediately blocked the the IP address. But I didn't. So for the last three months they have been hitting not only my feed but the feeds of many other people every half hour and caching them.

But this is where the problem comes in. Yesterday with the botched launch of the new Podshow+. I took a look at the IP which was no longer asking for authentication and took a look around. I look at it like if my feed is public and you are using it in your site and your IP is public and broadcast to my database I can use it too. So I took a look around. Yikes!

I found my feed . . . or did I? What I found as others are finding or any podcaster whether they belong to the network or are paid by podshow is that they are re-writing the cached feeds!! Yup. Changing tags, truncating data, modifying the RSS generator tag to say "Podshow Delivery Network" (Update: it reads "PodShow PDN") and . . . and rewriting the original URL of the feed that they cached. Are you kidding? They don't even link to my original feed. So how would I know people are even subscribed? I wouldn't and they would. More incentive to join their network I guess.

If people weren't sure about Podshow's intent to make money off the back of every podcaster then this is a sure sign that if they did't they sure do now. The fact that Podshow is purporting even at this early stage to be the proprietor of all podcasters is a joke. The arrogance to think that we all somehow owe them or should allow them to rewrite our feeds because their network is the be all end all signals that this is the end for them.

If you would like to stop Podshow from caching your feed and rewriting it as they roll Podcast Alley, Podsafe Music Network and the Podshow home page into the mega Podshow+ PDN then block this IP: 72.3.228.221.

Update: It appears as of 12 a.m. on July 7th the Podshow caching bot or script was turned off. But have some fun checking your logs for their IP address I bet it's there.

Update two: If you would like to see some screen shots and read more of this discussion check out Michael Geoghegan's post or Todd Cochrane's. For some other good opinions, Paul Colligan's "Podshow Hysterics" post and this one from FuzzyBlog. It will be interesting to see where this conversation goes today as this picks up some steam.

Final update then new post: 9:31 a.m. July 7 - Podshow is scraping from the ip again so lets have some fun.

Final final update: 2:05 p.m. July 7 - The XML chicklet link now goes to podcaster's original feeds.

Tags: Podshow PDN caching feeds rewriting feeds 72.3.228.221 ]]>Three months ago I created a podcast management system. Part of that development was tracking everything that happens with all files, especially RSS. Being a huge stats nerd I freaked when I kept getting regular hits from this ip: 72.3.228.221 to my main RSS feed where the User Agent was null. WTF, a null user agent?

So a little due diligence I found the IP is part of Podshow's block at RackSpace. I skype Chris from Podcast Alley, cause I knew him way back before Podshow, and asked him what was up. Oh yeah, the IP was asking for authentication when I visited so I couldn't see what going on.

I asked him what they were doing with the feeds. His reply was that they were caching them. No big deal. Still problematic in a sense that I am not pinging them to send them an update, but whatever, they got a plan and caching isn't inherintly evil. At this time I requested him to add the User Agent information to the script they were using to pull the feeds. That never happened.

Needless to say I shared this information with a couple of podcasters who immediately blocked the the IP address. But I didn't. So for the last three months they have been hitting not only my feed but the feeds of many other people every half hour and caching them.

But this is where the problem comes in. Yesterday with the botched launch of the new Podshow+. I took a look at the IP which was no longer asking for authentication and took a look around. I look at it like if my feed is public and you are using it in your site and your IP is public and broadcast to my database I can use it too. So I took a look around. Yikes!

I found my feed . . . or did I? What I found as others are finding or any podcaster whether they belong to the network or are paid by podshow is that they are re-writing the cached feeds!! Yup. Changing tags, truncating data, modifying the RSS generator tag to say "Podshow Delivery Network" (Update: it reads "PodShow PDN") and . . . and rewriting the original URL of the feed that they cached. Are you kidding? They don't even link to my original feed. So how would I know people are even subscribed? I wouldn't and they would. More incentive to join their network I guess.

If people weren't sure about Podshow's intent to make money off the back of every podcaster then this is a sure sign that if they did't they sure do now. The fact that Podshow is purporting even at this early stage to be the proprietor of all podcasters is a joke. The arrogance to think that we all somehow owe them or should allow them to rewrite our feeds because their network is the be all end all signals that this is the end for them.

If you would like to stop Podshow from caching your feed and rewriting it as they roll Podcast Alley, Podsafe Music Network and the Podshow home page into the mega Podshow+ PDN then block this IP: 72.3.228.221.

Update: It appears as of 12 a.m. on July 7th the Podshow caching bot or script was turned off. But have some fun checking your logs for their IP address I bet it's there.

Update two: If you would like to see some screen shots and read more of this discussion check out Michael Geoghegan's post or Todd Cochrane's. For some other good opinions, Paul Colligan's "Podshow Hysterics" post and this one from FuzzyBlog. It will be interesting to see where this conversation goes today as this picks up some steam.

Final update then new post: 9:31 a.m. July 7 - Podshow is scraping from the ip again so lets have some fun.

Final final update: 2:05 p.m. July 7 - The XML chicklet link now goes to podcaster's original feeds.

Tags: Podshow PDN caching feeds rewriting feeds 72.3.228.221 ]]> Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:06:38 -0500 tag:croncast.com,416 Three months ago I created a podcast management system. Part of that development was tracking everything that happens with all files, especially RSS. Being a huge stats nerd I freaked when I kept getting regular hits from this ip: 72.3.228.221 to my main RSS feed where the User Agent was null. WTF, a null user agent?So a little due diligence I no Podshow, PDN, caching feeds, rewriting feeds, 72.3.228.221 http://www.croncast.com/rssk/174/Croncast---Betsy-and-her-husband-Kris-142_betsy_kris.php Podcasts Croncast - 2005-10-31.mp3

Show: #183
Length: 30:28
Size: 20.9 mb
Format: mp3

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 142

Show Notes

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Happy Halloween!
Watch this
Dinner at a friends house Kris is getting to know them
We got home just in time for incest scene in Rome on HBO
Edit points for resale to TBS
20 yeard old waiters as hobble horses
duh duh duhn - Tonight in Goodwill
She lives on Michael Jackson's street
Looking up eBay buyers on satellite maps
White people looking at the ocean sitting on their veranda costal way
Kris is impressed with Betsy's nerdom, she's hacking hubble
The Cub Scout tribe sale
The den mommies choose to use tickets instead of cash
Parents couldn't do the math
Taking advantage of the den parents
Betsy filled the mini van
Tip: Don't help the garage sale owner count against you.
They need the money to rub sticks together in the woods
It was like a half price sale at a garage sale
Buy it and sell it right away
Kris will be sent to FedEx
Standing with jockey man
Let's talk about that
The first car we've owned that has been produced in the same decade
Betsy's boxing skills
Betsy gives more tips for how to navigate the post office
She lets Kris know that he is retarded because he can't fill out form
Approached by the ultimate pyramid scam - all the sellers except the sex people left out
Betsy is going to go and promote eBay and tell them start with no investment
Selling off Elliot's stuff
Crushing the man, however he usually doesn't notice because something else shiny will get his attention
The drum of Legos
Surrounded by bright color plastic
Kris needs to learn to ask questions
Betsy says Kris is a self centered jerk
She is my own personal doctor Phil
Elliot get's a psychic reading
Put grandma's Toshiba down
The psychic didn't get a good a reading because I didn't ask questions hmmmm
Every question you can think of is a leading question
Todd's Halloween party was cool
We care about Elliot's future, hence the reading
Sylvia Brown psychic lady for $1000 a seat or $70 a question
I'm in the wrong line of work
Betsy says mediums exist, not just in the plethora that do business
"I knew he was here"
The pledge drive continues
We understand people being upset
3 ten minute shows a week

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Show: #176
Length: 32:29
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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 135

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Show Notes

Betsy wants to garage sale all night long
Bad garage sale karma
Documentary of Betsy's addiction
More than $6 for apparel? Not this house
Don't ask don't tell garage sale policy - smoking
Toddler treadmills
Cartoons for reward
Tiny folks
FedEx Kinkos vs. Pizza Hut
Garage saling cut short
Tenements of the highly mobile $600,000 middle management homes
Raining toilet water on our stuff
Curbside wardrobe boxes
Screaming baby and garbage picking makes Betsy uncomfortable
Give her some of our table scraps
Kris will go back to Kinkos
Now Betsy's wrist is acting up, all the cul de sacs
Lloyd's of London for Betsy's eBay wrist
Maggie face-butts the cushioned chair and lives, laughs and says mama
Candle party vs. sex party
Should be subsidized by school district
Telling way too much about your lives . . . hmmmmm
Lengua for Betsy is too gross for Kris
Chef Betsy
iPod video will reign for porn and 14 year old boys
Kris's Marlboro iPod
The last name thing, for women as property?
Kris at femanine alliance to watch chicks make out
Habitat for Humanity for Betsy
Nick (hosty of SledHead Radio) house burned down
"Kris, I burned down the house. Apologize to me", Betsy
Kris would would take the computer first
Susan this inappropriate story is for you
Maternity belts for men

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Show: #132
Length: 34:17
Format: mp3
Bit rate: 64 kbs
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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris Ep. 91

Watch The Video!

We are back from the Wisconsin Dells and in this episode Kris calls a fight between marines, babysits a stripper's kids and watches the police arrest an out of hand mommy all while wearing his tacky father's day gift.

Kris reminisces about the days prior to the invention of Nair and bikini line shaving, I advise him both Nair and bikini line shaving have been around for years, but they didnt practice pubic hair removal in his neck of the woods- go figure. Kris also tries to draw comparisons between Tijuana and the Dells, though I point out that he has never been to Tijuana and never during my entire stay in the Dells was I offered Chiclets from a homeless scabby toddler.

Kris attempts to explain the origins of the phrase Git R Dun and I still don't get it or git it I guess.

Check out the screen shots of Kris and I on TV we are stars! Not really I don't think stars shop at Aldi's- except maybe Rachel Hunter before the smash hit Dancing with the Stars which is on my must watch this week. Rachel has probably upgraded to Albertsons store brands now that things are looking up.

Screen shots from the video.

Bird's eye view from Elliot's spot in the basement.

Guess who?

Who could this be?

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Show: #79
Length: 60:47
Format: mp3
Bit rate: 64 kbs
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Croncast - Todd and his friend Kris Ep. 1

Well . . . we break the 60 minute barrier today. Long show but full of good stuff with Todd from Bridge Communications, also known as the "PR Guy" at the house. Todd is handling public relations, press releases and copy writitng for me (Palegroove Studios).

Todd brought in questions for me for this interview and I thought they might have something to do with the launch of Palegroove but I was wrong. It is a listener play along game composed of current events where you, yes you get the chance to out smart me. Turns out that it isn't that hard. Good luck.

We also get into why I started Palegroove Studios, my vision of what makes a good podcasting, my vision of the future of pocasting and of course my passion for it. I love it. And like I would say on the show I fucking love it. Todd probably won't approve the language but that is how he helps.

With that I would like to formally thank Todd for all of his hard work over the past two weeks to get Palegroove Studios out in front of many people, his excellent copy writing and last but not least his new friendship.

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