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Added on June 30, 2006 by
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Looks like podcasting support . . . but not so fast.
The Media Player 11 beta was released to the public, myself included, a couple of months ago. There has been not chatter or discussion over a glaring omission from the functionality of MP11 . . . no RSS support! Which means no podcast support or Microsoft podcast directory. Maybe this is part of some super secret plan for the full release to include support for RSS and a bang up podcast directory. Whatever the reason for not including RSS, podcasts and a podcast directory into MP11 beta is beyond me. Free non-DRM content both audio and video is waiting to be plucked from the internet by a new audience. An audience that is afraid of iTunes and less tech saavy than a user of Odeo, Melodeo or Juice is a fresh market, an eager market. Not to mention the boost that it would give to podcasters and the DIY media movement. Guess that isn't in the interest of Microsoft. That is the part that confuses me most. You see, Internet Explorer 7 beta supports RSS with a brilliant XSL stylesheet to display the feeds. To boot, it recognizes the enclosure tag and creates a link for the media. The new MS Office beta supports RSS also. And every thirty minutes I get a hit on two of my RSS feeds from an agent that identifies itself as "Microsoft Research" and believe it or not the IP resolves to Microsoft. So what gives? No clue. I hope they have something big up their sleeves. They have an opportunity to blow podcasting and DIY media wide open and bring that content to new audiences. With this beta they have failed and let us all down. I say this not only as a content producer but a user. I really wanted to like MP11 Oh yeah, before I forget, MP11 has a great new addition to it's system scanning for media . . . it aggregates all non-DRM content from your iTunes library. So it is sort of like podcasting support, you just need to use iTunes first.
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Added on June 30, 2006 by
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Greg from Viva Podast just sent me a link to a version of George Bush singing, well speaking, the lyrics to U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday. Someone worked pretty hard on this video. The best part is to think of the speech writer, a bitter and sharp witted english major who actually wrote some of these phrases wholly into speaches. Or this writer lifted them to meet a deadline, but either way it funny and creepy.
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Added on June 30, 2006 by
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Thanks to everyone who entered our contest for the iPod. As contests go, there could be only one winner. That winner is Jeanette Holden. Jeanette had a horrible vacation, lived to tell about it and crafted a well delivered story. It was really hard to choose a winner because so many of the entries were amazing. There are some of you who should be writing for a living! And if any of you are writers, shame on you for entering our contest ;-). Kidding . . . only kidding. Jeanette, your specially engraved iPod will be coming in the mail soon! We expect to see some photos of it. Thanks again to everyone. And . . . and, thank you for listening to the show and sharing your lives with us too.
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Added on June 30, 2006 by
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 Croncast - 2006-06-30.mp3
Show: #243
Length: 41:50
Size: 28.7 mb
Format: mp3
Betsy and her husband Kris June 30, 2006
Many of you are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the "My Vacation Sucked Too!" contest winner. You shall wait no longer! This has been a very hard decision to make!! The winner of the contest is Jeanette Holden. Thanks to everyone who entered and sent in their vacation stories that made us laugh, cringe and generally empathize with you. These are great stories that we have been recording all week. We will release a special podcast that is nothing but these stories this weekend for your pure traveling enjoyment.
Betsy reminds us that today is the last day to apply for student loan consolidation
Stop calling me, I've taken care of it already
The hot phone call attendant
The phone lines are packed
You need to make you intent known
Credit card payments have gone through the roof
The fun about living in the states
"Dont' steal. The government hates competition."
Betsy says my political views are changing
My eyes crossed all on their own
We have spent the last 4 hours reading the entries . . . again
What Betsy was looking for in a story - Story Telling
What Kris was looking for in a story - Reality of situation
The death and maming of Slowsky
The winner is . . . Jeanette Holden
Great story with swearing and funny jokes at just the right time
My mom is like brown brussel sprouts
Binky the pig
The low down on the rest of the stories and the podcast to ensue
The stories have been amazing
Staying at your parents house when you're 69 with your spouse
Still finding time to kick it in their breezway and breaking your hip
It's our 10 anniversary in like 1 month
Thanks for those peeps who sent emails to John Elway Dodge
We address the comment left by Philip and the email that he received from John Elway
Dodge (we assume it is real)
Jeff's response - malarkey
I bet you expalined this to Jared about a podcast
Betsy reads it and Kris gives the charged commentary
We've never spoken to Jeff . . . he is not Jared
I have talked to them, TWICE, ask Jared
They are not getting the right 411 from their own people
I'm not concerned witht he ruined vacation
They respond to our listeners with a lie and can't send us that email?
No way at this point
Slowsky update and Betsy's call for input from you
Monday, Kris will talk about the custom conversion van his dad made when
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Added on June 28, 2006 by
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Croncast - 2006-06-28.mp3
Show: #242
Length: 36:32
Size: 25.1 mb
Format: mp3
Betsy and her husband Kris June 28, 2006
Betsy says she's depressed over pet urine contamination
It is a multilayered issue
Using the leftover laminate from the basement
Put together by cheap labor in Cambodia
Kris puts out a HBO television reference
Then reminds himself that it is no different Star Trek Next Generation
Video mocking Star Wars fans waiting for Episode III
Shout out to Dave and Melissa
Dave broke his thumb and is prepping for California Bar
Betsy says the bar in CA is really tough
She could walk in to a grocery store and they would give her money back
Betsy speaks to CA living prices
Living with 5 cousins in a 2 bedroom ranch for the same price
Birds don't live birth babies
Talking about the vacation stories
Four hours later, does the story ever end?
What does your brethren think about your pilaging of Goodwill for your profit?
You left the price tag on it bitch. I know what you paid for it.
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Added on June 27, 2006 by
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This is on the business tip and recommended reading for anyone interested in RSS, podcasting and the future of business online. Kudos to our friends at FeedBurner for their press coverage in Business 2.0. The article, "Redefining the RSS feed", is a brief walk on the FeedBurner timeline, a bit of strategy and a nice couple paragraphs about the 800 lb gorilla known as Google with FeedBurner CEO, Dick Costolo.
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Added on June 26, 2006 by
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Croncast - 2006-06-26.mp3
Show: #241
Length: 37:38
Size: 25.8 mb
Format: mp3
Betsy and her husband Kris June 26, 2006
For the first time it's a mic check
An impromtu crawdad song
Do you know how to catch a crawdad, Kris? Of course I do.
Smote Canadian Geese swimming towards the light
The geese infestation in the Midwest
They think they run joint
Walking across the road
I've had enough of them
Even the peacocks look plain when you see them everyday
The cookout and the explaining of why Kris doesn't attend church
A dark secret comes out
Betsy's Star Trek Next Generation past
I don't hate the church, but the guy dressed as a Jedi did it
Kris may be a Republican from the knee cap down
The point is, that it is weird and made my husband uncormfortable
I about to offend Treckers
My job is to be judgemental
Treckers of any scale freak me out
I always say, "No I don't know."
It's been 13 years and Kris had no clue
It makes me feel ookie inside
This is grounds for divorce
This comes from her dad
Betsy won't let Kris read the contest stories
His La Moille public school education shines
Disclaimer: This story is fiction
Tom. D's open letter
Betsy reads John Eric O.'s contest entry
Betsy reads most of Lachie's entry
Slowsky we miss you!
On the pre-vacation shows, Kris predicted it
Betsy says, "Kris. You were right."
Go back and rewind it if you ever want to hear it again
Some really loud thunder
Betsy has some creepy deja vu . . . so bad we stop recording
We pick up in this morning
There was just something in the air last night
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Added on June 23, 2006 by
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Just like those 'Going out of Business' sales, this contest too, shall come to an end. The contest for the Black 30gb iPod also know as "My Vacation Sucked Too!" ends tonight at 11:59 PST. To enter just send and email to vacations@croncast.com with your horrible vacation details. Preferred format is a short story, of course. Read more about the contest.
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Added on June 23, 2006 by
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Croncast - 2006-06-23.mp3
Show: #240
Length: 32:29
Size: 22.3 mb
Format: mp3
Betsy and her husband Kris June 23, 2006
The contest ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PST
Kris has the phone numbers of thousands of babes
Yeah right I am worried
Can I smell like mildew?
Betsy brought the bugs in her garage sale stuff
Back before Maggie was born
Now with a child handicap it makes it harder to garage sale
Betsy is down 44 sales a day
Her stuff is still fabulous in the basement
Bugs, and spiders and Nasty Goodwill things
Gigi always needs to go t o sleep
End of the contest nears, you've got nothing to lose
Odds are really good to win
All these stories are awsome
Kris is speaking at the Portable Media Expo
It is a brief 33 minutes from Disney Land
Betsy realizes that she can't go
She doesn't want to be disappointed
Kris is gone he has to find people to talk with about podcasting
Three people in the same room? Kris wants out
Betsy says most people go to a conference and don't attend
I am paying my way, why wouldn't I attend?
"Don't worry it is a right off!" . . . yeah right! I still have to work to make the money
Kris explains his perfect woman from a 4th grade memory
I had the goatee even in 4th grade
"My dream woman will shop at Goodwill and take every chance to emasculate me"
A nice place out Applebee's?
It's like Long John Silvers with a waitress
It's Betsy's fault for getting pregnant
Here comes the vasectomy follow up
Betsy's party line for being "gutted like a fish"
Ladies you may want to leave the room, Guys time to cozy up to the truth of the vasectomy
Get prepared
"I'm not going to let a stranger feel my balls today."
It's been 5 weeks and I am now on my 5th medication for another vasectomy related issue
Remind your wife of the sacrifice that you have made for her
Every man knows kids secretly have testicular radar
I get hit in the balls six times a day
Every daddy gets hit non-stop
You're telling men to change their underwear? They're adults it's common sense
Birth testing things
Betsy has had her fill of vasectomy stories
Betsy explains how I ended up being called Mr. B.
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Added on June 21, 2006 by
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Croncast - 2006-06-21.mp3
Show: #239
Length: 31:19
Size: 21.5 mb
Format: mp3
Betsy and her husband Kris June 21, 2006
Now is when we get back to reall life on the cul de sac.
I bring it for the gammarians, you know who you are
Betsy talks about her new blueberry allergy
Eating blueberries out of a 50 lb pound bag
Betsy voted 5 times in an election
The cul de sac block party getting down
The shopping all on Betsy
GFS is like Costco without membership card
Macaroni salad
Betsy says it was made during "The Great War"
How many hot dogs are in a box
79 lbs of frankenfurters are there in ounces
$7 for 100 lbs of blueberries
Eating what you want
Talking while stained issues
It's self-tanning where you end up with orange paws
What are they doing to the inside of your body
Were back to regular shows now with a few updates on Slowsky
The contest for the iPod
We'll announce the winner next Friday
All next week we will read the best and make a decision
Google ranking for John Elway Dodge
Betsy tells the full Madonna concert story
Sorting out gender
Betsy should have known she would take it as a challenge
Non-lyric knowing friends
Maggie makes many many more noises
Kris' anti-social casualness
The block party for the neighborhood
The Unitarian party for the Unitarians
Friday . . . Kris explains why he wasn't there
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