Andie calls in with a question about updating her Website. She’s learning HTML and working with Dreamweaver to update Web pages and needs a hosting provider. She’s also looking for ways to increase traffic to the site. Chris offers several solutions to her dilemma including the possibility of using blog content management tools to help maintain the site with minimal need for manual intervention.

The following are the show notes for the July 14th, 2005 edition of the Chris Pirillo Show.

Chris’ Trip to Vancouver

Chris talked about his trip to Vancouver, Canada and a visit to a Sony Store. Chris was tempted to purchase something but hesitated since he didn’t research it. ALWAYS research before making a purchase.

Time Change

Chris mentioned that we might be changing the LIVE air time for the show, possibly a few hours earlier on Thursday, or perhaps a day change.

Music in Podcasts

Andrew called to ask about playing music in Podcasts. Copyrighted mMusic cannon legally be played in a podcast without paying for the rights to it. Chris suggested finding some Creative Commons licensed music that is open and available for use non-commercially. A past guest on the CP Show was Matt of StaccatoMusic.org and his podcast features CC licensed music that can be used in other podiatrists.

Menus on Web Pages

Jeff called to ask how he can easily update the menu across all pages of his web site. Chris suggested that he use SSI includes or PHP includes to include the a common template or menu in all the pages across his site. Chris also recommend using CSS. Jeff also asked for some resources. Chris recommends the TopStyle CSS Editor.

Banner Ads

8-Bit Jake called in to ask about web advertising and what type of Ad Service would be best. Chris highly recommends using Google Adsense as banner images don’t pay as high as text ads. Banner images tend to slow the page loading down, get over looked, and don’t get clicked. Chris also recommended BlogAds.

Jake also suggested using the NVU CSS Editor.

This Week In Games

This Week In Games covered a lot this week, including:

• Sega and Secret Level’s partnership to bring a classic Sega franchise to the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
• Rare, owned by Microsoft, will be developing games for the Nintendo DS.
• Fable: The Lost Chapters will see the light of day as an Xbox Platinum hit.
• Marlon Brandos voice will not be heard in The Godfather video game.
• EA and John Madden ink a multi-uear deal.
• Rockstar’s infamouse Grand Theft Auto brand may get a spanking from the ESRB.
• Professor Fizzwizzle, an addictive 2D puzzle game.

Ask Leo

The Ask Leo Show Notes are available on his site, http://ask-leo.com/the_best_antispyware_antivirus_and_dancing_bunnies.html.

Read a Linux Partition from Windows

LordKat (aka Jason of This Week in Games and GeekStreak.com) called in to ask for a software recommendation. He was looking for a program that can read his Linux Partition from Windows. Chris recommended Explore2fs

Keyloggers

Debora, a new Lockergnome Forum Admin, called in to ask where she can find a keylogger. She wants to keylog her children as a saftey net. Most keyloggers require the system to be running as an Administrator which isn’t a good idea for a child’s account. Chris wasn’t aware of any.

Since Debora was most concerned about the Children compromising the security of the system he recommend that some Anti-Virus, and Anti-Spyware be installed. He also recommended removing the children’s computer from the network and only allowing them to use a free dial-up ISP.

Jake’s Media Blab

Jake spoke about handcrank flashlights which don’t require batteries and available at Target, Walmart, and most local hardware stores.

Spyware Daily

Jay from SpywareDaily left a rambling voicemail promoting his web site and possibly a security podcast or something, we’re not sure what he was talking about really.

Tech News from the Field

Jeremy discussed:

• Trojans posing as a videos of the terror attacks in London
• Steve Jobs phoned the parents of a youth killed for his iPod
• IBM is partnering with companies to deliver Broadband Over Powerlines
• A security breach at the University of Southern California – online application tool had a security hole, some data was available to the public.
• ICANN approved a domain just for cell phones.
• More and more people are surfing the web at work

Unlocking Cellphones

usrbingeek called to ask how he can get a more full featured cellphone from another source and use it with his current carrier, Verizon Wireless. Verizon currently doesn’t have any offerings with full bluetooth compatibility that would work with his car’s handsfree system. Chris suggested he ask at PDAPhoneHome since the community there is filled with very knowledgeable cellphone geeks.

Wireless Tech Radio

Jim Sutton left a voice mail to plug his show, WirelessTechRadio and asked ???

RSS

Jason asked about RSS, what it is, and how to use it. Chris spoke about the RSS file format, and how it interacts with users via a file on the web server.

Sites mentioned on tonight’s show

• StaccatoMusic.org
• Creative Commons
• CCmixter.org
• Subscribe to the CP Show with iTunes: itms://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73330048 (paste into your browser)
• JBMPhotography.com
• TopStyle CSS Editor
• CSS Zen Garden
• NVU CSS Editor
• Google Adsense
• BlogAds
• iTunes
• Opera
• Yahoo Desktop Search
• Azureus Bittorent client
• Firefox
• MoveableType
• Explore2fs
• 8BitPeoples.com/
• DaveRyder.com (Created CP Show theme)
• SpyArsenal.com
• Microsoft AntiSpyware
• SpyBot Search and Destroy
• SpywareDaily
• PDAPhoneHome
• WirelessTechRadio
• FeedStation

–usrbingeek 17:25, 14 Jul 2005 (PDT)