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Somehow today's show ended with Jason Howell challenging Paul Shaeffer to a duel at Shalin's suggestion. We don't know. It's Friday. In other news, Cox and Comcast are the biggest BitTorrent blockers in the world, we spoil the entire plotline of Battlestar Galactica (sorry!), and we get deep inside the JDome. Plus: VIDEO!

In this tutorial podcast, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern enhances the 3D ribbon text composition by adding a ripple effect to the floor plus a flock of fireflies that dance around the scene.

Gary Rosenzweig reviews the speech recognition software MacSpeech Dictate.

Hallo Leute! Heute darf ich Ihnen einen brandneuen Podcast der SBW neue Medien AG vorstellen. Heute befassen wir uns mit dem Thema Fingerprint. Wir haben kürzlich das Fingerprintsystem bei uns installiert und wollten euch die Vorteile dieser Technik zeigen. Ein schönes Wochenende wünscht euch, Philip und der Rest des Podcastteams.

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How can you calculate the MIN or MAX value ignoring one outlier? Or, how can you figure out the MIN or MAX throwing out 5% of the outliers? Episode 760 takes a look at SMALL, LARGE, and PERCENTILE functions. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

The Tech Guy for Saturday 10 May 2008 - Show 455 Host: Leo Laporte Scott Wilkinson talks AV, offshoring jobs, CSSEdit, mobile video studios, and your calls. For detailed show notes visit techguylabs.com. Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by DSL Extreme Running time: 2:00:00

The Daily Giz Wiz for Friday 16 May 2008 - Episode 570 Hosts: Dick DeBartolo with Leo Laporte From the Gadget Warehouse: IBM Microdrive. For more details and a chance to win the Mad Magazine "What The Heck Is It?" contest, visit GizWizBiz.com. Bandwidth for the Daily Giz Wiz is provided by AOL Radio Running time: 13:05

I enjoy the waves of wealth the Web has brought us to create new things with, even in fields we may ve shied away from traditionally. Lowering the barrier like this can only be a good thing, for it turns the craggy peaks of an intimidating learning curve into rolling hills, encouraging development of one s skills and potential future expertise but keep in mind I think expert is a largely meaningless word! Nevertheless, the fun cannot be denied. Heard a few days ago about FontStruct, brought to you by FontShop. In previous years, I wouldn t have thought of fonts as a social networking activity like swapping music or sharing pictures, but with the emergence of more media made easy (like the music-making programs that are continuing to rise), it was only inevitable. FontStruct is at once easy to use and enjoy. It s the easiest font editor I ve seen so far that blends a reasonable amount of modular power with an elegant, minimalist interface that lets you focus on your fontage with the glaring exception that keyboard shortcuts do not work in fullscreen mode. (It s a Flash app, and a well-done one at that.) FontStruct even has a well-made video tutorial (you know how fond I am of those!), and it indeed helped me get up to speed in a few minutes. A little over 1.5 hours later of browsing and dabbling with the FontStructor to make my darling new font, here it is: I call it Crimbelle , because it sounded right. Very, very nifty that you can embed fonts like this; that s the first I ve seen, and a very catchy way to share the fonts for sure. I would imagine as this catches on, we can expect to see more people who ve never made a font before have some fun with this. Fonts don t have to be literal, either; there are many pictoral ones, some very impressively designed like this gallery of robots: Another design inspiration usage: quickly creating some glyphs to be used as vector scalables in a larger design. With the whole process of build, share, download a quick one, your ideas won t get stale/forgotten. A side nicety about this is, FontShop is a business, so FontStruct is a gateway to their offerings; their advertising is delightfully non-intrusive: Go, create a font and let me know how it went!

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Our regular mailbag episode with questions and comments from our listeners. For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Security Now is brought to you by Astaro Internet Security. Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio. Running time: 1:25:14

Scott sits down with Owen Rogers, one of the original authors of CruiseControl.NET, and hears about his ideas around a hardware and software platform that extends Continuous Integration with Continuous Monitoring.

In today's episode, Leo Laporte drops in (and out) to discuss the future of CNET, the future of Yahoo, and lack of future we'll all have if the Air Force doesn't stop trying to build a real-life Skynet. Also, Leo points out why we should probably all delete our Plaxo accounts, Nintendo gets patent trolled, and can we leave Twitter? At least for one day?

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Justine Ezarik, Alex Lindsay, and Merlin Mann WWDC, Apple Store out of iPhones, 3G, battery life, Pages and more. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:46:08

There is a way to set the default border color that is used when you use the Borders dropdown. Episode 759 shows you how. Also, a look at the new Podcast DVD. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

[Trailer for Extra! Members Show] Time for some creativity & fun. GarageBand '08 is the latest version of the amazing music creation software included in the iLife '08 suite - free with all new Macs. Can't play an instrument? Never had the time to learn? Well don't be disheartened as GarageBand '08 is suitable for all levels of musicians, from complete novices to accomplished players. What's even better is that you don't need an instrument or even any musical skills to create polished music tracks. This weeks' show focuses on the music creation side of GarageBand '08. If you want to checkout how to create and enhanced podcast, have a look at SCO0042. The show covers: Software Instrument Tracks Using The OnScreen keyboard Using your Mac keyboard Interfacing Midi Keyboards Real Instrument Tracks Connecting Musical Instruments via USB & Firewire Recording in GarageBand All About Apple Loops Creating Songs using Apple Loops Master Track Automation Special Effects Automation Magic GarageBand Exporting Tracks And to create entire songs in one of nine different genres, I also looks at Magic GarageBand, a great new mode that does all the heavy lifting for you, enabling you to create a multitrack song completely from scratch, automatically.

Stockpiling, frantic searching, and wild predictions ensue as iPhone disappears from online shelves. Also: Manbabies!

The Daily Giz Wiz for Thursday 15 May 2008 - Episode 569 Hosts: Dick DeBartolo with Leo Laporte Hey, you put your tape dispenser in my USB hub and now it's a ThinkGeek USB Tape Dispenser. For more details and a chance to win the Mad Magazine "What The Heck Is It?" contest, visit GizWizBiz.com. Bandwidth for the Daily Giz Wiz is provided by AOL Radio Running time: 22:19

This is a special interview done by listener Tony Walla during the premier of Welcome To Macintosh (The movie) in Wisconsin. Thanks to Tony for providing all of us this great extra content. Show Notes: Tony Walla s website Welcome to Macintosh website Welcome to Macintosh forums You MUST sign up with ning.com in order to view the forums.

By now many of you have heard the term mompreneur which applies to the large number of entrepreneurial women who are working from home running successful businesses while raising their families. This combo of the entrepreneurial spirit combined with being a busy mom working from home has sprung the new term “mompreneur” into existence. Lisa Druxman, Founder of Stroller Strides, is one such mompreneur and is our featured guest in this Episode of The Small Business Trends Radio. Lisa started her business out of her home and, at one time, had 8 employees coming in, each with their own keys and their children in tow – until she eventually franchised the business. Lisa shares her personal story of how she created her franchise and how to find a little bit of peace - in the wonderful chaos of a busy mompreneur. Here s a sampling of topics from the show: Make sure you do something you love. Because on the days that are tough (and there will be days that are tough), loving what you do will pull you through them. Three tools for mompreneurs that Lisa recommends are 1.) a blackberry; 2.) a web based business center service such as Earnware and 3.) hire a nanny/housekeeper. Because ladies, it doesn t matter who makes the bed or does the dishes - this will make you a much happier mom and a better businesswoman. Franchise startup costs can run anywhere from $60k to $200k. The cost depends on how many states your business is in and the attorney fees involved for filing accordingly. Franchising laws are changing all the time so make sure that you retain an attorney that specializes in franchising. This was a mistake that cost Lisa dearly with The Federal Trade Commission and took some real hard work to rectify. The International Franchise Association (IFA) can assist you in franchising your business. However, a thick skin is required for a business at this level and being a franchiser is no small task. It requires money and time - which may not be fitting for a mom whose main goal was to spend time with family. But it CAN be done and Lisa is fortunate enough to still be working from home. Lisa s story is inspiring and amazing, considering her young age, and she s helping moms everywhere stay in shape through Stroller Strides, a specialty mom fitness program that incorporates your children - and their strollers - into a series of exercise routines. You can hear Lisa s story and learn more about Stroller Strides by clicking the red and yellow player below and listening to her full interview. Brought to you by our sponsors: JumpUp.com and Infusionsoft.com

Steve and Johnnie chat with the reunited '60s musical duo Chad & Jeremy about their eclectic career including their appearance on the original Batman TV show.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales joins me for a short chat on his work with Wikipedia and Wikia search, and shares his views on open source, a creative mind, and more.

It's episode 724, wherein we argue, but in a happy way, MySpace wins a $234 million antispam judgment they'll probably never collect, and Google blurs faces in Street view, maybe just to be nice. Also, it turns out seniors are more acutely aware of the passing of time (or they hate commercials more than the youngsters do) and Qtrax makes four improbable deals.

Gary Rosenzweig takes some viewer questions: How to convert Real Player files, using international USB chargers, organizing your Applications folder and moving your email signature.

Can you use a pivot table to measure how many unique combinations of customer and product appear in a data set? Well, you can't do it natively, but in Episode 758, we take a look at a formula such as =IF(SUMPRODUCT(($B$2:$B2=B2)*($D$2:$D2=D2)) 1,0,1) which will allow the calculation to work. Also - a look at the Amazon Kindle. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Get up to speed with ASP.NET Dynamic Data. Learn to create custom field templates and read arguments from your meta-data. This show has an audio portion as well as a screen cast. Make sure to visit the site to watch the video and download the code.

If you would like to hear what the founder of WordPress.com has to say about the future of blogging, this interview is for you. Subject: Our guest today is Matt Mullenweg who is the Founder of Automattic, Inc. which is the owner of WordPress.com and the Akismet anti-spam software for blogs. Invested capital in Automattic is now $30 million from such sources as The New York Times, Polaris Ventures, True Ventures, and Radar Ventures. (more )

http://live.pirillo.com - If you buy only one new tech gadget this year, you really should look at getting a Flip video camera. This thing is literally plug-and-play. It doesn't matter if you have a PC or a Mac. If you have a USB port, you can use this camcorder.

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed My neighbor just happens to be Jeff, who is the CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment game company in Seattle. They just recently launched a new game into the Xbox Live community called Wits and Wagers. This is a trivia-based game, based on a board game that was created around 2001. Wits Wagers is the fun trivia party game where you don’t need the right answers to win! For each question, bet on the answer you think is closest to the truth, whether or not that answer is your own. With up to 25 hours of unique questions, local and online play, plus the ability to link one group of local users to another group via “couch-to-couch” multi player, Wits Wagers is a party waiting to happen. Get 700 questions, great character costumes and dance moves, catchy music, achievements, leader boards, support for the Xbox LIVE Vision camera, the Xbox Big Button Pad, and more. Features of Wits and Wagers include: Engaging social play: Wits Wagers is easy to play and yet strategically deep for advanced players. Some win with their knowledge of trivia, others with what they know about their friends. Fun questions: The first question pack of 700 questions is included, providing hours of game play. Games consist of seven questions for a quick and casual round of fun. Connecting couches: The game supports one to four players at one console, or two to six players online. Invite your friends over to your house, or invite your friends online. Peripheral support: Wits Wagers supports both the Xbox LIVE Vision Camera and the Big Button Pad controller. IPhone Explosion - Brand New - Pays 75% Of $49.95! The Powerseller Assassin - IPod, XBox, Ps3, And Mobile Phone Sources! Easy Xbox 360 Achievements. Want to embed this video on your own site, blog, or forum? Use this code or download the video: object width= 425 height= 350 param name= movie value= http://www.youtube.com/v/Kh_AHDqTrh0 /param param name= wmode value= transparent /param embed src= http://www.youtube.com/v/Kh_AHDqTrh0 type= application/x-shockwave-flash wmode= transparent width= 425 height= 350 /embed /object br / a href= http://chris.pirillo.com/ Chris /a | a href= http://live.pirillo.com/ Live Tech Support /a | a href= http://media.pirillo.com/ Video Help /a | a href= http://feeds.pirillo.com/ChrisPirilloShow Add to iTunes /a Related Content:Xbox 360 Xmas Xtravaganza Hour 3Free Texas Hold em TonightMajor Nelson on Xbox LiveMajor Nelson at CES 2006My Xbox 360