Today I give thanks for all who have paid for my freedom, and we get some emails from folks like 

Emails from

://OneMinuteHowTo.com
http://EclecticMix.com
http://DRiPInvesting.org
http://GLSmyth.com - blog: http://GLSmyth.WordPress.com

and

Jeff Roney
http://www.roneyzone.com
Twitter: twitter.com/roneyzone

Check out our new Video and More Show,
Magical Definition TV Episode 2
http://mdtv2.roneyzone.com

New World Army, a futuristic audio thriller
http://nwarmy.roneyzone.com

Our Lost TV On-Location Videos
http://lost.roneyzone.com

I also talk about some widgets that are pretty cool for your blog. You can find them at www.addtoany.com Jeff is using https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1730 to post to multiple blogs at the same time.

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You get:
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Intro/Outro Recording $80

All this for $299 Sign up at www.schoolofpodcasting.com/quickstart

Back Catalog - Is Anybody Listening To Old Shows?
My first Show "First Podcasts Always Stink" that were recorded back in October of 2005 have been downloaded 106 times in May of 08, 159 in April of 08, 154 in March of 08, 131 in February of 08. (That episode has been dowloaded 2947 total).

Meet the Members
Brian from www.dimacast.com suggested we get to know the members of the School of Podcasting, so today we meet J.R. Stanley of www.lordliftedme.com and the podcast www.lmllive.com

J.R. is using a Sure KSM27 Microphone and an Edirol UA4FX USB Interface which he likes for the tube emulation.

The Interview We Did Today with J.R. was actually "Time Shifted Interview" where I send a question, he records an answer. We repeat to fill in a quick "Meet The Members" section.

Today’s episode comes from our weekly meetings that we have at the School of Podcasting. The question is what is the difference between a post and a page in Wordpress?

 A post will be at the top of your blog until you enter another post. A page is something you enter and it can only be viewed if you link to it. (There is a way to have it show up on the front age by going to settings > reading and choosing to have the page be “static” on the front page.

 Why Wordpress? It creates an RSS feed for you, and IT’S FREE. If you need an inexpensive host for Wordpress check out www.coolerwebsites.com

 LISTENER FEEDBACK – NO AGE LIMIT TO PODCASTING
Fred from http://www.strugglingentrepreneur.com/ aggrees that there is no age limit to podcasting. He is 59, and he encourages all “baby boomers” to get involved with podcasting. Fred uses my www.podcastfastpass.com service to set up his blogs at www.strugglingentrepreneur.com and www.gaincontrolofyourday.com  (and more projects coming).

This show (download show) was originally recorded last week 4/25. In the hussle and bustle, I never published it. You can read about my "Passing out" at BetterDave.com

Audience Feedback
Vince from  www.bmoviecast.com agrees that you are never too old to podcast (as he is a baby boomer).

Audacity Feedback?
Steve from www.djideasharing.com does not use Audacity, but ubercaster (for the mac) had him losing an episode.

Blog Views and Blues www.blogsviewsandblues.com
This is a new podcast from Rich Palmer (www.richpalmer.com ) and he turned me on to www.springwidgets.com

Wordpress 2.5 Bugs
In working with the bugs, I can seem to get the image media manager to work. If i'm lucky enough to get an image to upload without error, I can't get to a screen to where I can insert it into the post. I did find I was able to to do this if I stopped using Internet Explorer and switched to Firefox and it worked. So if you are a big IE fan, then you may not want to update just yet. I've been using the Image Manager plugin.

More Fun Tools
www.twirl.org is a desktop Twitter tool. It works on both Mac and PC.

From www.celticmythpodcast.com an easy to customize wordpress theme at http://wpthemepark.com/themes/paalam/ It makes it very easy to turn on or off the text on yruo header (as well as upload a custom header. It's widget ready, and if know a little html, its easy to tweak the colors. If you need help with the "technical stuff" please see me at www.podcastfastpass.com