Back in October, 2006 we recorded the 200th episode of .NET Rocks! at Pwop Studios. Richard Campbell, Mark Dunn, Rory Blyth, Mark Miller, and Geoff Macioleck all participated.

We recorded it on video. Here is the second half of that video, in which I asked the co-hosts (Richard, Rory, and Mark) questions about the show. A correct answer means some listener got a piece of swag. Funny stuff.

Warning: adult language and themes. Click the picture below to see the video with Silverlight.

I have been laughing my ass off over these, and decided to share:

First, Joe Cocker translated...

Next, the famous "shreds" series. This guy took concert videos and "redid" the sound. Can't stop laughing. Once you see one, you'll be hooked.

Larry Miller: The Five Levels of Drinking. The audio is what it's all about. I don't know about the video stuff...

I had a crazy impulsive idea a few months ago. My ex and kids are going on vacation for a week, and I wanted to do something in the studio. So I had the staff edit up next week's shows in advance, turned down a couple gigs, and hired three of the best musicians in the area to live in the studio with me for a week and crank out an album of original funk and blues music, with a couple covers.

Franklin Brothers' drummer and local skinbanger Matt Covey is playing drums, Amazing Al Laporte is on piano/keys, and the *ridiculously* talented Andy Chaney is on bass. I'm playing guitar and singing. We'll also have horns and backup singers on the final product. This week is all about getting the rhythm section down.

We'll be working Sunday through Friday 6pm to 2am.

I can't wait.

The Baby Show

Karen brings the baby to the show! Mark gets no sex for 8 weeks. Carl has rats. Baby gets motor oil for Christmas. Karen reviews a new connection film. You'll never guess who it's about. Mark gives the tards the respect they deserve, and Richard finds the coolest toy ever. Ever.

I know that we aren't announcing shows on my blog anymore, but this is a special occasion.

Change

All we're saying is that true Mondays fans will be shocked. And not by the language (although we no longer bleep - you've been warned).

For the last few years we have been converting all of our transcripts to HTML so they could be more easily searched. However, if you tried clicking on the Search menu item in the last, oh, year or so, you might have noticed that nothing happened. We got ourselves a Google Search Appliance. which worked really well up until the day after the service contract expired, and then it went DOA. Seriously, the thing is braindead.

So, our goal is to replace that functionality with search using Windows Live Search. First thing we had to do was to expose all of those transcripts by linking them to the main page, where the search spiders could find them. The second phase is just to implement a custom search page using Windows Live.

Phase one is now complete.  From the main page on www.dotnetrocks.com you can click the HTML Transcripts menu option and that brings you here:

http://dotnetrocks.com/text/transcripts.aspx

All of the transcripts are listed from most recent to oldest.

You can test this out by doing a google search on the literal string "So, that forced Haskell to stay pure"

The first hit is a link to the HTML page in the transcript where Simon Peyton Jones uttered those words:

http://www.dotnetrocks.com/text/0310/index11.html

and from there, you can go to the show page to listen, or browse through the entire transcript.

So, at the end of phase one, we should see a spike in traffic due to people searching on various .NET topics and landing in a DNR transcript. Phase two will allow you to search through just our transcripts.

Happy Holidays!

.NET ROCKS LIVE. FRIDAY 10PM EST. CALL-IN!

After mountains of thought on the subject which lasted, oh, minutes, Richard and I have decided to open up .NET Rocks! show #400 as a call-in show.

We may or may not have some of our previous guests on the line. It might just be Richard and I. Either way, we want to talk to you, our listeners, about what YOU are doing with .NET. We know you sometimes swear at your iPod because you can't jump in and make a point. So, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!

We want to hear from the regular guys and gals out there who are writing software every day.

We're going to have a live stream and an IRC chat room (just like the old days). Details will follow tomorrow about how to listen and chat.

The show recording will be tomorrow night (Friday, November 27) at 10pm Eastern Time.

If you want to call in, Email me (carl at franklins dot net) with your phone number, and sometime during the show we will call you and patch you in.