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Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak celebrate the 18th anniversary of the No Agenda show, reflecting on its start on October 26, 2007. They discuss the longevity of the program compared to other podcasts and the importance of decentralized archiving. The hosts compare the collection of podcast mp3s to a modern Library of Alexandria that will serve as historical artifacts for future generations.
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the session discussing California legislative bills and a scorpion infestation at Curry's Texas home. Curry details his upcoming trip to the Netherlands to visit his daughter Christina for her birthday. Dvorak notes his monitoring of Library of Congress RSS feeds for new bill titles.
Shipping Container Library, Sustainable Architecture, and The GIMP
Inspired by an architect listener, the hosts discuss building the "Curry-Dvorak Library" using recycled shipping containers. They marvel at online images of luxury container homes and discuss the low cost of surplus containers. The segment briefly touches on Adam Curry's switch to Ubuntu Linux and his refusal to use "The GIMP" as a Photoshop alternative.
No Agenda Library Project, Listener Support and Donations
The hosts discuss the "Adam Curry John C. Dvorak Library" project and the necessity of listener donations to keep the show ad-free. They address emails from "investors" and discuss the possibility of creating "best of" or "evergreen" content for times when they are unable to record live. The show's value proposition is framed as providing the "actual truth" that mass media ignores.
No Agenda Library Project and Gmail Outage
The hosts promote the Curry-Dvorak Library project, a listener-funded initiative to keep the show ad-free. They discuss a recent three-hour Gmail and Google Apps outage, which affected 100 million users. The incident is used to highlight the risks of relying on cloud-based services and the importance of owning one's domain and mail records.
