14 chapters across the catalog
Scrunch AI CEO Chris Andrew proposes a future where the internet becomes less visual and more text-heavy to accommodate AI data consumption. This "post-human web" would prioritize language for LLMs over visual design for human eyeballs, creating a new form of search engine optimization (SEO) focused on manipulating AI agents.
Wedding Anniversaries, Microphone Tests, and Small Business Ads
The segment covers a 17th wedding anniversary in Hawaii, a microphone test from Australia, and several small business advertisements. Services for executive resumes, job searches, and web design are promoted by community members.
A donor from a Minnesota construction company reports that despite high gas prices, building suppliers have stopped sending fuel surcharge letters, a departure from previous economic cycles. Listeners are encouraged to claim their official production credits on IMDB for episode 1468.
Value for Value Podcasts, Baby-Making Karma and Sunsetted Careers
Micah Phillips promotes his "Extremely Live" podcast and "Pleb Stories" series about Bitcoin. A donor from Michigan credits the show's "baby-making karma" for the birth of two nieces. Miles Fonda from Idaho requests "jobs karma" after being "sunsetted" from his previous position, promoting his web design business, Lossless Creative Studio.
A discussion on web development reveals that Microsoft Word still saves files with the legacy ".htm" extension. The hosts reminisce about the rise and fall of Microsoft FrontPage and the challenges of modern hand-coding versus automated web editors.
Florida Panhandle Infrastructure, Voter Suppression, HTM vs HTML
The devastation of Hurricane Michael in the conservative Florida Panhandle is viewed as a potential obstacle for the upcoming midterm elections between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson. A technical tangent explains the origin of the ".htm" file extension, which was a limitation of early Microsoft operating systems that could not handle four-character extensions like ".html."
A discussion regarding the technical maintenance of the show's donation pages reveals the use of legacy software like Dreamweaver. One host describes frustration with MailChimp's new landing page and advertising features, which led to a delay in updating the site's layout.
Moral Self-Licensing, Douchebag Events and Web Design
The hosts discuss a new project, MoralSelfLicensing.com, which offers certificates allowing users "douchebag events" as an offset for good deeds. A technical dispute occurs between the hosts regarding the website's rendering on different browsers, specifically Firefox on Windows 7. The concept is proposed as a $100 donation tier.
Value for Value Donations, Website Design Competition
The hosts acknowledge various donations from Honolulu, Indiana, and Texas. They announce a website design competition hosted by nagradio.com, where the winner receives a year of hosting and significant bandwidth. They also thank artists at noagendaartgenerator.com.
The show has launched its own social network, nasocial.net, as an alternative to Facebook's tracking. Producers are requesting community-designed web banners of various sizes to help propagate the "No Agenda" formula across the internet.
Fifteen-year-old listener Russell Crawford is credited with creating a WordPress template based on the No Agenda website design. The hosts encourage listeners to use the theme for their own blogs and mention a new Twitter account, "No Agenda Flip," designed for use with the Flipboard tablet application.
Recovery.gov Accessibility Failures and Audio Captcha Issues
The $18 million Recovery.gov website is criticized for its dysfunctional accessibility features for the visually impaired. Specifically, the "Report Fraud" form utilizes an audio ReCaptcha system that plays unintelligible movie quotes, making it impossible for blind users to submit complaints. This is cited as a primary example of government mismanagement and lack of quality assurance.
Channel Curry, Aggregated Media Feeds
The launch of "ChannelCurry.com" is announced, providing a centralized hub for all of Adam Curry's media feeds, including Twitter updates and show notes. The site features a combined RSS feed and video windows. The hosts thank the listeners and contributors who helped build and maintain the site's infrastructure.
AdSense Revenue Decline and Banner Blindness
Web publishers report a disconnect between increasing traffic and decreasing AdSense revenue, suggesting that users have developed "banner blindness." The human brain appears to parse out advertising frames, focusing only on the central content, a phenomenon compared to an aircraft's "T-scan" instrument focus. This fatigue has made traditional display ads less effective over time.
