Topic: Wordpress

The hosts list upcoming No Agenda meetups in cities such as London, San Diego, and Minneapolis. They also briefly mention technical difficulties with the meetup website caused by the ongoing legal and technical conflict between WordPress and WP Engine.

A major legal and public dispute has erupted between WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine. Mullenweg has taken a "scorched earth" approach, blocking WP Engine's access to WordPress.org resources over trademark and contribution disagreements. This "fracas" has caused technical issues for numerous websites and sparked a debate within the open-source community about corporate control.

Adam Curry notes that he shares a birthday with actor Charlie Sheen. The hosts provide a "make good" for "Sir Dude Named Daniel," the admin for No Agenda Meetups, who is seeking freelance WordPress and graphic design work. They encourage the community to support fellow producers facing economic slowdowns due to the pandemic.

Ryan Gleman receives a "de-douching" after his first donation, while Sir John Overall is promoted to Baronette Sir Rogue of the Taverns. The segment includes a quote from a 10-year-old listener regarding the unreliability of mainstream news.

Professor Thomas Rid of King's College London testifies that Guccifer 2.0 is an agent of the Russian government rather than a lone Romanian hacker. Rid cites forensic links and communication patterns as evidence that the persona was managed by a team within an intelligence organization.

The hosts conduct the first production value segment, thanking executive producers and associate executive producers for Episode 911. They perform a knighting ceremony for Sir Tyler Oglesby and Sir Simon of Jefferson, discuss a magnetic knife strip product from a donor, and address technical credits for the No Agenda search site.

Reports suggest the hacker known as Guccifer has gone missing from a US jail, leading to speculation about his extraction. Meanwhile, Guccifer 2.0 continues to post hacked DNC documents on a WordPress blog, which the hosts encourage listeners to download before the site is taken down.

Adam Curry thanks Nick the Rat for the Episode 826 album art and encourages producers to upload work to the No Agenda Art Generator. He clarifies the show's open-source policy, encouraging listeners to repost the full show on their own blogs or platforms like Google Play to help propagate the content.

The background of DHS Chief Information Officer Luke McCormack is examined, highlighting his career path through the DOJ and private sector. The hosts share anecdotes about former colleague Joe Jingo and his extreme security protocols at PodShow, including complex Wi-Fi passwords and resistance to WordPress plugins. They contrast professional security "lifers" with the perceived incompetence of government officials.

The reality of "cyber warfare" is described as largely consisting of low-level website defacements and "script kiddie" activities, such as exploiting weak WordPress passwords. Experts argue that while these are often framed as sophisticated state-sponsored attacks, they are frequently simple administrative breaches.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 641 of the No Agenda Show from their respective locations in Austin and Silicon Valley. They discuss technical difficulties involving a WordPress error on the stream and a transition between servers. The hosts reflect on the production process and the "642 pipeline" concept.

A donor is knighted as Sir WordPress Plugins, leading to a brief discussion on web development tools. Associate Executive Producer Troy Walters requests coverage of the Australian federal election. A gaffe by Kevin Rudd involving the phrase weapons of mass distraction is noted, though recordings are reportedly difficult to find.

Lou Ayotte is officially knighted as Sir WordPress Plugins for his significant financial support of the show. The ceremony includes the traditional reading of the roundtable's offerings and the induction into the peerage. Several birthday shout-outs are also performed for members of the No Agenda community.

Google blacklisted Dvorak.org and associated sites including NoAgendaShow.com following a WordPress injection infection. The hosts argue that Google has become the "internet police," using browser-level blacklisting in Chrome and Firefox to control web access. Criticism is directed at Jeff Jarvis and Google executive Matt Cutts for their roles in deifying the company's influence over information flow.

A lengthy segment acknowledges financial contributions from the "No Agenda" community, including specific requests for "d-douching" and "karma." Listeners from Illinois, Kansas, Georgia, and Florida are thanked for supporting the show's ad-free model. A WordPress plugin called "Link.me" is mentioned as a project from one of the donors.

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.

A 15-year-old Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is cited as a perfect prediction of the modern bailout culture, featuring Calvin demanding subsidies for his failed lemonade stand. The hosts also briefly discuss technical issues with WordPress 2.7, which has reportedly caused their blog to crash repeatedly since the upgrade.

A host recounts the difficulty of updating a website built on the Joomla content management system after two years of inactivity. The discussion touches on the lack of user-friendliness in open-source projects and the rapid obsolescence of technical knowledge, using the difficulty of navigating Windows 3.1's File Manager as an example.