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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast Hal and Jon talk about…PowerShell?

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      You could have a chance to [influence PowerShell documentation](http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com/2009/09/call-to-action-please-read-if-you-want.html)


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      There is a [Atlanta System Management User Group](http://www.systemcentercentral.com/UserGroups/tabid/120/view/groupdetail/groupid/3/Default.aspx) meeting coming up on October 9th.


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      New CodePlex projects: 


          [Windows7Library](http://windowslibrariespsh.codeplex.com/)


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          [VisioAutomation](http://visioautomation.codeplex.com/)


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          [PowerShell Assistant (PSA) - for Live@Edu](http://psa.codeplex.com/)

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      [Another great blog serie](http://vangaveti.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/learning-poweshell-with-me/)s for those new to PowerShell


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      Lee Holmes has written a script to [download Facebook image albums](http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/MoreAdvancedHTTPScriptingFacebookPhotoAlbumDownloader.aspx)


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      PowerShell v2's [graphical help system](http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns%2143CFA46A74CF3E96%212515.entry)


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      Doug Finke wrote a script to make it easier to [create custom objects](http://dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/12/powershell-function-factory/)


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      The AD team has posted [a neat script to analyze nested groups](http://blogs.msdn.com/adpowershell/archive/2009/09/05/token-bloat-troubleshooting-by-analyzing-group-nesting-in-ad.aspx)


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      Get-GuiDate - a cool PowerShell calendar tool [from the Sapien blog](http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2009/08/24/writing-form-centered-scripts-with-primalforms/)


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      [Scripting Guys PowerShell Owner's Guide](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/manual/default.mspx), especially the [shortcut keys listing](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/manual/hotkeys.mspx).

    Tips







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        [Turn -WhatIf on by default](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/set-whatif-on-by-default/)


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        A tip for [managing PowerShell Modules](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2009/09/17/managing-powershell-modules.aspx)


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        [Use Select-Object -ExpandProperty](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/09/14/select-expandproperty-propertyname.aspx)


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        [How to read data from a SQL server](http://www.systemcentercentral.com/BlogDetails/tabid/143/IndexID/30042/Default.aspx)

      Gotcha







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          V2 modules cannot be initialized via .PSC files

      Contest





      Your quest: Create a PowerShell script to generate fractal images. Bonus points for displaying the generated image using a Winform or WPF.  Get started by reading [this thread on PowerShellCommunity.org](http://powershellcommunity.org/Forums/tabid/54/aff/1/aft/4177/afv/topic/Default.aspx).





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