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Found Deals and Discounts / Vendr.com Beta invite code (good for first 100 people)
« on: June 08, 2010, 08:50 AM »
I was contacted recently by Vendr and asked to review their service on one of my blogs. The particular blog they wanted me to post it on (Snailware), it really doesn't fit with the theme of the blog (it's not desktop software for old computers), so I replied and declined.

They responded to my reply and informed me that the beta code they supplied in the original email, for inclusion in my article to be used by my readers, is still mine to give away to other people in any way I wish.

So, I figured I'd post it here in case anyone is interested in trying out their service.

This invite code is good for the first 100 people that use it to sign up for their closed beta.

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For more information on what exactly Vendr is, please refer to this article: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/06/03/vendr-turns-your-existing-site-into-your-own-web-store-beta-codes/


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Living Room / How The Mainstream Media Stole Our News Story Without Credit
« on: June 03, 2010, 11:51 AM »
You hear so much crying from the mainstream media about bloggers stealing and republishing their content without credit, but you rarely hear about the reverse, where the mainstream media is ripping off bloggers and not giving them proper credit, not disclosing them as the source of their information. But it does happen and probably more often than we know about.

Here is one such case of the mainstream media ripping off a blogger and not giving him the credit he should have had, and in many cases giving someone else the credit, instead.

On Friday, I broke a tasty story about a woman suing Google, claiming bad directions caused her to get hit by a vehicle. Today, I discover our story is everywhere, often with no attribution. Come along and watch how the mainstream media, which often claims bloggers rip it off, does a little stealing of its own.

Woman Follows Google Maps “Walking” Directions, Gets Hit, Sues was the story I posted on Friday afternoon, Pacific Time. I was tipped to the lawsuit by Gary Price of ResourceShelf. Gary hadn’t written about it himself but thought Search Engine Land would be interested in it. He came across it through the regular monitoring of search-related news that he does across a variety of resources (Gary watches many, many things — he’s a research guru extraordinaire). Gary downloaded a copy of the suit via the PACER Service and sent it to me.

No one had written about the case before I put my article up. I know. I checked before publishing. There was nothing out there. So what happened next?

Screenshot - 6_3_2010 , 12_48_21 PM.png
http://daggle.com/mainstream-media-stole-news-story-credit-1906

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / NANY 2011 Withdrawn: Something cross-platform
« on: May 13, 2010, 04:22 AM »
I pledge at least one cross-platform application for NANY 2011.

I have been meaning to rewrite a few of my applications to be cross-platform, so that Linux and Mac users can enjoy them, too. This will involve a rewrite, since all that Win API stuff I have in them will have to be done another way, since those other OS's wouldn't be able to handle that stuff the way they currently are written.

I am not sure which of my apps will be the first to be finished, so I am not committing to a statement of that at this time.

There are a few things I am going to need volunteers for, when the time draws closer to the actual release date:
  • Someone with a Mac that can handle compiling a Lazarus/freepascal project and testing it. (I don't own a Mac)
  • Someone with some mad art skills that can redesign the icon for Instant Boss (if that application will be one of the ones released), retaining its personality, but creating something suitable as a dock icon for Mac. The current icon art is too small and can not be easily made larger and still look good...and we know how fussy the average Mac user can be with regards to this kind of stuff. A great app with an awful icon won't see much use from the average Mac user.

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Living Room / Giveaway: HP #23 Tri-Color InkJet Print Cartridge (hp c1823d)
« on: May 05, 2010, 01:53 AM »
HP #23 Tri-Color InkJet Print Cartridge (hp c1823d)

hp23.jpg

New, still in it's factory sealed box. (packaging varies from the pic, but it is the same product inside). Originally purchased for around $40. I don't have the printer any more, so I don't have a use for it. I'd like this to go to someone that owns a printer that can use it.

I am willing to ship it anywhere in the US.

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General Software Discussion / What free multi-user CMS best matches this description?
« on: April 27, 2010, 03:28 AM »
This is for building a community powered blog-like photo gallery site in which anyone can join and submit content

  • User registers on the site, followed by email validation
            user name
            email address
            password
            avatar upload
   
  • User fills out a form
            select photo from hard drive
            Give it a title
            fill in caption
            check off TOS agreement box
            submit button
   
  • Submission goes into moderation queue

  • Multiple moderators can process the queue with approve or reject
            moderators can edit submissions if necessary
   
  • Approved entries are posted to main blog-like page, limit 5, with link to see older posts (same style)

  • Posts on main page present photo, caption, link to individual post page, credits section containing user name and avatar of uploader linked to profile page

  • Post pages contain photo, caption, credits section containing user name and avatar of uploader linked to profile page, embed code, area for members to rate and comment

  • sidebar section contains thumbnails & links to 10 latest approved submissions

  • Sidebar section contains thumbnails & links to 10 top rated submissions

  • Profile pages with list of each user's approved submissions, with thumbnails, titles, and links to post pages

  • Award system with badges for best of day, month, year, with badges appearing on post pages and user profiles

  • Lots of RSS possibilities, including individual feeds for each user.

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