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Highest payout for blogging? and the Winner is?
2008-02-12 16:13:00
I use all the different “pay per post” services… they’re all okay, I guess. My favorite, by far, is SMORTY. Have you heard of it? Let me tell you why it’s better. Much Higher payouts Always a post to accept… no more waiting around to get a request for a paid post Quick payouts - Get paid for ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Highest payout for blogging... and the Winner is...", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/02/12/high est-payout-for-blogging-and-the-winner-is /" } );
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9 Free, Open Source, and Phenomenal Platforms You May Not Know Yet
2008-02-09 09:50:00
ECommerce Magento: Open Source eCommerce Evolved. Although still in BETA, Magento is feature rich, flexible, and has modular architecture and rich functionality.  This is the complete ecommerce solution, knockin' everyone out of the way… forcefully.  Tons of features are included with the sexy beast.  Customer Features: * Search Engine Optimization (SEO) * Customer Communication ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "9 Free , Open Source, and Phenomenal Platforms You May Not Know Yet", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/02/09/9-fr ee-open-source-and-phenomenal-platforms-y ou-may-not-know-yet/" } );
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Open Source in the Health Care Industry
2008-02-08 03:12:00
Talk about huge opportunity. The health care industry is always looking for new technology and has the money to spend. I’ve recently started working with one of America’s best, most well-known sleep doctors - building their web-presence and leading their online marketing. Getting involved really caught my interest about health care, care home technology, etc. ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Open Source in the Health Care Industry ", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/02/07/open -source-in-the-health-care-industry/" } );
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40 Open Source System Utilities
2008-02-05 13:21:00
Here you’ll find a pretty decent list with tons of free, open source system utilities… Sweet.   7-Zip http://www.7-zip.org/       Amanda http://www.amanda.org/        Bacula http://www.bacula.org/        BiGZip http://bigzip.sourceforge.net/        Burn http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/        CamStudio http://www.camstudio.org/        CDRDAO http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/        coLinux http://www.colinux.org/        Cream http://cream.sourceforge.net/        G4U http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/        GrenEye http://www.bluechillies.com/details/8644. html        GNU zip http://www.gzip.org/...
More About: Software , Utilities , Open Source , System , Open

4 Virtual Desktops you may not know yet
2008-02-03 14:25:00
DesktopTwo has some cool Ajax features and functionality. The one thing I noticed right away, and hated was bar of ads across the top of the screen. Otherwise, great user interface. Still in beta, as most are, Jooce is pretty darn awesome. Visually speaking, Jooce is vibrant with tons of colors. This is easy to use ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "4 Virtual Desktops you may not know yet", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/02/03/4-vi rtual-desktops-you-may-not-know-yet/" } );
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GrandCentral - Such an awesome FREE service
2008-01-31 05:11:00
Have you heard of GrandCentral ? Recently acquired by Google, this free phone number service is sure to do some great things. What is it? Well, you get a free phone number that forwards your calls to your cell phone, or any other number of choice. GrandCentral also includes free Voicemail, call recording, etc… Grand Central ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "GrandCentral - Such an awesome FREE service", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/30/gran dcentral-such-an-awesome-free-service/" } );
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3 Steps to Scrape the Web with Microsoft Excel
2008-01-25 15:00:00
Microsoft Excel can be used as a screen scraper… easily. This is how you do it. Step One: Step Two: You’ll see some little yellow arrow, click on them to get the content you want. Step Three: Click Import That’s it… you’ve scraped the web with Microsoft Excel . Tags: Microsoft, Excel, scrape, web, scraper Share This SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "3 Steps to Scrape the Web with Microsoft Excel", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/25/3-st eps-to-scrape-the-web-with-microsoft-exce l/" } );
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Improve your Technorati Rank
2008-01-24 06:54:00
Okay, so I thought I’d just begin a new post dedicated to Technorati ’s ranking/authority system. How do we easily improve it? Well, this is how I jumped about 300,000 spots in a few weeks. I’m just about certain that I’ll have to deal with the SEOs jumping down my throat… but I’m IT IS, WHAT ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Improve your Technorati Rank ", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/23/impr ove-your-technorati-rank/" } );
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Joomla 1.5 is now STABLE!
2008-01-22 17:02:00
We’ve all been waiting a very long time for this… and it’s now available and ready for download. Nice… looking forward to checking this bad boy out… Tags: joomla, technology, open source, cms, content Share This SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Joomla 1.5 is now STABLE!", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/22/joom la-15-is-now-stable/" } );
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Harmless Sweet Revenge
2008-01-22 15:55:00
Back in high school my house had been broken into and robbed of my CDs, video games, money, etc… Long story short, I quickly figured out exactly who’d done it. All evidence pointed to a couple of my teammates on the baseball team… I soon got an admission from these kleptos, but took no further ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Harmless Sweet Revenge ", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/22/harm less-sweet-revenge/" } );
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Here Comes Another Bubble - Web 2.0 sampling good ?ol Billy Joel
2008-01-21 07:04:00
As I’m stumbling around, I rarely watch the videos I come across… This one was pretty frickin’ cool.. I mean, not really that cool. I dunno… if you’re into social media and the Bay Area technology boom, you’ll appreciate this too… Oh yeah, not to mention Billy Joel . Here Comes Another Bubble - Watch the ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Here Comes Another Bubble - Web 2 .0 sampling good 'ol Billy Joel", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/20/here -comes-another-bubble-web-20-sampling-goo d-ol-billy-joel/" } );
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Broadband - Okay, let?s just get down to the bottom of it. Comcast, you suc
2008-01-19 01:32:00
Who has the best broadband service? IF you go to the broadband speedtest site, (www.speedtest.net) you’ll see who’s got the best broadband. This is such a cool site… I love it. Here’s where we stand in the rankings/by country. Japan 11941 kb/s 5543 kb/s Sweden 8122 kb/s 2733 kb/s Latvia 6901 kb/s 2622 kb/s Romania 6430 kb/s 3019 kb/s Lithuania 5632 kb/s 3548 kb/s and by continent North America 4514 kb/s 890 kb/s Europe 3822 kb/s 855 ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Broad band - Okay, let's just get down to the bottom of it. Comcast , you suck.", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/18/broa dband-okay-lets-just-get-down-to-the-bott om-of-it-comcast-you-suck/" } );
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Hacking a $20/One-time-use-camera.. For many a? use.
2008-01-19 01:15:00
As most know, I’m a huge fan of the free stuff… Open source software is a great example. But what about hardware? Well, there are ways to get your tangible goods for almost nothing… Assuming you’ll be staying within legal boundries. I wanted to find out how to hack a cheap, $20 reusable camera.  I ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Hacking a $20/One-time-use-camera.. For many a' use.", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/18/hack ing-a-20one-time-use-camera-for-many-a-us e/" } );
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Sun acquires MySQL for a BILLION dollars
2008-01-17 16:10:00
MySQL AB, the company behind MySQL, the world?s most popular open source database has been acquired by Sun Microsystems for a BILLION dollars. Sun Microsystems is responsible for the ever-so-popular Java platform.  Jonathan Schwartz has this interesting news to share at his sun blog. In addition to acquiring MySQL, Sun will be unveiling ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Sun acquires MySQL for a BILLION dollars", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/17/sun- acquires-mysql-for-a-billion-dollars/" } );
More About: Open Source , Mysql , Dollars , Nonesense , Billion

Firefox campaign - Operation: Fight Against Boredom
2008-01-16 17:05:00
Firefox recently ran a campaign against IE claiming that IE, and IE users are boring. They produced a video and a fake talk show to virally release the campaign. Well, let's be honest… who uses IE anyway? Apparently some people were offended by what Firefox jokingly claimed: 21% less likely to be a sales representative ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Firefox campaign - Operation: Fight Against Boredom ", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/16/fire fox-campaign-operation-fight-against-bore dom/" } );
More About: Open Source , Firefox , Campaign

3 Helpful Site Checkers
2008-01-15 16:23:00
I wanted to put together a list of a few tools I frequently use. I didn’t want to put the typical stuff that everyone always blogs about, but I included a great list from ProBlogger anyway. Here are the 3 tools I frequently use. Website Grader by HubSpot - Marketing Reports for 150,000 URLs and Counting… I ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "3 Helpful Site Checker s", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/15/3-he lpful-site-checkers-2/" } );
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3 Helpful Site Checkers
2008-01-15 16:22:00
I wanted to put together a list of a few tools I frequently use. I didn’t want to put the typical stuff that everyone always blogs about, but I included a great list from ProBlogger anyway. Here are the 3 tools I frequently use. Website Grader by HubSpot - Marketing Reports for 150,000 URLs and Counting… I ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "3 Helpful Site Checker s", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/15/3-he lpful-site-checkers/" } );
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Sending email through your local host through WAMP or XAMPP
2008-01-14 16:51:00
Sourced from: Roshan’s Blog It’s not hard to start pulling out  your hair trying to send email through your localhost using wamp or xampp…  Here’s how. 1) Open the ?php.ini?. You should know where it is located because it depends upon the particular server you?re running. 2) Search for the attribute called ?SMTP? in the php.ini ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Sending email through your local host through WAMP or XAMPP", url: "http://www.openjason.com/2008/01/14/send ing-email-through-your-local-host-through -wamp-or-xampp/" } );
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Creative Commons Sources ? Updated
2008-01-11 16:35:00
My previous post on creative commons sources got some killer traffic… So, by popular demand, here’s an update. Share This
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Buying new technology
2008-01-10 23:11:00
I’m one of those guys who really likes gadgets… I always end up putting my technology on credit cards… Fortunately I pay them off right away… The best credit card company I’ve found is a company called Mint… Much better services and support than most CC companies. So, this is the latest technology I want… it ...
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onHacked, onVandalized, onRobbed, and onThreatend ?
2008-01-10 05:04:00
By who? By a few dorks who call themselves: onW!red Yes, a design company here in America hacked my local network, vandalizing and robbing valuable data. During the attack, they were threatening lawsuits and litigation. For what? Nothing really… they just let their ego get the best of them. Share This
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What you read isn?t always true? Stupid
2008-01-09 21:22:00
You know, people have always given validity to things in writing. That holds true for the internet too… I like to Stumble around and read different blogs. But from time to time I come across postings that are about as far from correct as possible. But then you see severeal comments from people who clearly ...
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How much time on your hands?
2008-01-07 23:28:00
How much time to people have on their hands? Whatever idiot made this video had to have spent a pretty significant amount of time making this… Pretty entertaining, but really makes you think… “what the hell???  Who does this?” Speaking of blinds, I recently purchased some wooden blinds for my new little garage-turned office. Found a ...
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1208 Free ?n Awesome Photoshop Brushes
2008-01-07 07:57:00
I’ve recently been looking for Photosho p Brushes … Now, I’m not much of a designer (Although I often think I am), but sometimes I need to get my hands on Photoshop brushes, shapes, etc. There’s so many places for this crap its ridiculous. The Photoshop exchange has tons of decent stuff, but trying to get around ...
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Tools. All of ?em. Nothing but Tools.
2008-01-06 21:39:00
I just added a new category called “Making fun of people and things.” Here’s the first post! Stumbled into this picture… Look at these dorks!  Can’t we all be as cool as these guys? I bet none of these fools realized, or realizes, how ridiculous they look. Be sure to check out this stumblers stumbles… very ...
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SEO Tips: How to quickly find places to get your back linkage ?
2008-01-06 03:09:00
SEO… many feel it's all about linkage. It seems to be true… Here's a tool that helps you find some quality sites that will give you link. Below is a list of places that were populated after running the keyword(s) "open source." Back link Builder Enter Keyword (Theme) Wanna way to submit quickly and ...
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Security Technology - Catching the little bamboozling thug.
2008-01-05 01:05:00
Everyone is so concerned with the security of their intellectual property, their identity, online data, etc… Rightfully so. But I was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM. If you know anything about Albuquerque, you'd know that it's not a safe place at all… I haven't checked the statistics lately, but per capita, there's  more violent ...
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4 Quick ?n? Dirty Free Tools to Build Your Own Feeds from any Website
2008-01-03 22:16:00
Sometimes it’s rather difficult to find the feeds you want…. when you find some good ones, you’ll likely realize that they are about 4 words in length, they have ads or links on the bottom, or both. What do you expect really? You’re using somebody elses content…  These 4 tools will quickly and easily build ...
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Open source analogy. Imagine that?.
2008-01-03 16:47:00
Open source technology has provided so many opportunities, it’s ridiculous. At 28 years of age, with 2 kids and the 3rd on the way,  I’ve acquired a 400k house, nice cars, nice furniture, Persian rugs, and more…. All because of open source technology. How? Well… let me explain… imagine, if you will, you were a mechanic. ...
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Shopping Carts - Open Source or Paid Platform?
2008-01-01 19:21:00
Clearly stated and obvious, I'm an open source advocate… Open source technology has drastically changed my life and is certainly changing the world as we know it. We still have room for some proprietary, closed-source software… A bit contradictive, yes… But sometimes people need the support and the resources that accompany paid software. ...
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