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First off, it is very easy to set up Google Calendar. It does a great job for personal schedules and allows you to have multiple calendars associated to your account. Here are the steps to create a calendar and enter your first reoccurring task:</p>
<ol>
<li>Visit <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/calendar</a>
<li>Under My Calendars click &#8220;Create&#8221; and name the new calendar</li>
<li>Click the &#8220;Create Event&#8221; button</li>
<li>Provide the following:<br />
<blockquote><p>What: Replace Furnace Filter<br />
When: 2/15/2010 [x] All Day<br />
Repeats:  Monthly<br />
Calendar:  House Stuff<br />
Description: If needed, possible a replacement number or size 20&#215;20&#215;1</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>Click the &#8220;Save&#8221; button</li>
</ol>
<p>The Reminder section allows you to select all or none of the following methods to receive your reminders: pop-up, email or SMS.  I prefer SMS, so I click &#8220;Remove&#8221; on the other two.  When the time comes around, I will get a simple reminder to do whatever task needs to be done. Itâ€™s that simple.<br />
Here are some of the types of things reminders I have in my calendar:</p>
<ul>
<li>Replace furnace filter</li>
<li>Fill water softener with salt</li>
<li>Replace reverse osmosis filter</li>
<li>Replace baking sodas in fridge and freezer</li>
<li>Clean the fireplace</li>
<li>Get mower blade sharpened</li>
<li>Blacktop driveway</li>
<li>Start vegetable garden seeds</li>
<li>Clean grill / smoker</li>
</ul>
<p>Of course, these are just things that I want to be reminded of when the time comes.  If there is any other events or tasks that you think are important, let me know in the comments and I will add them to a new section in this post.</p>
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<h3>How ShortTask Works</h3>
<p>ShortTask is based on the concept of crowdsourcing, which is using people to complete a larger task with a series of smaller tasks.  These tasks can range from doing internet research, proofing a document, posting to a social bookmarking site, or writing an article.  Typically, there are several small tasks done anonymously for the requester for a compensation or reward.</p>
<h3>Benefits to Seekers</h3>
<p>An example is niche research.  The Seeker needs to know who his competitors are, so he assigns the following task: &#8220;Find 10 different sites about (your niche)&#8221;.  The Seeker then sets a reward for the task as $3.00 and makes it available for 20 people.  Knowing that people search for things in different ways, you can expect to have a variety of competitors that you may have not have found on your own.  The Seeker can expect some redundancy in the results, but with a list of 10 sites from 20 people is 200 total sites whittled down can be an quality list of sites to analyze further.  This research can be achieved for far less financial investment than hiring a single person or a firm to do similar research in a short time frame.</p>
<h3>Benefits to Solvers</h3>
<p>ShortTask is letting people, whom they call Solvers, <a href="http://www.shorttask.com" target="_blank">work from home</a> to complete these small tasks that are part of larger projects.  The tasks can take from a few seconds to over an hour depending on the complexity of the task.  Solvers can receive payouts once they accumulate $10 of rewards via PayPal.  At the time of writing this post, there were 41,962 tasks that were available.</p>
<p>This is a great <a href="http://www.shorttask.com" target="_blank">work at home</a>  opportunity for someone to complete tasks why they sit in front of a television at night, or have free time to pass.  There is no shortage of work for a Solver, who wanted to earn money by completing tasks for Seekers.  Opportunities are being posted everyday, so there is always something new.</p>
<p>The preceding was a <a href="http://www.shorttask.com" target="_blank">Short Task review</a> for site that serves to connect seekers and solvers.</p>
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<h3>Industry Awards</h3>
<p>The best of the best web hosts are featured and honored Web Host Geeks in one of 12 categories. If you need a quality PHP host or need Windows <a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com" target="_blank">webhosting</a>, then you can see who was picked as this year&#8217;s award winner.  If you are wondering if web hosting companies value the award, you can see Web Hosting Geek&#8217;s award for Best Forum Hosting on <a href="http://www.justhost.com/awards" target="_blank">Just Host&#8217;s Award page</a>.</p>
<h3>Expert Blog</h3>
<p>Web Hosting Geeks truly know their stuff when it comes to advice and <a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/" target="_blank">web hosting news</a>.  They cover a wide range of topics such as <a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2009/12/22/how-to-choose-your-e-commerce-software/" target="_blank">what is going on the open-source CMS market</a> and <a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2009/12/22/how-to-choose-your-e-commerce-software/" target="_blank">how to choose an e-commerce package</a>.  There are two years worth of blog posts that be searched by clicking on the tag cloud on the left of the page.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.iopus.com/imacros/firefox/" target="_blank">iMacros</a> is a Firefox add-on from iOpus which allows you to record and edit macros as you visit and interact with a web page. These scripts can be used for link building to visit web sites that generate an indexable web page based on a domain name.</p>
<p>To perform my technique, we will use iMacros to open a URL.  Actually, we will use it to generate a bunch of URLs one after another once the current page loads.  The following is just one method of link building with iMacros:</p>
<ol>
<li>Make sure you are in Firefox.</li>
<li>
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<p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pub=xa-4b286c886063c31c"></script></li>
<li>Install the <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863" target="_blank">iMacros addon</a>.</li>
<li>You need to restart like all add-ons.</li>
<li>iMacros should be open in your sidebar, if not, then go to <strong>Tools</strong> > <strong>Add-ons</strong> and click on it.</li>
<li>Save the list to your computer as OneWayLinks.iim  (.iim is extension for iMacro scripts) to the location listed under Folder Macros listed when you click on the third pane <strong>Edit</strong> then <strong>Options</strong>.</li>
<li>Open that file. If you domain name is www.example.com, then replace DOMAINNAME with only your site&#8217;s domain name (ie: example) and replace TLD with the top level domain of your domain (ie: com).</li>
<li>Click on the third pane <strong>Edit</strong> then <strong>Refresh Macro List</strong>.</li>
<li>Once you refreshed the list then you should see the macro listed, click on the first pane <strong>Play</strong> and then the <strong>Play</strong> button.</li>
</ol>

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URL GOTO<span style="color: #339933;">=</span>http<span style="color: #339933;">:</span><span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">//www.urladex.com/url/DOMAINNAME.TLD</span>
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URL GOTO<span style="color: #339933;">=</span>http<span style="color: #339933;">:</span><span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">//www.websiteoutlook.com/www.DOMAINNAME.TLD</span>
URL GOTO<span style="color: #339933;">=</span>http<span style="color: #339933;">:</span><span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">//www.who.is/dns/DOMAINNAME.TLD/</span>
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<p>Now sit back and watch the magic. iMacros will load the first page and will wait until the it is completely loaded until moving on to the next one.</p>
<p>A nice way to test the effectiveness of this technique is to create a <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alert</a> with your domain as the <strong>Search Term</strong>.  Within a day or so, you should see your link on the sites from the list.  Granted these aren&#8217;t going to be a super high quality, but it should help your link building efforts.</p>
<p>This should be your feet wet with iMacros and it&#8217;s possibilities.  If you have any other ways you use the add-on or know of sources to build one way links that would be appropriate for the script, let me know.</p>
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<p>No, this isn&#8217;t my opinion, but it is the opinion of some figures of authority that believe what a web developer does is simply cut and pasting content from a Word document.</p>
<p>Here are some things that company-level web developer knows that the average person may not be aware of.</p>
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<h3>Cross Browser Compatibility</h3>
<p>Web developers know that just because something looks pixel perfect in one browser may look like a train wreck in another. Fixing these quirks usually involves fine tuning the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) so that all the required browsers see what is needed for the site to display correctly. IE6 is the bane of existence and few web developers will disagree. Here is a perfect list of reasons from a fellow developer, <a href="http://ryanfarley.com/blog/archive/2008/08/18/why-i-am-no-longer-supporting-ie6.aspx" target="_blank">Ryan Farley</a>:</p>
<ol>
<li>Lack of support for current standards for HTML markup, CSS, etc</li>
<li>Support for non-standard features not compatible with other browsers</li>
<li>No PNG transparency support</li>
<li>Released in 2001, we&#8217;ve completely moved beyond everything about IE6. This is a browser that PC World rated one of the worst tech products of all time.</li>
</ol>
<p>CSS Frameworks like <a href="http://960.gs" target="_blank">960</a>, <a href="http://www.blueprintcss.org" target="_blank">BluePrint</a>, and <a href="http://www.baselinecss.com" target="_blank">Baseline</a> do help with to eliminate cross-browser compatibility issues, but once you start adding in your own styles, it is quite possible to use a tag or attribute that doesn&#8217;t behave perfectly in all browsers.</p>
<h3>Full Site Construction</h3>
<p>When someone tells a web developer that they want a web site, the web developer is expecting elaboration. &#8220;OK, what kind of site do you want?&#8221; That is usually the preceding question if no explanation is given. Once the requestor tells the developer what they want, the developer begins to imagine all the elements that will be required to create what the requestor is envisioning.</p>
<p>Full site construction may consist of a the usage of a database, a web programming language or two, the site architecture on how pages and elements are organized throughout the site, and deployment of the site.</p>
<p>There are more aspects of creating a web site that is more than a few static pages linked together, but those are the main points.</p>
<h3>Database Interactivity</h3>
<p>If web sites are more than a pamphlet site, odds are they are database driven. The most popular and preferred is the open source database, MySQL. Many sites also run a MS SQL (Microsoft SQL) database for data storage and retrieval.</p>
<p>Once you have a database, you need to know how to connect to it, and then you need to integrate it with your selected programming language(s) to pass data in and out. A web developer should know the basic syntax of CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) functionality to manipulate data to consume on the web site.</p>
<h3>Analytical Skills</h3>
<p>A web developer typically has the ability use a logical process to diagnose issues if any of the aforementioned elements decide to misbehave. By diagnose, I don&#8217;t mean to be able to fix all things that can go wrong, at least know how to ask for help. There are many communities of developers willing to answer a relevant question. It saves a lot of time and chatter when you ask a precise question of the community. An example would be a post on as forum that says, &#8220;Why am I not getting form email.&#8221;  A better post would explain the environment and problem such as; &#8220;I&#8217;m running ColdFusion and my page processes without error and I am not getting the form email.&#8221; That gives the users in the forum a better understanding of what you are trying to do and will often solicit a more accurate answer.</p>
<h3>3rd Party Integration</h3>
<p>Sometimes instead of reinventing the wheel, it is easier and more efficient to use a 3rd party service or product. A web developer may be tasked with the installation and configuration of a shopping cart, discussion forum, or a social media platform. There are countless widgets and/or services that can be tied to a web site to create a better user experience or help increase online sales.</p>
<h3>Creation of Site Functionality</h3>
<p>Customers/clients are often looking for more than just words on a page. They may request a tabbed layout with interactive tabs, a user registration area, or even secured sections of the web site.  A web developer should be able to create these elements or be able to integrate a solution.</p>
<h3>Search Engine Optimization</h3>
<p>Not critical, but once a web developer understands how search engines see a website and what they like, it changes perception to see the web site in the users&#8217; eyes as well as the search engine spiders&#8217;. A great example is content. Content is King.  Search engine robots, or bots, like unique content. Also, they like well-formed pages, as in web pages with a minimal number of validation errors. Fresh content keeps the bots coming back more frequently and can lead to a more relevant ranking for your sites pages and can translate into more sales or visitors.</p>
<h3>To the Web Designers in the Audience:</h3>
<p>Yes, there are web designers that can code as well as they can design and vice-versa, but we know they are few and far between. In my own experience, I make it work, and they make it pretty. Personally, I don&#8217;t have an eye for color or the inspiration to create spectacular designs from scratch. I feel, in a good development environment, the web designer compliments the developer. So, I am eternally grateful when my application looks and acts wonderfully.</p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>The HTML specification has been around since late 1999 and it has been remained, for the most part, unchanged as a basic markup language. True, you can create a web site with just using the basic tags and that is it. However if you want robust, user-friendly, interactive web site, a web developer may be someone to rely on to achieve the visitors and sales goals you want.</p>
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<p>The package I bought was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GPNKRE?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=sentoysto-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B000GPNKRE">Annie Chun&#8217;s Rice Express Sushi Wraps Sticky White Rice</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sentoysto-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000GPNKRE" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />.  The kit came with a bowl of microwavable rice, package of nori(seaweed wraps), and a packet of soy sauce.  All I had to do was nuke the rice for about a minute, and fill the seaweed wraps with whatever.  </p>
<p>The rice was really sticky, so I was able to form the bacon sushi rather easily. You can see in the picture, I added a bit of sharp cheddar cheese to a few.  The nori you get in the package is about 2 inches by 3 inches, so I was able to make 12 Hosomaki-style pieces. I ran out of rice before I ran out of nori.  </p>
<p>Honestly, they bacon sushi looked a hell of a lot better than it tasted.  The combination of the nori and bacon didn&#8217;t compliment each other in the slightest and the addition of cheese on the few pieces didn&#8217;t help.  It was a good experience to make my own sushi, but I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ll do it again with the beloved medium of bacon.  There is a time and place for bacon, and sushi is not it.</p>
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<p>Once I got the Storm, I started looking around for mobile versions and applications of services and features I regularly use.  I have downloaded over 30 applications, but have since become removed all but a select few.  Here are 11 free apps to help you expand the capabilities of the BlackBerry Storm.</p>
<h3><a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/">BlackBerry&#8217;s App World</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>App World is BlackBerry&#8217;s answer to the iPhone&#8217;s App Store.  It&#8217;s not as populated as the Apple rival, but it does have a good variety of applications, both free and paid, for direct download.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/features/social/facebook.jsp">Facebook</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>I&#8217;m really impressed with this application.  The Facebook app developers did a nice job packing most of the features of the Facebook into a mobile version.  You can change your status, upload photos, manage friends, view your Wall, and send private messages.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/features/social/flickr.jsp">Flickr</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>The Flickr App for the BlackBerry is extremely easy.  Simply, click on the &quot;Upload Photo&quot; button and it asks for a photo from your media library and upload it to Flickr.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/mail.html">Gmail</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>As expected this Google App works quite well.  It has much of the same functionality as web version, although you do not have the ability include attachments.  FYI, the existing BlackBerry message center supports multi-touch so you can delete more than one email message at once.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.blackberry.com/googletalk">Google Talk</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>The Google Talk application is strikingly similar to the desktop version. Most of the functionality exists on the application and allows you to keep in contact with your G-buddies when you are away from the computer.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/maps.html">Google Maps</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>The default mapping application for the BlackBerry OS is mediocre, at best.  This application takes the GPS functionality of the BlackBerry and incorporates it into Google&#8217;s mapping engine.  Satellite view is very nice when looking around in your immediate area.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/sync.html">Google Sync</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>This simple utility syncs your Google calendar events and Gmail contacts with your Blackberry&#8217;s calendar and contact list.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.pandora.com/blackberry">Pandora</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>My first app download.  Pandora is a free streaming Internet radio service which an ongoing project to categorize hundreds of details of each song.  You give Pandora a song or artist you are interested in, and keep presenting you with music that is categorically similar to that selection.  If you like a song you can give it a thumbs up, if it is not your flavor, then click thumbs down and it will skip to the next song.</dd>
</dl>
<h3>Snap2Twitter</h3>
<dl>
<dd>This is a simple app that posts your photos to Twitter.  When you take a photo, Snap2Twitter asks you if you would like post to Twitter in addition to saving the image.  This application can be downloaded directly from <a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/">BlackBerry&#8217;s App World</a></dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://orangatame.com/ota/twitterberry/">TwitterBerry</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>This is a simple, yet powerful Twitter client that is the preferred choice of BlackBerry users.  TwitterBerry sends tweets and follows without going through SMS.</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://viigo.com/partner">Viigo</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>Viigo is a robust RSS feed reader which suggests content as well as saves your preferences. Access a wide variety of news, sports, finance, weather, flight schedules, entertainment, and restaurant reviews.</dd>
</dl>
<h3>Weather Bug</h3>
<dl>
<dd>A real nice weather app that gives you forecasts, current conditions, precipitation overlays, national forecasts, and even time lapse video  public weather cams. This application can be downloaded directly from <a href="http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/">BlackBerry&#8217;s App World</a></dd>
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<h2>Directories</h2>
<h3><a href="http://wefollow.com" title="WeFollow: A User Powered Twitter Directory" target="_blank">WeFollow</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>Created by Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com.  A nice clean directory that associates Twitter users by self-proclaimed tags.  To get listed you can click the &#8220;Add yourself&#8221; link on the home page or tweet the following from your account:  @wefollow #tag1 #tag2 #tag3.  Provide three tags that are relevant to your interests and you all set.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> General | <strong>PR:</strong> 7 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 6,462</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://twibs.com" title="Twitter Business Directory" target="_blank">twibs</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>A rapidly growing directory of Twittering businesses.  Their registration form allows you add three related tags and a business email.  You can also drop a link to your business&#8217;s blog and store.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> Business | <strong>PR:</strong> 4 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 42,177</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.hashtags.org/" title="What's happening right now on Twitter" target="_blank">Hashtags</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>Hashtags is the zeitgeist of the Twitter world.  Popular has tags are listed from the last six hours with a drill-down to see those tweets containing the hashtags.  To appear in this directory, simply preface keywords in your tweets with a pound sign(#). An example would be as follows:  Looks like the #blackhawks got skunked on over time.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> General | <strong>PR:</strong> 6 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 26,428</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://geofollow.com/" title="Search Twitter &amp; Twitter Directories" target="_blank">Geofollow</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>This is another directory that takes advantage of adding listings based on tweets to their own account.  Tweet the following and replace your geographic information and tags:  @geofollow your city, your State Your Zip #tag1 #tag2 #tag3.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> Geographic | <strong>PR:</strong> 0 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 93,415</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.tweetertags.com/" title="Find similar people on Twitter" target="_blank">TweeterTags</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>This directory relies on user-associated tags as well as tweets hashtagged with the keywords.  A good place to find people and conversations relevant to your interests.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> General | <strong>PR:</strong> 4 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 247,971</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.twitterectory.com" title="A voluntary directory of Twitter users" target="_blank">The Twitterectory</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>Twitterectory has the look and feel of a typical link directory site that has been modified for Twitter statistics.  Additional URLs can be dropped when signing up for inclusion.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> General | <strong>PR:</strong> 2 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 2,001,158</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://justtweetit.com/" title="THE Directory for Twitter Users" target="_blank">Just Tweet It</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>This popular directory groups tweeple by interests. Choose a category and add your Twitter URL, name, and comments which can include additional links.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> General | <strong>PR:</strong> 5 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 48,086</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://twitr.org/" title="The No.1 Twitter Directory" target="_blank">TwitR</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>TwitR is essentially a clone of the WeFollow directory.  However, it is still another opportunity find followers and tweets on desired topics.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> General | <strong>PR:</strong> 0 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 167,084</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://tweetworks.com" title="With groups and discussions, TweetWorks helps you get the most out of Twitter" target="_blank">tweetworks</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>Tweetworks takes the Twitter microblogging platform and uses it as a discussion forum.  Discussions are public and private on a wide range of topics.  Tweets are all listed with the discussion for easy reading.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> General | <strong>PR:</strong> 4 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 92,594</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.loadedweb.com" title="Loaded Web Local Directory" target="_blank">Loaded Web</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>Loaded Web is three directories in one.  Login with your Twitter ID and add yourself by providing your city and state.  Then, you can also add your blog.  The directory displays your information based on a category in a city and as a regional listing.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> Geographic | <strong>PR:</strong> 5 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 41,854</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.twitterpassion.com" title="TwitterPassion is a hub of twitter luv!" target="_blank">TwitterPassion</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>Add your Twitter ID and a detailed description to be included in this link directory type of site.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> General | <strong>PR:</strong> 3 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 1,963,910</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://www.localtweeps.com" title="Help Localize The Twittersphere!" target="_blank">Localtweeps</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>Getting listing on Localtweeps is easy. All you have to do is provide your zip code through a form on their site which is made into a tweet. Search by zip code, city, and state.  There are also popular city and state lists.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> Geographic | <strong>PR:</strong> 0 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 69,947</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://chirpcity.com" title="Local Twitter stuff" target="_blank">ChirpCity</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>Write a tweet with your city name to be automatically include in this directory.  ChirpCity displays the most recent tweets with mentions of a city name.  This site relies on city name and not zip code like some others.</p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> Geographic | <strong>PR:</strong> 5 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 311,821</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h3><a href="http://ubertwitter.com/" title="ÃœberTwitter" target="_blank">ÃœberTwitter</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
<p>This is a Twitter client for the BlackBerry that allows you to see everyone who is tweeting near you.  Your location is based on the <strike>cell tower instead of GPS hardware</strike> integrated GPS(Thanks, @<a href="http://twitter.com/robrowald">robrowald</a> for the update). </p>
<p><strong>Type:</strong> Geographic | <strong>PR:</strong> 0 | <strong>Alexa:</strong> 184,188</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Niche Directories</h2>
<dl>
<dd><a href="http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/directories/analyst-twitter-directory/" title="Twitter Directory â€“ Analyst" target="_blank">Twitter Directory â€“ Analyst</a> - AR Analysts</dd>
<dd><a href="http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/directories/ar-twitter-directory/" title="Twitter Directory â€“ Analyst" target="_blank">Twitter Directory - Analyst Relations (AR)</a> - Analyst Relations</dd>
<dd><a href="http://GovTwit.com" title="GovTwit Directory" target="_blank">GovTwit Directory</a> - Federal and local offical tweeple</dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.chambertwitterdirectory.com" title="Twitter Chamber Directory" target="_blank">Twitter Chamber Directory</a> - Chamber of commerce</dd>
<dd><a href="http://legalbirds.justia.com" title="Lawyers, Law Professors, and Legal Professionals who use Twitter" target="_blank">Justia Legal Birds</a> - Legal related users</dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.highspotinc.com/blog/2008/12/a-directory-of-book-trade-people-on-twitter/" title="A Directory of Book Trade People on Twitter" target="_blank">First Issue</a> - Book/publishing trade people on Twitter</dd>
<dd><a href="http://directoryfordesigners.com/twitter" title="Twitter Directory for Web Designers" target="_blank">Twitter Directory for Designers</a> - Web designers</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Follower Finders</h2>
<p>These sites look at your existing followers and determines who those tweeple are following and you are not.</p>
<dl>
<dd><a href="http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/" title="Twubble" target="_blank">Twubble</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://whoshouldifollow.com/" title="WhoShouldiFollow recommends people to follow on Twitter" target="_blank">WhoShouldiFollow</a></dd>
</dl>
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<p>I have been running the script on <a href="http://www.mydirectorylive.com">My Directory Live</a> for about two and a half years and I have recently given it more attention since the Page Rank and Alexa Ranks have increased substantially.  Right not it sits at a PR4 and an Alexa of 41k, not bad at all for a link directory.</p>
<p>With the volume of links coming in, I try to look at each individual one, but it is difficult sometimes to maintain my own personal guidelines.  There is a mass approve function in the admin. area which allows you to select all links and approve.  However, since sometimes due to how the reciprocal link is displayed on the admin. page, it&#8217;s difficult to see the full linking URL unless you mouse over it or sort all unapproved links to the top and check each one manually.</p>
<p>The exploit I have been seeing more frequently is websites using the URL of the web directory as a value in a $_GET variable in the link.  The page they link to simply takes the value of the variable and makes a single anchor tag on the page. When the  phpLD script look at the page it appears fine and verifies the link as valid and moves on. </p>
<p>Here is what the link and result look like:</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.jasonbartholme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/link-directory-exploit.png" alt="php link directory exploit"></p>
<p>I am not familiar with the coding in the directory or the Smarty template engine, so I came up with a solution outside of the script.  I use a scheduled task with ColdFusion on another site to get at the database and look at the recpr_url,  ipaddress, and recpr_url fields in the pld_link table querying on if the reciprocal link URL contains my directory&#8217;s URL.  Then, for the links that are returned on the query, I delete them from the table and insert the IP and domain into the pld_banlist table.</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code"><pre class="cfm">SELECT PLD_LINK.ID, PLD_LINK.URL, PLD_LINK.RECPR_URL
FROM PLD_LINK
WHERE PLD_LINK.RECPR_URL LIKE  '%www.mydirectorylive.com%'</pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>If you run a link directory script, you may want to look at your tables and see how many links like this are in there.  Also, if you know how to mod the directory to check for this within the application, it would be great to see it in the next directory version.</p>
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<p>I have been trying to hone my RegEx skills to use for good and a little bit of evil, so I decided to challenge myself.  I read Fark.com almost daily and love the pictures that people post along with comments about the particular story.  During my lunch break, I only have a limited amount of time to browse without a content filter, so I end up skimming the comment pages for the funny/interesting pics.</p>
<p>It would be nice to see the comment pages on Fark without conversation but only the pictures.  Here&#8217;s what we need to make this happen:</p>
<p><strong>Home Page</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Grab the content from the live page</li>
<li>Extract the list of categories(tags), stories, comment count and story ID</li>
<li>Pass story title and ID to picture display page</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Pic Page</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Grab the comments from the live page based on the story ID</li>
<li>Parse out all the <img> tags within the comments</li>
<li>Discard all the images with &#8220;fark&#8221; in the image to not display site related images</li>
<li>Show only user submitted pictures and a link to get back to the main page</li>
</ul>
<p>We use ColdFusion <a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Tags_g-h_09.html">cfhttp</a> tag to pull the home page content as seen below:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.jasonbartholme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/main-page-cfhttp.jpg" alt="main page cfhttp" align="center"/></p>
<p>All that content is held in the CFHTTP.FileContent variable. Then, we use the <a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=functions_m-r_28.html">REMatchNoCase()</a> function to build an array for each story.  Within the array, we can parse and loop through the back references based on a complex regular expression we used to scrape the page.  </p>
<p><img src="http://www.jasonbartholme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/main-page-cfscript.jpg" alt="main page cfscript" align="center"/></p>
<p>We put those variables into a simple table that we can look over and decided what stories we are interested in with a link to spit out only the pictures from that stories comments.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.jasonbartholme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/fark-scraped home-page.jpg" alt="scraped fark home page" align="center"/></p>
<p>Onto the picture page. We have a story ID that we use to get the page contents from Fark.  We take that and apply two different regular expressions.  One is to isolate the user submitted comments, the second extract only the &lt;img&gt; tags.   </p>
<p><img src="http://www.jasonbartholme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/pic-page-parsing.jpg" alt="pic page parsing" align="center"/></p>
<p>Once we have the array built, then we simply loop through the array and display the images.  I filter out the images that contain &#8220;fark&#8221; within the tag, because that usually denotes a &#8220;Total Fark&#8221; member badge.</p>
<p>We place a simple link to get back to the main page, and possibly pass in the story name to the pic page.  There is limitless customization that can be done to this script.  I was more concerned about getting the correct data to display.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jasonbartholme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/fark-pic-view.zip">Download the entire script</a>.  Here is the working pages which include the complex RegEx that was used to get the desired content. </p>
<p>Disclaimer time.  Fark.com is a great site that loads of entertaining content that keeps me coming back.  The tutorial is more about applying the principles of regular expressions with ColdFusion to get  the data you want than exploiting Fark.  The same principles can be used on other master/detail sites.</p>
<p>I would have had all the code inline, but my plugin to do was acting screwy with the code. Any suggestions for displaying source code in WordPress?</p>
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