I’ve removed the old Simple Machines forum software that I had here with a XenForo variety. I didn’t convert the old “AuctionCrotch” forums to the new forum system, just to try to wipe the slate clean from all that crapola, but I still have it archived.
I had the forum on oaua.net for a while with ads, and tried some advertising as a “general discussion” forum, but those are so hard to get successful, so I moved teh concept to SneakyDave.com as a personal forum with no ads, but the same basic principals and concepts.
I haven’t install the facebook-like chat system set (ArrowChat), if there’s a need, I’ll install it, but it is a hog on resources.
http://sneakydave.com/community/
What makes it different? Not a whole lot. I’ve admined, moderated, and/or hosted different discussion boards for over 10 years. I like the Xenforo software, and it helps keep my skills a little fresher than just playing Skyrim all day! Some of the things that are a little different are:
- Minimal forums. I like it, can’t stress that enough.
- Better software. vBulletin has pooped the bed, and Xenforo brings a lot of functionality in its core package. Plus, it’s better in the search engine arena, the user interface, and performance.
- I’m a pretty lenient guy with basic rules that I’m consistent with. I think I’m a fair board admin. I’m too old to fly off the handle on stupid stuff anymore.
The policy privacy and terms were copied from what I came up with for OAUA, so they may be updated to be a little more liberal.
Privacy Policy: http://sneakydave.com/community/pages/privacy/
Rules: http://sneakydave.com/community/pages/terms/
UPDATE: As of December 15th, I’m still getting weekly driveway spam, although I’ve been “guaranteed” that they won’t be delivered. “You’ve been marked as ‘Never Deliver’ sir, I don’t know what to tell you”
Maybe this problem is inherent to all dying newspapers.
I haven’t subscribed to the Omaha World Herald for probably 20 years, yet for the last 8 years, they seem to think that I would enjoy their free advertising crapola (“Food Express”?) dropped off in my driveway. Today will be the 10th time I call to have them stop this practice. Not only is this practice not very “green” by wasting paper I have no interest in, it could theoretically give notice to potential burglars that I’m away from the house for an extended period of time.
Like I said, it shouldn’t take 10 calls (and probably more) to to the World Herald circulation department to stop this practice. I believe they actually think that dropping their advertising off in my driveway will entice me to get a daily subscription, or at least a Sunday paper subscription. I even tried to figure out how much a Sunday paper is, because I heard rumors that it was upwards of $2.00, but the “Subcribe Now!” page on Omaha.com only says the Sunday subscription is $8.89. That price could be daily, monthly, bi-weekly, who knows!?
I’m starting to collect all of them, and then plan to return them to the “park” that was once “World Herald Square”. If you haven’t seen it, it’s the block where they tore down the original World Herald headquarters to buy the Northwestern Bell building, but they left the corner of the building intact in the park for no apparent reason.
Anyway, I’m not alone in my problem with getting this newspaper problem stopped. I’ve heard from 2 other non-subscribers to the Omaha World Herald that are frustrated by this newspaper spam. To get it resolved put the circulation department’s phone number on your speed dial, 402-346-3363. You’ll be calling it every 6 months or so.
These are good for a chuckle.
Former CEO of BidWay, AuctionCities, BidBay, AskGT.com, George Tannous is giving free tax advice on youtube!
He sounds a lot different when he’s not threatening anybody on the phone in the middle of the night. Not sure if any of those “BidBay.com” stock certificates are worth anything yet. Maybe calling him at 1800-TAXTAX5 will yield any answers for those investors?
More are available on this youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/irstaxuniversity
Police blotter: Dot-com magnate loses fraud appeal. Complete with explanation from George in comments, along with complaints from other investors.
http://news.cnet.com/Police-blotter-Dot-com-magnate-loses-fraud-appeal/2100-1030_3-6042760.html
Search SneakyDave.com for George Tannous
Not sure what this is about, maybe George’s personal
http://www.georgetannous.com/
Punch Card!
Another Punch Card!
Just in time for Labor Day, in case you’re running low…..This is the IBM 5081
If you have a site that allows users to create their own content, you’re going to need bbcodes(aka “Bulletin Board Codes”) to make your and their life easier.
bbcodes, or html shortcuts, are the tags people use in their content, instead of standard HTML tags, that are used to markup some text, such as bolding a paragraph, creating a link, etc. Everybody’s seen them, [u] for underlining, [b] for bold, etc.
I created a rudimentary bbcode system for my projects, but it didn’t handle nested bbcodes very well, and due to my lack of regular expression expertise, the function was quite a hog on processing large amounts of content. Continue reading »
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