All Things Deal Oriented
Friday, November 20, 2009
Posted by ellisgl on November 20, 2009
So you might have read my aricle on frameworks and/or my series of tutorials on Kohana PHP 2.3.x and you are wanting more. Today, I drop the old 2.3.x and bring the new and shiny! So I bring you information to get you started with Kohana PHP 3.0! WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
Posted by DBiles on July 27, 2009
From time to time, I’ll be writing on this blog about some features you may not have known existed on DealTaker. Today: Did you know that you can be alerted by email anytime new coupons are posted for your favorite store?
It’s easy. First, go to DealTaker.com and then click the “Stores/Coupons” button in the top navigation bar.
Then select the store that you want to get alerts from. For this example, we’ll use Kohl’s.
Once there, you’ll see a list of coupons for the store. The last coupon allows you to sign up to be alerted when new coupons are posted. If you are already a member of DealTaker (and logged in!) all you’ll have to do is click the “Sign me up!” button and they will be delivered to the email address that you originally signed up to DealTaker with.
If you are not a member of DealTaker, just enter your email address into the box and new coupons will be delivered straight to your inbox!
Posted by ellisgl on June 19, 2009
It’s been a couple weeks now, so lets get back on track with this series of tutorials. This tutorial will get into models and how to play with data.
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Posted by smccarthy on June 16, 2009
The Wonderful World of APIs
API or Application Programming Interface is a ubiquitous term used in the tech world everyday. With the popularity of online social networking sites and the need to add features and content easily into your own site, executives are starting to understand the benefits of using and or providing a public API to third party organizations. The term has become so popular that most executives now use API in their repertoire of business terms. They should, considering users want these features and most organizations such as Salesforce.com, YouTube, eBay, Twitter, FaceBook, MySpace and LinkedIn provide an API for the public. So, what exactly is an API?
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Posted by Kstraw on June 15, 2009
On June 9th I tweeted a great deal I saw on DealTaker. Not all that uncommon – I see many great deals each week that I try to proliferate to my friands and family as much as possible. This item was the Energizer Energi-To-Go cell phone batter back-up. The cost for the product was $9.99 and had free shipping. The special part of the deal was that once the item was received, a survey would be enclosed that provided a $10.00 rebate when the survey was completed. I am happy to report that the item arrived sooner than I expected, was packaged well and as expected, and a survey was in the packaging as promised. I filled it out, and am now awaiting the arrival of a check. For 10 minutes worth of work, I get a free item. Plus, I got to participate in a deal. It is the little things in life sometimes that make it fun. In this case – very small. The bonus: I also got a $2.00 off coupon for some more batteried when needed. Stealing and enhancing a line from “Hannibal” Smith of the A Team - “I love it when a deal comes together”.
Posted by ellisgl on June 1, 2009
I’ve been thinking about a how to geocode tweets and here’s what I’ve come up with.
1.) Get the location’s latitude and longitude (IE. 33.017262, -96.98494).
2.) Make sure you have 3 numbers before decimal point. So we would left pad with a ‘0′ and we would end up with 033 and 096.
3.) Add the + and – to our result, so +033 and -096 would be our result
4.) Take the first 3 numbers after the decimal point and add it to the end of result, so we end up with +033017-096984.
4.)Take the first 3 to 6 numbers after the decimal point and add it to the end of result, so we end up with +033017-096984 if we used 3 or if we used 6 we would end up with +033017255-096984955
5.) Post a tweet with the hash tag of #geotwit, the result and the rest of what your tweet.
Here’s an example of a full tweet: #geotwit +033017-096984 http://twitpic.com/6eh1a Spotted this car Friday in Lewisville, TX.
Posted by xzhang on May 28, 2009
It is so amazing that there are so many things which one can get for free in US. The only thing you need to do is to search the internet. Lots of companies do promotions and marketing campaigns, they are willing to give free stuff with or without little string attached to attract clients. If everything sounds good, why not take it.
Personally, I got a Palm tengsen and a ipod 30G classic from Ameritrade for free, another ipod mini from Citibank. Anyways, I need a brokerage account and checking account. I will be very happy to take those gift .
There are free chocholate, free icecream, free donuts .. etc , it is fun to find out .
I love this.
Posted by ellisgl on May 21, 2009
Welcome to the second tutorial in this series on how to develop with Kohana PHP. If you haven’t read the first part, I would click here and read it before going on. In this tutorial we will be going over views, wonderful views, glorious views.
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Posted by Shane W on May 7, 2009
Having an instant messenger at my fingertips has been something that I am very accustom to. My first exposure was back in 2000 with Yahoo! Messenger. Shortly thereafter was AOL Instant Messenger or AIM. Rounding out the big three was MSN Messenger, now Windows Live Messenger.
Now it seems like there are so many instant messaging services surrounding us that it becomes almost impossible to utilize multiple services without running a multi-im application like Pidgin or Trillian. I have tried both and there were small things about each I didn’t like. Then I discovered Meebo.
Meebo is 100% web based so I can open it up in any browser that is available. There’s no need to install a pesky application that slows down how quickly your computer boots. While there is no full application to download they have now introduced the Meebo Notifier. This very application doesn’t take up hardly any memory and allows you to remain signed in to Meebo without having to leave the browser open and when you recieve an IM you can go ahead and open up the browser to reply.
While this may be my client, if you can even call it a client, of choice it may not be for everyone. What IM client do you use? Do you connect to multiple services or do you stick with one of the big providers?
Let me know in the comments.
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