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2007
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New guest authors on my NELALive blog always ask the same question. "How do I post?" It's simple, but not immediately obvious.Here's how:After you've responded to the invitation email, and set up your Member Name and Password, go to http://www.typepad.com. Click on "Members Sign In" in the upp...
07/23/2007
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Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postmanWait, wait mister postmanMister postman look and seeIf there's a letter in your bag for meI been waiting such a long time...................
07/21/2007
This is one last experiment in protecting images with a transparent gif overlay, just to test the theory that for blog posts here on Active Rain, the easiest work flow goes like this:1. Compose the entire post first in WYSIWYG2. Upload all the images for the post just like you normally would3....
07/21/2007
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As most folks know, I am an active observer of, if not an active participant in, local politics and causes in Northeast Los Angeles.Recently, the establishment of an HPOZ (Historic Preservation Overlay Zone) for Garzanva (a small community in the general HIghland Park area) has been a "hot topic"...
07/21/2007
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Yesterday, Elaine Reese talked about an article on Nick Jarman.com that described a way to protect online images from theft. The basic technique is to use the original image as "background" and cover it with a transparent gif. If someone attempts to right-click and save (steal) the final image, ...
07/20/2007
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Text on what this is all about to follow (this evening, maybe?).... meanwhile, you can refer to Elaine Reese's post here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/150478/Thieves-are-stealing-my
07/20/2007
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Anyone interested in teaming up on this?Yesterday, Elaine Reese posted a blog here: http://activerain.com/blogsview/150478/Thieves-are-stealing-my with a link to Nick Jarmon's blog here: http://www.nickjarman.com/web-development/preventing-website-content-theft-imagesThe idea discussed in the ...
07/19/2007
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Our new agent, Tom, closed his VERY!!!! FIRST!!!! escrow today!!!It was quite a learning experience for him .... The title to the property had been transferred back and forth so many times between different individuals, it was a little .... shall we say ..... cloudy.....On the upside, it was a s...
07/18/2007
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You've probably seen the references to "Technorati Authority" in posts about Project Blogger.Did you wonder how to find out your own Authority ranking? It's very simple. But it's not obvious. At least, it wasn't to me. Here's how:Go to http://www.technorati.com/ Type in the domain name of you...
07/18/2007
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Anyone here interested in "Product Photography"? Like when you need a really nice photo of something to sell it on Ebay?I could see E-Bay sales being part of a Home Stager's arsenial. The property owner needs to get rid of some excess stuff, so the Stager sells it on EBay for the property owner...
07/18/2007