Find Philly Apartments on Google Map

This is a cool website that shows you apartments in Philly on Google Maps and then lets you see what stores, restaurants, schools and other locations are near a particular apartment.

Here is a quick screen shot I took.

Check it out. I think its one of the most useful apartment sites. Philadelphia Apartments

I just got an anonymous tip that supposedly, a major motion picture will be filming extensively on Penn's campus this summer.

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Check this ad out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHM2eyTAO8 Has anyone else seen this? I thought is was right on point especially considering the latest comments over Barack's Characterization of Industrial State voters by Hillary and McCain.

Spotcrime.com is one of the most comprehensive databases of crime data in the US. We've started with the largest cities in the US (including Philadlephia)

The following map contains all the most recent crime events that we could source. http://www.spotcrime.com/philadelphia

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Check out Keystone Duct Cleaning Keystone Duct Cleaning the proffesionals who did the work at our house were both thorough and polite. My husband and I both agreed that the difference was completely unexpected and dramatic; there was a large decrease in dust throughout the house and all of our allergies too. My spend thrift mom got her ducts cleaned and told me she wished she had done it years ago. That's unherd of for her. I have since decided to make it my mission to tell every one about Keystone Duct Cleaning. They also cleaned my dryer vents and sanitized all my ducts. Their number is on their site, www.KeystoneAirCleaners.com, so check'em out.

No, this isn't DeJa-Vu. Due to a mysterious "Sam" commenting on my Social.im article, I'm now compelled to investigate about this other IM app for Facebook.
Now Yapper(that's what it's called) definitely installed quicker and smoother than Social.IM. Being based on Java, it managed to keep it's native color instead of matching my current XP theme. For some strange reason on the website I invited 10 friends(sorry guys,you know who you are),but when the standalone launched,it showed me all of my friends with an "add me" button just like Social.IM. One HUGE difference is that I get a lot of "info pop-ups"from Yapper. I like that and even though I don't plan to join the built in chat rooms,it' cool to see the traffic...Sorry Making the band 4 is on...I'm back, um yeah so overall since I forced my contacts to join Social.IM first, I'll probably stick with it even if Yapper does have more bells and whistles. Sorry Sam...

Hmmm... At www.Techcrunch.com 's request, I tried www.Facebook.com 's Social.IM. It's still kinda buggy. I installed it to my XP laptop first and it had trouble automatically logging into facebook. It reminded me of setting up a network, if the sequence was wrong it just hung. First I tried to log in to Social.IM while already signed into Facebook. That didn't work. Then I logged out of Facebook and signed into Social.IM...No go. So I went back into Facbook THEN signed into Social.IM and the app fired up under Facebook's app page. After that the actual program kicked in and that part was done. Strangely it had me select friends to invite like three times from the webpage, but the stand alone app still wanted me to "click to invite" my friends... I probably won't put this on my VISTA laptop if it was this annoying on XP. I guess I won't know the other half(the actual instant messaging side)until some of my friends install Social.IM too... Befriend me so we can figure if this will be the next "killer app"...

DON'T subscribe to the Philadelphia Inquirer! I recently moved to southern New Jersey from Bucks County, and decided to cancel my subscription (for MANY reasons...the paper is now worse than The Press in AC!) and I have been HARASSED by the idiots at The Inquirer sub dept, trying to get me to re-sign. I mean TWENTY calls a day at my home! Calls at 8:30 SUNDAY MORNING!! A disgrace! Don't set yourself up for this nightmare!

By Michael Johns

It can be said that modern conservatism knows only two times. There was the time before him and there was the time after him, and those two times could not be more contrasting. In this stark contrast lies his larger-than-life legacy, and let there be no mistake: It is a legacy that will endure the ages.

As word of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s passing reached his many students, admirers and colleagues late last week, it seemed each had an account (some grand, some small) of how this intellectual giant memorably impacted and touched their lives, their vision, and their work. In the aggregate, they tell the story of a man whose immense collective qualities--genius, boldness, industriousness, persuasiveness, and (perhaps least appreciated) kindness and generosity--were without equal in modern American public life. Even in death, Buckley is bringing conservatives together more effectually than many conservative leaders are doing in life. It should surprise no one. To have had the good fortune to have brushed upon Buckley during this life was to leave impressed, inspired, and reinvigorated in the purpose-driven life that he lived admirably and which he cultivated in a whole generation of conservatives who, now in his absence, carry forward his torch.

It may be said too often of the recently deceased, but it must be said emphatically of Buckley: We will not likely see his type again.

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Way before music downloads and Myspace, there was a cool group of people from teenagers to old men. What am I talking about? Amateur radio. That's what started our need to "social network" From truckers to guys in their room with parts from radioshack. They had "usernames" or rather call names and to this day I come across people with ham radios in the study.
This week after fixing a customer's computer,I was directed to his original setup. A computer with HAM/CB radios and (wait for it...)Windows 3.1. That's right,windows 3.1 people. He fired it up and it actually worked! He showed me all of the people he came across via the radio and how he logged it all in on the old computer. I've been told stories of how certain people would wash towns in radio waves just to show who was boss. Can't do that on Facebook. These are the fathers who taught their kids about transistors and tubes, the same things that started the personal computers. It was really cool seeing that link in technology up close. Hopefully we won't forget our humble beginnings...

AffCommerce has now added one more product in their list: Standalone shopping Cart System. Affcommerce now provides customers with just their standalone storefront system. This works just like any other storefront shopping cart system, except that it is cheaper than some of the other similar applications in the market. However it has many more features than some of the products available in the market.

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Affcommerce is a complete Affiliate E-Commerce package which connects the affiliate tracking software and selling into one system. Affcomerce is open source and can be customized to meet all your needs.

Affiliate marketing is probably where you will earn the greatest amount of money on your blog – over time – unless you are selling your own products. While other forms of revenue from your blog are more ‘passive’ in nature, affiliate marketing is more active.

Let’s look for just a minute about ‘passive’ activity and ‘active’ activity. Running Google Ads on your site is passive. You get it set up, and it pretty much takes care of itself, unless you are really into targeting those high paying keywords. Running ads from the networks is also basically passive. Again, you get set up, and you have to do very little after that. Selling links is even passive, as it takes very little of your time or attention.

Affiliate marketing, on the other hand, is not passive. Affiliate marketing on blogs is not done with banner ads and such. It isn’t even really done with text link ads. Instead, you have to learn how to use your blog posts to pre-sell the affiliate product. These products are sold because you are recommending them, and your readers trust you. That takes work – don’t let anybody tell you any differently.

After your blog is set up with various sources of revenue, this is where the majority of your work is done – making blog posts and recommending related affiliate products in those posts. At the same time, you have to be careful not to turn a post into a sales letter.

The post has to be conversational, personal, and push the product without appearing to push the product. Nobody wants to be sold to, and they did not come to your blog for the purpose of reading a sales letter – they came to be entertained or informed.

I suggest that anybody who is starting a blog read and study a few writing courses. You should concentrate on writing for the web and creative writing. You must learn how to engage your reader, while getting your point across.

The other option is to choose your affiliate programs, let a ghostwriter know which program you want to push, and hire them to write your post. Ghostwriters already have the experience to engage a reader while pushing an idea or product in a smooth way.

When you post what you have written, make sure that the link to the affiliate product is ‘clickable.’ You don’t want to use an ugly affiliate link that stands out for the entire world to see. It’s a turn off for your readers. You should essentially create a text link.

Now, what affiliate products should you promote? You can promote any product that is related to your topic. Try not to get ‘off topic.’ It is a good idea to take an affiliate marketing course. It is an even better idea to know that what you are promoting is a quality product. Everything you promote will have a direct impact on how your readers view you. When you write your post, make sure that you apply the product to your own life or experience.

You can find affiliate products, in numerous categories, from the following networks:

1. ClickBank - http://www.clickbank.com – Has thousands of digital products, in numerous categories to choose from. Each merchant pays different percentages on sales.

2. PayDotCom.com – http://www.paydotcom.com – Has thousands of products, mostly digital. There are several categories to choose from. Percentages paid by each merchant differ.

3. Commission Junction – http://www.cj.com – Offers mostly tangible products. After joining Commission Junction, you must apply for the programs that you want to promote separately, from within the CJ control panel.

4. Link Share – http://www.linkshare.com – Mostly tangible products. Each merchant pays different percentages on sales.

5. Share-A-Sale – http://www.shareasale.com – Tangible and digital products. Each merchant pays out different percentages.

You will need to sign up for an account at each network. With the exception of PayDotCom, your earnings are paid by the network – not by the merchant. PayDotCom merchants are responsible for paying their affiliates, and those funds are paid directly into your PayPal account.

Each network will have policies that must be followed, and additionally, each merchant in those networks will have their own rules as well. Make sure that you read and understand all of it. Make sure that you pay attention to how much you will be paid per sale. Some products simply are not worth promoting because they don’t pay out enough. Look for products that pay out 50% of the sale price or more.

Affiliate marketing most likely will not provide instant income. To make money online with affiliate marketing, you have to build a readership. You have to build trust and credibility with those readers, and then, you have to choose the right products to promote to your audience. Be patient – affiliate marketing and blogs is a match made in heaven, and this will pay off well for you in the end.

Hey there, PhillyFuture community - Happy 2008! We have recently discovered a new blog out there in the blogosphere called Original Observations - it is in the fledgling stages, but what we see so far is pretty interesting. This one post in particular had us at "hello":

Tuesday, January 1, 2008:On Free Speech

Free speech does not really exist in America.

Or at least, it might, but woe to one who offends the political or social sensibility of another group.

The degree by which people are trying to coerce and limit what one can say and believe is becoming tantamount to infringing on free speech. It is becoming a de facto limitation on the First Amendment right.

The traditional teaching we give kids in school is the First Amendment was written in the Bill of Rights by the Founding Fathers to protect the press, religious groups, the public in their desire to say what they held dear without fear of persecution, and so forth.

Supreme Court findings since set limits only so far as a person may not jump up in a crowded theater and shout "Fire!" when there is none, causing fear and panic. Nor may one willfully slander or knowingly make untrue or malicious statements.

But what we are finding today is that because of the ideological diversity in this country, groups and individuals are developing sensibilities so exclusive, that they judge other groups utterly offensive and intolerable.

I speak of so-called political correctness.

The term describes people with either an overt, or inadvertent social sensibility and essentially, an agenda to attempt to legislate morality. It is a sensibility that in recent decades – if not merely recent years – has developed outside the traditional Judeo-Christian heritage, or at least beyond traditional long-held American values.

Without getting into specific case examples here, let me just make reference to the fact that people cannot say certain things they may believe without fear of repercussions.

Even if their intent is unmalicious, and they mean no harm, they may be forced to keep silent.

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Have you been a past WYBE supporter? Do you want to learn how your favorite community TV station is changing? Now is the time.

MiND TV is holding its second open house on December 13th at 5:30PM at its community headquarters in Roxborough (8200 Ridge Avenue).

The night includes:

->Tour of our studio
->Preview of our new programs
->Mixing with our staff, and other community members
->Guacamole

Please RSVP to Kim Kunda at kkunda@mindtv.org or 215-483-3900 ext. 209 to let us know to expect you!