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What Happens When You Sell Your Soul…I Mean Site

Anyone who reads used to read Shaunlow.com will know that he recently sold his site. I was curious to see what would happen. The buyer, presumably an annoying advertising company, didn’t get rid of the site. The company just threw in a couple of banner ads in hopes to make money.

I know this isn’t truly worthy of a blog post, but I just was so curious to see.  The company probably bought the site for pretty cheap and is now making (in terms of money) what they paid and more with these ads. I would have erased everything before selling my site to anyone.

Chumby, It’s Finally Coming [Update 1]

I just got an email from the Chumby people company telling me I could FINALLY buy the Chumby. A few months ago I wrote about the Chumby and what it could do. It’s been a while since then and I almost gave up hope, but it’s finally coming. Expect a review as well as some pictures as soon as I receive the unfashionably late, pillowesque, Chumby. If you had signed up to get the Chumby early then you should be receiving an email shortly. The Chumby I purchased was black (just like the one up top).

*I ordered my Chumby earlier today, about 5 minutes ago they sent me the tracking number. Those Chumby guys must be working overtime to get these out. I’ve never seen a  tech (I don’t know what to call them) company open on a Sunday especially late on Sunday.*

R3fresh Now iPhone/Touch Optimized with iwPhone Plugin

Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch both come with the Safari browser. The Safari browser on these products is suppose to work exactly the same as on the computer. I don’t like using the Safari browser on my iPod Touch because I don’t like waiting for ads and sidebar items to load. When I was reading Leo’s Laporte’s Life of Leo blog I noticed an iPhone Optimized button on his site and found iwPhone.

iwPhone is a WordPress plugin that optimizes your blog for the iPhone and Touch. The plugin is pretty simple. Anyone using Safari on the iPhone/touch will be presented with an optimized theme for quick loading and easy reading. The iwPhone plugin is free and can be downloaded here (not a direct link to download).

Want to test it out before you put it on your blog? Go to r3fresh on your iPhone or iPod Touch.