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Re: Paul Stamatiou, I salute you - Digging in a Habari sandpit

Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 04:58:55 -0000

Thanks Andy! I just wanted to give WordPress a try back in the summer, but it looks like it stuck. Ever since, I've been hooked on tweaking and making my blog as good as it can be. Glad to see that I have at least a few dedicated readers. :-)

Re: Sixth Annual Weblog Awards (the 2006 bloggies)

Paul Stamatiou — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:57:09 -0000

And I returned the favor. :-D

Re: Video: 15 minutes with the MacBook Pro

Paul Stamatiou — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:17:17 -0000

Kudos for the digg Kevin!

Re: Sprint gave me a free cell phone. What’s the catch?

Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:03:36 -0000

Awesome, you got it! Mines in my PO Box back at school but I'm on spring break so I won't see it until monday. Glad to see the phone is nice. There's a how to somewhere out there for getting the phone to work as a modem for a mac via bluetooth. By the way, what number did they give you? Like area code wise.. something local to Buffalo or just a random one?

Re: FuriousFirefoxTabs: Tab Addictions Gone Wild…

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:23:50 -0000

Whoaaa! Can't believe you didn't get a kernal panic for this one. :-P

Re: theorycast.11 :: Three minutes with the MacBook

Paul Stamatiou — Thu, 18 May 2006 16:37:11 -0000

Great video Kevin! I've started liking the Black version more and more. And you definitely need more than 512MB of RAM to see any decent performance. =D

Re: Saw that Timbuk2 Blogger Bag?

Paul Stamatiou — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:52:23 -0000

On the contrary, I will soon be enjoying a Crumpler messenger bag with a SFbags sleevecase for the macbook.

Re: Snipshot vs. Picnik: War of the Online Photo Editors

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:53:30 -0000

Like you, I've been using Snipshot for a longtime and recently discovered Picnik.. which I think has a great interface and more features. I find myself using picnik just because of how much better the interface looks, even though its a tad bit slower.

Re: What’s in a name? Introducing Yodel Anecdotal

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:22:51 -0000

Thanks for the kind words Ian. People seem to be responding well to the blog.. it was only until this afternoon that I found out there were many little bugs to be fixed... the largest being that the sidebar would magically disappear, sometimes, in IE6.

Re: How to Create a Thumbnail Blogroll, a 20-minute hack

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:50:06 -0000

Interesting pseudo-hack Ian. Favoritethingz looks pretty unique.. if only their flash badge was design a little better. Hovering just about anywhere triggers something to pop out at you.

Re: Everybody, meet Paul

Paul Stamatiou — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:40:22 -0000

Haha, thanks for the intro Phil! I have only been blogging since the summer and have been amazed by my traffic/readers. It all started when I wrote a how to for setting up a popular piece of software, Azureus, and it somehow found its way on LifeHacker and digg simultaneously. I found what people like and focus on that. Back to present date, I've been on Lifehacker 6 or 7 times and on Digg around 8 times as well as various other tech sites such as HackaDay and MAKE: Blog.

Re: Bandwagon Blog - Bloggers wanted for beta testing

Paul Stamatiou — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:07:18 -0000

As you know, I am already very interested in Bandwagon and would love to help out as much as I can.

Re: One Million Views on Flickr | Laughing Squid

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:36:03 -0000

Any idea how many photos the top flickr user has uploaded? I can't imagine that you're too far off. The problem is that you can't know for sure as many people have private photos. I'm a tad bit over 6k.

Re: Redbox Update - Christmas is coming

Paul Stamatiou — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:22:35 -0000

Why aren't there any Redbox locations within Atlanta, they are all outside the loop.. If you put a few near Georgia Tech campus, you'll be raking it in.

Re: New Logo, New Name @ Dan Rubin’s SuperfluousBanter

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:43:09 -0000

ROFL, that simplebits link just made my day.

Re: Can you dance like Scrivs?

Paul Stamatiou — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:09:18 -0000

Hahahah, I think you beat Scrivs... for now.

Re: Naked for CSS Day

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:34:41 -0000

Wait I don't get it. Is Dunstan some inside joke or just a typo for Dustin? FYI, it's April 5th and you are bearing CSS.

Re: A Great Weekend

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:15:35 -0000

Congrats! Let me know when you're in Houston next, I'll show you around. =)

Re: Create flickr-like Editing Fields Using AJAX & CSS

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:10:38 -0000

Great article Dustin. I read something similar on 15 days (http://15daysofjquery.com/) a long time ago but this is more comprehensive. I am definitely planning on integrating such capability in my upcoming web app. I just skimmed through it as I have to get some sleep before classes startup tomorrow, but does it degrade gracefully if the user is running with JS disabled, ie, it won't mess something else up? Seems like it does.

Re: Who Wants a DSLR? I do!

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:51:06 -0000

Wow those are some great shots.. I really need to learn how to take pictures now that I've got all the gear.

Re: Sad days…

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:15:06 -0000

I think my MacBook is taking a day of remembrance as it likes turning itself off, a lot.

Re: Don’t send bloggers stuff for free unless it’s good

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:31:18 -0000

I read a pretty comprehensive article somewhere recently that stated how it's beneficial for the company to give out free products to people (bloggers) with a voice, regardless of what they have to say. Similarly, Sprint gave me a phone for their past Ambassador program and I slammed them pretty hard, but I still they they benefited from all my readers knowing about their new program/phone.

Re: Billy Jones notes my copyright is being infringed on

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:59:35 -0000

Here's a good read on the subject of copyright and bloggers. He takes various viewpoints into account: http://openswitch.org/2006/09/26/copyright-and-...

Re: Apple blogger calls "bullshit" on me

Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:34:30 -0000

I echo what Zawodny said, hence his post-mortem title..

Re: Pissing off the blogosphere…

Paul Stamatiou — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:11:11 -0000

Rule #1 of Blogging: Don't blog while angry.

Re: Vista on a Mac? Not easy

Paul Stamatiou — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:49:11 -0000

Vista via Boot Camp works flawlessly for me on my 24-inch iMac. Sound, ethernet, wifi, bluetooth, the works. I am very pleased. I blogged about my experience, click my name to see.

Re: I love Flickr…

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:29:09 -0000

@met - if you want value, the Nikon D40 is stunning. Don't bother with the Sony Alpha, a friend has it regrets purchasing it. I am looking forward to a Nikon D80 shortly, but the Canon XTi is a similarly powerful and full-featured camera.

Re: The Technorati 100 Not So Hot?

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:30:49 -0000

Whoa whoa, people care about Technorati? News to me. They've been funded millions countless times and have no real innovation to prove for it. =/

When the top 100 was initially put out I was on there for months, with a peak of slot 32 or so. Traffic-wise Technorati doesn't send much of anything. The top 100 list has become nothing more than a contest to see who can do a better job begging their readers to favorite them, with the exception of the top 30 or so that are quality bloggers.

Re: Mac OS X running on Apple TV

Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:25:08 -0000

That's it. I'm getting an Apple TV.

Re: Flock – the web 2.0 browser

Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:10:10 -0000

Flock has many more features than you mentioned, and is based upon the more advanced Firefox 1.5 beta as well. Please check out my review for a more thorough look at Flock.

Re: Box.net – 1GB Free Online Storage

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:53:39 -0000

I think the transfer rates depend solely on your connection. I upload to box.net at ~80kb/s and download at over 500kb/s. Think you might like my box.net review recently: http://www.paulstamatiou.com/2006/03/01/boxnet-...

Re: The “I’m Feeling Lucky” Business Card

Paul Stamatiou — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:26:44 -0000

Liew, it actually has a phone number on the card, that "p." part, but I blurred out the real number.

Re: 9rules rocks

Paul Stamatiou — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:05:45 -0000

That's hot!

Re: Two days of work finally paid off

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:43:11 -0000

I hear that there is a lightweight, SEO-optimized WordPress theme currently being developed. I can't wait.

Re: Prepare for 9rules Round 5 Submission

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:28:03 -0000

9rules has nothing against ads on member sites. Have you taken a look at TheAppleBlog or some of the other larger members?

Re: Apple Fixes Random Macbook Shutdown Syndrome

Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:54:29 -0000

Haha, I didn't write about it as I find myself using the iMac 99% of the time. Poor old buggy MacBook sits on my night stand all the time.

Re: Get Your Blog Pimped

Paul Stamatiou — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:11:39 -0000

Reminds me of what the guys are doing over at PronetAdvertising.com