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Forums: ignore the trolls?

I was reading a post earlier today about how ma.gnolia choses to not tell it's banned users that they're banned. In essence, when you get "banned" from ma.gnolia, everything appears exactly the same to you. You can still post links, comment on items, etc -- but none of it shows up to any of the other users. The first thing I thought was how well this would ...

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Weekly Links: 8/19-8/25

Each week, I like to chronicle some of the great content around the net and post it up here for my readers and for posterity's sake. DashboardThemes.com up for sale -- I've always loved this site. There's a great userbase, and I really think Matt is selling himself short at $2,500. Huge potential for this site: I hope it goes to a great new owner. The Dark ...

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How to get 25% off your tech gadgets without coupons

Ever wanted a way to buy your next computer and get 25% off? It's actually a lot simpler than you would guess. In fact, I did it last year -- saving over $1,000 on my gadget purchases. But how can it be so easy? The goal is to take a look at how the United States tax system works. If you can come ...

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Tools of the trade: Hardware

I get a lot of people asking what I use to create all of my sites, so I'm going to go over my setup at home now. I'm very fond of the setup I have right now, and I really think it helps me be more productive when I want to. I've spent a lot of money on the setup I have now, but I can ...

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Making money from open source

An interesting mini-debate has been going around lately which started from Lussomo's decision to start including "sponsored links" inside their Free, Open-Source Forum Software, Vanilla. Matt Mullenweg made a short comment on the issue, as well as posing a question as to how well open-source projects are transitioning into the commercial sector. The issue fired up pretty fast once Duncan Riley posted an article on TechCrunch, ...

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Studio Rockstar is a site dedicated to those internet entrepreneurs out there. Stick around and learn how K makes his money, and tips for how to build your own online empire.

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The Goal

K's trying to make enough to quit his dayjob. He thinks there's two ways to this: saving or earning.

EARNING: He figures he needs to be making about $83 per day.

$19.08

SAVING: He figures he needs to save up $20,000 (one year's living).

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