Tech Ravings

Years ago I had an idea to create a link directory site so I did some research on what to use. I came across Link Management Assistant by Duncan Carver . I just wanted a link site to help market client web sites I worked with and possibly turn a dollar or two from the cheap featured/sponsored listings. So Great Back Links was born.

Link Management Assistant wasn’t difficult to set up or to skin but was difficult to make programming changes. Not that I was allowed to make changes. In order to get the software which is free you need to first register with your email so you can get marketing emails. Basically Link Management Assistant helps the author to gather for email marketing.

A year ago my hosting company changes the linux distro on their serves and Link Management Assistant stopped working because of the Apache configuration so Great Back Links went down. I was actually upset as marketing strategies to promote Great Back Links was beginning to work but I also needed to concentrate on other areas.

This weekend I decided to find other Link Directory software. Using an old friend SourceForge I did a search. I came up with two possible applications and tried openLD first. I didn’t try the second because openLD is exactly what I needed. It has captcha and PayPal capabilities that work, and I didn’t have to hack in. I operates will well but just looking at it to re-theme it I found that it’s going to be a bear.

So here’s the link http://www.greatbacklinks.com go ahead and leave your link. I know it looks plain at the moment, just not enough hours on the weekends. Let me know what your link is and I’ll up-grade you to sponsored status for free. I totally started a fresh database without the old links so I want to build it quickly.

It’s T-minutes 2 hours now till I roll up at my desk at 6:00 am to get started on preparing for the new PayPerPost.com release at 7:00 am. Not a big deal since I’m up at 3:00 am anyhow but this release is special to me and I’ve been waiting over a month to get this release out.

Today’s release incorporates a section that houses employee created plug-ins and applications as well as non-employee PayPerPost related plug-ins and applications. I have three lined up and ready to go. Last week I was finally given permission to release what I had but could not make any “official” announcements about it. Today’s release is finally going to bring some closure for me.

Well at least for now. An idea for another widget is trying to make itself heard in the crevices of my brain.

The other day I was introduced to a web application called eyeOS and I didn’t get a chance to play with it until this weekend. Now that I have finally gotten to kick the tires on it I have found that it is a great program. Especially since I work off three different computers at times.

eyeOS is a web based operating system. It very much looks and feels like one as well. You have a desktop with a traditional file system complete with a trash folder. It has games, applications, a browser, and two text editors. What is really good for me is that files can up loaded and then down loaded as well.

Installation is extremely easy in that you don’t need a database! All that is required is the uploading of three files and an img folder. Set the permissions to full read/write/execute and proceed to the install.php file. It will as for the root user password and complete the install. You’re done. Granted be sure to log in as the root and create yourself as a user to avoid using the root account all the time.

I really like this program and I recommend that anyone who needs a central repository give this a try.

http://www.eyeos.org/