Photoshop: Finishing Up With The Healing Brush - 10/31/07 07:04 AM
Mehmet Met Dilsiz, of FND Photography made this comment on my Photoshop: Removing A Vechicle With The Clone Stamp
Create another layer and fill it up with one color. (doesn't matter which color but I usually use white). And the use the HEAL tool. Select the new layer and the use your … (5 comments)
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Photoshop: Removing A Vechicle With The Clone Stamp - 10/30/07 08:50 AM
Vehicles just plain don't belong in real estate photos. There are several ways to remove a vehicle. Please keep in mind that Photoshop should be the Method Of Last Resort.
Method Number One: "Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you, but do you suppose you could move your car for a few … (23 comments)
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I Spoke Too Soon - 10/29/07 06:53 AM
Yesterday afternoon I was celebrating my new contributing author thingie on http://www.Nelalive.net . I spoke too soon. While the sidebar thingie looked great and worked just fine, the individual author landing pages turned out to have some issues with Firefox. They worked great in Internet Explorer.
I think I can see the … (5 comments)
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We Fix Pix - 10/27/07 06:36 AM
There are a number of people that specialize is searching out "bad MLS photos".
http://www.orlandorealestatephotography.com/bad_mls/bad_mls.html
http://www.reagentinct.com/category/bad-mls-photo-of-the-day/
http://activerain.com/blogsview/217901/BAD-PHOTO-Sinking
And I know there are many, many more examples out there.
Some of the photos are bad simply because no one asked the resident to remove his or her clutter-stuff before the photos were … (27 comments)
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My Wooden Chalice - 10/26/07 08:06 PM
This post may seem alittle strange, unless you know the background. Carole Provenzale is a Feng Shui Master, and an Active Rain member.
A few days ago, she blogged about The Five Element Theory in Feng Shui. In her blog, she included a link to The Five Element Personality Test.
Of course, I … (3 comments)
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My Work Here Is Done. - 10/26/07 03:34 PM
Thank Goodness!!! Now that Bob Carney has sorted out his move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org I can stop diddling around with WordPress ... 'cuz I wuz only doing it to see if I could help out. Carney can take over the WordPress tutorials.
So don't look for any further WordPress posts from … (7 comments)
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Friday Classics: That Was Then, This Is Now - 10/26/07 01:51 PM
Last week, I posted a video of Springsteen in the 1980s and there were some interesting comments about how much we have all changed in 20 years.
Well, let's consider this (hang in a minute while the videos load):
Here is Joe Cocker performing "A Little Help From My Friends" in 1969. He's … (5 comments)
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Active Rain Blog Search - 10/23/07 07:07 AM
I learned something on Brad Anderson's blog here: Active Rain Settings & SEO Benefits - Very Powerful -- something about finding stuff here on Active Rain.
Usually, when I want to search for information here on AR, I go to the bloghome page, and click search, like this:
Which gives me a simple search … (9 comments)
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Personal Best: My Six Pack - 10/23/07 06:19 AM
Oh now I get it. A Six Pack is supposed to contain my favorites chosen from MY OWN blog posts. Why didn't someone spell that out for me IN CAPITAL LETTERS? I can be a little slow sometimes.
Choosing six favorites from my own stuff isn't too hard:
Photoshop Elements: The Text Tool
Occam's … (6 comments)
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Adios Ratings, And A List Of Six-Packs - 10/21/07 08:28 AM
I didn't realize until just this morning that the little blog rating thingy is gone. And then I finally connected the dots between the demise of the rating thingie, and the "Six-Pack" posts I've been seeing.
In case any one else around here is equally dense, are are links to several members … (10 comments)
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LivePads On Facebook - 10/20/07 06:55 AM
I confess. I haven't made the time to go workout on Facebook for a while. I keep receiving emails that people are poking me, befriending me, and whatever else, but I am afraid I have been MIA.
This announcement yesterday on Inman News might change that:
The LivePads application, available at http://apps.facebook.com/livepads, allows … (11 comments)
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Friday Classics - 10/19/07 06:24 AM
A while back, a longtime friend mentioned how much he enjoyed browsing through YouTube looking for different performances of his favorite music.
Well, I started doing it, too. And it is fun.... and sometimes as you listen to different songs from the past, you think about what was going on in your … (15 comments)
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WordPress Text Widgets: Oh, Now I Know Why WP.ORG Is Preferred - 10/18/07 05:35 AM
Oh. I get it. So, this is why folks prefer to use WordPress.org and self-host their WordPress blogs. With a few exceptions, Wordpress.com doesn't allow third party flash or javascript widgets (such as VFlyer or BlogRush) in the sidebars.
I'm a spoiled TypePad Pro user. I'm used to plugging in any ol' … (15 comments)
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Sharing An Excellent WordPress Link - 10/16/07 08:32 AM
I figure my next WordPress excerise will be Text Widgets.
While googling about to see what kind of information I'd find, I cam across Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/
She has a lot of good information: "Help, tips, advice, and techniques for blogging and using WordPress, and Wordpress.com. The blogging help you need. … (5 comments)
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Domain Mapping With WordPress.com and GoDaddy - 10/16/07 06:23 AM
This series could be titled "A Regular TypePad User Dabbles In WordPress". As you read, please keep in mind that there are many, many people here who know much, much more about WordPress than I do.
However, curious about all the recent commotion over problems with inserting images in a WordPress post, I … (3 comments)
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Passing 100K - 10/15/07 07:29 AM
Well, whaddya know? I passed the 100K mark the other day
No, the heavens did not open..... Choirs of angels did not sing. Oh well. I think it looks pretty cool, anyway.
Hmmmm... how did I do it, you ask? By blogging away when I probably should have been attending to other pressing … (18 comments)
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Restoring Balance - 10/14/07 03:05 PM
I fiddled with WordPress so much the past few days, I was feeling a bit off kilter. Time to return to my TypePad roots.
So, this morning, I made a new design in TypePad for NelaLive. http://www.nelalive.net
Nothing too extreme. Just a little tease and fluff. A new improved banner, a … (5 comments)
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Thinking About Hosting WP.org - 10/14/07 07:28 AM
Dear Bob Carney,
Recently you mentioned setting up a WordPress.org blog on BlueHost.
As I was browsing around the web, reading information on setting up and configuring a WP.org blog, I came across these excellent articles on setting up WP on GoDaddy
http://www.marialanger.com/?p=793
http://www.marialanger.com/?p=804
The author is a freelance technical writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and … (8 comments)
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It's Your Move, Realtor.com - 10/13/07 07:56 PM
I take it, that by now, everyone has seen Russell Shaw's post on Bloodhound Blog titled "Realtor.com Pencil Sharpener".... Did you notice that the pencil sharpener figurine is female? Notice the breasts. I'm thinking most people missed that. Does that change your reaction to the image? Is so, how and why? But … (12 comments)
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WordPress: Image Alignment In Code View - 10/13/07 06:25 AM
This series could be titled A Regular TypePad User Dabbles In WordPress. As you read, please keep in mind that there are many, many people here who know much, much more about WordPress than I do.
However, curious about all the recent commotion over problems with inserting images in a WordPress post, I … (16 comments)
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The Machine is Us/ing Us By Mike Wesch - 10/12/07 10:05 AM
Greg Swann included this video in a post on http://phoenixrealestatetechnologyexchange.com/
If you are not a regular follower of Bloodhound, you might have missed it. Do take a look. The video was created by Mike Wesch of Manhattan, Kansas.
I think it manages to communicate alot about our new connected world within just a … (4 comments)
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The WordPress Experiment Continues - Day 4 - 10/12/07 07:04 AM
The Firefox browser was used to compose and publish this test entry:
http://cheryljns.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/47/
Firefox and WordPress.com played very nicely together. Multiple images were uploaded and positioned without even one click of the code view tab.
So, my first suggestion to anyone having WordPress nightmares is to download and install the Firefox browser.
It seems … (7 comments)
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You do not have to pay for leads - 10/11/07 08:47 PM
Greg Swann obviously read the same Inman News story that I did. My response was to start compiling a list. Greg's response is included in a post titled Third-party vendors pick up where the NAR leaves off: Milking the Realtors dry ... which illustrates, I suppose, the difference between a sweet little … (11 comments)
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Makin' A List, Checkin' It Twice - 10/10/07 08:07 PM
Inman News announces two new real estate communities in two days.
Yesterday it was Zolve a real estate social network that "allows real estate professionals to network, blog, assign ratings, and create and accept digital contracts for a range of real estate transaction services." Take a look. Zolve requires a $395.00 membership … (15 comments)
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A Rank WordPress Beginner Adds Images - 10/10/07 08:39 AM
Mike Jones recently remarked that adding images in a WordPress blog was giving him some grief. I thought I'd play with it and see if I could figure it out.
Please keep in mind I am a longtime TypePad user. I don't know anything about WordPress. But I figured, hey, one beginner could … (18 comments)
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Working The Streets: Eagle Rock Music Festival 2007 - 10/07/07 07:49 AM
Eagle Rock Music Festival 2007 featured an outstanding musical lineup of rock, jazz, hip-hop, salsa, international and latin bands.
Here Tom, Mike and Bob talk to a vistor at our booth
Mime Mark Wenzel, an Eagle Rock resident, strolled the Boulevard in his Professor Weasley persona, intriguing people with his theremin.
Capoeira is … (3 comments)
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Inman Top 25 NOT - 10/06/07 04:25 PM
So, you didn't make Inman's top 25? Neither did I. Neither did Kris Berg. Her response here is priceless: http://sandiegohomeblog.com/2007/10/04/the-honor-is-all-mine/
And for all the not - quite - top 25 people in the world, we now have Kris's ribbon:
Marlow Harris knows people: http://360digest.com/2007/10/05/i-know-people-too/
And check out the right side bar at http://www.bloodhoundrealty.com/BloodhoundBlog/ … (4 comments)
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More About RSS-to-Javascript - 10/06/07 12:38 AM
Bill Gillhespy Fort Myers Beach Realtor asked about the how and why of the RSS-to-Javascript tool
I'll try to create an example using our old friends at El-Mar Estates:
Let's say you have a standard, static web site. It has some great information, but it doesn't change with current news.
Here a link to the … (24 comments)
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Thank You Justin Smith - 10/05/07 09:11 AM
The other day, Justin posted a link to this super-great little tool
If you missed it, go right now and try it out!
If you are not quite sure what it is and what it does ,,,, let me give another example. Several Active Rain members have made Squidoo Lens
You know how one … (11 comments)
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Don't Know Much About ... Duplicate Content - 10/04/07 08:41 PM
As most readers now know, I am backing-up, archiving, mirroring (choose your favorite word) the tutorial posts I created here on AR, by posting a duplicate copy of each post on http://www.dablogmother.com/
So the big question becomes ... "What About Duplicate Content Penalties?"
Here are the results of my research so far....
Mary … (6 comments)
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Congratulations Teresa and Ardell! - 10/03/07 09:24 PM
Did you notice Inman News list of 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers: http://www.inman.com/Member/specialreports/bloggers07/default.aspx
Teresa and Ardell lead the list (Marlow Harris is in the third spot) And they are followed by many of my favorite people, such as Dustin Luther, Greg Swann, Jonathan Miller, Kevin Boer, Joel Burslem, Pat Kitano, Jim … (10 comments)
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Only 10 More Pages To Go - 10/02/07 08:46 PM
Whew!!! I'm down to the last ten pages of content. This is a lot of work! In case you missed earlier posts -- I'm copying all of my tutorials posts on Photography, Photoshop, and Blogging over to http://www.dablogmother.com -- Mainly for safe-keeping/back-up purposes. Once that's done, I'll go back through and … (11 comments)
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Help Me Build This List - 10/02/07 03:59 PM
I was trying to make a simple list for one of our new agents .... a list of ways to find clients. Here are some of the basic ones I thought of. Anyone want to give me some others that I missed? Just leave it in the comments. Thanks!!!
You can work … (7 comments)
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Eagle Rock Music Festival - 10/02/07 06:18 AM
This Saturday October 6, 5 PM - Midnight
Colorado Boulevard (the main drag of Eagle Rock) will be closed to traffic between Argus Drive and Eagle Rock. Performance stages will line the street.
For the line up, directions, and more info visit the Festival's MySpace page
You can find us at a sponsor table somewhere … (0 comments)
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Tonight Won't Be Just Any Night - 10/01/07 11:51 AM
Tonight. TonightWon't be just any night.
Tonight I am cheering for the SAN DIEGO PADRES in their do-or-die one-game tie-breaker with the ROCKIES.
I wonder how many L A Dodger fans will be joining me? <s>
Brian, ya got an extra Padres cap?
… (5 comments)
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Mother Gets A Life - 10/01/07 09:46 AM
Way back in June (!!) Brian Brady made this comment on one of my posts:
"Be careful with that "Rain Kids" moniker. They might start calling you "Da Blogmother." "
I thought it was kind of clever, so I registered the domain name: http://www.dablogmother.com and set up a blog on Typepad.
Other than making a … (7 comments)
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