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beekaytee - May 04, 2009 7:57:07 pm PDT #9863 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

Ouise, I use Constant Contact for email communication and they have a good survey product for not very much per month. Prices depend on how big your contact list is.

They also have auto-responders and other cool tools.


beekaytee - May 04, 2009 7:59:08 pm PDT #9864 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

It deserves a separate post to thank Deena again for solving two age old mysteries...my wordpress login problem AND my link issue.

I'm no longer insane!

Well, at least not about this.


Deena - May 04, 2009 9:22:34 pm PDT #9865 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

Ouise, what about installing Wordpress just to handle surveys? There are free survey plugins and contact form plugins. The contact form plugin I like best (http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin) creates a table of results in the back end that users with the proper permissions can view, but no one responding can see the results. It has a lot of other functionality too.

The design can be made to look like the rest of the website as well, you'd just need a mysql database for the data.


omnis_audis - May 04, 2009 11:26:39 pm PDT #9866 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Not looking to start a mac/pc war. I only post it, due to the irony of the recent Windows ads: [link]


Ouise - May 05, 2009 1:11:19 am PDT #9867 of 25501
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.

Thanks, le nubian, bonny & Deena, that's great! I'll check those out.


tommyrot - May 05, 2009 8:57:35 am PDT #9868 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

This is a very pretty camera: Pentax K20D DSLR, decked out in gorgeous titanium

Could this be the start of a trend? Pentax offers up this exquisite titanium edition of its highly regarded K20D digital SLR camera, reminding us of the old days of silvery film cameras slung over the hunched shoulders of battle-weary war photographers.

If this is the start of a trend, someone's going to have to figure out how to make titanium less expensive, because this $1199 camera with its 14.6 megapixel CMOS image sensor and 2.7-inch live-view LCD costs almost twice as much as the regular $700 K20D with the same specs. The titanium model's collector's-item status is further enhanced by its limited-editing status — there will be 1000 of them in the world.

Let's hope those pricing issues can be settled, and that other camera manufacturers follow suit, because this is one swank-looking shooter. Perhaps cheaper brushed chrome or aluminum could create a similarly enchanting effect. Jump to the next page for more camera porn.

::cue Homer Simpson drool noise::


megan walker - May 05, 2009 8:59:33 am PDT #9869 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

That Pentax is gorgeous.

Although, I was happy to see another K1000 out and about while I was at Yosemite.


Gudanov - May 05, 2009 9:02:18 am PDT #9870 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I have a film Pentax at home, the light meter may not be working though. I got it from my Dad who bought it in Thailand while he was in the Air Force during the war.

I'm stuck with Canon now because I have bought lenses. Not that I mind because I love my Canon.


omnis_audis - May 05, 2009 10:04:50 am PDT #9871 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Although, I was happy to see another K1000 out and about while I was at Yosemite.
I still have my K1000, in a Targus backpack camera bag. Haven't used it in over a decade. This last move I looked at it and questioned why I still had it, but couldn't let it go.


Gudanov - May 05, 2009 10:08:59 am PDT #9872 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I think mine is Electro-Spotmatic. It's been quite awhile since I've shot film.