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03/05/2006 00:11 #30211

Best of Artvoice
Category: artvoice

Well, it's been another year since we didn't win the Artvoice Best of 2005 contest. I hope maybe this year we will have a better chance. I think last year a lot of people voted online and then it seems like those votes went away at some point. Maybe someone else knows more details about how that worked.

Another problem is that a lot of you voted for best blog but we aren't really a blog, we are a blogging/community website, and they do have a best website award so it would be best to vote for that. If you want to vote for someone's individual blog that would seem more appropriate for the best blog contest.

Anyhow, I guess we should try again although the motivation of getting ntoiced so that we can get a new server has been resolved since Artvoice is hosting us as a result of meeting Jamie at the event last year.

The best way is probably to vote by filliing out a ballot in artvoice but you can also click on the image above to vote online

metalpeter - 03/05/06 13:48
I voted for elmwoodstrip.org on both catogories. Supposedly if you vote online there is a way to go back and change votes or add votes to catogories you didn't fill in, as long as it is done before the dating deadline.

leetee - 03/05/06 11:22
Thanks (e:Zobar), for the info. Last year, i voted but i was too new to Buffalo to vote on much other than (e:strip). This year, at least 31 categories for me! :)

zobar - 03/05/06 09:07
Last year the balloting was outsourced to some weird Portugese guy before I started working there. This is not to say that the Portugese are opposed to democracy, but we did notice some irregularities in the numbers that came back. By this time, we had no choice but to run with them.

This year, I am personally handling the polling, and I can assure you that the only way your vote will not be counted is if you do not vote in at least thirty categories. [Partially because we want your opinion on everything Buffalo has to offer; partially because this makes stuffing the ballot box more difficult.]

Since this is a reader's choice poll, it makes less of a difference as to whether you or I know the difference between a blog and a blogging/community website than as to whether your average Buffalonian can tell the difference. Since (e:strip) placed in the Best Local Blog category last year, I think it's safe to say that you're eligible for that category, at least, whether you want to be there or not. (-:

- Z

03/01/2006 22:35 #30210

Userpic Maker Update and Best Of Buffalo
Category: estrip

I fixed the userpic maker so that you once again can cut userpics out of web based images without having to use photoshop. You can even use it to cut userpics out of images on your journal. Basically, just like it says enter the URL of the image from the net (try searching for some on google images), then when the pic loads, drag the box where you want to crop and click just outside the upper left hand corner.

On another note there is a Best of Buffalo Contest sponsored by Spree. There is a category for Best Blog and Best Buffalo Website. It is in the 200s. Yes there are that many questions but you do not need to answet them all but you can win a prize. The survey is here

leetee - 03/02/06 00:11
voted!

theecarey - 03/01/06 23:17
cool. Thanks!

02/22/2006 02:02 #30209

FIxing the mobile email a post function
Category: bug fixes

Jenks, the email a post from your mobile function works again with the new code. Using this you can post from a non WAP/XHTML mobile phone to your journal including both text, sound, and images. The only requirement is that you can send an email from your phone.

--paul

02/12/2006 01:22 #30208

Site Updates
Category: estrip

I moved the userpic upload and usersound upload buttons back into the control panel at the top of the page. This should make it easier for people to find and use them. Your profile is now an actual link under your userpic labeled (my profile). It is right above journal overview and journal dots.

Usersounds now work in IE as well. You can play them by clciking on the speaker icon that shows up under anyones userpic that has uploaded an mp3 usersound.

02/08/2006 01:18 #30207

The Evil of Windows Auto-Update
Category: estrip

Last night I upgraded about 50 files involved in the site code and it got really late so I left my text editor open with all the files saved so that I knew which ones to upload in the morning.

Then windows did its stupid magic. It auto updated my computer and decided that it was appropriate to do an auto reboot without my approval. Seeing as the files were saved it wasn't too much danger but I no longer knew what changes I had made from the total site code. This lead to me having to re-upload everything so if you have any problems or something seems out of the ordinary, go ahead and send me an email.

--paul