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I've done some volunteer website work for different non-profits around the US and its been a blast. I normally go through http://www.npower.org/[^] to find different non-profits. It's a wonderful site to help non-profits find IT people to help them.
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Thank you for that, I'll look into it right now!
djj55: Nice but may have a permission problem
Pete O'Hanlon: He has my permission to run it.
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My new neighbor got a habitat for humanity home. They drive a new Mercedes.
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Matt U. wrote: Have any of you ever done volunteer development work? If so, was it for a large organization, perhaps nationwide? Or something smaller, like a local cause? Through my girlfriend's mother, I got in contact with a local non-profit group. Their Web site was horribly put together by some guy, a slackjob. Luckily it isn't very complicated and we could keep the design and just rework the small amount of server-side stuff.
Anyhow, have any of you ever done something like that? I've been looking for places to volunteer my skills for a long time. I just didn't find it until now. Just curious. 
Yup. In fact, my major project outside of work is a system that keeps track of a farm. The cool thing about it is that they are getting a first-rate software product that they never could afford otherwise and I enjoy making that happen. We get our farm share in exchange for it. If it were a commercial deal I could probably get $20 grand for the effort but it's just not about money, I just enjoy doing it.
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I help seniors in our building and some disabled people with their computers.
You know tune-ups, boot-up problems, security setup and remove waleware. Teach them a little.
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Matt - I'm also in Middle Tennessee (Murfreesboro). There's plenty of non-profits around here - and in Nashville - with old, dilapidated websites that would love someone to come in and refresh/update/etc. their websites (I'm working with a few now).
Just be careful how you approach it - one of my first gigs I was...less than tactful. I approached the office manager with "Your website is old and outdated, and uses technology that's ancient and was apparently written by someone who didn't understand web technologies. It needs to be updated." Guess who had built it...
Lesson learned. Now it's "I want to build my portfolio and help you all out by volunteering. How can I help?"
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Hahaha. Very good advice, my friend. I'm only about 20 miles east of you, in Woodbury. Small world, eh?
djj55: Nice but may have a permission problem
Pete O'Hanlon: He has my permission to run it.
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Joe was a successful lawyer, but as he got older he was increasingly hampered by incredible headaches. When his career and love life started to suffer, he sought medical help. After being referred from one specialist to another, he finally came across an old country doctor who solved the problem.
"The good news is I can cure your headaches... the bad news is that it will require castration." You have a very rare condition which causes your testicles to press up against the base of your spine and the pressure creates one hell of a headache. The only way to relieve the pressure is to remove the testicles."
Joe was shocked and depressed. He wondered if he had anything to live for. He couldn’t concentrate long enough to answer, but decided he had no choice but to go under the knife. When he left the hospital he was without a headache for the first time in 20 years, but he felt like he was missing an important part of himself.
As he walked down the street, he realized that he felt like a different person. He could make a new beginning and live a new life. He saw a men’s clothing store and thought, "that’s what I need .. a new suit."
He entered the shop and told the salesman, "I’d like a new suit." The elderly tailor eyed him briefly and said, "Let’s see... size 42 long." Joe laughed, "That’s right, how did you know?" "Been in business 60 years!" Joe tried on the suit. It fit perfectly. As Joe admired himself in the mirror, the salesman asked, "how about a new shirt?" Joe thought for a moment and then said "sure..." The salesman eyed Joe and said "let’s see...34 sleeves and...16 and a half neck." Joe was surprised, "that’s right, how did you know?" "Been in the business 60 years" Joe tried one the shirt, and it fit perfectly. As Joe adjusted the collar in the mirror, the salesman asked "how about some new shoes?" Joe was on a roll and said "sure!"
The salesman eyed Joe’s feet and said "Let’s see... 10-1/2...E." Joe said astonished, "that’s right, how did you know?" "Been in business 60 years!" Joe tried on the shoes and they fit perfectly. Joe walked comfortably around the shop and the salesman asked "how about some new underwear?" Joe thought for a second and said, "sure!" The salesman stepped back, eyed Joe’s waist and said "Let’s see... size 36."
Joe laughed, "Ah ha! I got you I’ve worn a size 34 since I was 18 years old." "The salesman shook his head, "you can’t wear a size 34, it will press your testicles up against the base of your spine and give you one hell of a headache."
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Excellent! 
Too bad that so many of the kids here haven't the attention span to read a joke so long. But don't try to shorten it; quality requires time and space, and those who lack the time and patience to fully experience such things deserve the empty lives they lead.
Well done! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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"If you had a PC and you listened to MP3s in the late 90s, chances are you managed your playlists with Winamp. ....If you still want a copy of Winamp, now is the time to download it and to import those MP3s you downloaded from Napster back in 1999 into it."
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/20/after-15-years-of-whipping-the-llamas-ass-winamp-shuts-down[^]
So sad, I am proud to admit I have still been using it mainly because of all the cool plugins like QuickTunes and the dancing Santa visualizations lol
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End of an era... <sigh> 
/ravi
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R.I.P. Winamp ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Veni, vidi, vici.
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I ran an Internet radio station via Winamp. Shame to see them go.
Do Llamas make good glue?
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That's sad...I still use Winamp! ...are they going to force me to use something else!?
I hope they decide to release the code and go full open source! 
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Albert Holguin wrote: I hope they decide to release the code and go full open source!
For some reason I am thinking it used to be open source then I think it changed when AOL got involved but I'm probably incorrect; too lazy to wiki it.
But I was thinking the same thing.
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I sort of remember the same thing... but alas, I too am too lazy to confirm this. 
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Wow had no idea been using Winamp for years, guess I better update while I can!
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If they happened to go open source with this... I would be all for supporting it!
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Albert Holguin wrote: If they happened to go open source with this...
I can't really see that happening though!
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Sadly, I would tend to agree... I don't know how AOL got its dirty hands on Winamp anyway. 
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Albert Holguin wrote: I don't know how AOL got its dirty hands on Winamp anyway.
Oh hell there goes the neighborhood.
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Free the llama!
They should release the source code into the wild.
RIP! ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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Maybe we need to start the "free the llama" initiative...
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