Tag: websites

Craigslist for dummies

I need some advice. I used craigslist.com this weekend to clear out some old boxes and miscellaneous garage items that I didn’t want to haul to the dump. Plus, the idea of recycling these items made sense. I only listed things that I wanted to give away. The sign up was easy enough and the service is free. However, once folks began replying to my posts I ran into a bit of trouble. What do you do about folks that say they want your stuff but then never show up or email back with specifics. Help me out here. I tried following the first come first serve method, but I had folks that said they’d be by my house in a few hours and then never showed up. Meanwhile I received several more emails asking about the items. What do I tell these guys? Has anyone found a method that works for dilemmas such as this? I feel weird about giving out my physical address, too. Do you find a common meeting place to make the hand off?  Talk to me, Sacramento.

Barnesyard spamjacked, on hiatus

If you’re like me you’ve been hurting for new content on The Barnesyard. Well, turns out his old Blogspot blog was hijacked by spammers, so his archived content is available on a new URL. DB tells me he is putting the site on permanent hiatus, but says he might give it another go in the next year or so. I think The Barnesyard was one of the most enjoyable blogs in town so I can’t wait. With no new posts this month on “Film For Tourists” as well, that makes two smart, well-written local film blogs off the radar for the time being.

In the meantime though you can catch DB’s reviews (attributed to his much longer and harder to remember full name, Daniel Barnes) in the News & Review.

Haunted?

Cbs13.com has a helpful page on all things Halloween. Here’s a list of local pumpkin patches, corn mazes, and haunted houses.

However, what really caught my attention was a link to a listing of “actual” haunted places in California and, specifically, Sacramento. Apparently the Crocker Museum and Sacramento Theatre Company have experienced their share of paranormal activity:

The (Sacramento Theatre Company) 50-year-old vaudeville stage is home to a ghost that employees have named Pinky — because of the pinkish aura it manifests. The apparition has been seen on numerous occasions and is even credited with warning electricians of the impending collapse of an overhead lightbar. Several people could have been seriously injured had they not evacuated the area because of Pinky’s ghost. In the last four years, psychics have detected the presence of five other spirits in the building.

Man, doesn’t this sort of thing get you fired up to do some Paranormal Investigating? If it does, you may benefit from an online course or two at Flamel College: Continue reading “Haunted?”

A Travis-ty at My58

Travis & KellyMeet Kelly and Travis, co-winners of the Host Hunt competition on My58. Faithful readers will know that I had a pick to click in this race, but I’m simply shocked, shocked that Travis pulled ahead of the pack.

For a taste of what you’re in for, check out Kelly and Travis as Phoebe and Joey announcing that MyTV has taken the bold step of airing “Friends.” See if you can get past the words “smelly cat,” I couldn’t. (I can’t link you to it, so if you think you have the stomach, visit Travis’s page and click on “Teaming Up: Travis And Kelly” in the video list.)
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We’re #1!

The good people of Sacramento have demonstrated their..err.. exquisite taste and sophistication (?!) by selecting the SacRag as Best Local Blog in the News and Review’s annual Best of Issue, tying with Heckasac and decidedly kicking the shit out of the extremely weak Mark Williams Radio Show Blog.

Congrats to our writers and thanks to all our readers, fans and detractors!

YouTube phenoms Smosh on News10

A friend just sent me this link to a YouTube clip from News10 about the two Del Campo grads whose videos posted to YouTube as “Smosh” are some of the most popular entertainment among those with whom YouTube is popular entertainment. Apparently they have the #2 watched clip on there. My YouTube just keeps blinking “12:00” so what do I know.

Warning: watching a clip of TV news on YouTube in which you watch a clip on YouTube is only 2 layers away from smoshing your brain.