tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74443763586968865412009-10-15T08:28:06.326-07:00Help get me home one penny at at time!!Russell Oatlickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06314928279433760835noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444376358696886541.post-29292729986957808922006-12-16T05:00:00.000-08:002006-12-16T10:05:46.147-08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">So how powerful is the web? Or maybe I should ask how generous are people today...I was messing around on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TooTuffTails">YouTube</a> and when I made the clip below it reminded me of the cult classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Bueller%27s_Day_Off">Ferris Bueller’s Day Off</a>. I was laughing to myself remembering the campaign -- and a few googles and an hour later, I planted the seed for my own fundraiser. <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Help me get home from Paris, one penny at a time!</span><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MWog4AikNs0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MWog4AikNs0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br />I'm sure by this point you've scratched your head, IM'd a couple of mates, and said why bother -- surely I couldn't help Russell Oatlicker get home with my penny and a couple of clicks. <br /><br />Now then, in most circumstances I guess I would do the same, and then move along -- yep, I'm pretty lazy too -- however, I've set this site up to be as simple as possible. I just stumbled across <a href="https://www.indiekarma.com/merchant/Welcome.xhtml">IndieKarma</a>, a cool new take on micropayments, and within an hour my campaign was started.<br /> <a href="http://www.digg.com"><br /><img src="http://digg.com/img/badges/91x17-digg-button.gif" width="91" height="17" alt="Digg!" /><br /></a><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7444376358696886541-2929272998695780892?l=russelloatlicker.blogspot.com'/></div>Russell Oatlickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06314928279433760835noreply@blogger.com0