May 25th, 2009, 9 Comments »
I’m working on a new project that has some particular requirements. They’re not that unusual, though, and surely others have already solved this set of problems:
- We need to sell online videos (of, say, 20 to 30 minutes in length). They’ll be viewable online, behind a some kind of password protection, or available for download as well (again, with password protection).
- Users will choose from a menu of videos, add them to a cart, pay for them and then get access (through streamed videos, downloads or both) only to those videos.
- Ideally this happens within our own site, or something we can tweak to look something like our own site.
No, we haven’t branched out into pornography.
I checked out some courseware systems, but they’re really about delivering structured multi-part classes. I’m also aware of E-Junkie, which is what Common Craft (among many others) use to distribute their videos. They’re a good option for downloadables, but don’t offer flash-based video for viewing only.
I’m happy to pay for a turn-key solution, assuming it doesn’t cost a ridiculous amount of money. That’s preferable, actually, to messing around with Drupal or whatever. All suggestions welcome.
As a thanks-in-advance, here’s an awesome German pop song.
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March 2nd, 2009, 3 Comments »
It’s accurate, sure, but is it appetizing?
In truth, it could be more accurate, or at least more localized. “Pop” is a much more popular term for “soft drink” in Canada than “soda”. That fact comes courtesy of the very useful website Pop vs. Soda.
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May 21st, 2007, 33 Comments »
Here in Malta, there’s a local soda called Kinnie. It’s fairly popular, though it must be an acquired taste, because to me it tastes like nineteenth-century cough syrup.
When I lived in Ireland, I learned about Club Orange, which was a popular citrus soda native to the country.
I’ve begun to wonder if there are similarly popular, locally-made sodas in other countries. Does Canada have one? Canada Dry, but that’s not really popular enough to be as omnipresent as Kinnie and Club Orange.
Do you know of any such soda-nation pairs? I’m making a list.
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March 21st, 2007, 22 Comments »
I was in 7-11 the other day, and the dude in front of me bought a Red Bull for about $3.50. A can of Coke costs $1.00, and it’s four ounces bigger.
The disparity is greater on Amazon.com, where you can get 95 cans of Coke for the same price as 24 Red Bulls (excluding shipping).
For no particular reason other than disinterest, I’ve never tried Red Bull. Is it three and a half times tastier than Coke? Is the extra caffeine worth the price of a latte?
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