This game also helped define me. I remember running around 5th grade thinking in my head 'beep pause pause beep beep pause'.
I created a parallel to serial and back set of chips to create a remote control system to get through the invisible maze level.
I played this on either a Tandy color computer 2 or 3 ... not sure which. I wonder how many engineers/programmers this game created. Such great memories.
Yep, bullshit on all of you... you're personal anecdotal experience is as valid to ADHD as diagnosing an appendectomy.
I, my wife, and one of my sons have gone through the social hell of the constant repeated experience of dealing with people that think they know something about ADHD. Your preconceived popular-science laden opinions are NOT right and you feel ashamed to think so.
So, my rage aside, let me say this: there is solid research and solid treatment for those who are diagnosed with ADHD. Please, if it seems to fit your issues, please, PLEASE! go through the process of seeing if medication can help you.
You won't believe the amazing difference and neither will those close to you. There is help... seek it.
I have given it a good run. I have a business partner with money, many great developers and testers on my side, and a some-what successful go of it.
But I no longer have the time. I'm ready to pass on this torch and give it up to someone. The primary reason is family. The other is I have found several other excellent sources of income and I can't justify spending the time to over come the bump on freescreencast.com.
So I want to sell: buyer gets several items: source code for both client software and for the website, and the domain.
Most importantly, however, is the buyer inherits the userbase, the user accounts, and the content created by the users.
Search is primarily long tail, but we're top ten in many, many searches.
So... any takers? Any advice?
The alternative is a shutdown, which I just don't want to do.
Do you own freescreencasts.com as well? I notice it was registered not long after, has the same private registration vendor, and has the same nameservers. Could be coincidence but if you have that domain too it makes it somewhat more valuable.
This site isn't nearly spammy enough for the savages over at Digital Point but Flippa might be worth a try.
Also, if you're serious about selling, put a very visible graphic on every page with a link to a sales pitch PDF. The basic stuff everyone here has asked for should be included: traffic, revenue and background technology information.
With no revenue you're going to find yourself instantly offended by low-ball offers but you might find a diamond in the rough if you're patient.
It's PHP, for what it's worth. I know because the first thing I do at any site is look at their error handling. Here's theirs, trying to load http://freescreencast.com/screencasts2:
Missing controller
You are seeing this error because controller Screencasts2Controller could not be found.
Notice: If you want to customize this error message, create app/views/errors/missing_controller.thtml.
Fatal: Create the class below in file : app/controllers/screencasts2_controller.php
<?php
class Screencasts2Controller extends AppController {
var $name = 'Screencasts2';
}
?>
Yes, its a matter of changing the debug value to 0 instead of 1 in /app/config/core.php. If this were set you'd be getting 404's instead of error messages.
@OP - This probably isn't the best place to sell your site, but you're going to need a lot more stats if you want to sell it anywhere. At the very least you need to show proof of revenue over time. A good place to start your asking price is 8 * monthly_profit.
6 hours later and debug mode still hasn't been turned off, even though you told him exactly how to, in his own thread. Unbelievable. Most of the web devs I know would have panicked, fixed the setting and redeployed within minutes of learning they'd screwed up in a visible and embarrassing way.
I would say those are actually not very important. Domain name recognition, page rank, user base, organic traffic and database are what matters in "websites".
Any pasionate bastard can port it to the host and infrastructure of his or her choice in the proverbial "weekend" ;-)
'Code' created by a long series of chaotic events manages to survive or not survive.
The research is rewarding because it is challenging. Both the discover of the raw data and the interpretation of said data is dumbfoundingly complex, to the point where any tiny amount of comprehension is the result of more work than you can possibly imagine.
In short, it's hard, and success is uncommon and amazing.
I created a parallel to serial and back set of chips to create a remote control system to get through the invisible maze level.
I played this on either a Tandy color computer 2 or 3 ... not sure which. I wonder how many engineers/programmers this game created. Such great memories.