24oranges is now on Facebook
Yes, we should have done this a while back, but later is better than never!
Join 24oranges on Facebook.
And we’re always glad to share pictures on Flickr.
July 20, 2010
Yes, we should have done this a while back, but later is better than never!
Join 24oranges on Facebook.
And we’re always glad to share pictures on Flickr.
September 2, 2009
Here is a little tidbit you might like to know: a couple of days ago Orangemaster posted the thousandth 24 Oranges posting: Trading in your old bras for new ones.
We almost let this milestone pass unnoticed, mainly because we originally failed to notice it ourselves. This because Orangemaster is fighting both a nasty cold and a web radio server, and because I am currently hired (“kept off the streets,” as we say in Dutch) by a company that demands lots of my attention.
If you only hopped on board recently, here are some of my favourite postings of 2008 and 2007, but do not hesitate to add your own favourites to the comments, as mine is but one voice.
Tags: 24oranges, milestones
August 13, 2009
We have upgraded our Flickr account to the pro version, which means we can now put more and larger photos there. We use a lot of CC licensed photos as illustrations for our posts, and we’re returning the favour by publishing our own photos on Flickr using an equally liberal license.
May 9, 2009
We once set ourselves a goal of reaching 20,000 unique visitors a month (no one shot posting about something woohoo and then back to 6,000 or something) and thanks to everyone out there, we did it!
But first, about this photo: this is Gibeau Orange Julep ‘stand’ in Montréal, Québec. It serves orange julep, hotdogs and the likes. It’s a huge orange and the weather has a Dutch thing going for it.
As for what got 24oranges this far besides nicely pressed content, two words: Twitter and Flickr.
1) 24oranges is on Twitter and is getting lots more mobile phone and PDA visitors.
2) 24oranges is on Flickr. We share the photos we take ourselves and are proud to say that other blogs and sites use our photos.
Of course, the recent addition of 24oranges to Globalpost will definitely count for something soon.
Cheers!
(Photo by Bah Humbug, some rights reserved)
February 16, 2009
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We started in February 2007 with a posting about Dutch comics website Clogwork.net, which by the way is still going strong!
I just updated the code that runs in the background of this website. The improvements are mainly useful for the editors, so nothing much should change for you, our readers. If you come across any anomalies, I’d be glad to hear about them. Thanks!
Tags: 24oranges
December 29, 2008
A short selection of my favourite stories of 2008, some of them funny, some sad, some just weird:
So, which 24 Oranges story of 2008 would top your list?
Tags: 24oranges
September 1, 2008
Over the years we have illustrated many of our articles with photos from Flickr and Wikimedia Commons, released by their authors using liberal licenses. Now it’s payback time. We have started to upload the photos that we made ourselves and that we used here at 24 Oranges to Flickr. Most of these will be posted using an equally liberal Creative Commons Share-Alike license.
Often these are larger versions of what we posted here. And sometimes there are extra photos that would have added little to the story, but that we uploaded just to “complete the set,” so to speak. See www.flickr.com/photos/24oranges/.
You can also find this link in the menu on the right.
Photo by Orangemaster.
August 29, 2008
The anti-leeching saga continues, but for now and by popular request I’ve switched the images back on in the feed. More here.
August 28, 2008
We’re experimenting with a leeching blocker, and as a result you may see our regular images replaced by one that says “I am a bandwidth thief.” These images should only appear on the websites of leeches, not on 24oranges.nl itself. If you nevertheless see these images popping up, please report so here. Mention the web- or RSS-browser you are using, including version number, operating system, and how you are connected to the internet (proxy? firewall?).
Update: I’ve changed the RSS feed so that online feed readers no longer display images. Good or bad?
Tags: 24oranges, feedback, house keeping, leeching
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