Elgg is a open-source social networking platform for building a community based website. Think of a fully customizable MySpace of your own. Elgg V1.0 just launched on August 18th and every week there are new plugins being released from community members. Elgg’s Full Package comes with quite a few useful plugins, but these plugins from the community really bring Elgg to the next level.

• Be Myspace’s Tom v1.0 1.1

  The Be Tom plugin automatically adds the user of your choice to a newly registered users friend list. Hence the name Be Tom. On Myspace every new user automatically has …

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Free Radio Santa Cruz is a unlicensed radio station based out of Santa Cruz, California. The key in that last sentence is that FRSC is unlicensed. This means that they are not allowed to broadcast on public airways based on FCC regulations.

Despite this fact, FRSC has been broadcasting for over 12 years since 1995. One interesting thing to note is the main content of the radio station is very in tune with public opinion in the United States because it is not driven by advertising revenue.

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Where are all the blogs? If you’re wondering, then I need your help. I thought I would try something new here at The State of Affairs by having you post a comment about your newest blog post here. Instead of me writing a article and all of you commenting on it, I want your posts to be the article. I feel this will give everyone that is excited about their new post a chance to get some exposure and join the community. Also you should definitely add a link to your post …