Scan in ISBN of a book, have it posted for sale on Amazon and craigslist.
Amazon already does this. Actually, I think it's required to list an item on Amazon.
Post a possibly good app idea that you have no intention of doing yourself.
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#42Filter or customize your tv ads. I hate it when a horror movie ad comes on and I have to scramble to change the channel. Similarly, I may like watching John&Kate+8, but that doesn't mean I want to watch the typically associated feminine hygiene commercials.
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#43An app that tracks your forum activity and displays all your private messages, thread subscriptions, etc. all in one app.
Kind of like a mint.com of internet activities? I like the idea. I'm not sure how easy it would be to be exhaustive. I can see how you could add the regular places you hang out at. Casual comments would be harder to track but a bookmarklet could help there. But isn't that kind of like a YC startup? I forgot the name though but I remember the website being a place where you could follow people's comments on blogs. Is…
Maybe you are referring to Disqus.
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#44Sell sunscreen in little packets (like ketchup packets) that can fit in your wallet. That way you'll never forget sunscreen. Should I patent* this? * I hate patents.
But what do you do when you have sunscreen on your burger and mayo on your back? I think this might backfire.
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#45Room service robot for hotels. It could basically be a motorized cart. It would be easy for it to get around in big hotels with elevators.
Might it be easier to just build a dedicated sort of line for each room? Like a part of the wall that opens up and is connected to the kitchen/wherever, to deliver your food. Would be harder at first but it'd be much easier down the line, and more efficient.
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#46An app that tracks your forum activity and displays all your private messages, thread subscriptions, etc. all in one app.
Kind of like a mint.com of internet activities? I like the idea. I'm not sure how easy it would be to be exhaustive. I can see how you could add the regular places you hang out at. Casual comments would be harder to track but a bookmarklet could help there. But isn't that kind of like a YC startup? I forgot the name though but I remember the website being a place where you could follow people's comments on blogs. Is…
I think you mean http://www.backtype.com/.
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#47N-party barter settling platform.
I think currency.com is already taken.
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#49An app that tracks your forum activity and displays all your private messages, thread subscriptions, etc. all in one app.
A big problem I have is I want to post a single question to a forum and be on my way. I hate having to sign up. Same deal but worse with mailing lists. What if your app had login accounts to the top say 10,000 forums so people could pop in and post questions some how?
Some forum software accepts openID now. I agree completely, at this point I have so many forum accounts on random sites where I just needed to ask one question pertaining to some program or something. The other day I needed to ask a question on some forum and was about to make a new account when I found that I already had made an account. Now I've decided to only use openID for new forums if possible and just not join others unless I think I'll participate a lot.
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#50a bugmenot type service...except it would act as a proxy. The proxy will be used to hide the actual login info, and to prevent the users from screwing around with the actual account.(basically I see this as changing the username to XXXX, not letting users go to pages like usercp.php etc).
Right now bugmenot is pretty much useless, since all accounts are dead almost right away.
This way the passwords etc will remain private, and the accounts won't go dead right away