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Have you met Woot Stalker?

Oct 5, 2012 8:37 PM

For the last couple of months, I have been working on something called adqstalker2000, which was built for deals chat in IRC. Basically it monitors all things woot, and posts updates on everything. Anyways, this past week I have ported it to an online version and published it.

The site can be found at http://www.wootstalker.com

Features:
-Monitors all woot sites for most recent items
-Shows most recent woot plus sales, and marks recently added sales as new
-Shows latest social media updates from woot
-Gives a history of items/sales/statuses
-All parts of the site auto update/refresh

-Plays audio alert for new woot sales (social media and woot plus not included)
-Tags social media with a boc icon if crap is listed
-Auto Open new browser when BOC is detected (Popups must be allowed)

This is still a beta, and some stuff is still being ported over to the live site. More stuff to be added soon. Feedback is welcome.

lichme lichme

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Great job Lichme this looks fantastic!

jeus jeus
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upvoting for coolness

inkycatz inkycatz
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!butt

But yeah, love it. Thanks Lich!

lien007 lien007
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@adqstalker works wonderfully in DWC and I'm excited to see it ported outside of IRC. Way to go, @lichme! Thank you for all of your hard work.

neuropsychosocial neuropsychosocial
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I approve this website with the stamp of awesome!

Definitely saves me the trouble of having 10+ tabs open.

Thanks! And great job with the website!

joshobra joshobra
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Excellent. Let's see if we can break it during the next woot-off!

okham okham
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Looks beautiful but I know you would want me to tell you that Pinterest is spelled incorrectly.

And this should have an apostrophe if you're going to use a contraction:

You thought wed (we'd) forgotten about you G+

It would actually look better if you spelled it out (we had).

Not to be hypercritical but the editor in me can't help herself.

ohcheri ohcheri
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!cheese :)

@agingdragqueen now everyone can find out about your favorite friend! Please stay safe, you never know where this crazy bot is going to find you next!

raider9924 raider9924
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A recommendation is to list the most recent previous price on the main page under the current price if there is one.

iggz iggz
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liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiich

carl669 carl669
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!catchup must see everything

raremonkey raremonkey
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As usual, I think I'm missing something. Blame it on age. Or maybe I'm being obtuse. Does this offer something that the in-place woot trackers (such as mywoot & wootalyzer) don't offer? To say nothing of woot.com itself. And yes, I've seen this on IRC.

Other than that...nice piece of work, lichme! ;-)

gmwhit gmwhit
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Very nice work...I wondered where you have been. Thanks!

jsimsace jsimsace
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good work lichme, glad to see you're more than just a gloat.

you know i'm just kidding. Nice site. way to give back to the community

cowboydann cowboydann
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Makes me wonder if you have an affiliate account.

cengland0 cengland0
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This is fantastic! Thanks for making it and thanks for sharing!

meandsecoya meandsecoya
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Shows a lovely character to share your work.
Thanks!

kophia kophia
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Nice!

Well done!

thedogma thedogma
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You are magic.

mossygreen mossygreen
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@lichme: I just discovered WootStalker a few weeks ago. Good stuff. I just sent you a small donation. Keep on keepin' on!

phillystyle phillystyle
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@cowboydann: hehe you're so funny

iggz iggz

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