Looking for flexer to fix a site, where?

hi,
I have a flex-based site, that needs a couple very simple tweaks. Anyone game? or where to post flex gigs?
Thanks!
CK

Charles, if you are still needing this work done please send me a private message.
Thanks
Scott

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Report generated September 4, 2014 at 6:37:19 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 4 days 8:31:25
Disk Information: ?
APPLE HDD HUA722010CLA330 disk0 : (1 TB)
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Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (318.14 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
USB Information: ?
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Western Digital My Passport 0746 1 TB
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disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted>: 29 KB
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disk2s8 (disk2s8) <not mounted>: 262 KB
HD1_Lora (disk2s10) /Volumes/HD1_Lora: 1 TB (467.04 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
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Startup Items: ?
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Problem System Launch Daemons: ?
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Launch Daemons: ?
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[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
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Garmin Express Service
Monotype SkyFonts
Dropbox
HP Scheduler
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Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
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iSkyDeluxe
Searchme
Amazon Shopping Assistant
Ebay Shopping Assistant
Slick Savings
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Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins ?
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
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Akamai NetSession Preferences Support
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
MacFUSE Support
WacomTablet Support
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Mobile backups: OFF
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http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/119182.aspx
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FIndAnyFile
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These types of system 'cleaning" apps are very poorly written and are really a scam to rob newbie and novice Mac users of their hard earned cash for a poorly written maintenance program that will do much more harm to a perfectly normal running OS X system than the good that the app developers purport these types of apps will do.
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It is best to never, EVER download and install these types of apps.
The risk to your system and important data is too great a risk!
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You should never, EVER let a conputer hard drive get completely full, EVER!
With Macs and OS X, you shouldn't let the hard drive get below 15 GBs or less of free data space.
If it does, it's time for some hard drive housecleaning.
Follow some of my tips for cleaning out, deleting and archiving data from your Mac's internal hard drive.
Have you emptied your Mac's Trash icon in the Dock?
If you use iPhoto or Aperture, both have its own trash that needs to be emptied, also.
If you store images in other locations other than iPhoto, then you will have to weed through these to determine what to archive and what to delete.
If you are an iMovie or Final Cut user, both have its own individual Trash location that needs to be emptied, too!
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save.
Look through your other Mailboxes and other Mail categories to see If there is other mail you can archive and/or delete.
STAY AWAY FROM DELETING ANY FILES FROM OS X SYSTEM FOLDER!
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Look in your Applications folder, if you have applications you haven't used in a long time, if the app doesn't have a dedicated uninstaller, then you can simply drag it into the OS X Trash icon. IF the application has an uninstaller app, then use it to completely delete the app from your Mac.
To find other large files, download an app called Omni Disk Sweeper.
http://www.omnigroup.com/more
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadonyx.php
When you install and launch it, let it do its initial automatic tests, then go to the cleaning and maintenance tabs and run the maintenance tabs that let OnyX clean out all web browser cache files, web browser histories, system cache files, delete old error log files.
Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
If you have any other large folders of personal data or projects, these should be archived or moved, also, to the optical discs, flash drives or external hard drive and then either archived to disc and/or deleted off your internal hard drive.
Moving iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
Moving iPhoto library
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506
Moving iMovie projects folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph2289
Good Luck!

Looking for advice on fixing my Ibook

Hello all,
First post here and it's going to be a long one, so I apologize in advance for that and thank anyone who manages to wade though to give advice. Trying to get as much info into this to hopefully help you help me.
I have an Ibook G4 that was handed down to me in the last year due to my old comp dying. It was working perfectly until approximately one month ago.
The issues started with the original hard drive. Without doing anything new on my computer I started randomly having strange issues with various apps. I rebooted the computer and got the kernel panic message telling me to reboot the computer. I did so and then immediately went to the ?/finder icon screen. After trying Disk utility from the disks that came with the laptop, I just got errors when trying to repair the disk and repair permissions was not even available.
I took my laptop into my local apple store for advice and after they saw what it was doing they told me my hd had failed and offered to happily replace it for somewhere around $200. I happily thanked them for their help and went on my way.
I picked up a western digital 160 gig eide drive and installed it myself without problems. I was able to install the os from the included disks and then upgraded to 10.4 plus all downloaded updates. It worked fine for a couple days and then I decided all was well so started adding music to itunes since I finally have the hd space to add new music to my ipod. After a couple days of use Itunes started giving me errors while changing songs in Itunes and while clicking on any screen other than Itunes. Firefox then started acting strangely so I decided to reboot.
I was unsuccessful at getting fully loaded in again so I booted from the included disk and repaired permissions and disk using disk utility. This fixed the problems temporarily, however itunes was immediately giving me the error messages again. Continue forward a bit and now I get errors in disk utility saying that it failed to repair the disk.
I then gave up and decided to just wipe the drive and start over again. I used the erase the writes 0's over the whole drive which errored out towards the end. I suspected I might just have a bad drive but decided to reboot and just erase (basic quick one), partition, and install the os. That install also failed towards the end of disk one install. Went into best buy where I bought the hdd for advice and they agreed it sounded like a failed hdd too. Bought another one (to return the prior one for a full refund after I swap it out) and install it.
At this point I am getting pretty comfortable to dismantling this laptop so it only takes me around 1.5 hours or so fortunately, however as soon as I got the hd installed and tried to format in disk utility it wouldn't even show up on the screen even though I could hear it spinning. I was suspicious of the hd cable since it just doesn't seem like there is enough of it to make a good connection to the logic board, so I took the bottom of the comp off and just messed with the cable/logic board connection a bit. This was able to get the hd showing up in disk utility.
Got 10.3 and downloads installed because I don't have the 10.4 disk with me right now. Every time the computer rebooted during the update process, it went to the ?/finder icon screen. I had to hold down the power button to shut down and then power back up after which it would boot up fine. Already concerned about what this meant but just went with it.
Due to the issues I haven't tried installing anything else or even using many apps. I downloaded firefox and a couple other dmg's in preparation for upgrading the os in the morning. I moved a couple of those files to my partition successfully but after trying to move a final one the finder locks up. Nothing would load after finder reloaded so I rebooted. Now the computer just goes to the gray screen with the apple on it and a loading circle on the bottom but never gets past it. I also periodically get the kernel panic reboot computer message on this screen as well (not every time though)
My next step for trouble shooting will be trying to pick up a new hd cable, however this may be difficult without access to a computer I can do online ordering on.
Now for some of my thoughts. After all of that and many many hours spent using google and searching these forums I have seen a couple suggestions which could apply. The kernel panic messages could indicate that I am having memory issues, however I just can't see where that would cause files getting corrupted and causing me to have to repair permissions and disk. I can see where the hd cable failing could be causing issues, but I don't understand how that could account for everything when I don't even move the computer and it starts having issues.
I am to the point of desperation with this computer. I want nothing more than to just throw it on the ground and jump on it and maybe introduce it to a sledge hammer, however I just cant fit in purchasing a new computer right now. Paying my local apple store hundreds of dollars to try to fix something they may not even be able to fix also just doesn't seem like a viable option when I feel capable of fixing a large portion of issues myself (more familiar with pc's at this time unfortunately though).
Thanks to any of you out there who make it through this book where I probably give far too much detail. I am open to any advice you have to give to me at this point for where to go from here.

There's the possibility that the new hard drive you purchased has a problem. The only way to really check that is with another computer with no known issues.
Do you need the computer to be portable? If so, pick up a portable enclosure. Otherwise, any enclosure that will house the hard drive would be fine. Get the drive into the enclosure, then install the OS to it. If it runs fine while in the external enclosure, there's some connection inside the machine--possibly the cable--that has failed you. If you still have problems when the drive is in an enclosure, that suggests a problem with some part of the logic board or perhaps the drive itself is faulty.
~Lyssa

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