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Ben Franklin Creates Sampa Site In Minutes

  • Founding Father is huge coup for family-oriented website www.sampa.com
  • Franklin received site as Father's Day Gift from kids
  • Franklin asserts Sampa is compliant with 13 Virtues
  • Ben gets bloggy! Like the natural savant he is, Ben has taken to his Sampa site like a house on fire, adding a blogroll, new post pictures, and "Favorites" lists of movies, music, and books. Want to see if you and Ben are book club compatible? Click here to find out.
  • Ever industrious, Ben is not content to rest on his Declaration of Independence crafting laurels! The Founding Father is looking for a job, so check out his Post-Revolution Resume here.

Like so many other Americans, Ben Franklin is the latest to catch on to the Sampa craze that is sweeping the nation. The Father of America simply can't get enough of the easy-to-use blogging software. "I've invented the library, the fire station, the glass harmonica, and the urine catheter, but nothing has compared to the rush of creating my very own Sampa site," Franklin exults, "I created my site in minutes. And I've never even seen a computer before!".

Franklin's site includes all the great Sampa features, including his impressive family tree, blog posts and family photo album. "Thanks to Sampa, I can finally remember all 16 of my siblings' names," says Franklin.

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Ben Franklin's Musical Module - iPod

Music Device: iPod

Whilst perusing my blogroll I noticed that some fellow named Steve Jobs kept popping up. Little did I know he and his company Apple have been taking credit for a device I invented in the 18th century! There's no doubting that the iPod is based directly on something I liked to call Ben Franklin's Musical Module.
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Inventor's Blog: The Notebook of Ben Franklin

View the lost pages of Ben's notebook. Here you can enjoy never-before-seen diagrams, scribbles, musings and more from Ben's highly inventive life!

The Notebook of Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin Family Tree

Franklin created his family tree, minus the dozen or so grandchildren, with just a few clicks of the mouse:

Ben Franklin Family Tree

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Sampa How-To Tutorials Next On Franklin's list

Franklin has stuck to the basics so far, but he's preparing to do more by viewing some of Sampa's how to videos. He says he'll be watching "How To: Resize Photos For Your Website" next.

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Quotes and Related Information

"A penny saved is a penny earned, and Sampa is free!" Ben Franklin

"We're so pleased Ben Franklin has joined the Sampa Family," Marcelo Calbucci, Sampa CTO

"We really like our Sampa site and get compliments on it from our friends and family," says dedicated Sampa user Yvonne Blumenthal

About Sampa

Sampa makes it easy to create a personal, private place on the web to share life events with family and close friends. With a Sampa site, users can share stories, photos, videos and life milestones with simplicity — with the assurance that only those people you invite will have access. Sampa features easy-to-use themes for major life events and milestones such as the "new baby" in the family, the "kids' achievements" and "family events" like reunions and vacations. The service can be accessed free of charge www.sampa.com.

Based in Redmond, Washington, Sampa Corporation was founded in 2005 by Marcelo Calbucci, CTO, a former development manager at Microsoft. CEO, Paul Gross, formerly senior vice president of Mobility at Microsoft joined in 2006 to accelerate Sampa's growth. Sampa is a trademark of Sampa Corporation. All other trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.