Jan 29, 2008
QTrax Smells Like Fresh FailBrownies
Hell, it's already over before it got started and all I can find on the official sight is apparent lies in the authorization process. QTrax claims that to allow a better user experience they are limiting the amount of users and slowly allowing access to groups at a time, but all major news outlets seem to have a different story. According to the news none of the major record labels gave rights to QTrax for... read more
Jan 28, 2008
QTrax Fact or Fiction
Midnight tonight, 25 million songs will be released upon the world, for freeish. According to press releases the RIAA is taking a step in the right direction and providing a new substitute for purchasing $.99 tracks or paying full price for a 'mainly' crappy CD. QTrax is a network of legal, free music downloads, but they do come with DRM attached. In addition, to listen to the songs you must use their... read more
Jan 24, 2008
Styckr.com Image Hosting
After some testing it looks like my Ad FREE, No Limit, unlimited image hosting site is complete. As of this posting I'm serving up several hundred pictures and the server is wide open for plenty more. I'd encourage everyone to check out Styckr.com for FREE, NO ADS, Image hosting. At Styckr.com you can upload images up to 10mb, setup a private gallery, public, and get access to all the easy posting code.... read more
Jan 24, 2008
Slopsbox.com And Butterfly Marketing
More often than not curiosity gets the best of me, just like my kitty Halo, but I hate giving up any personal information to potential spammers. The ugly truth to Butterfly Marketing is that they will use and abuse your email for sending you time sensitive offers. I'm not interested in that. I want to know the meats and potatoes, methods used, how to compete, and just generally find out what's going on in... read more
Jan 23, 2008
Cinema Gouging
My wife and I used to go to the movies almost every single week. We love movies, we love seeing them in the theater, the experience, everything. One of the best parts of going to the movies was getting a taste of the previews, to see what we could look forward to in a few months. That 'good point' about going to the movies has now been bastardized, at least on a local level. Last Saturday I went and saw... read more
