Where are they now?
Social networking sites have become the rave in the last 6 months. That’s great if you’re a social networking web site owner like Myspace and Facebook. Fox recently bought the three year old Myspace for a cool $650 million. For those of us, like myself, who aren’t, this just proves that all you have to do is invent something and sit around for popular culture to make you millions. Unfortunately for some of us, that cycle may take a while to get around to you (hello webvan?)
A lot of young people are using social networking sites to keep in touch with their friends (all 9,000 of them). While I only have less than a hundred friends (only a dozen of which actually use a social networking site), I don’t use these sites in ways that everyone else does. Lately I’ve found myself drawn to them for their nifty search function. Since Myspace has 54 million registered users (most of which are in the United States), I figured I’d throw a dart and see if I could hit someone I’ve lost touch with. I’ve moved five times in my life so naturally there are a lot of people that I don’t keep in touch with anymore. It was interesting to see where some people are and aren’t. If you’re ever bored or needing a laugh, go fishing on one of the social networking sites for old flames or friends that you haven’t heard from in ages. Is that girl you had a crush on in high school happily married, still single, or divorced with two kids like mine turned out to be?
Hey eveyone got some good news…
Hey eveyone got some good news my site(www.the-paulinos.com) that Brendan helped me create is now up and it’s a pimping good time. I have another thing to add if you watch tv. Then you need to watch “The House” and “Lost.” They are the two best shows on the planet. Anyways up and comin’ event “Audioslave” at the Phillips Arena its sounds amazing keep you guys updated.
The internet is now mainstream!
Have you noticed that the websites that we all know and love are being bought up by “the man” at an alarming rate lately? Yesterday, AOL announced that it was buying Weblogs, the parent company of the popular tech blog Engadget. This year News Corp (they’re the ones that invented “Fair and Balanced” journalism) has spent close to (insert Doctor evil voice) $1 billion buying websites like Myspace.com and GameSpy.com. Some of these websites, like GameSpy.com, have been around for as long as I can remember (and everything before 1998 is a blur!). I guess this is proof that the interweb has finally become mainstream. What I’m hoping is that “the man” doesn’t take a great idea and ruin it. Take for example “the little instant messanger that could”, ICQ. I had an ICQ account (7 digits!!) before AIM simply because none of my friends used AOL’s messanger. AOL bought ICQ and locked it in the dungeon, never to be seen again. This allowed their IM subscriptions to skyrocket. Will the same happen this time around? Will AOL and NewsCorp degrade the quality of sites like Engadget and GameSpy simply to push users to their lame web portals? I’m not a big fan of all things mainstream so of course I’m highly skeptical. Only time will tell....
This is the life of a Mega Nerd, baby!
it was a california august in 82
when my mother gave birth to the spamtec crew
13 years later had me looking at linux
programming made me stronger like popeye to spinach
now - people know that a dg carry weapons
but if that weapon is a NES, you stepping?
we finished contra with only one life
finished metal gear 2 using only a knife
Normally I don’t promote rap music. I’m not a big fan of it myself because all most rap “artists” don’t seem to put any thought into their lyrics. So far I can only name four “rappers” that I appreciate. The first being of course the Beastie Boys. These guys can make a rhyme and make you smile all at the same time. Then there are the Blood Hound Gang. Take the Beasties and add more vulgarity in a way that makes you double over from laughing so hard. Another one of them is MC Chris of Adult Swim fame. This guy practically invented nerd rap. Until recently, there were only three.
Enter YTCRACKER. With his internet release, NerdRap Entertainment Center (NES), YTCRACKER shows that he means business. He raps about things that us nerds can relate to, like “hacking on computers disassembling stuff”. YTCRACKER even has a song about the “hocus pocus focus juice” that I was addicted to as a kid (Surge!).
Check out Nerdrap Entertainment Center by clicking here.
