I totally missed out on the free iPods wave since I was convinced it was a scam. It wasn’t. Now the same company is at it with free Mac Mini’s. I’m game this time (I love the Mini, but I can’t justify actually buying one… ha.) I signed up for the BlockBuster service, which is actually quite a steal. I can catch up on all the movies I have been wanting to see.
So if you’re interested, sign up now. The bottom floor is the easiest (before all your friends have already signed up and you are stuck sans Mac mini).
So the live coverage went well. As always I had a blast doing it. I’m proud to report that it was our biggest traffic day ever.
You know you have been up a long time when you have picked up 2 news papers (Wednesday’s and Thursdays) from your drive way on two different mornings without going to bed inbetween. It’s like getting tomorrow’s news today!
At least I have a lot to show for it.
I’m going to be at the MacWorld expo this year. If you are going to be there, let’s meet up. Drop me an email or comment.
Well it took all 365 days to figure out the funniest email I’ve gotten all 2004, but here she is. This gem was sent to CarbWire on the 31st:
Name: Jerome Lackamp
Email: lack2@adelphia.net
Message: I have wondered who would reach for the bottom of the cesspool of popup advertising. Congratulations:You get the prize!.
A. Many people wish to listen to music as they work on the internet. Impossible, when your spoken message interrupts.
B. What makes you think that I or anyone else is interested in your product: your assumptions are rude and totally counter-productive. If ever I should want such a product, I would certainly remember your extreme vulgarity of a loud message, and I promise that I would avoid your product at all costs. You can be sure that I shall report this message to the responsible agencies in Washington: why is this any different from phone calls which I do not want?
If there is such a thing as taking my name off your distribution list, please do
so.
Let me remind you that CarbWire has no pop-ups, ads with sound, or really anything else besides text ads (really quite text too). Oh and we have no products. Or a "distribution" list.
Call Washington though, tell them about your spyware problem.
Here’s an idea for Visa, MasterCard, Amex, and other companies that charge merchants a percentage of gross charges–donate back the fees for money given to the the Red Cross (and others) for tsunami aid. Make it known that a $100 online donation will end up being $100, not $97. With all the millions being collected online, this could be a large donation.
Who really wants to profit off this disaster anyway?
I just filled out the application for my first personal health insurance policy. It’s a nightmare, but at least I’ll be able to skip out on some taxes. As of the first of next month I can stop looking both ways before crossing the street (just kidding!).
Welcome aboard 2005. It’s nice to meet you.
I was pretty fond of 2004 (it was the best year I’ve had to date), but I’m really looking forward to 2005. So many more goals are on the list that I don’t have a minute to waste. Exciting!
It looks like Amazon is testing a new design–I see it from only FireFox, likely there is a cookie set for the new design. The big deal with the design is that is pretty much does away with tabs (see screenshots below). I think it works well because there were just too many tabs before. Amazon popularized the use of tabs which makes this change ironic.
Amazon’s A9 websearch is also shown right at the top.
Between screen caps 1 and 2 all I did was move my mouse to the second tab, "See all 31 product categories." I did not click–it’s on the mouse over state.
