So I was reading Drive Line, and looking at some posted pictures of the Lamborghini Alar Concept. Looks like we’ve found the auto world’s equivalent of a cleft pallet.
The original Photo
Looks kind of better like this, don’t you think?
The Lambrogini Alar with a mounted WWII Panzer IV Tank Turrent.
Nice, but doesn’t look very aerodynamic.
I guess tomorrow, they will start taking the Cadbury mini eggs over the shelves and I have to go back to being a sad panda.
So last thursday we received an email from CherryTap.com. They wanted to form a partnership with one of the resource sites that I run with a friend. This would have been great news if they were reaching out to us with an exclusive deal; however, I’m pretty sure they have approached other resource sites with the same offer. Ironically, we were in the process of launching a new resource site aimed at the CherryTap audience, but they decided that they rather tap the traffic of our somewhat established Myspace Resource site, instead of the new CherryTap graphics site. All in all, it is still great that they contacted us. Anyway, we agreed to a trial run this weekend so that they can gauge how much traffic our site can send them, and also to see whethere or not the traffic converts.
I’m not expecting good results on monday. We only get around XXX number of clicks on adsense and the rest of the ad clicks go to Valueclick Media and I don’t know if we can afford to send our traffic to CherryTap for nothing. Well, I’m not saying that I don’t want to send CherryTap traffic, it’s just that I know that we will not be able to send them enough traffic to become a featured link on their page. And without a prominent link spot, it is unlikely that we would get any traffic from them.
With that being said, if by some miracle we do end up sending them a load of traffic. I’d be a happy fish. I’ll be sure to post about what happens with the trial and all sometime next week.
Oh, and for those who don’t know what CherryTap.com is, well I can best describe it as the intoxicated version of Myspace with a lot of skin to boot.
I found this site mentioned on the MyspacePros forum. Imgred.com allows you to link images on the web without hotlinking. Basically, you provide the URL to an image on the internet, and the service downloads the specified image and stores it on their hard drive. The site then gives you a different html code for the URL of the image hosted on imgred.com. You can then use this URL to display the image on sites such as personal pages, forums, blogs, Myspace etc.
This seems like a clever solution to allow people to, “use” images off other websites without stealing someone’s bandwidth. This is also a good workaround for linking images from sites which have hotlinking protection.
Seems kind of devious, but could come in handy. Check out Imgred.com for a full explanation.
Edit: You can find the source code here -> link.
With social networking websites emerging left and right these days, it doesn’t surprise me that someone has started a site targeted at senior citizens. MyTimeHero.com, is a new online community which caters to senior citizens.
Look, we all know how hard it is to find new euchre partners and trade recipes in real life at any age, but these activities and others become considerably more difficult when you are up there age wise. With the increased difficulty mobility wise, and potential health issues, senior citizens can often find themselves isolated from the rest of society. So, I suppose that it makes sense to offer these silver foxes a community where they can interact with like minded individuals. And, just to clarify, when I mentioned euchre and recipes, I wasn’t making a mocking old people; in fact, the webs site’s introduction addresses these two activities directly; just read it for yourself.
Whether you would like to compare the best travel stories or find new Euchre partners, share a recipe or brag about your kids or grandkids, let myTimeHero.com connect you with your peers, new friends, and acquaintances from around the world and around your community. Make yourself at home with no struggle to fit in among teenagers. myTimeHero makes it easy to be yourself.
Now that we’ve got a general idea about myTimeHero, here are a few notable features that I found while exploring the website. It is a typical social network site with some good features for the demographic it is targeting.
Accesibility
Registration Process
Website Features (Source)
The site is decent, and I haven’t really researched the competition, but this would be a nice quiet place for the mature web users. You won’t find any pesky teens on myTimeHero.com. As for the brand, “My Time Hero,” sounds like a bad movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Well, I suppose everyone should run out and get their grandparents to sign up. I would, but they are all dead. And if you are still trying to figure out what euchre is, then here is a link.
Last night, my fiance informed me that Sanjaya Malakar had successful advanced to the next round. I wrote about how important it is for all American citizens to make sure they vote for him -> here. Now there are only eight contestants left, and Sanjaya is one step closer to the title of American Idol. I must admit that I have never experienced satisfaction from a show that I find unbearable to watch. Once again, this is not about rooting for the underdog, but just an opportunity to upset many people all at the same time. Yes Christine, it is my fault.
The last time I got hooked on a flash game was when Flash Element Td first came out. I played the game for a good three days straight and forgot to update my sites. But, Flash Element Td was so last year. Right now, everyone is playing chick-chick-boom; the game is just as addicting.
The objective of the game is to attack the opponent’s chicks while defending your own. To execute an attack, the player has to trace a preset shape with his/her mouse. The more accurate your tracing, the more deadly the attack. Defending works in a similar fashion. To instruct chicks to avoid attacks, the player must trace outlines of arrows corresponding to the direction to move. Quite simple, yet challenging since, it’s very easy to get distractd by the screen and lose control of your mouse cursor.
Chick Chick Boom is powered by Nintendo; therefore, it’s a quality web release. Nintendo makes its presence notable by offering brand related incentives. As a bonus, you get cool Nintendo wallpapers when you complete a level. Well, they are not that cool, but it’s better than what most online games offer, which is usually nothing.
Anyway, there are high scores that need to be beaten, so let’s talk later.
The trailer for Die Hard 4, “Live free or Die,” is up on Yahoo! Movies. Watch the trailer and live the last three movies all over again. Yippe kayee! Mother fworder.
Fans of iTunes should check out AmieStreet.com, an up and coming music website focused on independent music. Amie street can be best described as a hybrid of a social network and an online music vendor. In short, it is a healthy mixture between Myspace and Apple’s iTunes.
Registered users of amiestreet.com can participate in a healthy mix of exploring new artists, recommending their favourite bands and buying music tracks online. On the other end, bands can register, promote and sell their music and expect to pocket up to 70% of the revenue generated.
Amie Street’s promise is that no track will exceed $0.98 USD, and that is pretty competitive pricing in my opinion. The current leader in online music sales, iTunes, charges $0.99 a track the last time I checked. So, you could be saving a whole penny! What makes Amie Street’s pricing model so unique is that prices for tracks are determined by the fans. In addition, the pricing model allows incentives for both the customer as well as the band. As a user you can actually get paid for participating on the website.
The dynamic pricing model is driven by what Amie Street dubs, “The Rec System.” The Rec System, is summarized on the company’s website as responsible for the following function:
REC system: The REC system drives the site’s music discovery process. The price of a song is determined by how many times it is purchased, and Amie Street pays customers for discovering and recommending great music. For example, if a user “RECs” a song when it costs 0 cents, and the song grows to 98 cents, the user receives 98 cents for RECing that song. Members are able to see who REC’d a song and can find other users who have similar music taste so they can find more music they will like, allowing niche communities to flourish on Amie Street, and ultimately showcasing the music that is relevant and compelling on a global scale.
I think this is a neat system and the website has a lot of potential to develop into something big. However, so far Amie Street hasn’t been a viral success. I have been keeping an eye on the website’s traffic for the last four months and it seems as if growth has been slow, according to stats on alexa.com. There might be more bad news for the company as Myspace gets ready to sell music online. With a database of over a million artists and a well established user base, Myspace could not only knock out websites such as AmieStreet.com but, could be a strong competitor of Apple’s iTunes.
We will just have to see. In the meantime, go check out Amie Street; It is a treat. Sometimes I just like to park on the, “about me page,” and sample some free tunes.
Came across a clip of that old school cartoon, The Jetsons on Youtube. Just a reminder how Hanna and Barbara continue to mock us from the grave. I’m still patiently waiting for that flying car. Until then, I’ll hold off on getting a driver’s license.
