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January 29, 2004
Death to Friendster, long live Orkut
So, to massive fanfare, the internet users of the world sighed a collective sigh of relief last Friday as Google entered the Social Networking arena with Orkut. Social Networking you say, what is that. Well, have you used or heard of Friendster? Orkut is the same, but better. Better how? Well, it's backed by enough money and servers so that when 6pm rolls around the whole service doesn't come to a grinding halt. It's also affiliated with Google, which, to date, has been one of the most ethical internet companies I've seen. I trust my email address with google. I don't trust it with Friendster. A child of Google isn't going to get bought out and have it's user database sold to Broadjump. Anyhow, one interesting thing about Orkut is that unlike Friendster, it's by invitation only, meaning everyone on the network, is connected to somebody else somehow. So if this intrigues you, and you are a friend of mine (meaning somebody that I see on some kind of a regular basis) comment here and I'll invite you, and you can check it out. You won't even have to pay someone to invite you.
Also, in case you were wondering social networking services are about the lamest thing in the world. I can't really understand what they're for, but if you're initial response to this is "Geez, that's lame" you're dead on.
In case you're wondering this is what it's like.
Posted by gene_wood at 09:50 PM | Comments (13)
January 16, 2004
artifex is broken
So for everyone who uses artifex for their email and other services, as you probably know your server has been down for a couple days. To those who have an interest (Dan, Dave, Katie, etc.) you're more than welcome to come over to Cementhorizon territory and get yourself some five nines action. The offer stands.
Posted by gene_wood at 11:29 AM | Comments (1)
January 13, 2004
Shadowrun Game
So to whoever didn't get the email (because I didn't know you played Role Playing Games), I'm going to run a Shadowrun game Saturday January 24th. If you have an interest in playing, email me, and I'll send you the specifics.
Posted by gene_wood at 04:08 PM | Comments (9)
January 02, 2004
New Years Eve Pictures
I got a few pictures, and Mike took some really sweet ones. Check'em out.
Posted by gene_wood at 11:47 PM | Comments (0)
January 01, 2004
The New Years Eve Superlatives
- Most highly recommended software by Jacob : Winamp 5
- Best upcoming standup joke : "Well, I'll just write you out a check, doo doo doo, January third, two thousand three...god dammit" "Well, I'll just write you out a check, doo doo doo, March twenty seventh two thousand thr... DOH!"
- Best new addition to Noe St. evening fun : Jessica and her face paint
- Most overtold position in an evenening by Gene : Why Gene doesn't like MP3's
- Best sport of the evening : Sean Keane
- Cutest girl of the evening : Kristen Larson
- Best costume : Katie Vigil as "nowar"
- Most shit talking done by a Street Fighter II player : Chris
- Biggest betting swing on said Street Fighter game : 4$ pot won by Gene, financed by Mike B
- Coolest surprise guest : Rob Chiniquy
- Sweetest plan of the evening : Gene and Mike ride to Mexico in February
- Best technological aid to the countdown process : GPS synched cell phones
- Most unexpected thing to run into while walking into my darkened bed room : Two people doing capoeira on the floor.
- Nerdiest first thing to do upon waking up in 2004 : Check to make sure the apache logs dealt with the end of the year rollover ok By Gene
Posted by gene_wood at 11:13 AM