PIRATE SLAYERS

So, The Pirate Bay is more or less dead...

But that doesn't stop it from still terrorizing companies.


The news that The Pirate Bay is being sold hampers things, since it WAS the World's Largest BitTorrent tracker, but that doesn't mean that there aren't other options. Some of the other options are more "legal" as well, and new sites are cropping up all the time, so I wonder how much "legalizing" The Pirate Bay actually did. It's like when Torrentspy was shut down a few years ago - everyone just ended up migrating to The Pirate Bay.

For those that are truly adventurous, there are also always other alternatives. In that example, the program is even older than BitTorrent, but it's relative complexity has effectively masked it's presence. Let's not even get started on IRC.


Frankly, I fail to see how downloading through these programs is any different than going to a library, borrowing a CD (e.g. Radiohead's "The Bends") and ripping it to your computer. That's perfectly legal, and no money is really spent there, either. It seems like the issue of legality is more an issue of "scale." Since really, it all seems like a giant overreaction

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There's a whole lotta nothing out there...

One of the tougher things about maintaining a blog of any sort is finding material, I guess. While there is a lot of e-Marketing news out there, there hasn't really been anything particularly groundbreaking that would just make me jump to writing another post. I guess a sagging economy means harm to e-Business as well (laughtrack here)

Well, beyond my own laziness, anyways. I guess I could do like some other bloggers and merely talk about whatever comes to mind, but I always wanted to keep this blog purely "e-Marketing" (and offshoots) so talking about pop culture would seem out of place to me and anybody who reads this.

So, in short, *respect* to bloggers who manage to keep up the torrential pace. I'm a big fan of anime blogs, (something anybody looking through my archives can probably guess) and sites that do episode recaps are great since they update pretty much daily. Maybe laying out a schedule of what to write about is really the way to go~

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Airline Service

Customer service is important. But then, maybe this poor service is expected.

The threat extends beyond just one video... apparently he's got 2 others planned. Not really my kind of music, but I hope it gets the message out.

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inFamous, by a Unicorn Horn

Been wrapped up playing Blazblue for the past few days, so I haven't been doing much.

And yet, there's still stuff to update you on (all video-game edition).

I follow The Escapist online magazine primarily for one reason: Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee's acerbic video game review show. In a recent video he challenged 2 games (inFamous and Prototype) to a rather interesting contest - the better game would be chosen by who drew the other game's character crossdressing better.

Surprisingly, both development companies participated, resulting in this. I actually quite like knowing that the companies take into account stuff posted on the internet and work together with the fans to create something special. It reminds me of the Tiger Woods' Jesus shot.

In another vein, Vanguard Princess, a 2D computer fighting game, is being given away for free. You can download it here.

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We have a winner!

Netflix competition = over.

Not much else to say... (more like, lots to say, but no energy to write it right now)

Oh, but I will comment on this: this is why you should have registered a Facebook name as soon as possible... so that somebody doesn't hack your account and give you one without your knowledge.

Facebook can cause a lot of strife.

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