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Free money!
Thanks for the $100 Gord! Way to make a pathetic token effort!
Hey, who here likes getting screwed?
I got a letter from Bell today saying that the price of an text message was increasing to $0.15 due to “increasing costs”. Oh really? First of all we already know that SMS messages are a huge ripoff. So, I’d really like to know what increasing costs have been incurred that are even remotely related to text messaging. It’s times like these that I take a tiny amount of comfort in knowing that I have a fairly reasonable cell phone plan—thanks to a smart girl in a mobility kiosk that found a way to sign me up for a corporate plan even though I was working for a small design studio at the time.
And as I read this letter from Cameron McCuaig, the Vice President of Client Care at Bell, I marvel at the line “thank you for choosing Bell”. As if I selected them from number of worthy opponents. Actually, Cameron, I “chose” Bell 4 years ago because I couldn’t stomach being with Telus anymore after having worked …
Have we lost our minds?
What the hell is going on in our airports? You can’t even wear a Transformers t-shirt or a pistol pendant without fearing arrest. Is this what we think is reasonable screening? And are terrorists wearing Megatron t-shirts or pistol pendants? And can I manage one more gratuitous question mark in this post?
After all we were born 6 days apart…
A quick shout out to Becca, who linked to me the other day from her blog. Becca just may be my dark-haired blue-eyed long lost sister, if nerdery is genetic.
Sometimes you really can get something for nothing
While I’ve only ever been a lukewarm fan of the music of Nine Inch Nails, I have a tremendous amount of respect for Trent Reznor and his business model. Today he announced the release of his new album with the following note attached:
“thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one’s on me.”
Not only is the album completely free, but it is being released in a variety of formats (including lossless torrent downloads) under the Creative Commons “attribution non-commercial share-alike” license. From the site: “we encourage you to remix it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to strangers, etc.”
And for people like me who devour the NIN album art, a printable PDF of the cover art, the track listings and the individual track artwork is available for download.
On an interesting and related note, Metallica (who previously sued people for copyright infringement and embarked on a crusade to shut down Napster) is considering following NIN and Radiohead in releasing their tracks for free over the internet. Also of note, I think Lars Ulrich …
I suck at the internet.
It’s true, I do. Lately I haven’t really posted at all, and I just haven’t wanted to. Admittedly I spend very little time on the computer of late when I’m not at work. But I’ve also been very busy at work and just have very little desire to be on a computer when I don’t have to be. I’m also very behind on my internets and I’m sure you’re more up-to-date than I am, so I can’t possibly enlighten you on anything new. Google Reader only tells me when I have 1000+ unread feeds, so I have no idea what the actual number is.
Seriously though, no one even reads this thing. So it’s not like I’m letting anyone down!
Untooned
This is why cartoons should stay cartoons.
