I have operated various websites over the years, starting on free servers, then dabbling in the arts of self hosting, and most recently with a paid host. When I finally decided to jump to paid hosting, I was looking to get as much bang for my buck as possible. I wanted the most features for [...]

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In a recent conversation, it was brought to my attention that Apple has now become the third largest retailer of music, right behind Wal-Mart and Best Buy. This revelation displays the evolution of the distribution of music (and the whole cultural shift to the information age, but I’m not really here to talk [...]

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Thanks to Nintendo, you can now turn your “Super Money Shot Bros” fantasies into a reality. They are releasing development platforms that will allow anyone to create their own Wii games, and yes, they will even interface with those fancy remotes. Not only will you be able to make your own [...]

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In an interesting new “working essay” written recently by researcher danah boyd titled “Viewing American Class Divisions through Facebook and MySpace,” MySpace and Facebook are analyzed in light of the socio-economic (look at me, using big words and stuff) roles that they are playing. Facebook appears to be the choice of most “goodie two shoes, [...]

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For a while I’ve been using Google Analytics to keep abreast of my site statistics. I recently discovered (and registered with) reinvigorate. First, second, and third impression? I like it a lot! I’ll elaborate later.

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After a bit of technical difficulty, which bumped the release of the new Zooomr platform back a few days (originally planned for Friday, July 14th), Zooomr 2.0 has finally hit the ‘net. I assume this is actually version 2.0 of the beta because the site still redirects (as of Tuesday morning) to the beta.zooomr.com server [...]

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