Monday, February 23, 2015

How To Make Money Online - Easy Method That Anybody Can Do To Earn Money Online In Minutes

Everybody has heard of the success stories about making money online. But how do you actually do it? Do you need tons of money to get started? Do you need to send illegal spam messages about viagra and African princes? Do you need to know how to program websites or have a million twitter followers? The answer to all these questions is a resounding NO! You DON'T need to do anything illegal and you DON'T have to have any special knowledge. You don't even need to have a dime to get started. All you need is your computer or tablet or phone, whatever you currently use to access the internet, and access to the internet. And obviously you have that since you are reading this, so how do you get started?

All you have to do is go to the site Keep Rewarding and sign up. That's it! After that you are ready to start earning money. You can earn as little or as much as you want, it's all up to you! Simply go on the site once you register and complete the tasks you want to do and your account will instantly be credited the amount of points. Once you earn enough points you can cash them in for whatever you want, whether it be gift cards for places like starbucks or amazon, or you can get cold hard cash by sending the money straight to your paypal account! Once you have money in your paypal account you can have them send you a check for the money, load it onto a prepaid debit card, or you can use it online anywhere paypal is accepted.

So what do you have to do on Keep Rewarding to earn money? Well that depends entirely on you. There are tons of different tasks, ranging from watching videos to playing games to taking surveys. Everything you do adds up to earning you big bucks! So why not watch some online videos while you eat lunch, take a survey when you have a few minutes before work, play a few games when you need to relax. It all earns you points which means it makes you money! So what are you waiting for? Try it today! Go to Keep Rewarding and sign up ASAP to start making money right now!

For the skeptics out there, check this out. Above is proof of the fact that Keep Rewarding does in fact pay their users exactly what they deserve and on time. This is a screenshot of the email that I received for a gift card to amazon that I earned after doing some tasks on Keep Rewarding after only a few easy tasks!

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

The Butts Of Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe is an artist, who apparently according to The Simpsons, has a particular interest in human derrieres as well as flowers.  There was a "game" made for the failed CD-i video game and multimedia format of a collection of pictures from the artist aptly titled "The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe" that some may have heard about.  The popular internet show The Angry Video Game Nerd has done a show that features the famous art based game, while a very small sight gag in The Simpsons has also poked fun at the works of Mr. Mapplethorpe.  In the 10th episode of the 6th season, named Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy, the Simpson family is at the book store.  While parents Marge and Homer are looking for books to help them spice up their marriage, the kids suddenly come up and in order to hide the content of the books they are looking at they quickly pick up whatever they can find, and wouldn't you know it, Homer grabs a book with the name Mapplethorpe written across the cover with a black and white image of a human posterior.  As soon as he sees what he's grabbed Homer gasps and drops it suddenly.  If you are a casual watcher you probably never even noticed this scene but here is an image captured from that scene for your enjoyment, along with the video from James 'The Angry Video Game Nerd' Rolfe of the game. 




James Rolfe, also known as the Angry Video Game Nerd, released on his Cinemassacre Youtube channel the video: James and Mike Play The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe, which features the CD-i game that showcases select works of Mapplethorpe.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Why All Alt Coins Are A Waste Of Time And Doomed To Fail

Bitcoin, surprisingly to most people, have endured a few years already and increased in value from a fraction of a penny to a peak or about 1,000 dollars. As of now it seems like bitcoin is here to stay with a bright future ahead. As the very first crypto currency bitcoin enjoys widespread adoption by merchants, consuners, miners, and investors.

However most alt coins have little to no adoption aside from miners and traders. Because of this, most alt coins are doomed to continually decrease in value until they are pretty much worthless. With hundreds of different alt coins there is immense competition and the values have become diluted. Add this to the fact that there are more alt coins mined every day and it is obvious that their value will continue to plummet.

While some coins have some useful new feature and may have enjoyed a brief moment in the spotlight, the majority are just carbon copies of existing crypto coins. Therefore they are pretty much worthless and will eventually die as the miners and traders give up on them. It is inevitable so it would be a huge waste of time to do anything with them. If you do want to continue to use altcoins, stick to the few that are most popular such as dogecoin and Litecoin. These are the few alt coins that will hold their value much longer than the rest. Although I think that Litecoin is the best choice of all the alt coins if you want to trade or mine something. Other than that I believe that all altcoins will be a wast of time in the end as they will be worthless and inevitably die out as they are abandoned.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Justin.tv Shutting Down - Live Video Streaming Pioneer Halting Operations

As one of the original pioneers into the live video streaming arena, Justin.tv has definitaly had an impact on live video streaming and the internet as a whole. The site has come a long way from being a sole stream of one of the founders' daily life captured with a webcam attached to his baseball cap and broadcast to the internet via a makeshift rig in his backpack. In fact hundreds of thousands of viewers regularly visit and stream content from the Justin.tv website. That is, until today of course. If you try to visit the website now you aren't greeted by the familiar homepage listing many of the top streams at the moment. No, there is just a single page that announces the end of the Justin.tv website and apps.

In recent years, the site has sort of become a wild west of streaming video channels, full of pirated copyright material broadcast to anybody on the internet free of charge. The channels were not operated by Justin.tv, all channels are created and run by the users. This means that there were tons of streams that the various copyright holders would not approve of, including channels with streams of popular TV shows and movies. This was a good chunk of the appeal of the site, but not all of it. If I want to watch something on my computer I can find it online and download it in a matter of seconds. In this sense, Justin.tv was nothing new or revolutionary. But the site was much more than just a breeding ground for pirated material. There were tons of streams that were legitimate and attracted hundreds and even thousands of viewers at any given time. Among them were people broadcasting their daily lives just like the founder did 7 years ago, radio stations broadcasting their own live video stream of the studio, and much more. The site was also an online community in its own right, offering chat rooms for each channel and other social networking features, allowing users to communicate and share ideas and voice their opinions with other like minded individuals. This, I think, is the feature that is going to be missed the most.

There is a silver lining of some sort, though. Twitch.tv, Justin.tv's video gaming counterpart is still going to remain active. Apparently this is the most popular (read: profitable) part of their business and has no become their main focus. In order to keep growing the Twitch.tv brand, they must halt operations at Justin.tv (or so they say) so that they can focus all their efforts and resources (read: bandwidth) on the one site.

What do you think about this announcement? Did you see it coming? Or are you as devastated as I am? Are there any good alternatives to Justin.tv? What site will you visit now to stream videos? Leave your comments below, I would love to know what everyone else has to say.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

"Spider Goats" Produce Super Strong Fibers Stronger Than Steel And Kevlar

Listening to Coast to Coast AM radio show they brought up a very intersting subject that I have never heard of but sounds extremely fascinating.  We all are familiar with spider webs, created by silk spun by the spider in a web pattern to catch and trap bugs and insects.  It may not seem like it but the silk that spiders create is very very strong, in fact it is stronger than steel pound for pound.  This material would be very beneficial if only we could harvest the silk.  After all how hard would it be to "milk" a bunch of spiders in order to extract enough silk to do anything with.

So how can we get enough of these super strong fibers that make up the spiders silk to actually do something with?  Well one way is to take the spiders out if the equation.  How?  Well that is where this topic gets really strange.  Apparently scientists have been able to isolate the DNA of the spider that creates the super strong silk and inject it into goats.  The goats then produce milk like any other goat, except now the milk contains similar fibers compared to those in spider silk.  In fact the goats can actually create fibers that are even stronger than the spiders silk!  These fibers can be extracted from the milk and be spun together into fabric.  As you would expect, like the spiders silk, this fabric is super strong.  In fact it is so string that it is stronger than Kevlar and can stop a bullet just like a Kevlar lined bullet proof vest, but the material that comes from the "spider goats" is so strong that much less material is needed.  This means that the super strong spider goat material can be made into a garment about as thick as a regular t-shirt  that could stop a bullet as well as a thick Kevlar vest like what police and armed forces personnel use.  And all the while these genetically altered goats go on to live a mostly normal life and don't seem to be hurt or in pain or anything like that.  The one problem that they did mention however is that these goats are all sterile after this procedure and can't have offspring, so every new generation of spider goats needs to be implanted with the spider DNA.

I think that this is absolutely amazing that people have actually figured out how to do something so incredible like this that it actually sounds like science fiction.  What else can be created in this manner?  What other applications could this super strong fiber be used for?  Only time will tell but I think that there will only be more incredible breakthroughs in the future, things that we can't even fathom being possible. 

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Completely Redesigned New Mac Pro Cylindrical Computer

Once again apple has redesigned the Mac Pro.  Usually Apple computers are pretty revolutionary, but this is even more drastic of a change than normal.  There is nothing on the new Mac Pro that is like any other computer in the world.  The case alone is unlike any other computer, being a black cylinder about 10 inches high and 6 inches in diameter with a hole in the middle for cooling.

There's no doubt this new model is stunning.  Even if you don't like the look of it you still have to admit that it is very creative.  The CPU and GPUs are all connected thermally to the middle piece of aluminum that acts as one big heat sink for the entire unit. The specs are pretty amazing too, Apple claim that it can edit 4k video and render effects in the background with no performance degradation thanks to its available 12 cores.  

But with the new design they had to drop a lot of typical computer parts.  There is no optical drive and the storage is flash based.  There is no room for expansion via PCI cards or new hard drive so you'd better be sure to buy the system you want that will be able to fit your needs for the long run because you can't just pop in a new hard drive more ram and a new video card.

Since Steve Jobs died the company has taken a drastic turn.  I'm not sure that they will be able to continue what he started, but time will tell.  I'm hoping so.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Amazon's New Product Category: Add-On Items

Amazon has recently started classifying certain smaller and cheaper products as "Add-On Items." These are items that are inexpensive and not cost efficient to ship individually so Amazon will now only ship add-on items with other items if the total cost is over $25. If your order is less than $25 they won't ship any items that are marked as add-ons. On one hand I could see how this could save the company money and if they save money they can offer lower prices and better products and services. However this is also frustrating for customers who don't understand and don't like this new policy.

Personally I think this is a good idea in theory but I don't like it how it is right now. I think that they should offer a discount if you ship with other items or even charge a premium for shipping add-on items individually. I was searching for a cable that was about $5 and was marked as an add-on item. I tried to checkout but when I was in my shopping cart I couldn't understand why there was no way for me to check out yet. It seriously took me about 20 minutes of going back and fourth, trying different items, different browsers, I even tried using another computer! Then I finally actually read what it said for add-on items. Since this cable was so cheap I couldn't even order it by itself. I either had to order $20 worth of more crap or buy a more expensive cable! This is pretty frustrating when you spend a while finding the best item at the best price and then finding out you can't even buy it. I wish they would just let me buy it and even charge me a little more for shipping and handling. It's almost like a teaser price saying "this product is cheap - so cheap you can't even buy it!" If they just offered the option to buy it on its own and pay a little more I would have bought it already. But since they don't allow me to I will look for a better deal elsewhere. I might end up buying from Amazon but I doubt it after this. I might think twice about buying from Amazon next time because of this. And I am an Amazon affiliate so I don't like talking negatively about them, but when I see something I will comment how I feel about it no matter what. It just goes to show that any thing that looks too good to be true, usually is. Any time you are shopping, either online or in a store, always look out for deals that are too good and prices that are too low. Most times there is either fine print that you need to know about or the product is inferior. Amazon is a great retailler and most of their products and deals are the best anywhere, but this is one thing that I do not like about Amazon.