Bone Throwing
Well, you know Gmail has hit the bigtime when Forbes does an article on it. Here's a disturbing quote:
"One month ago free Gmail accounts were being auctioned for $200 or more; today they are lucky to fetch $5. If you don't want to pay for your free Gmail account, but you want one right now, try www.gmailswap.com and suggest a creative trade. Or just sign up for a blog at Google's Blogger.com; after you post for a little while, you can expect an invite."
Well, news to you bud: I've been back posting for a very long time now, no invite here. I also had a blogger account from back before Google even bought it, and while this doesn't mean I'm going to stop using it (c'mon now, it's fantastic, and easier/simpler/better than any content management system period), but it doesn't stop the sighs from coming when I think about a Gmail account :\ Maybe it's the inner-geek and his need to get something that not everyone on the planet has access to, even if the 'secret's out' sorta thing. I don't know. But it'd be cool at least.
Meanwhile, people who liked TechTV are pissed off about G4TechTV, a convergence that borders on creepy, like having a rotweiler and a bunny mate. On your front porch.
I kinda miss G4, especially considering that Comcast in Knoxville was one of the first stations ever to carry it. Now I think it's on 'premium' digital cable, also known as Too Fucking Expensive For What You Get. Not that I don't mind 37 movie channels, but when I did pay for all of them, which I did for a small period of time, I barely watched anything on them. Yes, 37 movie channels has options. But a bunch of mediocre movies, dozens even, do not equal one Magnolia or The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Hell, it barely meets a Doc Hollywood.
So in light of this, I'll lament the loss of G4, but not too much. There were only a few programs worth watching, notably Filter with the cute Chinese girl on there, and the review show I can't even remember the name of because G4 isn't on my channel selection anymore.
Oh well. TechTV was always boring (The Screen Savers was cool for about 5 minutes--let it go), and G4 was always devoid of any real, interesting content.
But in the meantime, I'll wait patiently for my Gmail invite that may never come, and until I shall weep, hope, and get frustrated, though not in that precise order.
"One month ago free Gmail accounts were being auctioned for $200 or more; today they are lucky to fetch $5. If you don't want to pay for your free Gmail account, but you want one right now, try www.gmailswap.com and suggest a creative trade. Or just sign up for a blog at Google's Blogger.com; after you post for a little while, you can expect an invite."
Well, news to you bud: I've been back posting for a very long time now, no invite here. I also had a blogger account from back before Google even bought it, and while this doesn't mean I'm going to stop using it (c'mon now, it's fantastic, and easier/simpler/better than any content management system period), but it doesn't stop the sighs from coming when I think about a Gmail account :\ Maybe it's the inner-geek and his need to get something that not everyone on the planet has access to, even if the 'secret's out' sorta thing. I don't know. But it'd be cool at least.
Meanwhile, people who liked TechTV are pissed off about G4TechTV, a convergence that borders on creepy, like having a rotweiler and a bunny mate. On your front porch.
I kinda miss G4, especially considering that Comcast in Knoxville was one of the first stations ever to carry it. Now I think it's on 'premium' digital cable, also known as Too Fucking Expensive For What You Get. Not that I don't mind 37 movie channels, but when I did pay for all of them, which I did for a small period of time, I barely watched anything on them. Yes, 37 movie channels has options. But a bunch of mediocre movies, dozens even, do not equal one Magnolia or The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Hell, it barely meets a Doc Hollywood.
So in light of this, I'll lament the loss of G4, but not too much. There were only a few programs worth watching, notably Filter with the cute Chinese girl on there, and the review show I can't even remember the name of because G4 isn't on my channel selection anymore.
Oh well. TechTV was always boring (The Screen Savers was cool for about 5 minutes--let it go), and G4 was always devoid of any real, interesting content.
But in the meantime, I'll wait patiently for my Gmail invite that may never come, and until I shall weep, hope, and get frustrated, though not in that precise order.
2 Comments:
i think someone who has said Gmail can send an invite to those who don't have it- I've got an account, want an invite?
Thanks a bunch chris, I lucked up on Ken Edwards's site and saw his standing offer and took it.
But again, I appreciate the sentiment :)
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