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How to make infinity friends on myspace

Published by Matt Gondek April 17th, 2008 in Career, culture, zombies, marketing, Advertising, technology and computers. 7 Comments

Recently my roommmmmate allerted me about a whole online community of websites that allow you to cheat the system and aquire allot of myspace friends quickly.

Basically you go to one of these sites, punch in your myspace account ID to “log in”…. Then, you can send mass friend requests to a list of everyone else who is using the site at the same time. Each request you send earns you “points” which puts your account higher up the list. Thus, other people using the site will see you on this list and friend request you back.

Also, you can spend alittle cash to become a “VIP”. A VIP is always at the top of the list. In addition to this, other people are enticed to add you because you are worth more points. Sneaky sneaky.

At first I was pretty gosh-darned excited about this. I make a majority of my income off myspace and thought that this was a way to increase that ammout like whoa. Then I started thinking about what I was doing.

The people on this site are just trying to boost their number of friends. They’re going to add you and probably never even look at your account. If no one looks at your account, then no one is going to buy any artwork, or order a T Shirt. Sure, it looks great to potential clients to see you have a giant ammount of friends, but in the long run, all these people would have never even visited your account. They’re like “junk friends”.

My roommate brought up a valid argument however. If you have 30,000 myspace friends and you send out a bulliten, at least 100 of those people will look at it. If you’re using these bullitens to allert them of a new product you have, maybe one or two of them will buy it.

I’m still pretty torn on this matter. I don’t know if I want to devote the time to adding tons and tons of “junk friends” just to boost my numbers.

What do you think about this ?? Comments are appreciated.

Lose Money Online

Published by Matt Gondek April 10th, 2008 in zombies, technology, Music, Reviews, advice and computers. 4 Comments

I am a proud owner of an IPod Touch. Although it’s sexiness is equal to or lesser than that of myself, I often find it a pain to use the onscreen keypad. Especially when I’ve been drinking.

That’s why my eye’s exploded in joy the day I stumbled upon a product online called “My Touch Keys”. It’s a decal that goes over the Pod’s touch screen and makes it easier to type. Or so I thought.

50,000 days after I ordered the My Touch Keys, they arrived in the mail. The decal has little holes punched out where the keys would be if your typing. After using the stupid online video (for fun) to help apply it I almost immediately hated it. It didn’t help me at all, and no matter what, I couldn’t get all the tiny little bubbles out from behind the decal.

So, I ripped it off post haste, only to discover that it left an imprint on my screen. Although it was easily wiped off, my frown wasn’t. It was probably the worst $8 purchase I’ve seen in months (besides the lemon scented toilet paper).

If you’re thinking about picking up one of these, don’t. Or at very least contact me and I’ll sell you mine for next to nothing. I just want to get this stupid idea out of my house.

An Open Letter To Smash Brothers Brawl <3 (make money online somehow)

Published by Matt Gondek March 27th, 2008 in zombies, technology, Video Games, Nintendo and Reviews. 5 Comments

Dear Smash Brothers Brawl:

Hey whats up? It’s been real cool having you staying at my house the past couple of weeks. I can’t believe we hung out for like, six hours on Saturday. It was nuts.

I hope you don’t get creeped out by me wanting to spend so much time with you recently. I know I just met you not to long ago but, well, I feel like we have something special together. I mean, I think about you when I’m at work and can’t wait to get home to see you. Like last night, when my buddies and I were all taking turns playing with you and you didn’t seem to mind… It was really cool. You even let us do some stuff to you I didn’t know you could do before.

I think that’s why I like you so much Smash Brothers Brawl. You’re so versitile. I can be with you for hours and it’s never the same thing. It’s like you know EXACTLY what I want. You’ve made my Wii VERY happy.

Alternative uses for popular website names(p.s. make money online)(p.p.s. allot of money)

Published by Matt Gondek March 26th, 2008 in zombies, Community, technology, Fast Food, facts and computers. 4 Comments

Every now and again, I’ll go to visit a site only see that the lame-o webmaster has forgotten to pay the bill, resulting in the site being pulled down (shinyfire.com).

I usually hop on godaddy.com real quick to see if the site name is available. If I was somehow able to get these site names….names that an ass ton of people visit every day anyway, I would be able to utilize that to turn a real profit. Well, today was my lucky day as I have aquired a few high profile sites. Below is the list and what I intend to do with them.

Yahoo.com - this will be turned into a site that will catalogue all know criminals that suffer from mental illness. Visitors will be able to punch in their zip code to find out how many yahoos live in their area as well as provide tips on how to avoid them.

Google.com - I plan on turning this into a non-profit charity site that takes the dyslexic (and other unfortunate souls who can’t spell to well) on underwater diving explorations. Visitors will be able to donate money via paypal that will go towards the trips, snorkels, flippers, and yes, even “googles”.

JohnChow.com - I will be turning this high profile blog site into a one stop shop for easy convienent meals that can be eaten while sitting on the toilet. Options include chicken fingers, fish sticks, and hoagies.

Arbys.com - This fast food chain’s site will be transformed into vast resource of information on Bees. Visitors navigate through the site by asking questions, allot like Ask.com. For example, one could type in “Arbys nocturnal?”. They would then be directed to the appropriate information. If you’ve ever wanted to know Arbys yellow with black stripes or black with yellow stripes, you’ll finally have a place to find out.

Microsoft.com - will be changed to an online support group for men with a rare condition where their penis is under 1 inch when flaccid. This will most likely be headed by client and internet celebrity, MrBaconPants.com

Whitehouse.com will remain a porn site.

Apple

Published by KP February 23rd, 2008 in apple, technology, computers and food. 1 Comment

I love apples…granny smith, apple pie, apple cider, candy apple.

Here is just another reason for you to love apples too…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jYjnEoxUPQ

Have a splendid weekend!!!

Probably the Coolest Thing Ever

Published by Matt Gondek February 22nd, 2008 in technology. 0 Comments

Click here to read about this. I want one NOW

Repetitive loops are the new breakdowns

Published by Matt Gondek February 21st, 2008 in technology, World, Music and Underground. 4 Comments

I’ve been reading a couple articles how young people are communicating less and less in real life and more on the computer. Since everyone is spending more time alone, they’re also hurting the music scene in a way. If you don’t hang out with your friends, you can’t be in a band.

However, there sure are allot of techno computer dance one man bands popping up on myspace. I think this kind of music is going to be the next big thing. Grunge, Punk, Pop, Pop Punk, Hardcore, and now Repetitive loops.

You know who had repetitive loops first? Nintendo.

I’m not sure what kind of program this people are using to make these songs, but I’ve been working on one. I call it “No Dankin’s Required”. Let me know what you think

Bleep
Bleep Bleep Bloop Bleep
bleeeeeeep
Bleep
Bleep Bleep Bloop Bleep
boom bleep boom boom bleep boom bleep boom boom bleep boom bleep boom boom bleep boom bleep boom boom bleep
Bleep Bleep Bleep Bloop Bloop Bleep
BLEEEEEEEEP

Yea. That shit’s copywrited too so don’t even think about it.

Nerd Grafitti

Published by Matt Gondek January 28th, 2008 in Art, culture, technology, vandalism and computers. 2 Comments

My white blood cells are getting their ass handed to them right now. I got a cold, which means if I get mugged or something in the next couple days, I’ll have no chance of fighting them off. It kind of sucks.

As a result of my cold, I laid in bed last night until three AM just tossing and turning, and thinking about random things. Two things were stuck in my mind. The first was how cool Rowdy Roddy Pipper is, and the second is this:

Computer Viruses are Nerd Grafitti.

Think about this. If you’re walking downtown and see someone’s named tagged on a wall, you’re going to think one of two things. Either you’ll view it as vandalism, and write it off an obscene, or, you’ll admire it as art and as a way for that artist to help spread his name throughout the city. It all depends on what kind of person you are.

I think the same can be said for computer viruses. For people like me, I’ll get a virus and curse up and down at how every time I click my start button my computer restarts. Others though that are into the hacking culture will admire that hacker’s handi-work, and their ability to create the code that infiltrated your system. Pure artwork.

I’m not saying I condone viruses. I’m on the side of the fence that hates them. Still, after thinking about it in this light, I suppose I can have some sort of admiration for the people who do it. Just a different kind of artist doing a different kind of artwork.

My friends hate Expensive fruit

Published by Matt Gondek January 17th, 2008 in apple, technology, Design, advice and computers. 10 Comments

I have two pretty old PC computers at my place that I do all my freelance artwork on. One is a 4 year old desktop, and the other is a 2 year old laptop. Both are in pretty bad shape, because due to them being PC’s, they get a different virus every time I look at them funny. They constantly restart, my usb ports go crazy, or the internet won’t work.

If I went and bought a new PC, the same thing would happen again. I want to try something different. I want a Mac.

Most of the people I mention this to condem me to hell the second I bring it up. Although they don’t technically “have” a mac or use computers for the kind of stuff I do, they hate them and go to great lengths to let me know that I’m making a mistake.

I know that I can get a cheaper PC with more memory and a bigger hard drive. I know less people are going to know how to fix it if it’s breaks. I just want to try something new. I’ve also talked to some people who own a Mac, and DO use it for the same purposes I would and they love it.

Mosley of MrBaconpants.com and I recently had an email conversation and he told me that he is a proud Mac user. He said he has not once gotten a virus, which is a big plus for me. Allot of other people told me that too actually.

I could type a bunch of other reasons why I want to try a Mac, but for all the people who keep telling people like me not to do it.. It all comes down to this. It’s my money.

Anorexic Models at Apple Fashion Show

Published by Matt Gondek January 16th, 2008 in Advertising, apple, technology and computers. 14 Comments

MacWorld was yesterday. It’s the big expo where Macintosh shows off all it’s new products and services, and they showed allot of cool stuff. Here are the three that caught my attention.

Ipod Touch -1.1.1.3:
The first thing I liked was the new operating system for the I-Phone and Touch. It allows you to better organize the icons on your display by moving them around, as well as adding internet hotlinks directly onto the main display. I haven’t upgraded mine yet though, because the new operating system doesn’t run 3rd party software yet. But, I’m sure by the time I’m done typing this sentence, some 15 year old kid somewhere will have figured out how to crack it. What I didn’t like about the new additions for the Touch was that you can now install Maps, Email, Stock, Weather, and Notes… the programs that come free on the I-Phone for $20. Anyone with 20 minutes of free time though can just jailbreak their Touch and get them all for free.

Apple Air:
The new Apple Notebook (pictured above) is about 3/4’s of an inch thick, weighs 3 pounds, and is sexually attractive. Altough it looks good, it’s getting some sass for not being that powerful and leaving out the optical drive. Basically, it’s fine for everyday web browsing, chatting, and running simple programs, but forget trying to do anything labor intensive on it, such as running Photoshop. Also, the expensive $1700 price tag is going to keep allot of people from getting one.

Renting Movies:
Lastly, you can now rent movies for 24 hours and watch them directly on your Ipod. New movies are renting for $3.99, while older ones are going for $2.99 I believe. The only drawback is having to wait 30 days for new releases before you can rent them. Lame

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