Magazine Publishers:
Why should I pay more than the cover price for an electronic copy of your mag? You just don’t get it, do you? And how about giving me the option to switch from paper to electrons?

Even if you just publish straight to ebook/pdf, you still have all the money you made from selling those ads that take up a good third of the magazine.

Or better, you can insert ads into the magazines electronically based on location of the reader for premium money from the advertisers.

As of 08/19, one magazine, PEOPLE, seems to somewhat understand:

PEOPLE magazine is now available for iPad. The application is free to download, but each issue is a $3.99 in-app purchase. However, if you are a subscriber to the print version of PEOPLE, you get the iPad version for free! Unfortunately, there is not a subscription model in place with the app. So subscribing to strictly the iPad version is not an option.

Unfortunately I don’t subscribe to PEOPLE [iTunes link]. But I do subscribe to several other magazines.

Book Publishers:
How about letting me trade in the paper books I have already purchased for an electronic version? Without having to purchase the book again in electronic form.

To all you publishers:
Follow a set standard. No matter how much I like what you publish, I WILL NOT buy a specialty reader just to read your content.

Okay, I’m done bitching. For the moment.

Most of the spam I usually end up with in my filters for this site contains long lists of links to malicious websites and gibberish.

This one made me stop and laugh.

If I have no issue killing someone in real life, I really have no problem doing it across the Internet. ESPECIALLY if it gets rid of a spammer.

I’m sure there’s a little more insight into me than you probably wanted to know.

Every nuclear detonation from 1945 to 1998. It starts out slow… but doesn’t stay that way.

I think I’m going to lead-line my house now. But I’m sure the genetic damage has already been done.

This is seriously cool. And totally worth the 9.5 minute watch. Trust me.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

It’s an oldie… yet so still true.

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I’m sure I’m cynical after working in the retail world since college, but why is it that humans frantically run around during this time of year crossing names off of lists after spending monies they can’t really afford to spend?

It seems that people expect to have all their consumption wishes fulfilled during this season. As if it was an obligation. And if they don’t, tantrums ensue.

To an extent, as a small business owner I’m biting the hands that feed me. But to me there is a huge difference between personally saving up for something you want versus demanding you receive it from others. I can’t begin to count how many “children” have come in to the studio with “parents” and then threw a fit to get what they wanted. And the “parents” acquiesced.

Yeah. That’s good parenting.