SmugMug Vs. Flickr

I'm going to make this kind of short.

I'm a Flickr user. I was told in the chatroom at live.pirillo.com by someone (i forgot the name since it happened yesterday) that SmugMug is actually better than Flickr.

Let me say that I'm sure SmugMug is mighty fine from what I saw but, I will admit I didn't like that you can't get a free account. Oh, they offer you one... for a trial for 14 days and then (this is the hook) YOU HAVE TO PAY!
Flickr does have a "pro" account that you pay but at least they give you a free account.

My judgement: Flickr wins this battle. That is, unless you want to say otherwise.

Google AdSense Needs To Watch This

YouTube - Problem With Google Adsense

They really need to change the rules for cashing out, I think.

Photos

Check out my Flickr page already and tell me what you think.
My example.

Virus Scanners: Online Or Onsite?

So, here's what is on my mind, the one person who's "reading" this.
We spend good money on good antivirus programs like McAfee, Nortons, and NOD32. But, we all know one program don't really cut it. If you didn't know that, shame on you, meatheat. What I meant by that is that, depending on what program you use, it might not catch most viruses. Usually, and you can do this, you can add the free version of AVG and install it. Think of it as like a backup. AVG will catch some viruses that the paid protection may actually miss.

You may or may not know but, there are free online scanners that you can actually use as well. Quick math: the program you pay for + the free AVG + the online scanners = 3 and over virus scanners. So, just how easy is it? Well, most of them will require you to use Internet Explorer (IE) but, all you have to do is install some ActiveX and that's it. Best thing is that some will delete your infected files while others will list off what and where infections so you can manually remove them...
or at least try to.

Angry At Google Adsense

I was supposed to made this post yesterday but got sidetracker... or lazy. Whichever you want to say.
So, here's my issue with Google Adsense. It seems small but I demand some kind of change about this.

I have $32.49 in my total earnings. But, I can't collect it because Google says i have to make $50-$100 and over in a month to cash it. That's fine and dandy if I was doing like a social network site or something related but for a simple personal website/blog, I should be able to cash out whatever amount. If I remember, AdBrite lets you take out any amount. Even if it's just 5 bucks, you can't cash it out.

So, my next step is to try to find some form of a number or email to maybe someone who works in Google. An actual insider; not some customer service email bot. I mean, Google needs to change it so that if you're providing a service such as a social network, online product, and whatever could make you seem like an iBusinessperson (yeah, I just made that up) that you can cash out if you make $50 to $100 and up but for people why are just putting ads on their personal site/blog, take out whatever amount you want.

That's basically my rant about Adsense. Good service but they do need to make a change to the payment method.

You Are A Pirate

I read on Digg's Gaming News section that's related to that new wonder called "piracy".

tgdaily.com — Crytek's CEO gave an interview where he stated that Crytek can no longer afford to be PC exclusive. Crysis and UT3 reported similar levels of piracy - according to Mark Rein, Epic experienced 40 million registration attempts with illegal UT3 keys. Its easy to see that those two companies lost more revenue than AMD or Nvidia's achieve in a quarter.

First off, it is kind of bad that piracy/file sharing/torrents actually caused a company suffer a loss that bad. The problem, to me, is that digital bootlegging is around due to some many things costing so much and might be, something we later on find out, crap to have. Don't take what I say as me speaking for every user of file sharing. Everyone knows that if given the choice to pay the high price for Photoshop or to download a working cracked version or a serial keygen, you'll say "pay" but your action will be "download it".

Let me ask this: you know the games you can play from Yahoo, Big Fish Games and Reflexive Arcade? So, who would pay 20 bucks a game for games that you might get bored of before a full week will pass? Who wants to pay hundreds of dollars for editing software that you'll only use for personal small projects?
I said this many times but, file sharing is no diffrent than someone buying the serial and sharing it with you. It's like saying the government will arrest you for borrowing eggs from your neighbors or your parent's car.

So, what's the real answer to file sharing? The answer is: leave it alone.
Don't try to punish people for getting their programs, games, music, ect. the way they want to.

I could go on about this but, LOST will be on in like an hour. Plus, I didn't really want to dwell on this topic too long.

I Want To See This

NIИ (Nine Inch Nails) is doing a tour to, I assume, promote their new album.. I mean, halo called "Ghosts I-IV" For me, this is where they'll be at:

8/3/08 Chicago, IL [Grant Park - Lollapalooza Festival]
On Sale: NOW

I don't care how, I know I have to see NIN at least once in my life.
Legally, of course.