Odds and Ends
Just wanted to take care of some housekeeping shit today and let you know some of the things that are going on.
Last night I announced on MySpace that I have signed a deal with Flux.com to turn my site into a social networking website. If you look at the top navigation menu there is a link that says “community“. When you click on that it brings you to a menu where you can sign up to the pointless banter social networking site. (Also that community button turns into a drop down button on that screen.)
So what can you do on this new part of the site?
-you can set up a profile
-message other users
-share pictures and videos (you can grab videos from anywhere on the web and share with the community so if you find something cool on youtube and want to post it for others to see you can)
-play on the message boards
-comment pages and other people’s profiles
In the future it is going to take over my commenting section, so the comments will be attached to your profile, basically the commenting system will operate more like the one on MySpace does.
Right now this is just in BETA testing, so I want to know what you think. What you like, what you don’t like, and if you have any questions. If you can’t figure something out, drop me an e-mail. I really want this to be something that adds value to the site and can go back to the designers with a list of things we like and don’t like.
So please go check it out and let me know what you think: http://community.pointlessbanter.net
Other news:
After going to blog world expo last week I have decided to jump into the world of Twitter. It is like the status feed on Facebook but on steroids. There is a little plug in on my sidebar that republishes what I am writing on there on you can follow me directly on that site. Basically I can text in from my phone a status update like: I am taking a shit, I just had sex, or I just ran over an old lady. (take a guess which one will never happen)
A little follow up from the freak show blog yesterday, my friend Arvin sent me this link about Tree Man. Disgusting and unreal.
Oh and finally, I guess I should add something semi funny here. I met with one of my professors yesterday about what I am doing in grad school, etc. He teaches my social web class and basically told me that he was the one that selected me to get into grad school because of all the different multi-media stuff I have been doing on the web. (Which really inflated my ego for a second, basically he found my portfolio impressive.) He then quickly burst my bubble by saying something along the lines of, “Yeah, I fought to get you in. Nobody else wanted you or understood what the hell you were doing. They were just like..” (He then gave a facial expression that babies give when they absolutely eat something totally disgusting.)
You choose the blog for tomorrow… Leave what you want in the comments:
-The next in my dating series
-A follow up on the monkey attacks
-my explanation on midget sex and why it would be hot
I may be wrong but aren’t one and three the same thing? Hell i could make an arguement that all three are connected.
I don’t want to say this new social thing is totally unnecessary, but damn you don’t need to try to make your own myspace. Jeez. I read this blog to be assured there are people more messed up than I am, not to find other people that are equally messed up as me.
Since I’ve been watching “Little People Big Penis…I mean World” alot lately, I’m going for the midget sex explanation. Will this flux.com thing let me post my own personal midget sex videos? If so, I’m in!
you expect me to keep up with all these sites? Come on now..I do have a life to live..well kind of..not really. Dammit! More passwords!
Oh please don’t talk about midgets…I am TERRIFIED of midgets.
I joined. That sucks that tree man might be cured.
Might be another loss for the Freak Show world.
Yeesh, Treeman was fucked up.
I’d like to read more about the dating adventures myself. Also- I joined right away last night to the BETA.
You can never go wrong with midget sex.
I signed up. But I expect a present for my birthday next year since you now know when that is. I want to know what is happening with the dating series. And I assumed at some point that would include midget sex.
I don’t really get the whole Twitter thing, but I signed up. I also signed up to the community thingy. Geez… I might be the youngest member here
Oh! and I vote midget sex.
I’m glad I didn’t eat yet this morning before looking at tree man. For some reason that was nauseating to me. Ew.
I agree with the Lawyer. All three are intertwined somehow.
Wow, midget sex…that is tempting.
Monkeys are scary.
I vote for your dating life; makes me glad I don’t date.
I vote for your dating series. I live THROUGH you, man.
Next would have to be midget sex… as my good friend, Amy, always says, “it ain’t a porno until the midget gets theirs.” Not really sure what that means, or why she has so many pornos with midgets in them, but I have a feeling you’ll help enlighten my troubled mind.
Rickey looks forward to reading real time updates about your bowel movements and angry mastrabation sessions.
Generally speaking, Twitter is for cocksuckers.
Midget Sex. I’m intrigued. DO IT!
Great job, this Web thing, I hear its going places.
Call me a sicko but this topic sounds interesting
my explanation on midget sex and why it would be hot
Hi kevin its great to know youre moving up up up for i am sure you will not let us down
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(He then gave a facial expression that babies give when they absolutely eat something totally disgusting.)
LOL… I am sorry Kevin… that’s funny… but hey.. at least you are in.. and I am glad someone understands what you are doing.
how about midget sex AND monkeys? Wait that would be really weird.
On a side note I have to apologize for one of my previous comments about pee and poop in another post. I think I may have crossed the line there hehe. Oops.
I’m with everyone else I want the lowdown on your monkey, midget sex dating adventures preferably while in Vegas!!
Oh, and I signed up too! Don’t really know why. I’m clearly easily led.
the dating series. thats why i started reading you agian.
You thought tree man was bad?
Check this one out about face guy. He has a 30 lb tumor on his face:
He’s known as China’s elephant man. Its in french, but you get the hint.
sorry. here is the link;
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1963841101759312907&q=china%27s+elephant+man&total=45&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
I think that is a valid argument
I am not trying to be another MySpace. A company is attaching me to a larger project which is really kind of a huge step for me. When they do press guess what website is one of them that gets mentioned?
The advantages of this for me are:
-I get lumped in with larger websites drawing more traffic
-For people that can’t access MySpace or facebook at work it gives them the ability to interact
-It grows what I am doing
for the users:
-the profile can be taken to other sites
-a fun place to share stuff, promote what they are doing, another level of usability
the disadvantages….
-some people might not want to use it
Yes… why do you think I signed up.
I joined right away, but just because Kevin is so devastatingly handsome!
So I have heard.
About 80% of the people at BWE must have been… you know what… come to think of it.
Crossed the line? Have you read all of my shit.