Sorry for the dearth of posts lately, but I've been very busy at work and I've also been working on a paysite backend system for fitness models and bodybuilders, using open-source and some commercial components. I'm expecting to launch the first paysite next month. Don't worry - it won't affect Amaz0ns. This is a free site and always will be. The only thing I might charge for here would be eBooks, if I could convince writers and artists to churn out quality content on a regular basis. I've actually written about this before - the idea would be to set a price point of $3 or $5 for a high quality story or comic book. I have no plans to implement something like this now, but I reserve the right to do so in the future without being bitched out for saying that I would never charge for access.
I've been encouraging disillusioned Windows users to try Ubuntu Linux lately. Ubuntu is a free distribution of the Linux operating system, and has the benefit of being small enough to fit on a single boot CD. So you can download the whole thing, burn it to CD, and then boot your PC off the CD drive to give Ubuntu a test drive. (Alternatively Ubuntu will mail you a CD for free, but you have to set up a Launchpad account first. That's also free.)
Another thing I've been telling everyone about is the i-Fusion by Sonic Impact. I got mine at Target but it's also available at Amazon.com. It's a high quality, truly portable speaker system for the iPod. It folds up into a solid little zippered case and it has a lithium-ion battery that is good for about 15 hours on a single charge! There's also a storage compartment in the unit for an iPod and for earbuds. I love my iPod but I'm not really someone who likes to wear buds or phones, so for me the iPod is all about its ability to interface with my car stereo and my home stereo, and now the i-Fusion. I've been taking it everywhere, listening to it all the time. I can't wait to take it camping when the weather warms up. Here's a review at Playlist.
Finally, we're coming up on the 4th anniversary of the first version of this site, "Lingster's Big Mouth", which launched on January 19, 2002. In some ways it's hard to believe it's been that long, but in other ways maintaining this site has been such a big part of my life for the last four years that it seems hard to remember what it was like before I had the responsibility. We're also coming up on the tenth anniversary of my first post that's archived at Google. There were others prior to that but they are lost to time, I suppose. It begins "Lo ye Immoral Hordes of Big Girl Fetishists-" and pretty much goes downhill from there. (It seems I was kind of an asshole in my 20s.) But ten years have gone by! Holy crap! How did that happen?
It occurred to me recently that if attraction to muscular women ever becomes the standard male attitude, I and some others like Marknew could wind up as weirdly quasi-apocryphal figures shrouded in mystery. You know, like when people debate who William Shakespeare really was, or Jack the Ripper. And of course it's always supposed to be someone famous, never some ordinary schmuck. "He was really the Duke of Edinburgh!" There was a great Superman story about 20 years ago where some future historian had proved that Superman was actually Ralph Nader, I recall. Another historian said, "Well, I think he might have been a reporter named Clark Kent..." And everyone looked at him and said, "Who?"
So in the event that some future historian reads this while trying to trace the evolution of male sexual tastes: no, I am not Ralph Nader. (But I do know where his office is located.)
I think you'll have to take some slots behind Orrin J. Heller and Dr. Al Thomas.
Lingster
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Yes...
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2006-01-10 22:49:04
...but I'm funnier than them.
Delmo
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Forgive my not knowing but...
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2006-01-10 23:37:01
...who is Dr.Al Thomas?
Amazon Lover
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*Raises an eyebrow*
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2006-01-11 04:26:48
"Da Road Dawg"?
*Stifles a chuckle, but a laugh finally bursts out anyway*
"Da Road Dawg"!
*Laughs harder and harder until his sides and face hurt; after a few minutes, the laughing subsides*
Oh...
...Seriously, Lingster is a way better name to go by. And we also thank you for no longer referring to yourself in the third person.
In any event, the thing about Amaz0n's writers becoming famous historical figures... I hope that's true. The day that The Pimp NeonBlack's stories are in worldwide libraries and that Kulli's art hangs in the Louvre will be a glorious one indeed.
Oh, and as far as proving that Superman was Ralph Nader... I suspect that Batman's really Michael Jackson. They're both tights-wearing eccentrics who live in big mansions and hang around young boys.
Lingster
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Da Road Dawg
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2006-01-11 09:49:13
Da Road Dawg was not my alias - it was the guy who wrote Dr. Hooters. He found Jesus and stopped writing smut. I recall he might have been a U.S. serviceman, I'm thinking stationed in South Korea. His stories were really good.
I did used to refer to myself in the third person from time to time, though. But at that time so did one of the presidential candidates.
Amazon Lover
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Whoops!
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2006-01-11 11:22:13
Ah, okay, my mistake. Woulda been funny, though, you must admit.
JimmyDimples
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e-Books?
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2006-01-11 13:45:06
Hmmm.... you've actually made me sit and think about that.
Thing is, I'm wondering how to convince people to slap down some cash when they'd been getting my stuff for free.
True, I'd love to actually make a buck from my writings, but...
Well, Like Lingster said, it'll be a while in coming. I'll keep churning out my stoof in the meantime.
Masschine
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2006-01-11 21:16:56
[QUOTE] Who's Dr. Al Thomas? [/QUOTE]
Who's Dr. Al? Why he was writing about real muscle women in the 60's and 70's in magazines like Iron Man and Muscular Devlopement.
Delmo
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Thanks for filling me in...
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2006-01-11 21:32:20
...on Dr. Al Thomas, Mass.
dcmatthews
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Quasi-apocryphal figures?
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2006-01-13 20:36:40
Can we artists get in on that "shrouded in mystery" gig?
No?
Drat... guess that's what I get for using my real name in my work... :upset
Lingster
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Yeah
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2006-01-14 21:52:05
It turns out you're actually Steve Ditko, Dave.
AlexG
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Not churn, but craft
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2006-01-22 04:08:35
When it comes to writing, rather then "churn out" I prefer to say "handily craft". 8) Exactly on how frequent a regular basis were you thinking per chapter for them to provide materials?
On a side note, not to rain on your parade, but I seem to recall reading about how Steven King tried something similar several years ago with E-book pay site. However he found that it was not feasible, as only a few paid and then subsequently passed the on-line version of the story he was writing around the Internet.
Another thing I've been telling everyone about is the i-Fusion by Sonic Impact. I got mine at Target but it's also available at Amazon.com
. It's a high quality, truly portable speaker system for the iPod. It folds up into a solid little zippered case and it has a lithium-ion battery that is good for about 15 hours on a single charge! There's also a storage compartment in the unit for an iPod and for earbuds. I love my iPod but I'm not really someone who likes to wear buds or phones, so for me the iPod is all about its ability to interface with my car stereo and my home stereo, and now the i-Fusion. I've been taking it everywhere, listening to it all the time. I can't wait to take it camping when the weather warms up. Here's a review at Playlist.
