I came across this really fun site called “Type Racer“. You can log in without an account if you want to try it out.

My first “test” I did 57 wpm, which I thought was really good. I haven’t tested my typing speed since I took the course back in 1987! I then ran a random race against a group of people and came in 3rd with 65 wpm.

Have some fun with this and invite your friends to join you for a friendly little race! 

A good site also for those learning to type better. Pass it on…

So I haven’t been to TomGreen.com in a while and thought I’d go see what he is up to. I had really been enjoying watching him take the Internet to a whole new level of entertainment and having the guts to do this.

To my dismay, when I arrived at TomGreen.com I was greeted by a prompt to enter my e-mail address. Not thinking much of it, I tried some of the other links on the page and they all do the same thing. You can’t even get to the “contact Tom” page without entering an e-mail address.

Now it says they are only asking for your e-mail so they can notify you when the next live show is, but come on, you don’t “require” that. Just put a friggin button on your page that says “Notify Me When Tom is Live!”.

Tom, I don’t know who is telling you this is a good thing to do, but it is totally WRONG! You of all people should not be demanding personal information from YOUR FANS. Are you going all corporate on us Tom?!

What’s next, are you going to demand a subscription payment to watch Tom Green Live?

Do the right thing, open up your site and allow people to submit their e-mail to you, of their own free will.

P

This morning I received an e-mail from the QEII Foundation regarding their Home Lottery, which I usually buy tickets on to help support their cause, as well, get a big friggin manson.

Now, I’m not a programmer, wait… yes I am, but is there something very wrong with this e-mail? It is addressed to Sheldon Pothier! So If I got his, who got mine? Anyone else out there get an e-mail from the lottery addressed to the wrong person?

To Mr. Bill Bean: Did anyone test this mail shot before sending it out? Apparently not.

Good thing no personal information was in this e-mail! Other than a buyer number…

Click thumbnail to view e-mail…

Who got my mail?

Hi all,

While listening to the latest Net@Night, Amber and Leo mentioned a few links that are quite awesome and so I want to share them with you.

1. SuperLame.com - add comic book type balloons to your photos.
2. PeriodicVideos.com - great if you have a child in school who is studying chemistry.
3. GooglePedia - for anyone who uses FireFox and does searches on google, a MUST HAVE!

Today I finally got the guts to tell FaceBook where to go. I have ended our 2 year relationship and am now free!

Perhaps someday FaceBook and I will get back together. If and when we do, the friends we make will indeed be our friends, not just people we casually talk to…

Now I have more time for Twitter!

*** UPDATE ***
Mon. Jun. 9th

Facebook over the weekend said they had removed my account…

Hi Paul,

We have deleted your profile information and removed your email address from our login database. Please let me know if you have further questions or concerns.

Yes this morning I still have friend requests and am able to log in. What’s up with that? I sent them another e-mail, lets see if they get it right this time.

I can finally rent movies on my AppleTV here in Canada. $4.99 for new releases and $3.99 for older ones.

Once I rent and download my first movie I’ll update this post letting you all know how things went.

More info…

I’m not going to comment on this issue but rather I’m just posting about it to make more people aware of the story…

Microblogging/social messaging service Twitter has become the center of a new debate about online harassment and what services’ responsibilities are the protect their users. What started out as the fairly run-of-the-mill harassment of a female user has turned into a much larger controversy over terms of service, the definition of a community, and what protections the site might have under the law.
He said, she said

The sequence of events began like this: Ariel Waldman, now community manager for Twitter competitor Pownce (but was apparently not in this position when the issue began) became the subject of what she characterizes as harassing “tweets” (140-character messages sent to the service, usually broadcast to the public) last June containing her full name, e-mail address, and disturbing comments. At that time, she reported it to Twitter’s community manager, who subsequently removed the offending user’s updates.

Read full article here…

Tonight I went to my first “Social Media Meetup” and I have to say I was a little nervous at first but once I introduced myself and starting chatting to some of the people there, I was instantly at ease. The people who attended were great, I only wish there was more time to speak to everyone.

It was also nice to meet some of my new twitter friends and put a real (not having to squint to see) face to that avatar thumbnail.

I took along my video camera to try and get a few clips. I’m still learning, so the video I shot was not the greatest. (Don’t forget it was shot in a bar where this is music playing and low lighting… so I guess I don’t have to take all the blame).

Next time I’ll be more organized.

Tonight we had Joanne and Tracy join us from “the hub Halifax” project, which according to their site is:

a space for people with great ideas to take risks and make them happen. It brings together the best elements of an office, a neighborhood café, and the comforts of home. The Hub is a physical space that provides what you need to do business, run an organization or launch something new.

Lauren Oostveen wrote a piece on them earlier this month, you can check it out here.

Here is the video I shot, enjoy.

Halifax Social Media Meetup from Paul Wesson on Vimeo.

Links:
Halifax Social Media Meetup
The Hub Halifax
Hi-def version of video (if anyone has any tips for encoding this so it plays smoother, please let me know)
Twitter folk: Benjamin Boudreau, Jeff White, Joshua Cross, Lauren Oostveen and many more…

Question:

I’m thinking this may be the start of a new Netcast/Vidcast/Podcast. What I should have done is walked around and interviewed some of the people there asking who they were and what they did etc. If any of you at the meetup would be interested in joining me on this venture, please get in touch.

When: Thursday, May 22nd
What Time: 6-8 pm
Where: Argyle Bar and Grill (meet next to the bar, where else?)
Why: To meet other web geeks and get out from behind your keyboard for a short while.

This will be my first event of this type. I hope I’m not too old or washed up for this crowd!

Thanks to Ben Boudreau for “getting this party started”.

The official site: http://wiredhalifax.pbwiki.com/FrontPage

***
Hey Jeff and Amber over at CommandN.tv, why don’t you guys come over and shoot a segment? I’m sure you’d find plenty of content here. Me, no not me… I’m just a geek who likes to follow this stuff. I’ll get the drinks.

I just came across this great new FREE service (thanks to Net@Night) that allows you to share files (Pictures, Video, PDF’s, Documents etc) without creating an account.

You just upload some files (max 100MB) to a “drop box” and give it a unique name (for $10/year you get more space and a permanent url), password protect it if you want and set how long it is to exist for.

Just think, on your next vacation with a group of friends, one of you creates a drop box to upload photos and gives permissions so other friends can add their pics too. Now you all can go to one place and grab the photos you want easily! No more exchanging CD’s of pictures or having one “geek” friend try and organize everyones photos into one place.

This new service has unlimited possibilities and I am one for sure who will be using it!

http://drop.io/