knofun

Made some tweaks to Zeropaid yesterday, just want to log them here so I can do some testing.

• program download pages no longer require you to login
• changed text on the homepage tab to read “Top Rated P2P Programs” instead of “The File Sharing Portal”
• Modified program pages to show actual rating info

Changes for today:

• Change homepage so it is grouped by network, not os. And include tools.
• Take top headlines out of main news panel, they are already on the left. also add links to read the whole thread with a comment count.

file sharing / p2p

Had a conversation with a writer from Forbes.com who was curious about the stats of online music services. We chatted back and forth and she was asking why WinMX was so popular. When I responded that it wasn’t, she told me the data she had bought from NPD indicated the top 5 were WinMX, iTunes, BearShare, KaZaA, and LimeWire. No eDonkey, and gnutella broken down by program. Hmmm.. I took a quick pass at NPD’s site and came upon this text:

NPD MusicWatch Digital collects information continuously from the PCs of 40,000 members of NPD’s online consumer panel, balanced demographically to represent the online population.

Not exactly rocket science. So my question is, how loud do you have to yell about your “credible information” before someone will buy it? Sheesh, I guess people will buy anything these days if you tell them its true.

digital media, file sharing / p2p

Woke up this morning to my datacenter calling me telling me they were watching my power circuit melting. Cool. So I had to go to the datacenter (my favorite place), power down 5 customers boxes (some 15), switch to a different circuit, and bring the machines back up. Of course, Murphy being the bitch he is, the one box that won’t power on is the zeropaid web server. Sweet. Finally got it to go, no idea whats wrong. Super. Had a few lingering issues but nothing serious.

Did an interview yesterday with Rick from P2P Revolution. Grab the torrent here. To use that link, grab a bittorrent client here. Long interview, I sound like a dork. Go figure.

Speaking of BitTorrent, they had a BUSY news week. They released trackerless torrents, teased a new search engine, released said search engine, and caused a huge scene. In case you have been living under a rock, EliteTorrents.org was taken down by the FBI, Dept of Homeland Security, and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) under the prodding of the MPAA. Seems they thought bittorrent was biting into Star Wars. (side note: at least someone thinks this was a waste of government resources. Or at least maybe have the agencies do SOMETHING related to the name of the agency in question)

Now I haven’t downloaded star wars III: revenge of the sith from the internet. I have, however, gone to see it in theaters. And I am going to see it again. I think anyone who wants to see this movie and doesn’t go see it in the theater is cheating themselves, not George Lucas. That movie is awesome. Here’s hoping it gets out in HD DVD.

Oh yeah, and the Padres are .5 games back in the NL West, and playing #1 AZ Diamondbacks tonight. Let’s go pads!!!

digital media, entertainment, file sharing / p2p, rant

Jorge and I have been working our asses off on Zeropaid, and the results are showing. We are breaking pageview and cpm records almost daily, and our user count has exploded. We are now averaging 1,000 new members a day. That is insane.

As happy as we are with this, we are continuing to push forward. We have something planned for Zeropaid that is nothing short of, well, astonishing. A simple idea that when executed properly will revolutionize our space. Or at least make some people think. Can’t tell you waht it is yet, but no one ever accused me of not being able to drop a hint.

Also have more shows coming up, hope to bring you some down south dirty flavor from Nappy Roots soon, as well as some more summer fun.

Which reminds me, go check out my boys Dirty Sweet. They rock.

file sharing / p2p, play

I have a wicked cold, and my face feels like it’s packed with.. well, snot. It sucks. Zeropaid is humming along nicely, we are hiring a bunch of new positions. I also need a good pr agency that wants to work for peanuts.
I am itching to get FMS Netcheck generating revenue, just need a good affiliate program. Trying to rally the troops.

play, rant

So i guess the internet survived without me. I went to vegas and more or less broke even. woo hoo!!!! Any vegas trip where I return and I can still afford to eat is a good one.

*pause for the cause* Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there, especially my rock star of a mom and my two wonderful grandmothers. I am the luckiest guy in the world to have you all in my life, Thank you for everything!

On a less emotional note, still having email bounce issues. Also need to fix the RSS feeds that people keep complaining about. Anyone want a job as a sysadmin?

play

taking off for vegas tomorrow morning, with sort of mixed feelings of excitement and trepidation. I have such a love/hate relationship with vegas. But, I am going for my friend Jason’s wedding, so I have to be there for him. So I will be semi out of touch for a few days, hope the internet can survive without me.

play

Ok, after a pretty hassle-free evening the new Zeropaid has been launched. This despite my desktop pc waking me up this morning with “Error loading Operating System”. Used Jorge’s laptop to get it done, and it’s finally done. I am sure there are many bugs and wrinkles to be ironed out, since we don’t have a qa person, but at least its up. Let the bug squashing begin.

file sharing / p2p, geek stuff