RadioHead's New Album.....You pay what you want

Apparently, Radiohead has a new album coming out on October 10. News to me, but I'm stoked. I've been a fan for a while now, and I'm excited to see what new sounds they have come up with. The big news though, is that the album, entitled In Rainbows, will be available for pre-order only through their website (click title above for link). And whether you choose the download or CD copy, and add it to your shopping cart, the cart asks YOU what you want to pay! That's right, you can pay whatever you think it's worth, or you pay what you can afford. You can pay nothing, if thats what you want. Personally, I love this idea, and I hope it pans out for them. And if it does, I hope other record labels adopt this business model. No RIAA, no iTunes DRM, just pay what you feel is right. Now, this might not work for smaller names, but who knows? Either way, we'll see how it goes.

Teaser for the Teaser

While browsing around on my favorite movie-news site www.comingsoon.net, I came across an article titled: Promo for the Iron Man Teaser! This quite literally is a teaser trailer for the teaser trailer for the upcoming film Iron Man. Now, don't get me wrong, I am as excited to see this comic book adapted for the big screen as anyone, but aren't we taking it a bit far? Perhaps we are spoiling movies a bit too much? First trailers weren't enough, then teasers weren't enough, and now on-the-set webcasts and TV spots aren't enough! After watching all that stuff, you shouldn't even bother to buy a ticket, cause you've already seen most of the movie (and usually all of the good parts). Maybe I'm overreacting, but eventually we are going to start seeing entire TV shows dedicated to movies no one has seen yet. Oops, too late.

Second Life

I must have been living in a hole since 2003, because up until this point I knew very little about the online virtual world Second Life. Of course I had heard about it, rumblings on the news and some quips on The Daily Show, but I never really researched it. Well, technically, I still haven't. Short of skimming the Wikipedia page on Second Life, I still don't know much about it. Instead of reading through FAQs and numerous forums, I have decided to create a free Second Life account, and dive right in. So I created my 'avitar,' my virtual identity named Alexx Tomorrow (a lot of names have been taken already). After giving them my real name and email address, my account was created. Now all I need to do is wait for my confirmation email, and then I can begin my journey into Second life. I will update you once I actually get into the program.

First Post

So this is just an introduction for those of you who don't know me. Well, an introduction with little or no personal information about me, that is. Gotta keep all those crazy stalkers away, you know (that's assuming anyone would be interested in stalking me. Doubtful). At any rate, my name is Christian, and I live in Chicago (vague enough for you?) where I work as an IT specialist while going to college. I will be graduating next May, and will be launched into the real world whether I like it or not. So for some reason, I have decided to create my (obviously) first blog. Yes, I'm using a terrible template, but just as I hope to change and grow while writing this blog, I hope that my html skills will also grow and change. We'll see.

What is this blog about? Well, as the title suggests, it will be about anything and everything, pretty much whatever I damn well please. I am a bit of a gadget freak, so I will probably talk a lot about technology's past, present and future. Did I scare you away yet? Well, I also plan to talk about current news and events, as well as some TV, video game and movie reviews. And I suppose I will throw in some anecdotes about my life and experiences. And hey, if anyone wants me to talk about something specific, let me know, and I'll think about it. But no promises.