Dawn of the Geeks

Indie-Store

The economy on ebay and all other like stores is driven by lunacy. As a result I have opened my own store to sell my used stuff through. Currently about 48 CDs are available for purchase. All products are used but in good condition. All the CDs have the original art and inserts. I’m not going to pretend that I’m competitive when it comes to pricing. All CDs are currently priced at a flat $10.00. This price includes shipping costs for customers in the continental United States. All others may incur additional shipping costs.

The reason for this pricing is simple: the goal is to make some money to cover various bills such as my education costs.

The reason I say that the economy on ebay et al is driven by lunacy is because people are selling the same CDs I’m selling for as little as 1 penny. Unless they stole those CDs, I’m pretty sure they paid a lot more than that for them. The reason they can sell them so cheaply is because other people (investors) are footing the bill. The idea is that they sell at a loss in order to gain loyal customers.

Unfortunatly, when it comes to the internet, loyalty is based on the price. People are not looking for a store, the are looking for a product, the cheapest product. And, because there is no shortage of silly investors, there will be no shortage of CDs selling for 1 penny. I’m not willing to give away stuff just to win customers. If people aren’t willing to pay money to shop at your store then giving away free stuff isn’t going to change that.

Giving away CDs for 1 penny will result in one thing: bankruptsy. And that’s exactly what happens. But another fool pops up and the cycle continues. So I’m not going to bother trying to compete. Even if you win a contest with idiots you lose. The only way to “beat” these fools is to lose more money than them. So I’m not going to compete.

I’m going to sell products at a reasonable price. In other words, I’m running an honest business. If you want to take advantage of the people selling products at a huge loss I’m not going to think any less of you; even if it were possible to even know your shopping habits. However, I’d really appreciate it if you’d hop on over to the store and check out what I’m selling.

Indie-MOZ is finally back up after being down since April when the server drive crashed. The new version makes use of some clever tricks to make it possible for a 900Mhz PIII to handle the entire DMOZ db using PHP and mySQL. Previously it was entirely flatfile driven which really beats up a harddrive. To get where it’s at I had to go from the database to flatfile and back to database. The entire process took a couple weeks and nearly cost me another harddrive. Fortunatly Seagate drives are highly resiliant.

The new version is very fast and very efficient and will possibly be made available for a price. The final process of getting the flatfile directory into the database takes only about 30 minutes. I’m considering providing everything needed to complete the final step. The end result is a massive web-site with ads.

And we all know that big site + ads == money

The Arcade

I’ve added a brand new arcade filled with over 100 games to play. All for free. Check it out!

Time to change how we spell wurdz?

WASHINGTON - When “say,” “they” and “weigh” rhyme, but “bomb,” “comb” and “tomb” don’t, wuudn’t it maek mor sens to spel wurdz the wae thae sound?

Those in favor of simplified spelling say children would learn faster and illiteracy rates would drop. Opponents say a new system would make spelling even more confusing.

illiterate - violating prescribed standards of speech or writing.

Well obviously if we redefine our standards so that we don’t have standards then we’d have a zero illiteracy rate. When all else fails, lower the bar.

While we’re at it we should also redefine murder so that killing people unlawfully is no longer considered murder. That way, the murder rate would drop and we can all pat ourselves on the back.

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