Christian Ross

Seriously?

In my ever-losing battle to purchase the .com version of my name, I attempted again last night to see if the person in control of it would be willing to part with it. He was kind enough to respond today with an asking price only slightly higher than his first. OK, double.

The dirty, money-grubbing European let me know today that he would be willing to part with the domain (that he uses for absolutely nothing) for the low, low fee of 10,000 €. Yep, 10,000 €. Or $14,658 at the current exchange rate.

Seriously? For a domain of just a person’s name? Remember, it’s not like I’ve been given the fortune of having a celebrity name like Read the rest of this entry »

Categories: Pitiful

RIAA strikes again

Muxtape’s are down.

Message on mine:

Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.

From their blog:

No artists or labels have complained. The site is not closed indefinitely. Stay tuned.

Beta users of Muxtape For Bands: you are unaffected by this outage.

The RIAA is in the process of putting music/artists in a bad position. They might want to re-think the way they do business. Their model is losing fans quickly.

Categories: Pitiful, Technology

More email nonsense

The following is a real footer in an email received today. It’s the equivalent of the small talk/print at the end of an auto ad or the copyright infringement read at the end of Major League Baseball games. Sad. These guys really don’t have a need for something like this. In most emails they send, it’s probably 10 times longer than the email body itself.

NOTICE:

This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed; and it, including any attachments, may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it and notify us by telephone (xxx-xxx-xxxx) or by return e-mail immediately. Boring Business Name, and its affiliated companies do not accept responsibility or liability for any loss or damage arising in any way from your receipt or use or for any errors or omissions in the contents of this communication.

It’s funny to me to see how much some people hold themselves/their product in such high regard. But this comes from the guy who’s not even much of a fan of email signatures. If I have to tell you I’m important, I’m not.

Categories: Pitiful

Real or Fake?

http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/listen.html

Can’t be.

Categories: Pitiful, QuickHits

Dear Paste magazine,

I am writing this letter to inform you that our relationship is on the verge of coming to an end.

It’s not me, it’s you.

My courtship started late last year, November most likely. I found a link to your website and an offer from you to name my price for a subscription. I was excited for this new way into a subscription service. I felt like this could be an opportunity for other magazines to follow especially since most magazines make their money on ads rather than subscriptions.

2007 was a slow year for music. As I stumbled upon your offer and website, I felt that potentially you would be an open door for new music and other fine arts. Though small, there was a small excitement building in anticipation of your arrival in my mailbox soon. I hadn’t had a subscription to any magazines for a while and thought it would be a good change of pace, a little light reading for down times or restroom breaks. And best of all, I set my own price, $5. Yep, that’s right, a full year’s subscription for less than a Super-sized number three (plain Quarter Pounder, with cheese only) at McDonalds.

I know $5 dollars seems a little low. On one hand, I didn’t want you to feel cheap or cheated but on the other hand I wanted a deal. And since I had never had the opportunity to flip your pages, I really didn’t know how much you were worth. So I placed my $5 order and smiled when it was accepted.

Then I waited.

Christmas came and went and you chose not to arrive. I justified your absence to myself by thinking that I ordered late in the month and missed the December cycle since most magazines go out a month ahead of time.
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Categories: Pitiful, Popular