The Blogaboutech Mixtape

So since I can't focus on a clear topic to write about in my second post I'll share some of my thoughts on today's more interesting tech news.

Is Digital Money the New Way to Buy Drugs

Joe Brown of Gizmodo asked that question yesterday. Apparently, he knows a guy that bought some weed with a square account. According to Brown:

"As long as you don't put some idiotic note on your account like "drugs," virtual currency would be a really easy way for drug dealers to take one very dangerous aspect of trafficking out of the equation—as long as they took some precautions."

This got me to thinking...not about drugs, mind you, but what if the homeless used this kind of payment method? Imagine if, instead of using the Street Smart newspapers to get a buck from people, you passed out cards with your account and people could transfer money to it and the same seamless way that one can use PayPal to buy Farmville items?

Yeah, laugh now! You'll see.

More People to be Put out of Work in These Troubling Times

Software engineer, Ricky Robinett has just launched a brand new site that is certain to put an alarming number of single women out of work. It's called Fakegirlfriend.com. Popular amongst both single and married men, Robinett's site allows men to have strategic and timely text messages sent to their phone with out having to court anyone for it.

Need to look good in front of the homies? Have a meeting that you desperately want to get out of? Getting these done is as easy as a few taps on your iPhone. As a matter of fact, Fakegirlfriend.com, which you can also program to call you, joins a series of other new sites that collectively make it much easier for male commitment-phobes to continue through life in relative comfort.

So, what about the girls? Are they going to get a similar service? If this isn't funny enough, when asked about the possibility of a Fakeboyfriend.com, Rickett wasn't sure. Apparently, the domain name is taken.

Introducing the Kindle Fire

Priced at $199.00, Amazon announced the brand new Kindle Fire this week. The tech world went ablaze after Wednesday's press conference in New York. With many analysts believing that the new tablet will bite into a tremendous chunk of Apples market share, reporters asked them to comment. The makers of the newly announced iPad 2 had this to say: "Um, yeah. We have more money than the American government."And, yes they did provide that link.

Chrome is the New Silver

Google Chrome is poised to pass up Firefox as the second most used web browser by December making me incredibly ashamed of myself. Y'see, I use Safari. No one informed me when I bought my Macbook Pro a year ago that browsers had become as trendy as phones which are now like shoes.

The teasing that I get for using the default Macbook browser reminds me of the elevated noses I experienced from the Pro Wing and Stadia shoes I use to wear to middle school. At the time, I never cared about looking cool or fashionable. I just wanted a nice pair of shoes to get me through the day. Of course, after all of the snide playground heckles, I had to upgrade to Reeboks. Well, those aren't that much of an upgrade but you get the point, right?

It's bad enough that I'm starting to get self conscious about my Samsung Instinct. Sure, it isn't as cool as the iPhone or the Android. OK, It isn't even close, but, hey it get's the job done. And, that is how I feel about my clunky little Safari. Sure, it drops on me often and occasionally I can't watch any videos on it. So, what! Safari is like that old shirt we all have. Or, maybe it's a pair of pants. Sure, it isn't your best looking article of clothing. It isn't going to win you any cool points when you're wearing. But, dammit when you have important things to do you need to feel comfortable. You need easily accessible pockets. You need to NOT be thinking about your weight. You need to feel like you're wearing a part of yourself.

That, is my Safari. It is my old B.U.M. sports bag that I take with me to vacations in Mexico. Providence. Atlanta. It is the ripped up boxers from Hanes that I like to wear on warm days because they're far more comfortable than the brand new pair I bought from Banana Republic. Safari is my ripped up sweat shirt or my dingy old baseball cap.

So, screw you browser snobs.

I like Safari.