While the main Hoopstick site optimistically says “HoopStick is taking a break. We’ll see you when we’re out of beta,” the beta site says “Be back soon! We are down for routine maintenance. We are performing a routine upgrade to make your HoopStick experience the best it can be. We will be back up just as quick as we can. Thank you for your understanding.”
What’s going on HoopStick? How long does a routine maintenance have to last before its no longer routine? My earlier review and forecast predicted this service would be dead within 12 months. Looks like it may have taken less than half that to join the dead pool.
With the World’s financial markets in disarray, Mike Arrington offers a sweet investment tip in his review of OneSeason.
Forget the stock market, it’s falling apart. Invest your money in OneSeason instead, a newly launched San Francisco-based startup that lets you invest real money in professional athletes.
Seems like sound advice for your money, unless you actually care about things like “money” or “sound advice”. In what is essentially a hybrid of the stock exchange and your local bookie, without the oversight or rules of either, this start-up is unlikely to see more than “one season” on in web. [click to continue…]
I doubt anyone in the year 2000 could have predicted the mileage SNL would get out of their “more cowbell” skit. Eight years later the laughs still continue, with the now famous catchphrases getting more pop culture references than ever.
Out of this comes a cool piece of crud from the developers at Echo Nest. MoreCowbell.dj is a site that lets you upload your MP3s and digitally add cowbell to it. It’s not a half-assed effort either. Your music is analyzed and the cowbell sound is inserted with proper tune and tempo, as if Gene Frenkle himself is playing along on the track. You can also choose to add Christopher Walken soundclips into the mix.
After your upload is done, you can get a HTML snippet to add your creation to your blog or MySpace page.
Ok, I’ve been getting plenty of new site submissions coming across my desk, but nothing crudworthy enough to warrant their own blog post. Here’s just a few…
Like|Umm - It’s a Digg wannabe, but not as interesting, useful, or fun. And by the way, your domain name like umm… sucks.
TechCrud Grade: F
koornk - Ditto the proceeding review, replacing Digg with Twitter.
TechCrud Grade: F
ur tbox - A social network for young narcissists. Nice looking site, but it’s all style and no substance. Where’s the talent?
While the main Hoopstick site optimistically says “HoopStick is taking a break. We’ll see you when we’re out of beta,” the beta site says “Be back soon! We are down for routine maintenance. We are performing a routine upgrade to make your HoopStick experience the best it can be. We will be back up just as quick as we can. Thank you for your understanding.”
With the World’s financial markets in disarray, Mike Arrington offers a sweet investment tip in 
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