AOL screw-up becomes ART

In 2006 AOL released millions of search logs, by mistake of course. All the search engines keep telling us that search logs are anonymous and carry little meaning. Here it is. You decide.
"I love Alaska."


I Love Alaska - Episode 1/13 from SubmarineChannel on Vimeo.

It's 2009 and we are what we search for. Turns out it was the same way in 2006.

Google, Skype and Twitter are making me dumb, cheap and lazy.

...and I don't care.

I no longer even try to remember the way to spell words like accommodate or conscientious. I'll just let Googles recently updated algorithm for misspellings do the work. Type in couple of letters and voilà - done. Who needs grammar.

I no longer understand why do I have to pay the phone company. Skype is free, Fring that puts Skype on my mobile is free. Paying for something like that just seems so unfair. I think even the phone companies are starting to get it, that's why they're cutting back on offering free WiFi. They used to do it more. This must be their last stand.

I no longer check my RSS or News feeds, I just keep Twitter open and if there's anything even remotely significant happening, I"ll know about it in seconds. Lazy - yes, but efficient lazy.

So here we go, say it out loud - I'm dumb, cheap, lazy and proud of it.

MyFitness I Know You Missed Me

Here goes the # 1 of my resolutions, but just to get 2009 off on a right track, I need to be fair and let everybody know that they did not raise the price of monthly membership. Maybe it's me, maybe it's them being nice and understanding, or maybe it's just a federal law that prohibits raising the price if a client was signed to a contract with the club before it was sold. What do you think?

In any case the amount stays the same. Here's their letter:

Hea MyFitness Rocca al Mare klient,

Täname Sind usalduse eest, et oled sportimiseks valinud MyFitness Rocca al Mare fitness-klubi!
Anname Sulle teada, et Sinu liikmelisuse leping, mis on sõlmitud Coral Club OÜ-ga, hakkab lõppema. Kehtivusaja lõpp on 31.12.2008. Selleks, et saaksid muretult endistel soodustingimustel treeninguid jätkata, palume Sul lähiajal pöörduda kliendihalduri poole, et sõlmida leping My Fitness OÜ-ga.
Sinule, kui pikaajalisele klubiliikmele, pakume väga häid tingimusi jätkamaks MyFitness kliendina, kuutasu jääb samaks!
Tavahinnad uutele liitujatele on tunduvalt kõrgemad.
Soodustingimustel liitumine kehtib vaid Sinule kuni 31.12.2008.

Meeldivaid treeninguid meie klubis!

MyFitness Rocca al Mare meeskond

Wait a second...I needed to sign something before 01.01.2009. Crap. Does that mean that I still need to look for a new place to work out? Plus I now own several black and red MyFitness towels that are not available for rent, just sales. In case you don't remember I was not happy about that here.

For conclusion: I was on the stationary bike today and some what bored, so I ended up reading their club rules. Who in their right mind works the term "Force Majeure" into gym rules? ... and I can't help myself... I just have to add this ... misspells it.

Resolutions.

I will stop ranting about MyFitness, because nobody's making me go there.

I will look for good in people, companies and brands.

I will look hard, because I will need to.

This year I will work hard.

I will consume less of everything.

I will finally start taking care of my personal online brand.

I will start a meaningful relationship.