pointing out the obvious

Ever get frustrated trying to clear a level on the wii, ps3, xbox 360, whatever?  Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could pay $1 to clear a level, so you’re no longer stuck?  I would.  I’m guessing others would.  The game makers already have most of the infrastructure setup, they just need to build a game that way.
Facebook charges $1 per icon.  They have no value other than ‘fun’.  People buy them (by the millions).

How about paying $1 to unlock an awesome car in GT4?  $1!!  For a dollar each, I’d unlock the coolest cars and pay off the licensing board to make sure I finally passed my international drivers test.  That thing is nuts.

I realize that I have become a bit of a ‘public transit’ pusher. Everywhere I go, I want to take transit over taxis, or driving. While the TTC has it’s own set of problems, I believe it to be the better way. Maybe not the nicest way, but the better way all things considered.

So much so, that I might invest in a TTC Metropass at full price (I used to get a discount) to make it that much easier.

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It should be ridiculously easy to log everything I have listened to on my ipod touch, into my last.fm profile. Unfortunately, this is not the case. It doesn’t matter what version of last.fm, or scrobbler I use, they all can’t seem to figure it out.

While I’m thinking about it, I’ve read that if you do get the ipod touch / last.fm thing working, tracks within a podcast are not tracked. I recall last.fm mentioning that podcast id3 tags are less reliable than single song id3 tags. Surprising. Aren’t both user generated?

If and when I get my cbc radio 3 podcasts properly logged in my last.fm profile, I’ll ask the next question - why aren’t the last.fm recommendations very good? I thought collaborative filtering would work better than this…

I might get the chance to think about this problem a little more at work.

This personalized experience makes me feel cold and alone.