Thanks to everyone who took the time to visit Web Watch in 2011. For those of you who haven’t been able to visit every day, let’s take a look at what you did come and see while you were here:
The top ten most viewed Web Watch articles for 2011 were:
Category: Websites
Santa Responds: He’s Had Enough…and He’s Writing Back!
Have you written your letter to Santa yet?
Remember how much fun Napster was, back in the day?
Yeah, well Napster is officially gone now.
What about LimeWire? KaZaa? Yeah, you shouldn’t be using those either.
Nope, whether you agree with the legalities (or lack thereof) of those sites, none of the old fun “file sharing” apps and websites are valid anymore, thanks to the movie and music industry.
And the proliferation of $0.99 songs and apps on the iTunes store. That kinda helped a little bit.
Of course, you always have that peer-to-peer sharing via BitTorrent, which is a legitimate way to legally share giant files amongst people who need them. Unfortunately, a few bad apples had to go and ruin BitTorrent for everyone else too, by using BT as a way to throw around pirated movies and music.
Why Popcorn Costs so Much at the Movies
If you love going to the movies as much as Web Watch does, you’d be seeing at least two movies a week, every week for a year.
Granted not every film you see is going to be good. And not all will be in genres that you always enjoy.
But you’ll definitely see all the great films, all the funny films, and all the films that people will be talking about the next day if you take the time to go to the theater regularly.
But not everyone can afford to spend $12 per movie ticket these days. Seeing 2 films a week for 52 weeks can add up to over $1200/year… and that’s not counting parking, popcorn, sodas, snacks you sneak into the theater, beer (purchased at the fancy theaters that have a liquor license)… and you can count on doubling that if you go with a date.
$2400 a year, just to sit in the cool air-conditioned comfort of a big screen theatrical event with someone special a few times a week, every week of the year.
Digital Boudoir Photography:
A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Fabulous Images of Any Woman
As is almost always the case with technology, porn leads the way.
It was the case with VHS vs Beta video tapes. It’s been the case with online payments. And it’s been the case with social media.
Porn is a big money-making industry, and the Internet has just made it easy for Anyone to do it. And we’re not just talking about those leaked celebrity sex tapes, either.
Have you ever thrown a cocktail party and wondered what drink to serve based on the music that you’re listening to?
Opera 101: Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera
How long can you hold it?
No, we’re not talking about how long can you go without peeing (although we have seen that there can be issues, such as the infamous Hold Your Wee for a Wii contest that resulted in a competitor’s death).
So the other day, Web Watch was flipping through one of our myriad of magazine subscriptions when one of those annoying response card things fell into our lap.
But before we could toss it away as we do all the others, we noticed there was something different about it. This one had gift card attached to it.
A $500 gift card.
“Whoa,” we said. What did we do to deserve this, other than subscribe to a magazine or two?