ASCII Art

I happened to look through my bookmarks lately (i'm a habitual bookmarker... 250+...) and I stumbled upon the following link: http://www.chris.com/ASCII/

It is just AMAZING to me how the human mind can take something as simple as text and make amazing art with it. Below are just a FEW of the more amazing ones that I came across.

                                             
                                         __ _
                                      ,o88888
                                   ,o8888888'
             ,:o:o:oooo.        ,8O88Pd8888"
         ,.::.::o:ooooOoOoO. ,oO8O8Pd888'"
       ,.:.::o:ooOoOoOO8O8OOo.8OOPd8O8O"  
      , ..:.::o:ooOoOOOO8OOOOo.FdO8O8"    
     , ..:.::o:ooOoOO8O888O8O,COCOO"      
    , . ..:.::o:ooOoOOOO8OOOOCOCO"        
     . ..:.::o:ooOoOoOO8O8OCCCC"o         
        . ..:.::o:ooooOoCoCCC"o:o         
        . ..:.::o:o:,cooooCo"oo:o:        
     `   . . ..:.:cocoooo"'o:o:::'        
     .`   . ..::ccccoc"'o:o:o:::'         
    :.:.    ,c:cccc"':.:.:.:.:.'          
  ..:.:"'`::::c:"'..:.:.:.:.:.'           
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               IMIm    ,mIM"
               ,MI:"IM,mIMm
    "IMmm,    ,IM::::IM::IM,          ,m"
       "IMMIMMIMm::IM:::::IM""==mm ,mIM"
__      ,mIM::::::MIM:::::::IM::::mIMIM"
,mMIMIMIIMIMM::::::::mM::::::::IMIMIMIMMM"
IMM:::::::::IMM::::::M::::::::IIM:::::::MM,
"IMM::::::::::MM:::M:::::::IM:::::::::::IM,
"IMm::::::::IMMM:::::::IM:::::::::::::IM,
"Mm:::::::::IM::::::MM::::::::::::::::IM,
 IM:::::::::IM::::::MM::::::::::::::::::IM,
  MM::::::::IM:::::::IM::::::::::::::::::IM
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      IMm:::::::IM::::IIMM" . . . . . ..,mMM"
      "IMMIMIMMIMM::IMM" . . . ._.,mMMMMM"
       ,IM". . ."IMIM". . . .,mMMMMMMMM"
     ,IM . . . .,IMM". . . ,mMMMMMMMMM"
    IM. . . .,mIIMM,. . ..mMMMMMMMMMM"
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   IM.,IMI"""        ""IIMMMMMMMMMMM
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                               "IMMM
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      IM'. .  / . .;,mIM"          "IIMMM ,IMIM,.,IM"
      IM . . / . .,mIM"              IMMMMMMM' """
      `IM,.  / ;,mIM"                 IIMMM
       "IMI, /,mIM"                 __IMMM
         "IMMMM"                   """IMM
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                                      IMM
                                      IMM 

As you can see, they get REALLY intricate...
These are just a very MINUTE part of what is available at that site.
Go give it a look, you'll spend atleast sometime being amazed at what people can do.

Fraud... People Today >:-0

So this morning i receive a phone call at around 10am. It is some representative from PNC bank (I hold an account there which i use to receive my schools wage and some personal spending money). She calls me to confirm a few odd transactions on my account. I was stunned!!!

Apparently, $57.00 was charged to my account for some online website template company(it came through as " VISA - LNR* FTD-FLASH.COM " ). Now normally, this type of transaction wouldn't have raised any suspicions (unless it is a common fraud thingy that pops up warnings in VISA's systems..) because i make online purchases. The thing is that it overdue my account. Now that is something that should put some alarms up because I've never (for the 5 yrs ive had the account) over drawn my account.

Here's the kicker. I haven't given my information to any online company lately. Other than paypal and a few local online stores, no one has my CC information. This leads me to believe that i must have been a victim of fraud from somewhere where I have paid using my card in person. The NERVE of some people to try and STEAL things from others.

I will watch my account very closely from now on. I've had MUCH faith in the people handling my information in the past, but NOW I'm inclined to be a lot more cautious. Maybe purchasing a prepaid ELECTRON VISA debit card would solve that problem? I do not know....

How to download any mp3 right off the net

Every1 downloads music. Most people use torrents or another "sharing" service to download the highly sought after mp3's. There are other ways to do so without actually sharing a thing. The directions how to do so are below :)

• First go here and register (its free).

• Then go here and type the SONG NAME that you would like to download.

• Click on the found results.

• Login and click "Play this Playlist", but SAVE the file.

• You will right click the file and click "Open With". If Wordpad isn't on this list, click "Choose Program" and choose Wordpad.

• There will be the link to the actual mp3.
  
  
• Copy and paste the link(if there are multiple, do the one that corresponds to the song you're looking for, you'll figure it out :) ) into a browser and save the file.

Almost any mp3 you would like can be found this way.

Enjoy!!!

Gettin paid to do some minor clicking: BUX.TO

I recently (very recently) started an online PTC (paid to click) program.
Its called bux.to and you get 1 cent for every ad that you and your DIRECT referrals view.

This is quite amazing because it is the ONLY site out there that i've heard about where you earn 100% of your referrals profits.

There are quite a few things that are interesting with bux.to. First off is that you can BUY un-referred people. It IS kinda of a steep price but looking at the forum posts as well as the testimonial screen shots of paypal deposits as well as payouts make a very convincing case.

The second interesting thing is that they guarantee replacement of inactive referrals!!! This basically guarantees you that you will be making atleast SOME money from each referral.

After some mulling over it, i decided to buy 35 referrals. After a couple of weeks, if the numbers add up the way i hope they will (and i did it quite pessimistically), i will break even without doing anything at all! Then all profits will be pushed into more referrals until a make atleast $100-200 a week. That would be nice.

Here's my referral link, Give it a shot!!! You'd be surprised how quickly a cent here and there will add up for absolutely nothing outta your pocket.