coolruss.com http://coolruss.com Often Imitated Never Quite as Creative Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:09:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Welcome to my Blog http://coolruss.com/welcome-to-my-blog/ http://coolruss.com/welcome-to-my-blog/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:09:42 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=14 Hello fellow internet users, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Russell Winslow and I am an Internet Entrepreneur. I am currently involved in various web projects. This blog will serve as my outlet to the internet community. I’ll be writing posts about my different ongoing projects, as well as interesting and informative information I find relevant.

]]> http://coolruss.com/welcome-to-my-blog/feed/ MySpace Browser - SocialBrowsr.com http://coolruss.com/myspace-browser-socialbrowsrcom/ http://coolruss.com/myspace-browser-socialbrowsrcom/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:08:44 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=13 I have just completed the first version of a very exciting program. Since October my colleague Jason Ashby and I have been developing the first ‘Web Browser’ made exclusively for MySpace. The goal of this project is to enhance the myspace browsing experience, as well as make it easy for users to modify their mypsace profiles. I will write a more detailed description about this project, but for now please go to http://www.socialbrowsr.com for more information

]]> http://coolruss.com/myspace-browser-socialbrowsrcom/feed/ VideoLAN - VLC media player http://coolruss.com/videolan-vlc-media-player/ http://coolruss.com/videolan-vlc-media-player/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:07:57 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=12 I have just stumbled upon a great piece of DVD software. Many Windows users are surprised to find out that the included Microsoft Media Player software on Windows PC’s is unable to play DVD’s. This comes to a shock to many people because who would think that a powerful computer running Windows couldn’t play DVD’s out of the box. This shortcoming is for various reasons that I won’t get into, however fear not, there is hope.

The VLC media player is a free product that can flawlessly play any DVD. It can also play various other video formats without the need to install codecs. Visit http://www.videolan.org/ for more information and to download your copy.

]]> http://coolruss.com/videolan-vlc-media-player/feed/ MySpace Shuts Down the Big 3 Friend Adders http://coolruss.com/myspace-shuts-down-the-big-3-friend-adders/ http://coolruss.com/myspace-shuts-down-the-big-3-friend-adders/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:07:34 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=11 Cease and Desist email from myspace was sent to all the owners of the “myspace friend adder bots”

badderadder.com - DOWN
bottower.com - DOWN
adderrobot.com - DOWN

and the other robots are about to go down, or pending.

]]> http://coolruss.com/myspace-shuts-down-the-big-3-friend-adders/feed/ The End of Internet Radio! http://coolruss.com/the-end-of-internet-radio/ http://coolruss.com/the-end-of-internet-radio/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:07:14 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=10 As usual there are always big companies with deep pockets trying to shut down something great because they feel threatened by it. This time the hammer falls on Internet Radio.

I’m not going to dive deep into this topic but if you haven’t heard, the Radio Broadcasting Association of America, is trying to get Internet Radio companies to pay extremely HIGH royalty fees to the record companies. These fees are extremely high, much higher than mainstream radio. Since most Internet Radio stations are small companies they cannot afford the royalties so they will be forced to shut down.

Help save Internet Radio and sign the petition here

]]> http://coolruss.com/the-end-of-internet-radio/feed/ MySpace Browser Video http://coolruss.com/myspace-browser-video/ http://coolruss.com/myspace-browser-video/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:06:42 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=9 I’ve just created a video demo of the MySpace Browser. Check it out below:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6UXPBQ2G0]

]]> http://coolruss.com/myspace-browser-video/feed/ Do you own your own name? http://coolruss.com/do-you-own-your-own-name/ http://coolruss.com/do-you-own-your-own-name/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:06:19 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=8 After listening to Loren from 1938 media I decided to purchase the domain name for my name. I am now the proud owner of russellwinslow.com. If there are any rich Russell Winslow’s out there and you’d like to buy the domain name please contact me….lol

For now enjoy some Loren:

]]> http://coolruss.com/do-you-own-your-own-name/feed/ Just sent out 60,000 Friend Requests - Updated http://coolruss.com/just-sent-out-60000-friend-requests-updated/ http://coolruss.com/just-sent-out-60000-friend-requests-updated/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:05:34 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=7 Just finished sending out 60,000 friend requests on MySpace.

Will update on how much traffic this sends my site in a few hours.

**UPDATE**

Sending out 60,000 friend requests yielded about 2200 unique visitors over 3 days. Snapshot below:
traffic-snapshot.GIF

]]> http://coolruss.com/just-sent-out-60000-friend-requests-updated/feed/ Oh how nice the future will be… http://coolruss.com/oh-how-nice-the-future-will-be/ http://coolruss.com/oh-how-nice-the-future-will-be/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:01:45 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=6 Yes this blog will be more than just me posting videos. I’ll be writing some very interesting articles next week so check back frequently. For now enjoy this futuristic video from the future:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FS2TiK3AI]

]]> http://coolruss.com/oh-how-nice-the-future-will-be/feed/ Just sent out 60,000 Friend Requests http://coolruss.com/just-sent-out-60000-friend-requests/ http://coolruss.com/just-sent-out-60000-friend-requests/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:01:09 +0000 coolruss http://coolruss.com/?p=5 Just finished sending out 60,000 friend requests on MySpace.

Will update on how much traffic this sends my site in a few hours.

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