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Get Paid To Read SMS Messages?

Cash Texts is a new way to get paid for receiving SMS text messages. They will send you interesting ads, that’s right, advertisements – and pay you for each one you receive. Be sure they are collecting the difference between what they get paid to send them and what they pay you – but you can collect some scratch by viewing ads (in the form of texts) throughout the day. They also have a recruitment program so you can get paid by getting friends and family in on the deal. One site mentioned that you could easily make a minimum of $7.50 a month for getting these texts. Doesn’t sound bad at all does it? Use the opening link to get started or simply scan the QR Code below to send a text to CashTexts. It’ll let them know I sent you and start the enrollment process. Couldn’t be easier.

SCAN THE QR CODE TO GENERATE A SMS MESSAGE

I see a lot of people promoting this, and was referred myself – and have read various stories on getting paid. The first question everyone has is if this whole thing is a scam. As they say, and rightly do, scams want money – not pay money. I think the biggest thing you have to fear is eventually recruiting so many people that they can no longer pay out – but if they recruit their targets and people are paying them to send these ads – then you will get paid. Seems like a simple business model actually. Get up to five texts a day, seven days a week (you decide) and twice a month they fund an account (1st and 15th).

Do the math yourself. Here is the level scheme for recruitment or referrals – showing the payment for one text going to you and the person who was recruited by someone who was recruited by someone, who was recruiting by someone… etc

(Table courtesy of CashTexts.com FAQ)

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Lil Wayne is a Cheesehead?

Despite claiming that he’d one day carry New Orleans on his back the Martian Lil’ Wayne has recorded a very interesting freestyle ahead of Super Bowl XLV for Green Bay Packers fans, such as himself, to enjoy. Posted first on his blog WeezyThanxYou.com it has started making the rounds to other sites like Rap-Up.com (where I found it linked to from Twitter). A good friend said the song was decent, I think the lyrics are lame (“I’m a cheese head, ya’ll *****s cheese whiz”). Listen or download the song below and judge for yourself;

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Download Link – Lil Wayne Freestyle – Green and Yellow

In other Exciting News… Monkeys Facepalm

Mandrill monkeys (they look like baboons, more info at link) have begun using the international sign of disgust to avoid social interactions. The Evolutionary Biologist studying the behavior has called it a monkey “Do not disturb” sign, holding the gesture for periods to avoid other monkeys (not a bad idea).

But why are they doing it? It’s unlikely that they’ve found something stupid on the Internet. Nor are the mandrills trying to block out light. They’ll make the same gesture in the shade or under overcast skies and only a third of the facepalms happened in direct sunlight. They’re not trying to wipe anything away, for the facepalms can last for as long as 17 minutes.
Via Discover Magazine – Monkey see, monkey facepalm

Teenager Creates Solar Death Ray, Threatens Governments Worldwide

Harnessing the power of over 5,000 suns (not yet 9,000) a 19 year old has created a death ray in the spirit of solar cooking devices built by survivalists and environmentalists. Though not exactly as effective as you’d want it to be the project is pretty cool and the only thing lame about it is that he actually spent the time to make it. Check out the YouTube video below, welcome your new laser wielding overlords!

Errata…

In other lame news, Earth is not “in another Solar System”. Thanks Gizmodo! Seems that when they aren’t stealing phones they have some (obvious) reporting value.

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I was recently talking to a friend who has not been able to log as many hours of WoW playtime since the Cataclysm caused by our beloved Deathwing; and his question was what to do about gearing up his toon to run Cataclysm heroics. He feels as if he’s a week behind other guild players because of the holiday so I gave him this little tidbit via Skype;

Greens < Quests < Dungeons < Heroics/Rep Rewards/Justice Points < Epic Rep < Raid Level

Now, for many this seems obvious due to the item levels of the gear at hand, but sometimes we forget a piece or two of this equation. Obviously if you were like me and immediately rushed to Blackrock Caverns at 3:02 AM when the expansion went live on the servers you picked up a few uncommon-level (green) items that put an ICC piece you’ve been wearing for months to shame. If you did a few quests on a neglected alt you also noticed those rewards were a bit amazing compared to the weak epic items (purple) you were wearing.

But as not everything in the game is mentioned - actually in the game – it may just be worth mentioning the general rundown if you are looking to build a heroic or early raid set. This isn’t class specific or trying to build a BiS (best in slot) set, just a guide to Cataclysm gearing, and doing it efficiently.

• Starting out – If you are hoping into Cataclysm for the first time you really have two options. You can quest or you can instantly just hop into the Looking For Group’s random dungeon queue (though now note that you need to discover the dungeon entrance before you can queue for that dungeon – this includes random dungeons, have only one discovered, and you’ll only land in that same one). There are advantages and disadvantages to both, and depending on the type of player you are you might level faster with one over the other or prefer one over the other. I’d say that doing the starting quests for the new zones is essential for two reasons; you will then unlock the portal to said zone and upon reaching friendly you can pick up reputation tabards for later, as well as getting a head start on building rep with the Cataclysm factions. For gearing up however, unless you really have nothing good left over from Wrath, you can easily just hop in dungeons and get instant upgrades from drops. However, keep in mind that you still need to win a few rolls.
  • Greens – Green, uncommon, OMG items. They will destroy a few of your WoTLK items simply because one stat is two to three times as much as what you currently have. Don’t feel bad about swapping out an epic piece for a new shiny green, it happens to the best. You can keep your ICC gear for a while, even until level 81 or 82 depending on the stuff you are wearing, but a lot of regular greens are impressive or weighted in the right areas to not switch. As a Resto Shaman though I had to be very careful. I was suddenly stacking stats I didn’t need and dropping so much needed haste that I had to go back to my ICC stuff as the dungeons became more challenging.
  • Quests Greens – Sometimes a bit better quality than the greens you’ll get from random drops and dungeon trash, and if you really have poor WoTLK-type gear then maybe this is a good route to take simply to get you in the door to Cataclysm dungeons (recommended, not required). Not every quest will give you a decent reward, but if you have two specs you can possibly build both gear sets up in a series of quests. Again, you’ll want to be building up rep with each of the new factions, and it’s worth researching which to go for first for the provided head enchants and higher level gear that each new faction has for sale.
  • Quest Blues – Though it will take more time to get to, you can snag some major (iLvL 325 mostly) upgrades by completing the quest chains in the new Cataclysm zones for blue/rare armor and weapons. This time invested vs. gear gained however is beaten, in my opinion, by simply grinding a dungeon a few times for the upgrades you could be getting from bosses. Then again, I couldn’t replace my Resto Shaman’s ICC boots (Earthsoul Boots) until researching a quest chain in Uldum that is based off a random dropped item that starts the chain. I literally ran each new instance more than a few times, and saw not one set of healing boots drop, at all. Wowhead.com is your best source for this type of research, using their character profiler, right clicking an item and selecting Find Upgrades.
• Next Steps;
  • Regular Dungeons – Yay, you feel confident enough to start running the new dungeons in Cataclysm! If you didn’t just blindly jump in you likely have a bunch of green/uncommon gear from leveling, running around exploring new stuff or grinding out materials for your newly upgraded professions. While in your first dungeon you’ll likely get at least a green drop that will make your old gear look stupid – if you are lucky you’ll grab a nice blue/rare item. The item levels will vary depending on the dungeon (level) and the boss – you’ll be able to pick up iLvL 308 to iLvL 333 gear, the latter level being able to get you into and destroying heroics if you can outfit your toon in 333 gear totally. Be aware, to step into the random heroic queue you’ll need an average item level of 329 (check the General section of your Character Sheet). I can attest, it isn’t easy getting to an average iLvL 329 by sporting 333-gear alone. You will almost need to get some gear from the below sources in order to get over having an iLvL 308 or 316 gear you just can’t find a replacement for.
• Getting somewhere (how to love level 85…);
  • Justice Points - If you were stacking Justice Points since the end of Wrath, when it made no sense to spend them, you likely have a few to spend on some decent gear. I can’t profess to know (or care) about each class in the game, but I can say that generally what I’ve seen in level 85 Justice Points reward gear has been somewhat disappointing. I can only suggest knowing what your new play style is, what stats are most important to your class/spec and taking an overall look at your gear and stats to find what you might currently need the most. I was, for example, pretty well stacked in the haste I needed to heal, almost perfectly balanced, and couldn’t justify a few of the upgrades they offered as the stat switch would have killed groups. Eventually though I was able to decide on a piece that could be reforged away from Mastery and was made to make up for the haste loss from upgrading from an iLvL 308 piece I had to drop.
    I’ve heard that Resto Druids are having a hard time finding Justice Point gear too, though I can’t confirm this. Paladins seem to actually have a set for each spec, where Shamans have just two (combining the Elemental and Restoration gear sets). I just think that reforging these items to personally fit you is 101% intended by Blizzard, though I could be wrong (I tend to argue that reforging is central to the game now for top-end players  - a lot of gear seems imperfect as it normally drops).
  • Reputation Rewards – Ignoring, for now, the upgrades you can get when reaching Exalted with the new factions, this is a great source of upgrades at even the Honored and Revered levels. Honored with each faction will unlock iLvL 333 rewards, and Revered with each faction will unlock iLvL 346 rewards. Be sure to check the quartermasters or Wowhead to see which faction you’ll want to level first, or which to balance to get different upgrades for different slots (or for your secondary talent specialization).
  • Heroics – This will be the same iLvL (346) as the gear you can get from revered reputation rewards, but you are going to have more options at your disposal once you can queue for or run some heroic dungeons (no iLvL required if you walk in with your own group – get your guildies to get you in the door!). Simply, bosses drop a much larger variety of stuff and there are more of them to kill than there are reputation vendors (while some rep rewards seem to overlap too between vendors).
    It seems the best method, oddly broken down in the middle of this post, is to;
    • Queue dungeons for 308-316 gear
    • Queue for level 85 dungeons for 333 gear (while wearing a reputation tabard!)
    • Grind/gain rep for revered level 346 gear (quest or instance grind – questing after revered seems to be the fastest)
    • Random heroics for remaining 346 gear (boss drops)
    • Finishing rep grind to then gain Exalted reputations for purple/epic gear
• Epic Reputation Rewards – Again, you’ll want to research which faction gives you the best Epic (iLvL 359) reputation rewards at exalted – but some of this gear is simply the best you’ll equip until you can step into raids and pick up loot from raid bosses.
• Raid Level Items – Go raid, stop reading this

Now, that surely was a rambling worth a tl;dr tag! And we’ll skip over the fact that this isn’t really a complete guide to anything. The major missing portion is crafted items, and there are certainly some best in slot pieces out there coming from trade professions. It just seemed outside the scope of this write-up for “noobs”, and depending on your server you may find it almost impossible to get decent upgrades from crafted gear – no one may have the recipes needed or be willing to part with the materials needed for a reasonable price. You could go ahead and farm the mats for a crafted upgrade yourself, but take a close look at the time needed versus what you’ll be getting. You can pick up iLvL 339 crafted-epics (blues), but will it be worth the time spent away from dungeons (while most seem to be PVP based anyways)? Maybe using the Wowhead character profiler and the upgrade lists it gives you shows this is the best route – you’ll have to do your own research to be sure (if there isn’t an Elitist Jerks thread already pointing you to the crafted pieces you’d want…). I’ve also kind of skipped over what I call auction house drops, or the rare BoE items, because it’s going to vary and not easily counted on. One item, from Blackrock Caverns I’ve seen at least 10 times, while others just once or in-game not at all. I just hope the guild above helps your priorities if you feel like you are falling behind since the release of Cataclysm, maybe this will help a few players focus on gearing up for some end-game fun.

Here is a summary of links that might be useful that were mixed in above – for quick reference;

• Wowhead Character Profiler (Find an upgrade, view your items, enchants, gems)
• Bind on Account Head Enchants – From Reputation Vendors at Revered
• Purchased Reputation Rewards – From Honored to Exalted Reputation Levels
  • Purchased Reputation Rewards – Exalted Reputation Epic Items Only
• Cataclysm Reputation Quartermaster Listing – Click the name of each Quartermaster to then find their location, what they sell and discussion from users on other things about the faction (where to start? best quests? reward discussion?).

And one additional link, not included in the article anywhere else; Item Level entry at Wowpedia – Cataclysm. That will take you to the table showing the various item levels of items that come after Wrath of the Lich King – it’s a great way to get the above information without actually reading much

Feel free to point out changes that need to be made to the above (rambling) post, or flame me for ignorance in the comment section below.

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Prince Philip As Seen By The World

In a follow up to a goofy post I wrote earlier it seems that Prince Philip made an off the wall comment to President Obama when he first visited the White House;

[The] President told the Royals: “I had breakfast with the Prime Minister, I had meetings with the Chinese, the Russians, David Cameron [the Conservative Prime Minister]…

…

A guffawing Prince Philip then blurted out: “Can you tell the difference between them?”
(Via: UK Sky News Blog)

I like how Jack & Jill Politics interpreted the gaffe;

It’s interesting because it’s offensive on several different levels. For those who don’t know, David Cameron is the leader of the conservative opposition in the UK. But apparently Prince Phillip also implies in his remarks that Cameron a member of the Conservative Party, mind you and therefore right wing is a communist like the Russians and Chinese. And that Barack Obama might be too stupid to tell them apart. Because Barack Obama is also a communist, right?

With my favorite part:

You have to hand it to Prince Phillip — a barb that sophisticated, offensive and condescending to so many millions of people including Russia, China, America and UK Tories/conservatives worldwide takes a lifetime to perfect. Well done, as they’d say here in the UK!
(Both via Prince Phillip Makes Racist Joke to Obama Upon Meeting Him – Jack & Jill Politics)

And that’s what I’ve been saying all along. Sophisticated troll is sophisticated. He’s good, has a real zing sense of humor and though you may not like his ethnic jokes… they are damn good. This one isn’t of the best in my other post, but as they pointed out, he’s a pro – not a noob at this.

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You might as well get it out of the way and realize it’s Katrina all over again. These poor birds were living their lives and got covered in oil and now they are in the jail known as the Sherburne Wildlife Area. Why is everyone being shipped out of Louisiana? Did we sell it back 10 years ago and this is all part of the final steps? Now all of New Orleans, and now these poor birds are being “cleaned up” and shipped away – in this case a total of 80 whole kilometers! It’s very sad, serious business;

“He is scoping around his new home,” Sharon Taylor, a Corrections Officer with the US Fish and Wildlife Marshal Service, says of the prisoner.

The bird then took a few steps into fenced in cage before trying out his wings. His smaller companion followed a few minutes later.

“They look right at home here,” said Taylor, surrounded by fencing dotted by hardened birds.

via AFP: Birds released from oily grave, never to see the ocean again.

For me to follow up with: You obligatory oil spill humor, the original link to the Mario Brothers – BP Oil Edition. Instant classic.

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What is this drawing?

Robot sperm? A swastika for schizophrenics? A clever commentary on race relations in Cincinnati? Schematics for a cold fusion reactor? The worst tic-tac-toe game ever? Connect the dots for a Parkinson’s crippled woman? The timeline of Michael Jackson’s skin color?

Nope, none of those… I was just bored waiting for my mom’s laptop to install Windows Vista Service Pack 2.

What is This?

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My latest labor:

Io_LF_LOVE: I’m a male Blood Elf Pally looking for a good time - not someone I will need Frost Resistance Aura to shield me from your heart. Don’t let my Righteous Fury fool you, I’m a gentle toon looking to cast Hand of Protection to save you from these other noobs. I’m stacked with gold and good looking – you will see me and think you were hit with Hammer of Justice you’ll be so stunned. If you make me see the Holy Light I will give you my Devotion Aura. If you play games I will cast Hand of Freedom. I don’t Lay on Hands on the first date ladies, so don’t ask. Any class/race is okay, no Alliance please. Drug free, diseases are okay, I have Cleanse.

via 4QQ.Org – A Place For Love.

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So in the age of digital cameras people are still dumb enough to take photographs of their crimes with film and have them processed by strangers:

A southern Ontario woman suing Black’s Photography over pictures of her marijuana plants will have to produce the photos in court.

Agnieska Wojtanowska says Black’s violated her Charter rights back in 2001 when a worker handed the photos over to police.

Drug charges were later dropped when the pictures were excluded as evidence because they were obtained without a search warrant.

via CTV.ca | Black’s sued for handing pot photos to police.

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YouTube – ROCKY III: Spoof – More Gay than Brokeback.