Answer:  Wear a funny hat, smoke a cigarette, and operate a network of informants. Introducing the Courant Times from the COURNALIST on Vimeo. One video he’s smoking, the next he’s ranting about cancer… Why does Entrecard need money? To purchase Cournalist T-shirts, produce bad videos, and hire script writers. Inorganic Phosphates from the COURNALIST on [...]

You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead – your next stop, the Entrecard Zone!  The tale I’m about to tell you is beyond bizarre.    It has to do with one [...]

In a major failing and breach of trust with it’s users, Entrecard has announced some unusual rule changes.  No April Fools joke, this appears to be Entrecard’s last ditch attempt to save itself.  (Their last investor was seen packing his suitcase).  For those who are not on their mailing list, here is a list of upcoming [...]

The following scam isn’t new, but it is the first time anyone tried it on turnipofpower.com.  It’s also the first time someone tried to scam me through cre8buzz.com.  Here is how the scam works.  You receive a comment or email saying ” I love your site and want to exchange links with you.  I’ve already put a [...]

In this age of identity theft, who posts their private data online?  Certainly not me.  I’ve already had my share of death threats from exposing 3rd World spammers pretending to be accountants from Massachusetts. (Right, zeny888?)  So why would a social network run by Harvard grads not understand such a simple concept as the right to privacy.  [...]

Who is Ken Armstrong?  Ken is all things to all men.  Irish playwright, author of several published short stories, blogger, CMF Ads Beta Tester, and Stumbler.  Stumbler?  Yes, Ken published a short story on Christmas Eve titled “Long Distance” that went viral on StumbleUpon, gaining him 21,879 unique visitors in a 3 day period.  Thus [...]

Normally, when a website inadvertently publishes the personal information of 2436 people to the internet, they apologize. Of course that requires an executive decision and good luck finding the EC owner on the beach. With the announcement of the new EC forums coming soon, it wasn’t too hard to guess the actual URL. (Hmm, I [...]

I thought I would post a few of the recent submissions to the CMF Ads Logo Contest.  The contest will continue until we launch our new widget, so be sure to submit an entry or two.  The winner will receive $20 worth of free advertising and the pride of seeing their logo used on the network.  Not to mention [...]

Special launch contest!  Before we launch the new widget, one final order of business is to create a new CMF logo. The current CMF logo shows several ads overlapping, to highlight the way that you buy an ad and share views with other ads on the same spot – hence the low cost to advertise. [...]

Midnight of the new year signaled the reopening of CMF Ads.   Featuring a redesigned blog directory, redesigned blog promotion page, a blogging resource forum, and a soon to be released widget that pays publishers for ads shown on their site.  What began as a closed beta in October 2008 is now open to everyone meeting our blog [...]