Socializing In the Matrix

Nowadays, many people are living a second social life in cyberspace. Here's my personal review of the main social network sites out there.

MYSPACE

I got into MySpace back in 2006 and set up a total of 4 accounts. It was a lot fun the first couple of years and I accumulated about 700 friends on each of 2 of my accounts and over 200 on another. The thrill of making new friends around the world, hooking up with old ones, displaying animated toons I did, and having a player for my songs for people to listen to, I couldn't ask for more.

But lately the thrill of MySpace is gone. Too many vultures swooping to it, mainly scammers, spammers, phishers, and hackers. The worst ones try to infect your computer through your MySpace account any which way they can. Some want to turn your computer into their own personal relay station, others want to harvest credit card info and email addresses. The porn spammers are particularly persistant. I like to look at underdressed hot chicks as much as the next guy, but the second I get one of those cyberhos who look like strippers trying to lure me to some porn site on the premise of trying to friend me, I almost always delete them. I figured I was savvy enough to deflect all the predators... until this week.

Recently, I was having my computer knocked offline moments after logging onto MySpace. I was worried, but figured it would pass. A few days ago I had an extreme virus attack from MySpace that nearly did my computer in. Fortunately I kicked off my PC's power right away. When I turned it back on, it seemed at first as if nothing was going to come on or work. Needless to say, it scared the Holy Shiite out of me.

But fortunately my virus protection overcame it and got my computer virus free. But I'm going to wait months or longer before I try to log into MySpace again.

FACEBOOK

I kept hearing good things about Facebook so I figured I might as well try it out. It's not bad, but it doesn't give you all the access and possibilities of MySpace. You can't imbed music players or photos on your main page.

TWITTER

I just got into Twitter last week and it seems like a lot of fun in some ways. Some Twitter-addicted celebrities like to share their thoughts all day with you after you become their "follower" on Twitter. Not as much fun as MySpace before it started getting crazy, but not bad.

Bill Wright

ROYAL BOOTY CALL

Here's a Nimrod Fox animated cartoon that's done quite well on Youtube. If you enjoy the edgy expose journalism of a crazy fox, the Queen getting her groove on, along with the accidental comedy stylings of George W. Bush, you've come to the right place. This one debuted on YouTube in 2007. Can Dubya score himself some royal jelly? Let's find out!

I'm proud to say I did EVERYTHING in this cartoon, including all the voices, except the newslady.

http://www.youtube.com/v/gvxudxmQ3KU

NIMRODFOX.COM

Nimrod Fox - Cartoon Offender

Nimrod fought the law and the law won. Yes, foxes have a bad reputation and Nimrod is no exception. And he just LOVES to stick it to the man!

http://nimrodfox.com

Toony Foxes and Foxy Tunes

Toony foxes and foxy tunes: that's all I'm living for lately.

In other words, I've been working on a animated TV series concept since 1998 called "Nimrod Fox," which has appeared on the internet in the form of comics, animated shorts, as well as original music performed by some of the characters.

"Nimrod Fox" is a strange mix of "Animaniacs," "The Simpsons," and "Family Guy." Edgy G to PG-rated toons that star wanna-be foxes and a sarcastic iguana.



The eye-candy of the bunch is Roxy Fox, a starstruck vixen who just happens to be a talented singer with some catchy, radio-friendly songs.

Besides making original music expressly for "Nimrod Fox," I also write and perform my own Retro Alternative rock originals which you'll hear about on this blog from time to time. Oh and did I mention that I perform most of the voices in the animated toons. I guess I'd consider myself a renaissance man.

Much more to come soon!

Meanwhile check out the crazy animated interactive world of Nimrod Fox at nimrodfox.com.