The internet is one of the most splendid things that ever became available to humanity. But if there are certain things that fully enhance our internet experience, those are the things mentioned below. Take away at least one of these things and the internet will be a much duller place.
Torrent Downloads
The world of Torrents is quite fascinating. Never before has watching the full season rerun of Mcgyver or Baywatch become SO possible! By installing simple software called “torrent readers” such as uTorrent, you can download just about ANYTHING from popular and safe torrent sites such as Mininova.org and Isohunt.com. This way, you can download movies, music and other stuff.
There are some controversies about the legality of downloading torrents. Many say that it is illegal, unethical and just plain sneaky. Well, let me clear things out for you. Torrent downloading is NOT PIRACY all in itself. It is originally created as a way for people to share stuff (also called P2P sharing and is not considered piracy, but there are boundaries). As long as you don’t commercialize and reproduce the stuff you downloaded, you’ll be fine. Moreover, in torrent downloading, there is a required activity called “seeding”. Seeding is the act of “re-uploading” the stuff that you have downloaded. In a way, when you “seed” stuff, you’re like saying “I do not own this, I just borrowed it”.
Video Streaming Sites
The rise of video streaming sites such as Youtube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Imeem, and Myspace video has totally changed the internet, and people’s lives, during the past decade. Not only can people show themselves and their own footages to the world, videos have made the internet a more exciting place. Whether you watch and upload videos for pleasure, entertainment, business, advertising, social awareness, etc., you cannot deny that it’s fun!
Social Networking Sites
The internet has now countless ways for people to interact with each other. 100 years ago, this would have not been possible! Today, almost everyone has a “virtual version” of himself or herself online: the online profile! The reign of Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, Everyones Connected and many other similar social networking sites has given people a variety of options to interact and connect with people around the world.
Making Money Online
Perhaps one the “best of the best” things about the internet is that you can use it to make sideline income. Many people even go as far as making a primary income online. There are many ways by which a person can make money online. He or she can try online auctions, such as Ebay. Many people earn money by retailing products and used stuff on Ebay. Others venture to blogging. When you blog, you can get paid many ways: you can earn from Google Adsense revenues, site sponsors, and referrals. Some pro bloggers I know have discovered so many ways to earn from their blog and they also figured out how to drive massive amounts of blog traffic. Meanwhile, other people venture to internet marketing, or selling both digital and tangible products online.
Search Engines and Instant Information
Google search is something that people never had one hundred years ago. In older days, people had to go to the library and make their research (I’m not saying that going to the library is a useless thing to do now). Today, most of us can enjoy the convenience of getting the information we are looking for by a simple click of a finger. In fact, the term “googling” is a new word that has been coined only during the past ten years. The word describes the speed by which information can be gathered at lightning speed.
Email and Messenger Services
Never underestimate the power of email. It has made the communication of human beings faster and more up to date. Although it has quite affected the “snail mail” or post office industry, email it has been a very important part of our lives, and one of the main communication tools in modern society.
Messenger services are fascinating, too. In the past, making long distance calls is a big deal. Today, you can do it for FREE using messenger services such as Yahoo and MSN Messenger. Thank goodness, if you’re kinda lost when you’re trying to figure out international codes, country codes and area codes, you can save yourself the trouble by going online and making the call via instant messenger (just make sure you have a decent headset, in which case, you have to read “Cool Headset Designs For Computer Freaks“).
To wrap things up, let me say, Voila! The internet saved the day.
September 13th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
And without the internet I would never have found my Triond friends or read great work such as this! Bravo the internet I can live abroad and keep intouch with my family without waiting for the postie
September 13th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Very informative!
September 13th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Internet covers all areas of human knowledge and well-used benefits.
September 13th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Great article and very informative!
September 13th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I think this is an excellent article many people could find useful. I use alot of the torrent and video streaming sites and others you posted. Great article and thanks for sharing.
September 13th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
great article! those are really dazzling…sorry my SU isn’t up right now…i dont’ have time to redownload it…so i will when i get it back up and running again….
September 13th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Pro Blogging is my thing. I am definitely getting into that. God bless the internet.
September 13th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
nice bro,fun,entertainment,friends,money,everything is on the internet,what more can we ask for?
September 13th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
So arguably true; the internet has become a global culture.However, rumors were floated months ago that the internet will in time reduced down to the level like televisions, making us pay every site that we visit.And that many site will collapsed for lack of exposure,a situation that could be seen as the end of the internet. My apology toif I sound ignorant; I hold no background in information technology.I wish it’s impossible, having it happened is tantamount to depriving the human race of fundamental freedom.I wish our internet freedom today does not eventually become an illusion tomorrow.Very nice article.
September 13th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
This is so true. My computer crashed recently and for a week I felt so lost without the internet!
September 14th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Good informative article. Thanks for sharing.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:23 am
very informative article
September 16th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Yeah, very good info.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Another fun “money-making” site for the crafty person, is ETSY.COM
Their mantra is HAND-MADE or Re-purposed (purchased and used in some other, innovative way).
I have a shop there, under “WebJoel” where I sell carved stone Scarab beetles and carved wooden kitty-cats, with more ‘homemade crafts’ to come.
My wife sells under the shop “Magalia”, where she makes handmade necklaces and bracelets, with knits (scarves, etc) to come.
Nice article this, -fun!
-thestickman
December 5th, 2008 at 12:10 am
This article was really useful. summed up some of the basic things that is being done with the help of the internet