Klout is a service that measures your social media presence and boils it all down to one number. This number provides a quantifiable amount of influence that one hold in the social media realm. Perks are available to people who have a designated klout score.

Today I received a klout perk in the mail. Thought I would do an “unboxing” video and put it up online. It so happens that the youtubes did not agree with that and somehow the audio / video was not synchronized correctly. I re-recorded the video and here it is.

My klout perk was for Axe Hold+Touch Spiking Glue, which in my opinion smells pretty good for a hair product. I am really satisfied with the product as well as the post card that I received from klout.

Yesterday was the release of the new Kindle Fire by Amazon. Which, by the way is a very stupid name for their tablet, the word kindle already means fire, they couldn’t have thought of anything better? I digress. The main thing about Amazons new release that bothers me is that they now have a total of 6 devices under the Kindle name, which, in my opinion presents way too many options for the consumer.

Something else that bothers me is the idea of a company selling multiple products that do the same thing, and the cheeper models that do the “thing” worse. I am mainly referring to physical buttons v.s. touch screen. Amazon is selling two devices that do the same thing but have different methods of interface, which bothers me. It is known that one is more superior, and if one isn’t then which one should I buy? I am a very indecisive person, and I don’t want to regret buying a touch because the keyboard is crappy, and likewise I don’t want to buy the Kindle Keyboard and be stuck with a directional pad.

I understand having options thats why I am for having a Kindle with all of the amenities, a keyboard, touch screen, and perhaps even directional pad. My main point is that people like simplicity, they don’t want to have too many choices, I know I sure don’t.

I got an email today from Blockbuster Express offering me to signup to e-Rewards.com, the incentive was that I would receive a free rental from a Blockbuster Express kiosk. When I clicked the link in the email I was sent to a form on e-Rewards.com. I filled out the form very carefully and pressed submit, and a validation error was caught, stating that the security code (a captcha image) was wrong. After about fifteen tries I gave up.

Security images are frustrating enough even when they work correctly, this one was definitely broken and I could not get through and submit my information. The Irony of all of this is that on the e-Rewards website the header states “We Value Your Time”, I spent ten minutes on their site and I couldn’t use their form.