Greatest Song #14 will be up late this afternoon, early this evening. In the meantime, ponder the circomlocutions of the Internet by considering this.
If anybody was an MST3K fan, I was, and if anyone was bereft when the show finally breathed its last, that person would again be me. So it was exciting, back in 2000, to check out Mike Nelson's follow-up project, the Web site Timmy Big Hands.
Folks, timing is everything. If Timmy Big Hands was starting up now, it would be a massive hit and probably a money-maker for Nelson. But five years ago, even Glenn Reynolds was hardly a household name, and the monetary structure that allows people to rake in cash off hit counts was woefully underdeveloped. Back then, the Internet was a handy place to buy stuff but otherwise an abyss of free wackery. Fun, sure...but difficult for individuals to sustain.
Things are, ahem, different now.
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