You know a good lawyer? After our 14 year old boy saw these photos on Amazon I am ready to sue! There is no reason for these types of photos to come up or be shown to my kids!

Here’ s what happened.

We were talking to our kids about the “Viva Las Vegas ” Elvis Pressly music recordings. He wanted to hear some clips, so we sent him to a “trusted” site (we thought) and told him to search for music and Las Vegas.

Guess what happened! He did a search and not only did he find Elvis Pressly music but albums that had pornographic images on them!

It’s a good thing we watch what he is looking at! But you cannot take back an image once you have seen it!

You can do it yourself and see. So, if you don’t believe me, send us a message and we will send you the exact link. We are not going to show your the links in this post. You can get the idea from the picture shown above.

This is totally unacceptable! Now we have to spend time talking to our child about what the las Vegas Grind is, why there is something like that and why something like this would be available!

If you can’t find the Amazon link drop us a line, with something that proves you are over 18 and we will send it to you.

Again, you know an attorney we can talk to? We are not going to let this one lay!

From what we can tell the Thoof site seems to be dying off in popularity. If you don’t know what the Thoof site is, read this from their FAQ:
“Its a user generated news and information service that learns about what you are interested in and delivers news that you care about.”

Basically what it does as you find information you want to read and click on it Thoof remembers what you liked and shows you more articles that are similar. The more you use it, the more it learns and the better it gets.

Sounds great doesn’t it. In fact we thought it was such a good idea that when the site became public in June of this year, we signed up and tried it out. We even started using their “Thoof” badges on our blog posts.

It worked very well, it was not uncommon for a post to be above 90% and brought a lot of readers.  But now we have noticed that the reader stats coming from Thoof are getting lower so we did some investigation.

We checked out their stats on Alexa and found some not surprising information. It seems that their reach and page views have decreased every month for the last few months.

Here is there reach.

And here is their Page Views.

As you can see the chart is going the wrong way for them. Why, we are not really sure. One thing we have discovered is that it seems people that ‘Thoof” seem to be different than people that Digg. See this post regarding that.

So what do you think? Is Thoof dying off? Is it time to remove the Thoof Badge from the Blog? We are intersted in your thoughts.

Google Computer Virus or Spyware Errors

Have you had problems with Google searches?

It appears Google is going way over board on their Virus protection. Apparently they are trying to stop automated requests from a computer virus or spyware applications. But this is getting ridiculous!

Check out these pictures. All I wanted to do was go to their blog search and, even though no words were selected, Google came back with an error.

Clicking on Blogs causes this error

Google, definitely has some problems. We don’t know if there are being too over reactive or what, but if they don’t keep their site user friendly, it will be the death of Google!  I bet Yahoo would love to be number one!

Have you ever had these problems?

This is not new, but, if you have not seen it yet, its very mesmerizing!

Check it out.

There are tons of great places to get legal music downloads from WalMart to Rapsody. But it seems that, even with only a .89 cent download, a lot of people are still trying to find free music.

So they download Limewire or torrents and search all over the place for that free mp3 file.

We at the BC Blog say, stop doing that!

If you missed it, there is an easier way to find music and other MP3 files. It’s just a plain google search and right click!

Check out the info here.

But remember, stealing free music is not legal, so if you do so, you are on your own!

With the writers’ strike now threatening to go deep into mid season, the broadcast networks have every reason to worry that viewer ship will tumble.

Except Fox. Of the Big Four, Fox is the one network that actually stands to gain if the strike wears on.

It also has the least to lose. It was all but assured of winning the season before the strike was called on the power of “American Idol,” the No. 1 show on television, which returns in January and typically lifts the network to No. 1.

And just to lock up No. 1 in 18-49s for the season, Fox this year has the Super Bowl on Feb. 3.

“Unless ‘Idol’ sees large yearly declines, Fox should be in good shape,” says John Spiropoulos, vice president and group research director at MediaVest. “We’re expecting only slight to moderate declines for ‘Idol.’ But that could now be offset by additional viewers due to weak competition from the other networks.”

That’s not to say Fox is not without problems from the strike. It’s running out of top-rated shows like “House,” its No. 1 scripted show, with one original being held for the slot after the Super Bowl. And its popular “24,” set to return in spring, is off the schedule entirely, with too few episodes in the can.

But “Idol” will give Fox the flexibility to compensate. Though set to air two nights each week, it could be stretched to three or four. While “Idol’s” ratings dipped for the first time ever last season, it was still No. 1, ahead of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” by some 10 million viewers.

Fox also has a stockpile of animated shows. Media buyers think there may be a dozen or more of “American Dad” and “Family Guy” and a few “Simpsons.”

Fox has a number of fresh midseason shows ready to go, too.

“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” a drama based on the Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, debuts on Jan. 13 with about eight episodes, airing after “Prison Break.” “New Amsterdam,” about an immortal detective, debuts Feb. 22. “Canterbury’s Law” with former “ER” star Julianna Margulies, premieres in April.

The comedy “Unhitched” from filmmakers the Farrelly brothers premieres March 2 and the sitcom “The Return of Jezebel James” with Parker Posey begins March 7.

These new shows will probably do better than they otherwise would have against the other networks’ regular programming. But some of these will also get a boost from promotional spots airing during the Super Bowl, notes David Scardino, entertainment specialist at Rubin Postaer and Associates.

“They have the biggest promotional platform of all with the ‘Super Bowl,’” he says. “When you throw that in, and of course ‘American Idol,’ I wouldn’t bet against them.”

Fox also has returning reality shows like “Hell’s Kitchen,” whose fourth season premieres April 1, and continues to air original episodes of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

New reality shows include “Moment of Truth,” which straps people into lie detectors. “Truth” premieres on Jan. 23.

Fox’s reality shows and its midseason scripted shows virtually guarantee it a win over its competitors, says Steve Sternberg, executive vice president of audience analysis at Magna Global.

“Obviously, Fox’s ‘Idol,’ which can air multiple times a week, in addition to some of its other successful reality series – not to mention the Super Bowl – make the network best positioned to withstand the strike,” he says

Here’s a YouTube gem: the rarely seen 2002 short film Ernest and Bertram, which tells the sad and ultimately violent tale of the doomed relationship between those two closeted Muppets. Lawyers at Sesame Workshop forced the eight-minute film out of circulation right after its well-received showing at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. The minor-key rendition of the Sesame Street theme song is hilarious.

Adobe Systems Inc. and Yahoo Inc. plan to launch a service Thursday allowing publishers to insert advertisements into many online newsletters or other electronic documents.

For example, a company that publishes a daily bulletin for electrical engineers may open the content to digital camera companies, laptop computer vendors and other advertisers. The ads will contain links so the reader can go immediately to the advertiser’s Web site.

You can read more here, but by now aren’t we all tired of ads?