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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Dinner, Movie -- and a Background Check
This is a really good article about online dating and safety. It lists a lot of websites that in one way or another provide services dealing with security:
In the past decade, sites such as Yahoo Personals, Match.com and eHarmony helped make Web-based courtship mainstream for 10 million current daters. But some seasoned veterans say the thrill of using the Internet's power to find soul mates has given way to caution. Singles now draw on a growing arsenal of security and research tools -- from services that verify identity and background to companies that provide temporary phone numbers as a barrier to stalkers. Sites like DontDateHimGirl.com allow scorned lovers to warn others away from their bad dates.
The growth of the dating-security industry is part of the evolution of the Internet, where every powerful tool such as online banking or e-mail comes with a dark side of data theft and spam messages.
Dating site True.com is the only major Web firm that conducts criminal and marital background checks on all of its members -- a practice that keeps 2 percent of applicants from joining because they are convicted felons. Three percent flunk because they are married, the company said.
Labels: background checks, online dating, safety
Monday, January 29, 2007
Hoping for Good Sex in 2007
Regina Lynn wish list for 2007:
You know what I hope? I hope 2007 starts with a bang and gets better from there.Keep dreaming Regina, keep dreaming. You're one naive woman.
I want to be swept up in a flood of new inventions designed to enhance pleasure, safety and intimacy. Sex-tech engineer Kyle Machulis (NSFW) has been dropping
hints about what he's been building and what he soon plans to do with it in
public. At least two new sex machines (NSFW) will be on display at the Adult Entertainment Expo, along with the usual assortment of gadgets.
I want 2007 to be the year when the populace put its beautifully pedicured foot down and says, "That's it, no more panicked television hosts whipping up furor about What Everyone Else Is Doing (and How Can We Stop Them)?" I'm hoping in 2007, no one will really care What Everyone Else Is Doing as long as it's informed, consensual and they aren't hurting anyone else.
Even if it involves the internet, a cell phone or a manatee costume.
In 2007, I want to see greater compassion for those who hold different viewpoints about sex -- in every direction. Can we build bridges between those who share "San Francisco values," which Violet Blue so elegantly describes in her Open Source Sex column, and those who don't? Between people who think bonk-chica-bow-bow ringtones are hilarious and those who think they're Satan's siren call?
Labels: adult entertainment, gadgets, sex
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
For the very busy and screwed-up male
This sounds like a dumb service, but hey, there's a lot people out there who like this sort of stuff. If you're one of them, knock yourself out.
Submitted by Ilan, 40, from Non US
COMMENT: http://www.girlkeeper.com is a free service that helps you to be organized in love; manage all your relationships and avoid mistakes. Girlkeeper lets you create a profile for each of your girlfriends, reminders, important dates performance in the sack and more. Girlkeeper helps you keep each girl happy by reminding you occasional gestures just to show her you care. You can also share experience with others.
