Got a digital camera for Christmas, which means I'm living up to my techno-dude marketing demographic a lot better. I haven't used it yet, but I'll do my best to avoid the customary "look at my pictures" emails with links to Ofoto and stuff like that. It's my belief that most people are leading slightly more exciting lives than mine anyway, so their quarterly Ofoto emails are probably more interesting than mine would be.

So, have you guys ever actually ordered reprints from Ofoto? My suspicion is that most people use Ofoto because it's easier than setting up your own website for such a simple thing like picture sharing. But I suppose there are enough grandparents and relatives who print up pictures of newborns and updates of those kids' lives that Ofoto and similar services can afford to have all the freeloaders.

Ah, the good old days of internet freeloading. All you had to do was register with some site and you'd get huge discounts, even up to 100%, on stuff. The e-commerce technology and business models were goofy enough that you could clear out your cookie files and get seconds and thirds without anybody noticing. No surprise that it all came tumbling down in 2001.