My coworkers got the last laugh, though.

While this is incredibly terrible news, I find it quite peculiar due to the general lack of disclosure of BT's personal life with the media. I'm sure BT is desperate at this point, and in no way could I possibly understand what it feels like, it seems like a publicity destroying move to introduce this kind of information to the masses. Since he knows who the abductee is (the mother), who I'm sure means to harm to the child (didn't this just happen with Britney Spears?), one would figure it would only be a matter of time before the mother turned up.

BT has been down on his luck in recent years, after dealing with a messy lawsuit involving the rights to beats he created, as well as having his gear being stolen twice since the release of his last real album, Emotional Techology in 2003. BT released a more expirimental album in 2006, This Binay Universe, though I don't really count it, as it was an extreme transition in style (It sounds more like a movie score -- but is great, nonetheless).

BT's significant other appeared in the music video for "Break My Fall," where BT collaborated with DJ Tiesto for his most recent album, "Elements of Life."

Overall, I'm grateful they took the time to give us a well-thought and thorough review, and am especially happy to hear they had great things to say about us.

You can check out the full article here at their website. Don't forget to click on vote for us!

There they are.. our happy new PickrCard widgets. Picktastic now has a configurator that Pickrs can fill out from their profile to create customizable, portable cards like the ones above.

Sadly, I am not Flash-savvy, so I had to resort to the bitter and evil iframe.

Hey, if XBOX does it, it must be ok, right?

Brandon and I are ecstatic to announce the launch of our new sports-focused social networking website, PICKTASTIC!

PICKTASTIC is a competitive sports pick 'em website which challenges members to compete not just against their friends for a particular sport, but also against the rest of the world across many major sports.

We just launched the Beta of our new website this past weekend, and would like to invite you to be among the first to take part in this exciting new community. Participation is easy!

1. Go to: http://www.picktastic.com
2. Click on the orange "Join Now" graphic and fill out the brief registration form. We collect some specific information about you that we plan to incorporate into some fun features down the road, but we promise we won't spam you or distribute your information to anyone else.
3. Now you can go pick games! Pick a sport that you like from the top navigation to see some upcoming games. See those glassy buttons? You click the on the one for the team you think will win. There's no need to submit or refresh the page, it saves your pick for you automatically.
4. You can then click on the scoreboard with the team scores, or the number of Picks, Comments and Wagers to view more information about the game you just picked. You can see cool stuff like which other people picked that game, people who bet their points on the game, and what kind of trash people are talking to try and back up their claim that their pick will win.
5. When the game is over, come back to picktastic.com and see how many points you scored. Your record and ranking also gets updated every week, and if you do really well, you might even show up on one of the Leaderboards to showcase the top Pickrs!

That's it, it's easy! There's lots of other great content to check out as well, including the ability to Wager your Points against other Pickrs. So after you've made your Picks, take some time to explore the site and make some new friends.

If you're wondering what we mean by "Beta," it means that since our idea and website is so new, we'll be making quite a few changes to it to make sure we get things right. Sometimes this might mean changes to how a certain feature works, and in many cases, the addition of new features and cool things you can do with the website. Sometimes, though, there might be some bugs. If you encounter any errors, bugs, or simply stuff with that site that just seems funny and not how you think it should work, please drop us a quick e-mail at: contact@picktastic.com. We don't always catch everything, and with your help, we can make this website the best it can be.

Lastly, we know there are tons of people out there that love sports. You might even already be thinking about other people you know that already do stuff like this, whether that's with Fantasy Sports, or even existing Pick 'Em websites. Please tell your friends and family about us, and encourage them to sign-up and start picking. The website is going to be a lot of fun as the community grows, and spreading the word is a huge part of that.

If you have any questions, feedback or need help, please e-mail contact@picktastic.com. That e-mail address sends to both Brandon and I, and we are generally pretty responsive.

Thanks for checking us out, have fun with the site, and best of luck with your picking!

P.S. A HUGE shout-out is in order for our PICKTASTIC Alpha users. Thank you so much for bearing with us as we slowly brought our idea to life. The past three months of feedback, data, and your overall patience and flexibility has been extremely helpful. We've learned a lot since we first built Alpha, and hope that you thoroughly enjoy the new Beta website. Stay tuned, there are plenty of cool things to come!

PICKTASTIC : For The Win http://www.picktastic.com