Downloading from the net

A few days ago I was talking to a friend and he was surprised when I told him that I don’t know how to download movies from the net.
You could see his eyes popping out of his head. Whatever!
I guess it takes some dedication to find movies you like and some knowledge about how to download the files, before venturing in the cyberspace.
My only experience with downloads was music.
Yesterday evening I wrote a post about QTrax and music downloads. Now I am ready for the next experiment: downloading movies.

Why? Not because I am a penny pintcher, but because I am not pro unions and the writers’ strike starts getting on my nerves.
Alghough I should admit that it did something good: it made us spend more time with each other and even better, I started again reading and truly enjoying books. I used to read a lot, but with the new challenge of having a kid, I just did not have the time to do it.
I don’t want to pretend that I understand the purpose of this strike, especially when so many other people are affected by it, people who make less money than writers to start with.
I remember reading a confession made by a lady, writer for some not very popular shows on TV. She mentioned an income of about $350,000 a year.
Well… let me tell you something: I have a Master’s in Chemical Engineering and my income it’s not even close to that one. How the heck could I be sympathetic?
I am not and as a consequence I am going to learn how to download movies.