Archive for April, 2008

Another interesting ad, brought to you by Gmail

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Through some experimenting, I've come to the conclusion that Gmail's targeted ads apparently focus only on the folder or label you're currently viewing.  Currently, the only email in my inbox ... Read more..

Fixing the world, one typo at a time

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Seattle | 2 Comments »

There are innumerable times I've wanted to do exactly this: He was there to edit. Yes, edit. Toting markers, chalk and white-out, the man known as the Indiana Jones of typos ... Read more..

“Voluntary” national service… I think not

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in evil, freedom, government greed, nanny state | 3 Comments »

I'm seeing a disturbing increase in the calls for a period national service for America's young adults. It's questionable whether I'd be subject to it given my age and ... Read more..

Irony

Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Maybe someone can enlighten me as to why, when ordering a laptop, one is required to swear no intent to ship the technology out of the US, yet the laptop ... Read more..

Gmail thinks I’m a slut

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in HUMOR | 2 Comments »

Alright, I know Gmail scans for keywords to appropriately (in theory, anyway) target the text ads at the top of the page. Considering that I can encrypt messages I'd ... Read more..

I didn’t wanna do it

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

...but I'm getting more spam on older posts, and, well, I've enabled Akismet to try and catch some of it. We'll see how that goes. Read more..