If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve probably heard that Russia and Georgia are currently at war. Understandably this has a lot of people very worried, including, and I bet you know where this is going,many residents of the former Soviet republic of Atlanta. This would normally be the part where I …
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The Way Too Convincing Virus
I feel I have to warn folks about this, because I could see some naive people falling for this latest virus. I have received 2 of these and a friend got one and almost fell for it, but then went “Wait, that doesn’t sound right.” Thank god she did. I mean, she has Nod32 Antivirus, …
“This Is True” Update
Well, phew. Remember how “This is True” got marked as spam? It looks like it is going to be ok. Yahoo has lifted the block, Gmail has made sure he’s not seen as spam and a whole ton of folks got their subscriptions back. Plus, lots of new people joined up, so it looks like …
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Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet
Reverse Advertising
Hee hee hee. Why do I find it amusing that one of our google ads frames is full of greyhound ads right now? Ha ha ha ad targeting! This time, you failed! You failed as much as poor greyhound, who unknowingly created a disastrous ad campaign that had to be pulled after last week’s events. …
This Is True Is Not Spam!
Here’s a message for everyone who blindly follows their ISP’s spam filter, or stupidly clicks “this is spam” when something is not. If you’re one of those and you receive the”this Is True” newsletter, and marked it as spam, you may have contributed to ruining the publication. Yup. Because of you, thousands of his subscribers …
Here’s A Family Who’s Going To Hate Business Cards
Dear family of Brandon Rayner: Are you sure that what you’re embarking on is a good idea? Really? Before you go any further, please read the story of Craig Shergold. I can see many disastrous outcomes ahead. Either your little boy will make it, and you’ll still get deluged with business cards, and you won’t …
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That’s Just the Shitsz!
It’s gotta suck trying to get Verizon DSL, and the only reason you can’t is your last name is Libshitz. Seriously. Because the word shit was in it, they said he couldn’t have that as his email address, and even recommended misspelling his last name. Not a good move, not a good move at all.
Jesus Christ, Reality TV Superstar
There’s been a new trend where spam comes with subject lines that are fake, fairly dramatic, news headlines and a link where you’re supposed to read more, but if you clikc the link to read more, all you get is a big, fat virus. Well, here was the latest one of those that I just …
What A Stupid Question
It’s amazing howworked uppeople will get over a damn map. The link above goes to a poll and an article about whether or not Google Maps and other online mapping services are good or evil because of what they can enable folks to do. On one side is a group that says the things are …