Argh. I don’t understand how tech people can be such neophobes sometimes! Especially the attitude that “I have no use for it, so no one else could possibly use it, and how dare they waste time producing it!”
Tag: Tweets
Santa Hats, Translation, Expelled
- Saw a bunch of Santa hats lying alongside the entire length of the 55 South to 405 South ramp – and it’s a long bridge. Maybe a box came open?
- Got tech support question in Spanish for wrong company. Replied in bad Spanish with link. Checked against Google Translate. Google has a better vocabulary than I do. 🙁
- Roger Ebert dismantles Expelled (via @mikesterling).
FIB Scamming
Lame 419 scam: How likely is the FBI Director to contact someone using a GMAIL address?
Update 2023: I vastly underestimated the use of Gmail by government officials, didn’t I?
Nofollow Targeting
Sad: I disabled nofollow on my blog because it doesn’t solve the problem. Now comment spammers are trading lists of “do follow” sites.
Hot and Cold
Switched to long-sleeved shirts & started wearing sweaters this week. And now it’s supposed to break 90 DEGREES today and all weekend. WTF?
Picard’s Pills
Just got spam from “Patrick Stewart” for body-part enlargement. Reminded of that one SNL sketch with the cake shop.
More Pain
Arm still sore. Still not King.