Saturday, August 25
Monday, August 20
godaddy slime? I admit to using godaddy to manage my domain names, not because of their low price, but because they had domain management tools before the other top registrants. However, I've always found godaddy to be offensive. Not in their stupid sexy commercials (founder trying to be sexy), nor in the stupid founder blog and politics, but instead in the sleazy upsells and their bloated website.
This morning I found a domain name I would like to purchase. Just for kicks, I clicked through their stupid upsell link to let them buy the domain name for me.
The first thing I notice is they get paid 10% of purchase price. And, that they set the purchase price. Do you think they might be motivated to make sure I purchase domains for a high price? ¶9:00 AM; digg
This morning I found a domain name I would like to purchase. Just for kicks, I clicked through their stupid upsell link to let them buy the domain name for me.
The first thing I notice is they get paid 10% of purchase price. And, that they set the purchase price. Do you think they might be motivated to make sure I purchase domains for a high price? ¶9:00 AM; digg
Sunday, August 19
Miners Trapped is one of the hot stories of the last few weeks. But where are the obvious questions?
I don't know the answers, but why is the media not focusing on these questions? ¶10:00 AM; digg
- How to prevent miners from dying, even if trapped? How about passing a law that the CEO goes to jail when the emergency respirators are not tested by a third party every month? Or, what new inventions could do a better job in keeping trapped miners alive? Is it possible to have a type of tubing that could be dragged into any mine to supply air and communications?
- How to more quickly find miners when trapped? Is it possible to invent an automatic position reporting device which works even in mines?
I don't know the answers, but why is the media not focusing on these questions? ¶10:00 AM; digg
Thursday, August 16
Damn Spam. I'd like a Greasemonkey "Damn" button in Gmail which would:
a) use the unsubscribe facility in the spam *if* it is a known, valid unsubscribe service. (E.g., if there is a link to the legit ConstantContact Safe Unsubscribe.
b) show often often I have receieved emails from this sender and also with this subject. (If often, let me carefully one-click blacklist on sender or subject.)
c) mark it is spam in Gmail (thus hide from inbox)
d) optional: scan email for list of email addresses from the sender (in header and body) and save these somewhere in case it appears like they also might want to join some spam lists ¶10:46 AM; digg
a) use the unsubscribe facility in the spam *if* it is a known, valid unsubscribe service. (E.g., if there is a link to the legit ConstantContact Safe Unsubscribe.
b) show often often I have receieved emails from this sender and also with this subject. (If often, let me carefully one-click blacklist on sender or subject.)
c) mark it is spam in Gmail (thus hide from inbox)
d) optional: scan email for list of email addresses from the sender (in header and body) and save these somewhere in case it appears like they also might want to join some spam lists ¶10:46 AM; digg
Tuesday, August 14
Tuesday, August 7
reddit makes craigslist look pretty, but I'm starting to like it. Unlike digg, reddit claims to do implicit personalization, so over time, it shows you articles of interest to you. (Digg-- I'll be back, but I'm going to spend some more time with reddit for a couple weeks...)
¶5:33 PM;
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