Posts Tagged ‘On the Web’
[Question][1]: Do you think [quitting school][2] (college) is a “good thing?” [1]: http://nslog.com/archives/2005/09/24/qotd_quit_college.php [2]: http://wilshipley.com/blog/2005/09/quit-school-and-set-things-on-fire.html As a holder of three different degrees ([BS][],[MEng][], [MBA][]) I think that Wil in the original article is right: if you want to be like him then there is no reason for you to be in college. College will train […]
[Questionable Content][qc], a free web comic is…[charming, like a badger to the face][1]. When you’ve got a few minutes you should check out this work safe, angst filled slice of modern reality. [qc]: http://www.questionablecontent.net/ [1]: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=450
Avast ye maties. Doncha ferget that __today__ is [International Talk Like a Pirate Day](http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html). So grab yer peg leg and hook up with ye mates for a mighty time today.
In case you have missed the announcements, everyone in the US is now eligible to get a [free credit report][1] once a year, but only through the [AnnualCreditReport.com][1] site. No strings attached, just make sure to click the “no, i really don’t want to spend any money on additional services” buttons. [1]: http://www.annualcreditreport.com/
I recently got an email claiming to be from [PayPal](https://paypal.com/) about a change in their terms of service. > PayPal has recently made several important changes to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. Please read the new User Agreement and Privacy Policy, because they contain important information about your PayPal account, your rights as a […]
According to this email I got, Microsoft Windows “Longhorn Edition” is available now! With the price being less than $50, it would be a great time to upgrade now!
[Clientcopia][1]: Dealing customer, one stupid quote at a time. I haven’t been lucky enough to have a story to tell like any of these, but I have had some jobs with some crazy coworkers. [bash.org][2]: Logging geek conversations that should have **never** taken place. Yeah, I have some of those. No, I ain’t posting them. […]
Last week’s issue of [This is True][1] had an article about the newest Japanese F-cup bombshell to hit the screen: [Saaya Irie][2]. Nothing in any of the [pictures][3] seems that out of the ordinary, until you realize she isn’t old enough to be a teenager. Yeah. It’s kind of like that. [1]: http://www.thisistrue.com/ [2]: http://www.thisistrue.com/saayairie.html […]
If you do not receive the [This is True](http://www.thisistrue.com/) newsletter once a week, I would highly recommend that you check it out. (You can even [search the early years](http://archive.thisistrue.com/), which archives all of the stories in [Volume 1](https://secure.thisistrue.com/truebooks.html).) I have been receiving the newsletter for about 10 years now, and the always tend to be […]
As the owner of a whole domain, I have had the opportunity to give out unique email addresses to every website that I sign up with, which allows me to track exactly where the spam starts coming from. Much of the spam now comes from newsgroups, which I posted as > as @ > applescript […]