Boldly goes where no coder has gone before... and other ramblings :)
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Everyone more or less has some sort of electronic presence. That presence can easily be seen on Twitter, Facebook, personal blog, Google account, Buzz etc. The recent uproar against Google and Buzz because it was initially Opt-Out and not Opt-In should be revisited by comparing it to other companies such as Internet Service Providers, Financial Institutions and Utility companies. People will be surprised as to how many of those companies default to Opt-Out vs Opt-In.
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Everyone (by now) knows what spam is and by far it is one of the most hated ‘things’ of this world. Although it comes in many forms, people tend to be a lot more sensitive to spam when it relates to their email than their snail mail or any other form of it. Junk is [...]
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Further to my previous post ‘Ultimate Incompetence…‘, it has been a week or so since we contacted the DMV so as to have the suspension lifted from my wife’s non existent (for a year now) VA drivers license. We were promised that the information will be sent in the mail and that we will have [...]
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This post has nothing to do with programming or the world of computers. Despite the fact that I was really happy today to receive two new books that I ordered in the mail regarding eXtreme Programming and Test Driven Development (TDD) the day was not short of frustration. I got a call before noon from [...]
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Nowadays we are all about gadgets. My new printer, my new digital camera, my ability to connect my phone with my PC etc. As a consumer society we tend to buy stuff that we do not need or hardly ever use. I of course am no exception to this rule. I have tons of junk [...]
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