Archive for August, 2004

Let the Gspam begin

Sunday, August 29th, 2004

So after months of zero spam to my Gmail account, I’ve received 33 spam emails in the last 4 days. Not a deluge, but surprising nonetheless. The Gmail spam filter cause 31 of those, a 94% success rate!
I wonder if it’s related to using that account to sign up at freeipods.com recently?
Hmmm…

For Fun Raising

Sunday, August 29th, 2004

I was lookign threough old photos today, and this has to one of my favorites. it cracks me up every time I see it. The unintended comic genius is not only layered, but compunded by the fact that this was posted in a laundromat in St. Louis Park in 2003. Hilarious.
Side note: When I finally […]

Christian Spammer preying on Ministries?

Saturday, August 28th, 2004

I got some more Christian spam today. The unsubscribe page looked eerily familiar. The layout/text was exactly the same as before but it was totally different ministry. I think there’s a Christian marketing company offering it’s tainted list to ministries…
This latest one was from World Relief. I don’t think WR knew they were spamming, and […]

Instant eMail Scramble

Friday, August 27th, 2004

This is highway robbery! Not only do they use a fallible method to hide your address, there are better free options out there. $34.95? You gotta be kidding me! I pity the fool who has fallen for their marketing jive.
I’d link to them, but they don’t deserve the page rank…
http://hide-email-address.ebooksaver.com/

Tolstoy on Christ’s teachings

Friday, August 27th, 2004

“There are many reasons for the failure to comprehend Christ’s teaching…but the chief cause which has engendered all these misconceptions is this: that Christ’s teaching is considered to be such as can be accepted, or not accepted, without changing one’s life.”
- Leo Tolstoy

Photo Friday: Modern

Friday, August 27th, 2004

Taken at IKEA Minneapolis.