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18
August

I get this email from CNet, its a forwarding from someone signing up for a camera sweepstakes. This stupid guy signed myself and others up, thinking it would get him more entries. I dont know this tree monkey, nor do I care to. To: Warren Alulod <gymkid1983@yahoo.com.ph> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:15 PM Subject: [...]

14
July

Its called Astroturfing. Making fake reviews online such as spontanious reviews, endorsements, grassroots acknowledgment, etc… all being directed from the provider themselves. Now, its illegal. A cosmetic surgery company who posted fake reviews of their services on various websites, will have to pay $300,000 to the state of New York. Cuomo’s office says this is [...]

25
May

Random Thoughts

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So I found this hippy article about using vinegar and honey for symptoms of the common cold. They seem to think its much cheaper than using medications. Lets see: 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/4 cup honey drink. 8x daily. 1/2 cup cup vinegar added to a vaporizer teaspoon vinegar, tablespoon honey added to glass of [...]

About 2 weeks ago, I lost all the sound drivers in my new laptop. It happened after I did several Critical Updates from Microsoft. Ya see, even though I got my notebook in Thailand, it was still legit with a valid copy of XP Pro.  After updates, all drivers were replaced with a single bluetooth [...]

It took several e-mails but all I can get out of them is that the Flickr account (4 years of photos) was deleted for violation the Terms of Service and that they reserve the right to delete accounts without any notice or warnings of any kind.  The TOS reads much like the Homeland Security Act [...]

I hadn’t known this but it seems Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company) beer had tried to shut down a website for a mayoral candidate in Portland, Oregon. His name was Samuel Adams and it was reflected in the domain name. Well, there’s a friend of mine that I met thru his visits to Boracay – [...]