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Thursday, 11 May 2006
Got some SMS spam from my current spouse telling me she found the “chaise lounge” she was (apparently) looking for and “could she buy it while it was a bargain of a lifetime?”.
“Chaise lounge?”, I said. “What’s that?”, thinking of a popular nightclub here in Melbourne.
“Google it”, she says.
That’s when I stumble across Egamma Modern Masters, proudly proclaiming themselves as “the home of modern furniture”. The first thing I notice is some large black text which flashes before my eyes and then disappears, only to be replaced by their stellar example of minimalist design:
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Monday, 8 May 2006
A couple of day ago, I got another one of those chain letters which promises much money, just for forwarding the stupid email to as many people as you know. Even though this particular email has been circulating around the internet for at least a couple of years, it seems that there’s plenty of greedy suckers out there who seemingly continue to take the bait.
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Thursday, 4 May 2006
The RSS syndication format is gaining rapid acceptance in the computing community. While blogs such as this one have always provided RSS content, the mainstream media are finally starting to catch on to the benefits RSS offers to the consumer.
While RSS will almost certainly kill email newsletters, it brings it’s own problems to website owners. As I’ve already mentioned, dodgy internet outfits are already using the RSS medium to steal content.
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