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Spam/Virus
Akin to unsolicited junk mail. The verb refers to the sending of unwanted email to many people at once. Originates from a Monty Python sketch in which “spam” is said an excessive amount of times.
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CBC and spam
Tomorrow night (and again on Saturday), Canada’s public broadcaster devotes itself to a topic any connected person should care about. -
A defence of spam
Over the weekend, Doug Saunders demonstrated, once again, his flair for writing in his defence of spam -
Who’s the manager? Semantic Web pushes ahead; additional beautiful blogs
From a Bulgarian software outsourcing company’s spam sitting in my inbox today: -
Happy New Year’s; Berners-Lee knighted; advanced tables
A long-time friend just called to wish me a happy New Year — literally. He’s in Sydney and said he just saw the most spectacular fireworks display; this was happening in the background as we spoke. -
OJA nominees; Floatutorial; Sympatico brought to its knees
The American government seems to have found a clever way around the freedom of the press: treat online journalists as ISPs. -
Self-healing systems
Talk about self-healing systems: a new worm is crawling the Web trying to patch the Windows’ security hole used by Blaster (via SvN) -
Interviewed on warblogging; blocking spam
Anna Czerny interviewed me for a small feature on blogs and the war for this year’s last issue of one of my alma mater’s newspapers. First time in a while I’ve been interviewed, and I forgot how easily details can be erroneously simplified (e.g., the origins of warblogging). But that just show’s the advantages of this medium in that I, as an interview subject, can use it to clarify any points I choose. Despite that minor quibble and my questionable grammar, it is a good overview (then again, I’m likely biased as I’m quoted liberally). -
Spam cop and tiny fonts
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SirCam for Craig
Weird thing just happened. Got a typical SirCam infected message, but this one had my name on it — literally. -
Spam and SirCam
A couple of items drawn from my inbox: