Internet

59 posts filed under Internet.

October 24, 2002

Nigerian Spam
I think it’s scary that, according to this Slate article referencing that Nigerian spam message that you’ve no doubt seen (and deleted) at least once today, “enough people fork …
August 17, 2002

A Plan for Spam
Paul Graham has A Plan for Spam … “I think it’s possible to stop spam, and that content-based filters are the way to do it.” Sounds good to me!
July 29, 2002

Hit Spam companies where it hurts!
Heh … This actually sounds like a good idea … SpamBattle.com : Using cost-per-click search engines to make spammers pay!
July 3, 2002

Janis Ian speaks out about free music download ;
Interesting article : “Every time we make a few songs available on my website, sales of all the CDs go up. A lot…”
June 26, 2002

VerisignOff.org : Take back your name from Verisign
What an awesome service: VerisignOff ! — “Network Solutions is a company owned by Verisign that registers and administers top-level domain names for customers throughout the world. …
June 17, 2002

404
File Not Found?
June 13, 2002

Priceless ;
Ok, maybe you’ve seen this one already, but it’s still “Priceles”
June 13, 2002

Spamradio
Probably old news, but still funny: “Spamradio: Using a complex arrangement of pipes and funnels we turn the junk mail that we receive into a streaming audio broadcast that can be …
June 13, 2002

Will Cable Unplug the File Swappers?
Doh! From BusinesWeek: “New pricing plans for broadband use could make downloading pirated music and movies a prohibitively costly habit”
April 3, 2002

Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice
Link via MetaKM: “Although communities of practice develop organically, a carefully crafted design can drive their evolution. In this excerpt from a new book, the authors detail …