Add the career builder monkey’s to your team!

Thursday, April 27, 2006

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/5625

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Monkey Mail

By Jason Meserve on Thu, 04/27/2006 – 6:46pm
Applications | timekiller
If you're like me and love the CareerBuilder.com "I work with monkeys" commercial than you'll lover their new Monk-E-Mail service. Go to the Web site, type in a message and a customized monkey will read your message to the intended recipient. Brilliant! (Wait, that's Guinness… but still, brilliant!)

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I LOVE it. I think there can be many valuable messages that it can be used for. If there is an anonymous method. 

http://www.careerbuilder.com/monk-e-mail/?mid=8210299

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Posted by reinkefj

Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum! Join the anti-spam army of the blue frogs.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

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Another online pharmacy spam ring, nick-named PP, has decided to listen to the frog. PP, a medium size spammer, elected to stop spamming us. This is good news, but what is even more important is that we never sent a single opt-out request to PP. Yep, that's right. Zero opt-outs were sent to PP.

This spam ring was large enough to attract our attention, but there were a few other spammers who irritate our community more than PP. Therefore, we were essentially just watching them and their spam. We never took the time to create an opt-out script for PP's sites.

However, PP has decided there is no point in waiting for our community to take action. After all, our actions never generate revenues, just opt-outs. In a smart move, PP simply complied with the Registry. And don't think PP stopped spamming. We keep getting loads of their Vi@gra spam to our unregistered honeypot accounts. PP avoids sending spam to the Blue community.

Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war. This piece of advice was given by a Roman general a couple of thousands years ago. It was proven right again today. We want peace. We are prepared to fight for our rights. Spammers understand and respect this.

Posted by Eran Reshef Apr 27, 2006 08:48

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I wanted to invite you to join the Blue Community and benefit from Blue Security's free anti-spam service, the Do Not Intrude Registry. I highly recommend you join the service – it's simple, safe and easy to use. Many users already report a significant reduction in spam.

Blue Security allows us to actively do something to stop receiving spam. Here's how it works:

1. I report spam I receive to Blue Security.
2. The Blue Frog software, installed on my machine, automatically posts opt-out requests on spammers' sites demanding they stop sending spam to members of the Blue Community.
3. Spammers use the Do Not Intrude Registry in order to clean their lists and avoid sending us spam.

The service is free, and if you sign up now, Blue Security guaranties you will never have to pay for it in the future.

Stop filtering spam, Start deterring spammers – Sign up with the Do Not Intrude Registry.
http://members.bluesecurity.com/cwa/frog_welcome.do?from=frog&ver=1.9.0.1139&p0=invite&p1=reinkefj2723

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TECHNOLOGY: Conference Place aka Microsoft Live Meeting (definitely not free)

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Pig here, as in guinea pig. My employer has contracted for Conference Place, it's a shell that covers Microsoft's Live Meeting, aka Placewhere. After kicking the tires, I'm blah about it. It requires BOTH an inet connection and phone line. That's ugly. I was expecting only a net connect. After all voip means never having to say telephone. The phone connect is an added hassle and expense. You'd think that Microsoft would support two way voice over the net. Silly user. I'll be playing with it over the next few days and will advise. Makes me think that Asterisk would be a really neat home project that would have useful results.

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What is this “barbara streisand”?

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Important Authentication Disclosure

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money-laundering activities, Federal law requires Fidelity to verify your identity by obtaining your name, date of birth, address, and a government-issued identification number before opening your account. In certain circumstances, Fidelity may obtain and verify this information with respect to any person(s) authorized to effect transactions in an account. For certain entities, such as trusts, estates, corporations, partnerships, or other organizations, identifying documentation is required. Your account may be restricted and/or closed if Fidelity cannot verify this information. Fidelity will not be responsible for any losses or damages (including but not limited to lost opportunity) resulting from any failure to provide this information, or from any restriction placed upon, or closing of, my account.

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Posted by reinkefj

I too would like Linux on my primary!

Monday, April 24, 2006

http://www.wynia.org/wordpress/2006/04/24/widescreen-virtual-linux-workstation-via-vmware-and-ubuntu/

Widescreen Virtual Linux Workstation via VMWare and Ubuntu
April 24th, 2006 by J Wynia – 

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However, what I’ve wanted all along is to have Linux right on my true primary workstation: my laptop. I tried several times to get Linux to cooperate with my previous laptop,  

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Me too. Maybe my next laptop will allow me to do this on my current lugable.

Hmmm.

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TECHNOLOGY: I’m using FREEDOWNLOADMANAGER and happy with it

Sunday, April 23, 2006

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org

I was playing with Firefox and it kept nagging me about not having a download manager. SO, I pick one of the ones it recommended. No science. Took the first free one in the list. AND, I have been pleasantly suprised and well served. It has really helped out in my weekly download of the http://freetalklive.compolitical podcast that I like. Instead of having to baby sit the download, I just trigger it and it takes care of the rest.

I recommend it.

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TECHNOLOGY: “MOZY” yet another backup solution (free)

Sunday, April 23, 2006

https://mozy.com/ref/YY7S60

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Mozy.com is a new online service that offers free automated backups of your home computer. It is really easy to use. After signing up for an account, you download the client application and select which files need to be backed up (or use the handy preconfigured backup sets), and you never have to worry about losing your data again! In exchange for this service, you agree to receive a weekly newsletter that is paid for by advertisers, but they never sell your email address or personal data to 3rd parties.

2GB of free storage with 256 MB bonus by using this link (after you sign up, you can refer people using your own referral link, and both of you will get a 256MB bonus. Right now there is no limit to the bonus space you can get through referrals!)

Strong encryption so your data is always private and secure No spyware or adware You can backup multiple computers using the same Mozy account

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I'm trying it. If you decide to also, then please use my link so I'll get the extra free space.

I'm not sure I believe all the claims.

I can see the backup being taken. Next play period, I'll try the restore.

Your mileage may vary!

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Posted by reinkefj

Write Free Software; Get threatened by a “Patent Holder”?

Friday, April 21, 2006

http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=business&id=3196

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Write Free Software, Pay $203,000 to Patent Holder 
Jackson Lenford
20 Apr 2006

Ben Jacobsen, a model railroad hobbyist, wrote a bunch of software to let you connect your computer to your model railroad and control trains with it. He chose to not only give the software away for free, but to make the source code available as well, so that the model railroading/hacker community could improve it and customize it to their liking.

And then KAM Industries, maker of commercial software that serves a similar role, tried asserting their 'patent rights' over doing just that.

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This is nuts! There must be something "we" can do about it.

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Posted by reinkefj

Did everyone get a lesson about backups over the week end?

Monday, April 17, 2006

WordPress decided to take a little unscheduled vacation. Hopefully your vacaion plans were not stored here. :-0

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Posted by reinkefj

interesting that my other blog doesn’t display itself

Thursday, April 13, 2006

I’ll have to check tomorrow. But, when I couldn’t sleep, I published to news items on my other blog. No matter how many times I republished and reindexed, it doesn’t show up. I can see the entry in the edit list. I can see the entry by url. I just can’t see it republished? The items reflowed into my email box. Hmmm.

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