Archive For May 24th, 2005

eBay Account Investigation

I’m amazed at the very sharp increase in phishing attempts these days. Despite greylisting and Spam Assassin at least one gets through each day. Out of curiousity I decided to click on one. eBay Account Investigation looks rather good doesn’t it? The Netcraft Toolbar does a very nice job defending against this sort of thing!

Read more »

malevole – Text Generator

malevole – Text Generator

Read more »

Digital Preservation

Digital Preservation – good look at the future of our digital past. (via dangerousmeta)

Read more »

Towards Open Source Flash Development

Towards Open Source Flash Development

Read more »

How to Become an Early Riser

How to Become an Early Riser – *yawn* must get to bed earlier!

Read more »

How to Use Design Patterns

How to Use Design Patterns Among developers, design patterns are a popular way to think about design, but what is the proper way to think about design patterns? In this interview, Erich Gamma, co-author of the landmark book, Design Patterns, talks with Bill Venners about the right way to think about and use design patterns.

Read more »

Where are my socks?

When you’re rushing around in the morning, wouldn’t it be handy if you could ask Google, “Where are my socks?“

Read more »

Amazon "used products" scam

While browsing the reviews of the Canon 20D on Amazon, I stumbled across this warning to buyers. I’ll repeat it here as it’s probably worth reading if you’re buying online: Reviewer: phil_72 from Harrogate, North Yorks United Kingdom. I have used this canon for about 4 weeks and am very happy with it. However, I [...]

Read more »

7dayshop.com – review and my bad experience

It’s about time I posted this as it’s been over a month since I had any dealings with 7dayshop. Since then I’ve dealt with several other online retailers without a hitch. When I shop, online or otherwise, I expect a reasonable level of service and care. When I shop online I expect prompt delivery of [...]

Read more »