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I can’t get behind that

In no particular order:

Scrape sites: The sheer amount of time I spend on DMCA takedowns should require an equal amount of time by the perpetrators in a similarly distasteful and frustrating task… like cleaning out a septic tank with a straw.
My gym’s total lack of basic grammar and spelling in their promotional materials: I pay […]

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

eBay is on crack

Normally I wouldn’t bother with this, but I got a mail from them this morning, and I can’t help but be blown away by sheer corporate greed and stupidity. They sent a mail heralding their drop in pricing. Sure, if you’re not looking far into the matter, that’s great. It looks good on the surface. […]

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Finally, a moment to think

We’ve made it through the launch of Massively extremely well. Our final contests are running now and gathering lots of love. It’s just a question of following up and getting loose-ends all done with. I’m surprised how many people haven’t responded when we’ve mailed them notifying them that they won. At least two were polite […]

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Quickie

Hooray, blurb post!
- Behind in a couple of classes due to being out of town. Luckily, this is not a big deal since we’re early in the term, and I can catch up as the concepts are fairly basic at this stage.
- Dragon*Con was amazing. There is a much larger post coming about it, but […]

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Outraged

It would appear that our fellow Goths on the other side of the pond aren’t nearly as safe as we once thought they were from fuckwitted jackassery:

Park attack victim loses fight for life
THE 20-year-old victim of a horrific ‘mob attack’ in Bacup has lost her fight for life.Former Haslingden High School pupil Sophie Lancaster suffered […]

Sunday, August 26th, 2007