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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Ads for “Why Mommy is a Democrat”

30-Nov-07

Not entirely sure why, but my Gmail clipbar keeps showing an ad for a book called “Why Mommy is a Democrat” with the tagline “The book George Bush doesn’t want your kids to read!”
Now, you won’t get a lot of complaints about knocking Dubya out of me, but a couple of thoughts:
1. Really? Does [...]

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Sorry, that’s not fair use

28-Nov-07

I’m all about fair use, and I love it when people link to things that I’ve written. They’re even welcome to quote a couple of relevant paragraphs, because that’s totally kosher under fair use.
What gets my knickers in a twist are folks like 7 Day Web Design that just copy my work wholesale, as they [...]

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Recordings and numbers…

06-Nov-07

If you’re going to leave your number on voicemail (incoming or outgoing) here’s a couple of rules that would make life much easier for all of us:
1) Give the person some verbal cue that they’re about to get a phone number, so that they can plan on writing it down.2) Speak slowly and clearly.3) Repeat [...]

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GMail meets IMAP

01-Nov-07

And there was much rejoicing. With IMAP, I might seriously consider using the Google Apps for Domains service. I’ll pay the $50 a year for a service guarantee per user. No problem. Hope the performance improves…

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