Mostly Ignored
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Foursquare Fail Page
Latest in my series of website fail pages is Foursquare, who, late on a Sunday evening of all times, served me up this:
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Favourite Socks
These are my 4-year-old’s favourite socks — black, red and orange, emblazoned with flaming skulls. If there is a drawer full of anything, they are guaranteed to be the first ones selected for that day’s outfit. Some of you may be thinking, “Cool!” or “Weird!” or “Boys will be boys”, except my 4-year-old isn’t a…
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I Heart Gnomes
In observance of National Public Service Week, I’d like to recognize some of my stellar peers who are contributing to making GCPEDIA the brilliant, vibrant place that it’s becoming. Specifically, I want to offer my thanks and a small token of my gratitude to the gnomes and gardeners who are toiling regularly to make our…
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Unlimited Gmail aliases
A helpful tip from Google, if you didn’t know about this already: Gmail doesn’t offer traditional aliases, but you can receive messages sent to [email protected]. For example, messages sent to [email protected] are delivered to [email protected]. You can set up filters to automatically direct these messages to Trash, apply a label or star, skip the inbox,…
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I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me…
At my workplace, people will periodically upload snapshots of their workspace to allow remote co-workers a virtual visit via Twitter. I was asked to contribute this photo on Friday. Visible are: An obviously fake Master of Locksmithing degree from Yale University, a Doctor of Esotericism degree from Billy Bo Bob University, Opus the penguin, a…
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A Typical Day at the Post Office?
You. Must. Watch. This.
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Our Promise: Our Phones Won’t Kill You
At ToddiPhone, your safety is important to us. Within reason, of course. At the end of the day we do have families to feed and stockholders to impress. But your safety is still relatively important, so we’re working hard every day to give you the most value that pennies can buy. We know the truth…
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Too Stubborn to Die
I first saw Brandywyn in November 2000, I think. She was on a poster in the stairwell of a building on campus, where my wife was studying. It read “Beautiful Yellow Labrador Found Wandering Fall Creek Park”, or something to that effect, and I knew that I wanted this dog. She was three years old at the time…
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Last.fm Fail Page
I’ve been on last.fm since late 2006 and don’t recall ever getting a failpage before: Hopefully it’s a good sign: of increasing popularity, and not just inadequate infrastructure due to declining revenues and diminishing paid subscriber base.