While receiving little in the way of tangible benefits, blogging has turned out to be a great way to speak my mind and ultimately to relax… perhaps this is the reason I post entries the most when I’m the most busy! Other times though, mean people ruin the fun.
For those of you not reading the independent North Korean Economic Report site, its writer Curtis Melvin is reporting some fresh attacks against their systems that seem to have come from their namesake. And I thought I had tough critics.
Looks like Steve Jobs has been answering questions directly again and garnering a lot of "wow he’s so rude" responses. Oh yeah, and the iPod Touch is "just" a small iPad. Wait.
Usually I ignore email addressed to me that isn’t relevant to me, but in this case I’m making an exception because it’s for a good cause and becuase I’m in an awesome mood :).
After getting all these hate letters from people who didn’t approve of what I thought were fairly tame commentaries on the compulsory Australian internet firewall, I decided to take an hour or so off this afternoon and address their concerns. This post is for the first email.
Having posted several entries on the Australian Government’s plan to implement a compulsory national internet filter, it seems I’ve unwittingly rattled a few nerves. For the first time since coming out as an atheist back in 2007 I’ve started receiving email about a series of posts here, all of them not good.
Dear CNET Member: Get ready for this year’s big game by creating a new list on CNET, and enter to win a new LED TV in the Samsung Super Bowl Wish List Sweepstakes! [...]
SWEEPSTAKES OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ONE OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AT LEAST 18 YEARS OR AGE OF MAJORITY IN STATE OF RESIDENCE AND OLDER ON DATE OF ENTRY. [...]
Dear CNET, I provided my location in my account profile with you, please don’t send me spam that doesn’t even relate to me. Sincerely, Ruben in Singapore and Australia.
This sort of thing happens to me all the time, and not just from CNET. How hard would it be to check a user’s provided country before sending them offers and competitions they’re not eligible for? One or two extra lines of code?
Fornicate like a macho!
Enlarge your male dignity!
[redacted spam link]
Clearly you have a differing view on the subject of dignity than I do, spammer person. Now if you’d excuse me, I’m off to a coffee shop while wearing this shirt.
I didn’t say I had any dignity, just that they’re idea of it is different to my own. Grilled cheese sandwiches and whatnot.
rubenerd,
As mentioned last week, because you’ve posted articles, photos or video to NowPublic [I have?], our sister site [redacted], is now personally inviting you to also become an Examiner for the US or Canadian city where you live – chose from 160 – or for one of the two national editions.
(emphasis added)
If this was an autogenerated email, it wouldn’t have taken much effort for them to see that I’m clearly not from either place! I suppose it’s too much to ask for spam to at least be slightly relevant ;).
Are you fed up with constantly checking and deleting messages from your UniSA student email account because of the tiny quota? Turns out you can have your messages redirected to an outside account. I can breathe easier now!
Hi! I'm Ruben Schade and this is my labour of love blog from beautiful Singapore and Sydney.
I also lurk on Twitter, Flickr, Google Reader and lots more places.
