Month: August 2005

Amber Frey Has Advise for Women

Amber Frey becomes motivational speaker You remember Amber, right? She was the “mistress” of Scott Peterson, the man who murdered his wife and son. Well, Amber says that “there are so many women who can relate” to her own experiences, so she is becoming a motivational speaker(!). Uh, okay, maybe I am a bit out of touch — but how many women have adulterous relationships with men who murder their own families? Are there really enough of them to support her new career?

Spammer stash for you

This spammer’s stash could be yours

I have mixed feelings about this can-spam law. I’m not sure it’s the responsibility of the federal government to step in and regulate email. But I guess this lawfull way of dealing with it is better than letting vigilanties kill spammers, though.

Don’t get me wrong — I hate spam as much as anyone else. However, many cures for spam problems are worse than the disease. Due to more aggressive spam filtering, it is getting harder and harder for legitimate email to get through. It’s common for less than 50% of legitimate newsletters sent to actually get to the recipients who have signed up for them because of ISP spam filtering being too sensitive.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand — how on earth does a spammer like the one AOL busted make so much money in the first place? Are there actually people who respond to those offers to “el_Imin8 d.e.b.t” or buy “VlÁ-GRA VA1ì.UM C1àL1.S”?

Apple makes mouse with more than one button, Earth quakes.

Apple has always insisted that their users are not smart enough to handle more than one button on their mouse. So, people promptly replace their Apple mouse with one more efficient. I myself use a Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 4 on my Mac Mini (I use the same one with Windows, too).

Well, if the news of Apple switching to Intel processors, after years of claiming Intel’s processors were inferior to PowerPC chips (which was never true), now Apple is adding more buttons to their mouse. Either Apple has decided that their customers’ IQs are rising and realized that if they can operate a car with more than one pedal they can click more than one button, or they finally got with the 21st century and made a decent mouse.

Although, after looking at pictures of the new mouse, one wonders if they simply don’t understand how a mouse is used. Oh well, looks like I’ll be keeping my trusty IntelliMouse for a few more years, even on the Mac Mini.