Spam Me to Hell

What kind of asshole would come up with some shit like this?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374081,00.asp

The online tool asks for the details of the fake transaction to enter in the fake receipt, and then generates an HTML file containing the receipt. The main point of this tool seems to be scamming third-party party merchants on Amazon out of refunds and products. But the merchant would have to be really careless and just trust the data on the receipt without checking it against their own records.

I’d like to shit these people’s heads off.

Google Instant is a new search enhancement from the Big G that shows search results as you type. Thus the name, instant search. Google says that with Google instant search they are “pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type”.

Yeah, well…

In theory it sounds good. In practice, I think it sucks! The instant search results aren’t as relevant as the search results I get when I fully enter my keywords. So what’s the point? Isn’t Google supposed to be trying to bring me relevancy rather than speed up the process?

Yeah, yeah, I know I can turn it off, and believe me I have.

Hey, Google… quit with the useless add-ons and start trying to figure out how to get rid of the crappy search results. Google instant search: instantly irrelevant for me.

Damn, son! Check it out:

Young woman turns her school project, an idea to make strap-changing sandals called SwitchFlops, into a $30 million dollar business. This woman is smart, she made some very good moves in putting this business together. Her SwitchFlops are a good idea, and on top of that she fills a very important “want” with this product. I wish I had thought of SwitchFlops strap changing sandals myself.

Here’s a link to her story:

$30 Million School Project

It’s worth reading to find out how she got from school student to multi-million dollar business owner. But keep in mind this isn’t just a story about a smart young student, about a budding business, about the idea to produce strap-changing sandals. It isn’t even about the clever name, SwitchFlops. It’s about a lesson that everyone can learn about success.

Read the article and post your comments.

I was checking out an article over at WebMD. It’s a pretty good site, I pop over there from time to time and check out the health information. Anyhow, this article says that (basically) there is a limit on how much happiness money can buy. Here’s a link:

Money Can Only Buy So Much Happiness

Screw that! I’m willing to do my OWN little research project and see, for myself, EXACTLY how much happiness a ton of cash can buy. So, who wants to finance my experiment? Seriously. Here’s the deal: you drop a couple of million in cash on me, let me run through it at my own pace, and let’s see just how much happiness I’m able to purchase with your money.

Once I’m done with your dough, I’ll report back to you on my findings.

Contact me for delivery options for the $2 million.

Craigslist has shut down their adult services advertisements? Are you freaking kidding me? Apparently they did this because 17 state attorneys general decided to pressure Craigslist into getting rid of those ads because they felt like people reading those ads are being victimized.

I realize that Craigslist decided to censor themselves on their own, but they did it only after being pressured by these people to make these ads go away. Personally, I think that’s stupid and I don’t much like the fact that CL has caved in to this kind of pressure. Yes, Craiglist is free to operate their business however they like, but damn people… this just smacks of a legitimate business offering a legitimate service having to fall in line with censorship demands. Adult services are for ADULTS. You know, people who can make their OWN decisions?

I think this is a serious blow to free speech.

That freaky Burger King dude has decided to sell his burger chain to the Brazilians for $4 billion. It’s now going to be owned by some unknown company called 3G Capital. What the hell? First Budweiser sells out to some mysterious Europeans and now the King decides to put our flame-broiled goodness in the hands of some completely unknown and very possibly weird South Americans. So what does that mean for our delicious sesame seed buns and my favorite, the original BK chicken sandwich? Huh? You tell me. Worse yet, they’re probably gonna take away our delicious and budget-friendly “Buck Doubles” too…

Those rotten bastards!