Facebook is great fun, its everything MySpace and Bebo promised to be but never quite made it. Right now, everyone’s (lazily) remaking profiles and migrating to Facebook, and messing with some of the fun applications that Facebook allows 3rd Parties to create. I myself am working on on of these, but more on that later. My favourite application so far is Scrabulous, a turn-based implementation of scrabble that you can pick up and start and leave off at will. However, one of the dictionaries appears a little too lenient….
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The times, they are a-changing
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Last Friday we bade an emotional emphatic goodbye to university life - at least for now - and so, the job hunting begins. I’ve submitted my details to Monster, Eolas, Jobs.ie and I’ve began looking for connections on bebo social professional networking community, LinkedIn. Did you know your average CEO has 29 direct connections on LinkedIn? Well, I have 2. More to come hopefully!
Another upshot of this job search is that GG.com will probably have to change. It needs to say “Hire Me!” rather than “argue with me about ethical issues of suspect importance”. CV and Portfolio sections will be added soon I guess.
Another upshot of this job search is that GG.com will probably have to change. It needs to say “Hire Me!” rather than “argue with me about ethical issues of suspect importance”. CV and Portfolio sections will be added soon I guess.
Hey You, Buy Aerofoam Metal Stock!
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
I’d just like to clarify that I have no conection with the people who have been using my email address to send out ’spam’ emails asking you to buy AFML stock.
It is extremely easy to fake the “from” field in an email - essentially anyone with a bit of programming knowledge can send an email from anyone, to anyone. It is a flaw in the concept of email, and is at this late stage highly unlikely to ever change.
The spammers like to pretend that they are from a reputable website, so they send emails from addresses like ijif@GavinGolden.com.
The company in the email, Aerofoam Metals, have released a statement that they are trying to get the spammers to stop. What may ultimately stop the spammers is that the stock market have stopped taking trades on AFML, making it pointless to send the email.
It is extremely easy to fake the “from” field in an email - essentially anyone with a bit of programming knowledge can send an email from anyone, to anyone. It is a flaw in the concept of email, and is at this late stage highly unlikely to ever change.
The spammers like to pretend that they are from a reputable website, so they send emails from addresses like ijif@GavinGolden.com.
The company in the email, Aerofoam Metals, have released a statement that they are trying to get the spammers to stop. What may ultimately stop the spammers is that the stock market have stopped taking trades on AFML, making it pointless to send the email.
Last.fm rocks
Friday, December 22nd, 2006
So I took Courtenay’s advice and signed up for Last.fm. Wow. Its orsm.Apart from just listing what you and your buddies are listening to, it gives you a radio station that plays songs recommended just for you. I’m now a Doors fan! Heres my weekly top ten artists (will update regularly).
