Monthly Archives: October 2005

Stop bugging me!

Posted on October 25, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

Ugh… I’m all about the “social Web” when it’s voluntary — love reading my friends’ blogs and being able to peruse other people’s bookmarks with del.icio.us, but I’m getting heartily sick of being spammed by services like Evite. For the … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday to email

Posted on October 24, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

The Google Blog has a post about the first email, or at least what is arguably the first network email with an address with the ubiquitous @ symbol. Sent way back in October 1971. I’m just a smidge older than … Continue reading →

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It’s the details…

Posted on October 17, 2005 by Joe Brockmeier

It’s the little things that can make a big difference… Case in point, I was noticing that damn my secondary desktop with the fresh Breezy install seemed really slow when I was grabbing updates … like there was something wrong … Continue reading →

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