Rants and Raves
It’s my blog, and this is the place where I get up on my soapbox a bit. Not necessarily internet related.
How To Make Telemarketers Hang Up. Politely.
Here’s a polite way to get rid of those telemarketers who disturb your day with their sales pitches.
Just say to them -
Cheap Broadband Plans – A Costly JOKE!
If you’re thinking of getting a broadband internet connection, please don’t fall for the cheap options that are currently being promoted in the lifestyle magazines.
They are pretty useless if you actually want to USE the internet, and could end up costing you hundreds (or thousands!)of dollars in excess charges every month unless you are VERY careful.
Rogue ISP shut down – Worldwide SPAM volume falls 60%
Over the last couple of days, the volume of mail passing through our mail server has fallen dramatically.
The reason for this was that one Californian ISP – McColo – has been shut down.
This rogue ISP was the host for a large variety of spammers and hackers.
It’s hard to believe that one ISP could have so much impact, and be the provider of so much frustration to the world’s internet users.
Here’s more info
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081112-spam-sees-big-nosedive-as-rogue-isp-mccolo-knocked-offline.html
How To Use Web 2.0 to Earn Money
Do you want to learn about all the new methods of using the internet to make some money?
Then I strongly suggest that you go over to www.ThirtyDayChallenge.com and sign up for this free training course.
This is the third (or is it the fourth?) year that Ed Dale and Dan Raine have run this free internet tutorial – and I recommend that you sign up if possible.
Bump Keys – Discover why your door locks are probably useless
Last weekend I discovered something called a bump key.
Bump Keys (or 999 keys) are widely known in Europe, and there was an article about them in Newsweek recently.
A bump key is easily made, and allows an unskilled person to easily open most domestic and office locks.
