1. Hope you like ads

    Facebook just unveiled their new advertising that will turn your "check-ins" and "likes" into advertising. As always, Ars Technica shows a detailed analysis and discusses why this might not be what you, the user, may have intended.

    I deleted my Facebook account right around when Facebook started littering the web …

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  2. DRM - 2K Games gets it

    Near the beginning of the 2010 I finally broke down and sent back the copy of Civilization IV that I'd bought. Yes, yes, I know, I know, it's a Windows game, but I couldn't help it. I was bound and determined to play it under Wine, and the results that …

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  3. Thanks, but no thanks for the link spam offer.

    On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 07:01 +0300, Isabella White wrote:
    > Dear craig maloney,
    >
    > May I ask you to place the link below to our Free Windows 7 Registry
    > Toolkit Application anywhere on your blog? If you agree, please send
    > me the link where you placed the link and I will …

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  4. Welcome Back

    I reinstalled the blog after unsuccessfully dealing with the latest Pharma Hack. Basically, this piece of shitcode detects if your site is being browsed by a search engine, and replaces all of your links with pharma spam. Splendid, no? More info is available at Chris Pearson's blog.

    Here's a little …

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  5. Can I make it more clear?

    I recently unsubscribed from the Kobo mailing list. I just realized that I'm getting mail for something that I am unable to use. They have a selection for reasons for unsubscribing, with a selection for "Other..." which allowed me to type in the following:

    I no longer have the Macintosh …

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