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Twitter Updates for 2012-07-21

  • I'm so glad I didn't choose Sparrow to be email client after Lion on my new MacBook Pro killed Eudora #
  • Why in the world is the Googlebot requesting dozens of nonsense filenames on many web sites? #
  • If anyone other than google were probing my server as bizarrely as the googlebot does, I'd entirely firewall them #
  • Hundreds of odd 404 errors from Googlebot. Will we hit a thousand today? .@google .@mattcutts #
  • The Googlebot ended up attacking 17 of my sites a total of 289 times today, between 1:48 and 2:52pm Eastern #unacceptable #badbot #

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-18

  • A new (new to me at least) email marketing
    (aka spam) company to block: http://t.co/l2JBtOFB #
  • Years ago I complained online about VistaPrint services and privacy violations. I still get phone calls from people trying to reach VP #

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-17

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-13

  • The losers at 321-745-9999 need to be keelhauled. The FTC won't do it though, they're too busy laughing at us http://t.co/gAEtjn6P users #
  • The idiots at 888-735-0673 are still telemarketing me. Or just trying to scam me. Jerks. #
  • Why is the interest rate higher on a home refinance than a new home purchase? Same amount of money in both cases #

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-12

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-11

  • Just got more spam from a ConstantContact customer. Do they ever really kill someone's account for spamming? #
  • The story isn't that the FTC is going to fine Google a record $22.5m, the story is that the FTC is going to fine anyone at all. #

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-09

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-07

  • Someone at 888-735-0673 should be shot for calling my home number and not leaving a message. Eve hear of the Do Not Call list? #

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-06

Twitter Updates for 2012-07-01

  • Just tried opting out of getting J.Crew junk mail catalogs. We'll see how effective that is. #privacy #junkmail #
  • Also submitted my opt-out request of the http://t.co/rYTUbAC3 junk mail catalog. 508 pages of wasted paper. #privacy #junkmail #
  • Just tried to opt-out of the @JCPenney #junkmail catalog. 96 pages of garbage. Sigh. #privacy #fingerscrossed #