From Russia With Love

March 21st, 2008 I received a non-typical email spam, a well written (spams are usually filled with bad spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, especially those from Dakar, Senegal for example) email from Maria Wyatt (most likely forged) claiming to be Nadezhda from Saint-Petersburg in Russia. Couple of photos were also included.

December 18th, 2007 On my question on what you love to some selected Twitter users, the best answer I received so far: "I love Jesus the most. I also love shrimp and lobster but in a totally different way!" - bubarda

June 25th, 2006 The Vagabond Give to me the life I love, Let the lave go by me, Give the jolly heaven above And the byway nigh me. Bed in the bush with stars to see, Bread I dip in the river - There's the life for a man like me, There's the life for ever.

September 23rd, 2005 SaveMyAss is a personal assistant that keeps your girlfriend or wife happy by sending her flowers on your behalf. We make sure you never miss Valentines day, her birthday, or your anniversary (again), and you will surprise her with "just because" flowers on a regular but semi-random basis.

August 2nd, 2005 Russia’s most notorious spammer, Vardan Kushnir, 35, was found dead in his apartment in downtown Moscow on Monday, July 25. Someone repeatedly smashed his head with a heavy object and then ransacked his entire apartment according to authorities.

May 7th, 2007 Dean asked me: Hello, im 21 looking to build a website for the first time. I've been looking into adsense and have been interested for a while.

July 29th, 2008 Zemanta is a nice little WordPress plugin which allows you to discover tags and linkable items within your content as well as images to include. In short it could have a nice little blogger's elf, helping you to create richer content.

February 1st, 2005 I have seen references in web-pages requesting visitors to show their appreciation or help by clicking on the advertiser's link. Such desperate methods are of questionable ethics as it provides unwanted clicks for the advertisers, who pays for them.

April 1st, 2006 In a significant (read earth shattering for Java community worldwide) move Sun has announced their decision to open source Java technologies. The JCP will be disbanded in favor of open source bazaar model.

February 4th, 2009 Valentine's Day is just round the corner. And there is no better time than this to think something special for you Valentine.

March 7th, 2006 I have started covering some of the blogs I love to read, bloggers who resonate with me at some level. In the first article I covered Guy Kawasaki's blog.

August 26th, 2006 Today I received a 419 scam email with a difference. It speaks of "genuine love".

August 13th, 2006 Update: LinkieWinkie merely leveraged the links to create yet another blog site. Nice bait and switch, but I expected better.

August 21st, 2006 A Chinese blogger finds Google.com inaccessible around 60% of the time whereas Google.cn is perfectly accessible. Is it coincidence or intetnional? Is Google intentionally blocking Google.com in China and providing intermittent access instead of outright banning to prevent backlash from internet community & activists.

June 4th, 2007 All hell breaks loose! Imagine this: "Most of us are only pretending to work while secretly hoping the project gets canceled after you get fired by the board". Today's Dilbert is a bit of fresh air after days of stale Elbonian humor on outsourcing.