Reservations

Why spam never stops

Posted by on 14 March, 2007 at 7:40 am
Schpam

I don’t know anybody that likes spam. Nobody admits to liking the fake meat kind of spam but I’m talking about unsolicited email. I’ve had doubts that spam actually works except for the low risk and low overhead costs of doing so. This junk is just too stupid and obvious for even the simple minded [...]

The Seven Minute Rule

Posted by on 23 February, 2007 at 12:54 am
Blah blah blah

I live in a news junky’s paradise. I suppose that Reykjavík is also a media hound’s heaven just like Toronto. T.dot is highly multicultural, highly wired, and oddly liberal so there is an endless array of content. Reykjavík is highly wired, culturally curious, and other modes that I hope to discover. We get our news [...]

Clan of the Van

Posted by on 21 February, 2007 at 10:29 am
Station wagon

What hath god wrought? I remember the days of the station wagon. If you lived in the burbs and had the standard 2.3 children your dad likely drove a wagon. And that was the only car in the driveway. You could fit the whole family, the dog, and the groceries in this beast. If mom [...]

Drive Thru Refugee

Posted by on 22 January, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Drive Thru, Iceland style

A minor curiosity today was about the state of the fast food drive thru in Iceland. I assume that the concept has infected the little island. But are they as insidious as they can be at times on this side of the big puddle? I’m not saying they are evil, I use them too but [...]