Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Unfortunately, the settings that control which email notifications get sent to you were lost

I just got an odd email from facebook. It is surprisingly brief providing no explanation of any kind, which makes it appear remarkably like a run of the mill SPAM email IMHO…
Unfortunately, the settings that control which email notifications get sent to you were lost. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
To reset your email notification settings, [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in facebook, internet by brett

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Facebook is going to clear facebook accounts if

I just received this on my Facebook Superwall titled “Facebook is going to clear facebook accounts if ..”
We all know that Facebook is an extraordinary social network where you can talk to friends, find old friends, and so much more.
The Facebook team is well aware that Facebook is getting over populated due to [...]

7 Comments » - Posted in facebook, internet, news, opinion by brett

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

New Facebook Forced on Users

Many sites are reporting user discontent over the forced introduction of New Facebook, with gearfuse describing it as horrible, atrocious and completely cluttered. Based the response to the discontinuation of network pages I’m not surprised. There’s even a “Petition Against the New Facebook” which currently has 478,670 1,610,451 members and can be signed here. 
The [...]

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Saturday, September 6th, 2008

The early Apple II was notorious for that

This rec.puzzles newsgroup post made me laugh. I don’t read rec.puzzles or newsgroups in general, but this is completely out of place in rec.puzzles. He has stuffed so many technical terms into two paragraphs it’s just laughable. I really don’t know how much truth to what he is saying because I have never [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in apple, humor, internet by brett

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Facebook CEO and Co-Founder Announces Departure

Numerous sites are reporting that Facebook Chief Technology Officer Adam D’Angelo is leaving Facebook. Yesterday I speculated about the actual reasons behind the announcement to discontinue Network Pages and less than 24 hours later comes the news of the departure of the co-founder and CTO. According to All Things Digital the loss of their CTO [...]

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Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Facebook Network Pages will be discontinued soon

Facebook networks are great way to connect with people in your city, country, area, or topic of interest, and C|net is reporting that Facebook will be discontinuing network pages soon. I have confirmed that this is indeed true as the following message now appears on my facebook account…
Network Pages will be discontinued soon
Facebook will soon [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in facebook, humor, internet, news, video by brett

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Doh! The Technorati Monster escaped again

I added this site to Technorati.com barely a week ago and things were going great at first but in the last couple of hours I have been getting constant errors. When I visit Technorati I get the following friendly message:
Doh! The Technorati Monster escaped again. We’re scouring the blogosphere attempting to find it. Back in [...]

4 Comments » - Posted in internet, news, opinion by brett