Trevor Roberts

SPAM – Spuriously Propagated Anti-social Media

Friday, 13. November 2009, 11:29:42

Anyone who’s been on the Internet for more than 3 months knows what SPAM is. Those unsolicited e-mails we all hate. But as the Internet and technology advance, so does SPAM, and now it’s no longer limited to just e-mail. I call it Spuriously Propagated Anti-social Media.

My local mall for example, broadcasts ads to my mobile device via Bluetooth as I enter, and as I walk around. Currently, they do ask your permission as you enter the mall, but not all malls or shopping centres do.

Then there are the Bulk SMSs. I received several last week; advertising everything from a special on hair-cuts to on-site desktop support. I have even picked up spammers on Twitter.
As technology advances, so does SPAM and the techniques spammers use. Unfortunately, spammers have yet to figure out that spamming is not the true key to success.

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Start at the Top, Work your way Down!

Wednesday, 11. November 2009, 05:13:09

Internet

We've all heard, that in life we need to start at the bottom and work our way up. The Internet is different though. On the Internet, we start at the top and work our way down! There are 2 main aspects to this...

Life!

Tuesday, 10. November 2009, 12:00:00

Life

There are things which shape us - things which hurt us deeply, things which make us happy and bring back fond memories; things of which we know nothing, and things of which we think we know everything.

These things which have shaped us, they give us our character, shape our personality, provide us with our dreams and our trials, they haunt us with nightmares and deliver peace to our minds.

A Fresh Start!

Tuesday, 10. November 2009, 10:00:00

TigerByte

Today, I decided to delete the handful of older posts, and re-start this blog.

We are spoilt for choice these days, with dozens of free services offering e-mail, websites, blogs and more. Sites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and so on. The problem is that with so many choices, it's easy to use several, or even all of them. This makes it hard to keep up and maintain them all.

I have now decided to use my.opera.com as my blog space, because it's fast, easy-to-use and offers attractive themes and templates. My original blog post from when I signed up in 2007 follows: