January 28, 2005
Back to the Google Ads
Last month I wrote an article about google ads and how they may be too smart. The article Google thinks that I like Miniskirts is available here.
In that I wrote a best of 2004 article commenting on the beauty of the miniskirt.
Next thing you know every ad is about miniskirts. Now I am being haunted by my superbowl article about Janet Jackson. Every single ad on my site lately is asking me if I think that Janet Jackson is sexy.
Obviously they haven't read my site. I don't like her. Although maybe through the ad people will respond and she will realize that nobody likes her. For some reason I don't believe that it works that way.
I recently clicked on the ad to see where it went. They ask the question and then they offer you a chance to win a free ipod. I am unsure of the validity of the website, but it looked alright to me. After careful reading and clicking to the second page, I am not one to submit my address, and personal information. If somebody signs up and actually gets a free ipod, let me know. I could always use another one.
That was a little tanget sorry. I still don't like Janet Jackson and I really don't want ads of hers on my website. Do you think that Google associates me with Janet Jackson fans. I hope not. I am going to look into this. Keep your eyes on the site. What would I do, if google thinks I like Janet Jackson. Of course writing her name over and over in my blog isn't helping. She will now be called JJ. Or oops my boob fell out. We will see which one sticks.
Later,
Rex
Posted by Rex at 11:07 AM | Comments (1)
December 08, 2004
Google - Quick to React
Less than three hours after I rant about google adsense thinking that I like mini skirts they reacted and re-parsed my website. I have had miniskirt ads on my site for a month. Now I have blog ads. Google is one hell of a company. I must admit that adsense is a great program. I do no promotion for my site. You are probably the only person reading it. Feel free to click on a ad if it interests you. Every little bit helps. Back to where I was, with little promotion I have generated almost $1. Now only 49 more so that they will cut me a check. At this rate it will be around 5 years before I get that check. If you are a fan of this site and have a blog of your own let me know. I am a fan of swapping links. Drop me note or reply to this little rant. Oh, by the way I would like to thank google for swapping my ads.
Posted by Rex at 09:03 PM | Comments (0)
Google thinks that I like Mini Skirts
My google adsense ads think that I like mini skirts just because I wrote an article about them a month ago. I don't know about you, but they should do some more scraping as the mini skirt ads are starting to make me look like a pervert. I mean does this site scream plaid mini skirt or what. Now that I am writing about mini skirts again the ads are never going to leave. I know that google's technology is state of the art and all, but come on, the article was written a month ago. Can I get some ads about video games, patents, IP law, girls gone wild, something other than mini skirts. Later,
Rex
Posted by Rex at 02:40 PM | Comments (1)
November 30, 2004
Facial Recognition Software - The Ultimate Pick-Up Tool
With the holiday season comes lots of TV watching. I have been watching Las Vegas, and in almost every show they use facial recognition software. The software is pretty cool. It uses complex algorithms to encode a person's face. Then using the data from the algorithms it searches for matches. How cool is that. I wish that I could have a pair of glasses that linked wirelessly to a computer to help me with the names of women that I meet at a bar.
How cool would that be? You are at a bar, a woman approaches and starts to talk. Your glasses are already searching and then her name appears with the contents of your last conversation. That would be the ultimate tool for picking up the ladies. Using bluetooth technology, the computing power of a PDA, and some ingenious algorithms, this could all be true. I would purchase the system if I could. That would be awesome.
Does anybody out there know of anything like this. I am going to have to research this.
Posted by Rex at 04:27 PM | Comments (1)
November 28, 2004
The story of snow and shoveling my bedroom
I like snow as much as the next guy (well unless the next guy doesn't like snow), but snow before thanksgiving in the midwest is killing me. I have a new house which is old, and has leaky windows that is going to cost a fortune to heat. For that reason I am keeping the thermostat to a balmy 60 degrees. Doesn't seem that cold, till you wake up and you can see your breath. With the soring price of gas, I am affraid of what my heating bill is going to be. Luckily I have a duplex and I can suck some heat from the neighbors. Which gets me back to snow. My windows in my bedroom are not the best. Did you know that snow can get through leaky windows. I figured, but I didn't believe it till I woke up to a snow drift in my bedroom. Since I pretty much don't keep my heat on, it stayed there a couple of days. When was the last time you shoveled your room. It wasn't a big drift. Just a couple of inch drift on the window sill. Still I have snow in my bedroom. So needless to say, I have to go and purchase a window insulating kit for my bedroom. That way there will be no more snow in my bedroom. Then again I am glad that I realized that my windows sucked so early in the year.
I had to shovel my bedroom. ( I am shaking my head back and forth)
I had to shovel my bedroom. ( Still shaking my head...)
Ughh.. (Lowering my head in shame and disbelief.)
Posted by Rex at 02:06 PM | Comments (0)
November 18, 2004
Microsoft Office 2003, just a little too helpful
I just bought a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 and it is a little too helpful. Besides the fact that eBay is in the dictionary with the correct spelling. The office suite has a clipboard list that lists the last ten things that were copied. The office suite opens suggestion, search, and welcome windows in the left 1/3 of the screen. This window is very annoying. Not only does it take a full 2.5 seconds to close it, it make me lose my train of thought.
I must give props to Microsoft for trying to solve problems, but adding extra keystrokes is just a waist of my time. The fact that the extra features interupt my train of thought, makes me want to go and get new program that doesn't have this feature. The new features to me are not a good improvement. The new features decrease productivity.
I know what you are thinking. I am stuck in the past and not open to change. Wrong, I love technology and I love new improvements. I just believe that the new features to office 2003 are not helpful as they interrupt your train of thought as they re-adjust your screen. They force you to look at the new feature. They force you to stop what you are doing and close them.
I must say that I hate the new office suite. The only problem is that the school and everyone else around me has updated forcing me to update. Some times technological advances are a step backward.
Posted by Rex at 05:47 PM | Comments (1)
November 17, 2004
SPAM not quite junk mail
People try to make similarities between SPAM (unsolicited email) and junk mail. I find that the only similarity between the two are that people associate the word mail with each. I do not use snail mail for quick communication. The US Postal service does not deliver mail every second. I do not depend on the Post Office for over half of my daily communications. I receive tons of email. Most of it is SPAM. It is disruptive, it uses my system resources and it even carries viruses that can corrupt my computer. It slows my productivity and most of all it slows my communication. When was the last time that the Mail Man couldn't deliver your mail, because he was carrying so many credit card applications that his truck couldn't make it to your house. When was the last time that you moved, just so that you could get a new address, and stop junk mailers from contacting you. It is very hard to compare the two forms of mail. SPAM is nothing like junk mail. I have changed my email tons of time just to stop the junk emailing. My internet has crashed because my server was overloaded with SPAM. SPAM is its own separate entity. It like nothing we have ever encountered. You can try to define it using terms that we are all used to, but you can not define it accurately. The problem is that there is no way to stop SPAM. SPAM defies borders and can not be stopped by legislation. The only cure to SPAM is OPT-IN email. You supply the addresses of the people you wish to receive email from, and all of the emails sent to you are either returned to the sender or are deleted. You never see them, they never bother you, and SPAM ceases to exist from your point-of-view. No legislation is needed, current technology can cover it, and after a few years SPAM will cease to exist.
Let me hear your thoughts,
Rex
Posted by Rex at 01:56 PM | Comments (0)
October 28, 2004
Congrats Boston
I have to get it out there. Boston is not my favorite team, or can I say that I am even a fan. But I must say congratulations to Boston on beating the Cardinals in four games. The series wasn't the best. I don't think that the Cardinals even showed up. Well Congrats Red Sox.
Posted by Rex at 04:12 PM | Comments (0)
October 20, 2004
Who is the Biggest Loser
I watched the biggest loser last night and it was rather disgusting.
In this show they take obese people and make them suffer to lose weight. Then if the people don't lose enough weight the contestants vote to kick one of them off. Obviously all of these people need to lose weight. This just seems morally wrong.
Posted by Rex at 03:50 PM | Comments (0)