I subscribed to Consumer Reports’ website a few years ago in order to help make some sound purchasing decisions, and after a year, I let the subscription lapse. Since then, they’ve been sending me plaintive emails like, “Jemaleddin, we want you back!” with promises of discounts.
And you know what? I’d be happy to go back [...]
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Resume Under Consideration at AOL
JEMALEDDIN COLE,
Your resume was received for employment consideration by AOL LLC. (“AOL”). AOL is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other classification prescribed by applicable law.
Two thoughts:
a) I know I didn’t send my [...]
Marissa Mayer and Evan Williams
Marissa Mayer in the Times:
At a recent personnel meeting, she homes in on grade-point averages and SAT scores to narrow a list of candidates, many having graduated from? Ivy League schools, whom she wanted to meet as part of a program to foster in-house talent. In essence, math is used to solve a human problem: [...]
Adventures in Dating, Pt. 3
So we’ve covered the failures of computer dating pretty well: hateful algorithms that match you with the exact opposite of what you were looking for, and boilerplate come-ons that don’t exactly seem heartfelt. What about successes?
After experimenting with Match and eHarmony I began to despair. Would I only meet conservatives and robots on the Internet? [...]
Fonts in Windows XP: Help?
Do you know how to get fonts on Windows to stop being so ugly? Help!
An Open Letter To Michael Heilemann, Re: Your Site
Contact links: use ‘em.
Adventures in Dating, Pt. 2
Further details about how computers suck, especially when they pretend to be human:
I don’t think the people eHarmony.com matched me with are even real. Some selections from the suggestions they emailed me (emphasis mine):
Kim (Alexandria): It’s important for me to make new friends, and to keep physically fit.
amy (Abingdon): It’s important for me to be [...]
Adventures in Dating, Pt. 1
So here’s a little story about how computers suck:
As some of you know, I’m the kind of person who likes to agonize about things for 9 months before doing anything about them. Buying a car? Gotta research, gotta test drive, gotta agonize. Getting a loan? More agonizing. But what you may also know is that [...]
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