Oracle Spam, originally uploaded by blacknight. While I doubt this is Oracle's normal policy, they really do need to teach their staff how to market properly. Using email to help promote sales is a good idea, but the way that this is being done is incredibly bad and damages email marketing in general. So far today I have received 5 separate copies of an Oracle "offer" on my … [Read more...] about Oracle Ireland Spamming Everyone. How NOT To Use Email Marketing
Archives for March 2010
Ubuntu Gets A Visual MakeOver
Ubuntu, which is one of the more popular Linux distributions these days, has unveiled a completely new look.It's got a new logo:And a whole new range of styles for just about every other visual asset associated with the brand, both online and on the users' desktops.The new look is very slick compared to the "old" image of Linux distributions as being ugly, yet functionalFull … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Gets A Visual MakeOver
Vodafone Announce iPhone For March 25th
Vodafone Ireland have announced today that the iPhone and iPhone 3GS will be available from March 25th 2010. What is semi-interesting is that Vodafone are pitching the device at their full range of clients ie. both pre-paid and monthly and also business users. They're also going to be offering "tethering" which allows you to use your iPhone as a modem. Though "tethering" is a … [Read more...] about Vodafone Announce iPhone For March 25th
Cleaning Up Old Configs On Ubuntu / Debian
Image via WikipediaThis is more for my own use than anyone else...If you remove a package in Debian / Ubuntu you often end up with legacy configuration files lying around.Running the following command removes all the crud left lying around your system and may fix silly issues that you run into. As it's Linux, there's probably about 10 other ways to do this!Here's the … [Read more...] about Cleaning Up Old Configs On Ubuntu / Debian