Attention-whore
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago at 11:57 am. 5 comments
It’s funny what catches people’s attention these days. There’s been a lot written about information overload and how we process the ever-increasing amounts of data thrust before us, but who would’ve thought that in the space of just a few days we’d have two examples of how best to grab bloggers’ attention.
First off is Robert Scoble, now firmly ensconced in his new role as “Sir Mix-a-lot” of the blogosphere. For all his high-falutin talk of best-new-site this and that, turns out all you need to do to get into his link blog is post a picture of a cute cat. Meanwhile everybody’s favourite crotchety uncle, Mike Cane, reveals himself to be a quivering, paranoid wreck with a curious “I will screw him in the ass” obsession, apparently.
Reminds me of a piece of spam-filter navigating prose so beautiful that I kept it myself:
“Dude, this is also unenviable, because you might be facing a girl who has all sorts of baggage and she needs to unload it somehow. The project is a collaboration to create an original anime and participants will share in the profits. If you do like it, look at what you found out. All I could think of was the round, firm globes of her megaboobsand ass, and my thoughts were totally scrambled as she licked her glossy lips. Destroy target creature. Do not strap the ‘Groupware’ albatross around your neck! Pantheon High”If I only had super powers. Die nun auftauchenden Karten finde ich unter dem Blickwinkel auch nicht schlecht”
Reasonable advice not to strap that pesky ‘Groupware’ albatross around your neck, though I’d go one stage further and say you shouldn’t attach large birds to any part of your body. Just a safety precaution.
Right now, if you want my attention you’ll post about Tablet PCs. My trusty tc1100 appears to be giving up the ghost, or more specifically the graphics card has decided that on most reboots I’m more interested in seeing red blotches than my desktop. So it’s time to invest in a new PC, and what better than a rinky-dink convertible tablet. The Lenovo X60t is a stunner; shame the UK site doesn’t let you customise. That’s a deal-breaker.
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WT?
I am quoting a spam sent to me. What people send to me does not necessarily reflect ME.
Funny, you noy actually paying attention to that difference…
That’s so typical of you, Mike, insisting on an entirely accurate interpretation. Must you be so bloody difficult?
Honestly, I expect better.
Oh you know what a damned crank I am!
I’ve got the red splotches on my TC1100 as well. At first they were intermittant, rebooting or pulling the battery would push it back to normal, but not it looks to be completely gone. Is there any hope, or is it trashcan time?
I too am looking at Lenovo (and Vaio) as replacements.