I started 2008 with a new role, as webmaster of Mount Juliet Golf Club In Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. So far it has been a great experience and I have a renewed interest in using Blogs … up to now I haven’t been posting much to my own Blog, so hopefull I will start adding some new posts soon.
I just saw a National Geographic programme where they replied to all the Spam which came into their email. They sent a reply saying, “Thank you Very Much, Please Send more” and apparently 1 in 10 persons admin to buying something which was advertised on a Spam email.
The programme explained how Spam worked and why people send Spam. Also, it explained how Malware could be used to steal your baniing details.
In a few days they had over 1,000 emails. So it probably didn’t work out too well.
I actually tried this myself. I got sick of Spammers sending “You have won the Euromillions Draw”, so I replied saying that I did not believe them and to stop emailing me or I would start legal proceedings.
Unbelieveably, they replied telling me that it wasn’t a hoax and I actually did win the draw. These people must think people are thick.
I don’t think there will ever be an end to Spam, as long as people click or use purchase things via Spam.
I have just updated the new design for the website - with the Blue/Orange scheme ditched in favour of a new stylish menu driven website.
Happy Christmas to Everyone who visits the site and all the best for 2008.
The website is getting approx 6,000 pageviews per say and about 1,900 unique visitors per day. I hope to add some new content in 2008.
The Blog is something I am only adding to every so often - the main focus will be on the website.
I found out on 9th November that I won the Waterford Arts Festival’s Photographic Competition, with a picture of Waterford by Night which I entered. Won a nice camera too !
The Picture is attached below - maybe I might enter a few more contents of this nature.
I found some handy scripts on the server and said I would try them out, one of these was , you guessed it, a blog … so I wanted to have a go at running a blog.
Not much to add for now but I hope to launch this Blog soon !
As I write this post I am adding the features and widgets which make up the blog, and I also hope to re-style the main site before this is actually launched…. check back soon !