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Entries Tagged as 'General Frustration'

Facebook’em Dano!

February 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Want your personal info available on-line, for all eternity?
Then put down your drool cup and join Facebook.

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Scarlett Johansson on line 1

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Generally that would be considered a good thing — except it’s a recording.
Plus, she’s only calling to talk about another guy.

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What did you do Today?

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Check out our friends at CatalogChoice.org on the Today show.
If Anne Curry can get off, why not you?

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Tags: General Frustration · Good guys · Tips

(another reason) Ticketmaster is Evil

January 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Exorbitant handling fees. Weak seat selection. Jammed phone lines.
To this august list of Ticketmaster’s ills, add unapologetic name serializer.

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Tags: General Frustration · Name Serializer · Tips

Send a letter, Maria

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Name. Address. Phone number.

Data miners scour public records in order to sniff out these info truffles, which are then sliced, diced, and repackaged as mailing lists to serve you fresh junk mail daily.
Time to separate your pearls from those swine with this sample letter:

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Tags: General Frustration · Tips

My kingdom for an RSS

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

At the risk of showing my incompetence, can someone please tell me how to get my RSS feed to work?

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Get off in ‘08

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Start the year off right — follow these simple steps to simply your life:

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Tags: General Frustration · Tips

Chocolates and Computers

December 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Today’s mail brought news of a tasty Holiday gift for the sweet tooth in your life.

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It’s a brand new world for OTL

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

The reality of recording, editing, scoring and posting a video everytime I stumble across something ridiculous in the world of direct mail has set in.
It can’t be done. Like getting off a mailing list.
This is not to say there will be no more videos — there’s too much good stuff not to share.
But video […]

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Off The List - The Trailer

August 30th, 2007 · No Comments

(flash-player required)
Getting off a mailing list — how hard can it be?

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Tags: Bad guys · General Frustration · Videos