The Federal Trade Commission claims to have shut down a huge spam operation that may be have been responible for up to a third of the world’s spam. The FTC said it has shuttered an operation that sent billions of spam messages around the world directing consumers to Web sites, and that the operation was …
Category: Government
Dorothy wore silver slippers
After my post last week about the American cheese burger and our bailout I continued reading up on our money supply and discovered a story, written over 100 years ago, that seems all to relevant to our situation today. The parallels of the story astound me in how it illustrates just how tied to credit we …
American cheeseburger illustrates hastiness of bailout
While I watched our US Senate sell itself out to the banking industry last night I was becoming more and more frustrated with how this crisis seems to be playing out. Libor or Lemming? I am newly familiar with an obscure term called the Libor Rate or London Interbank Offered Rate, which is the rate …
Outsourcing is our choice
Two pieces in the Times this week; Sunday’s How Oldsmar got global influence and today’s editorial Questions for Obama, McCain have prompted me to comment on what I think of outsourcing. Having an IT background and designing websites for the past decade has given me some personal experience with this topic. I have bid against offshore companies, …
Creatively Copywriting Cops
According to this Times article, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office might just have a talented albeit trickster of a copywriter on staff. A raffle poster that was used to lure criminals in for a sting creativly told them exactly what they would be getting. “The Orient awaits!!! Lock in your chance to win this great trip,” …
Update: Hillsborough County CAC – February 29, 2008
Our first speakers were the county’s Community Liaisons; Tony Morejon (Hispanic Liaison), Joyce Russell (African American Liaison), Kimi Springsteen (Asian American Liaison), Sandra Sroka (ADA Liaison). Each of them provided very informative updates on what they do to help the citizens of Hillsborough County. Our second speaker was Tammy Peralta, Station Manager for Hillsborough Television …
Update: Hillsborough County CAC – January 25, 2008
We re-elected Anthony Arena and Jim Mills as chair and vice chair for the coming year and approved with one modification all 12 Budget Review Subcommittee recommendations to be presented to the BOCC. Our speaker this month was Paula Harvey, Division Director of Planning and Zoning Services who discussed with us the County’s Comprehensive Plan …