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1025.13

The number of dollars raised for UNICEF by L’avant Poste in 2006.

Thank you all!!!

😀

Stop Getting Pre-approved Credit Offers in the Mail

Giving away credit to anyone and everyone is common practice in the United States and we are constantly bombarded by pre-approved credit offers. All they do at best is junk up our mailboxes, or help us get deeper into debt.

You can opt out of these for 5 years online and permanently by snail mail.

Opting-Out refers to the process for removing your name from lists supplied by the Consumer Credit Reporting Companies, Equifax, Experian, Innovis and TransUnion, to be used for firm (preapproved / prescreened) offers of credit or insurance. Your rights as a consumer under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) include the right to “Opt-Out” for 5 years or permanently.

By choosing the five year Opt-Out option, you can complete your request on this secure website. Your name will not be eligible for inclusion on lists used for firm offers of credit or insurance for five years.

Here is where you can go to opt-out. Alternately, you can chose to opt in if you change your mind.

Saddam Hussein Hanging Video

Footage captured by a cell phone. Apparently some of the guards were yelling, “go to hell” and other taunts. They may take this down pretty quick so watch it while you can.
This may be too graphic for wimps and little girls some people.

You can also read Fareed Zakaria’s column in Newsweek regarding the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein.

The Cultural Implications of MSN Messenger

I am not sure why but it seems that everyone outside of the United States has an MSN Messenger ID. Personally I prefer to use AIM, Gaim, or Meebo to get to my messengering services. MSN is slow to connect, refuses to stay connected, and is a computer memory hog.

If you go overseas and meet some friends, you’ll certainly be asked if you have an MSN ID. If you live in the United States you probably don’t have one, but you might want to pick one up before you go.

What fascinates me is how various people around the world use this service. The French love to use exclamation points and one word responses (for example). Or they just write paragraphs and paragraphs.

Either way the message etiquette is certainly different, whereas Americans tend to be online messaging during the say at work, it is more of a social tool in the rest of the world. If you are online it’s an invitation to chat – as opposed to “I’m at work.”

What is your “instant messaging etiquette?”

L’avant Poste New Year Message

If you can read this, then you are not dead,

If you are not seriously injured, you are not in bed,

If you can understand this you can use you’re head,

Be happy about it, the best way to start the New Year.

The rest is just bullshit.

-aop

About Anil Polat

foxnomad aboutHi, I'm Anil. foXnoMad is where I combine travel and tech to help you travel smarter. I'm on a journey to every country in the world and you're invited to join the adventure! Read More

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