links for 2008-04-30

  • The IEM is an on-line futures market where contract payoffs are based on real-world events such as political outcomes, companies’ earnings per share (EPS), and stock price returns. The market is operated by University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Bu
  • Track your rivals. Then eat their lunch.
  • Java app explores the connection between related websites
  • SEO Tools and SEO Reports for the Do-It-Yourself business owner.
  • Complex whois data collection engine
  • Query the DNS for resource records
  • full service domain name registrar and marketplace

links for 2008-04-28

Spam hits Twitter

I doubt I’m the first to see this, but I certainly won’t be the last – a spammer just started following me on the popular micro-blogging service, Twitter.  With a name of diecastmodelcar, I immediately thought this was the case,  and clicking on the account’s link confirmed my suspicion:

A Twitter spammer.  The language used certainly conforms to the unwritten guidelines that all email spammers tend to adhere to:  Very poor grammar, repetition, excessive nonsense, and lots of links to buy stuff.

My remedy is to block this cat, but I hope this doesn’t become a common occurrence.  To my friends working at Twitter, you better get ahead of this issue before it blows up and destroys your service.