May 3, 2005 Archives

Back in the old days on the Internet people used to do things for the sake of community. Those days are gone. Everywhere you look there are ads... even here! Every good deed leads back to an ulterior motive.

I needed a driver for my printer, having completed a software rebuild of this computer yesterday. I couldn't easily find the manufacturer so I went to a repository of drivers. I can't even remember the place's name

They have drivers for pretty much everything... all free. All you have to do is register.

Call me a skeptic, but I already get enough spam. But, I have a secret weapon. It's called "Mailinator."

This isn't a real secret as 'Mailinator' claims to receive about 600,000 emails daily! It's saved me a lot of grief... and spam.

Blogger's note: Since this entry was written, it has been pointed out that I made a huge error while sending my email to mailinator. It never showed up because it was addressed to the wrong place! Oops. Here's an updated entry.

I mentioned Mailinator this morning, patting myself on the back for the good advice I had given. I have used Mailinator many times.

Of course once I mentioned it, it stopped working!

Fear not. There are other, similar solutions. Try Dogeit instead.

This actually gives me a chance to add something that wasn't in my original post. When you use one of these addresses, there's a pretty good chance the mailbox will already be loaded with spam and other things. No problem. That won't stop you. However, some of the spam might be porn and it can be pretty vile stuff.

Of course it's no worse than some of the spam I get all the time. And that, of course, is why you use these services in the first place.