Archive for September, 2007
Was eBay Hacked Today?
26 September 2007Slashdot is reporting and it has been confirmed on eBay’s blog “The Chatter” that posts were made today to the Trust and Safety forum on eBay. Currently the Trust and Safety forum is offline until further notice. Apparently, eBay wasn’t really hacked as most of the actual financial information isn’t correct. What [...]
Original half.com, OR Sign
20 September 2007Way back when, before Golden Palace Casino started buying things off of eBay for publicity, half.com bought the name of a town. The town was Halfway, Oregon. For $100,000 and some computers for the school, the town agreed to change their name to Half.com, Oregon.
The town has since changed their name [...]
eBay Faves: Contest for eBay’s Faves?
19 September 2007Perhaps you received a catalog in the mail this week. Much like the normal catalog that eBay sends out regularly it has a pretty large list of items that are available on eBay. One thing different is that it’s slightly personalized with a web address that goes something like http://ebayfaves.com/userID . When [...]
Doba
12 September 2007If you’ve visited here lately, you’ve likely seen an ad banner for a company called Doba on the top right of the site. It’s not there anymore. I went and signed up for a 7 day trial membership to give it a go and see what the service was like.
Upon signing [...]
Are You Ready for the Holidays?
10 September 2007Believe it or not, now is the time to start preparing for the holiday season. Getting an early start now can keep things a little more sane during a time when things can seem the exact opposite. The more organized and prepared you are now, the more efficiently you can manage yourself later. [...]
