Comments on: Back To The Practical http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/back-to-the-practical/ Exploring The Intersections Of Technology and Society Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: call cards http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/back-to-the-practical/comment-page-1/#comment-24695 call cards Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:01:36 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=2484#comment-24695 Did you know that in some cases when people buy call cards or any such mobile prepaid utility, a lot of them come with spam, it almost seems like ad agencies want to spam you :) You gotta be careful from where you Purchase your calling card the particular provider especially. You don’t Want an ad playing just when your gonna make a very urgent call it can be annoying. so its best to be careful. For now its best if we just stick to known sources. One more very important thing to be checked about calling cards is the tariff, You don’t want to be subscribed to sector that gives you daily fluctuating rates Telecom companies have also taken advantage of phone cards to place advertising on them, or to feature celebrity portraits, artwork, or attractive photography to increase the appeal of the cards to consumers. This practice, combined with the disposability of the cards (encouraging individuals to purchase multiple cards), has led some people to start collecting phone cards as a hobby. so make sure you get the ones you don’t have The hobby is called "fusilately" in the UK and a collector is known as a "fusilatelist" Phone cards have been collected worldwide since the mid 1970's and peaked in the mid 1990s. At its height, over 2 million people collected phone cards. There are many Web sites about this hobby where collectors can browse thousands of different cards from all over the world, each having some kind of personal story. and see if you can get the ones you don’t have:) Did you know that in some cases when people buy call cards or any such mobile prepaid utility, a lot of them come with spam, it almost seems like ad agencies want to spam you :) You gotta be careful from where you Purchase your calling card the particular provider especially. You don’t Want an ad playing just when your gonna make a very urgent call it can be annoying. so its best to be careful. For now its best if we just stick to known sources. One more very important thing to be checked about calling cards is the tariff, You don’t want to be subscribed to sector that gives you daily fluctuating rates Telecom companies have also taken advantage of phone cards to place advertising on them, or to feature celebrity portraits, artwork, or attractive photography to increase the appeal of the cards to consumers. This practice, combined with the disposability of the cards (encouraging individuals to purchase multiple cards), has led some people to start collecting phone cards as a hobby. so make sure you get the ones you don’t have The hobby is called “fusilately” in the UK and a collector is known as a “fusilatelist” Phone cards have been collected worldwide since the mid 1970's and peaked in the mid 1990s. At its height, over 2 million people collected phone cards. There are many Web sites about this hobby where collectors can browse thousands of different cards from all over the world, each having some kind of personal story. and see if you can get the ones you don’t have:)

]]> By: Cheap Laptop Computers http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/back-to-the-practical/comment-page-1/#comment-24657 Cheap Laptop Computers Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:15:17 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=2484#comment-24657 What a comprehensive post, I agree completely with wasting time on drivel just to post something, on my blog, I rather post twice a week with good rich content than everyday with garbage. What a comprehensive post, I agree completely with wasting time on drivel just to post something, on my blog, I rather post twice a week with good rich content than everyday with garbage.

]]> By: tech news by techies http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/back-to-the-practical/comment-page-1/#comment-24626 tech news by techies Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:03:32 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=2484#comment-24626 Well he is absolutely right with techies pumping out new stuff into the market every day, your toys will be outdated every 6 months lol i ain't kidding:)<br>so you better keep up. set the trend.<br>So go now take it slow and let the good times roll Well he is absolutely right with techies pumping out new stuff into the market every day, your toys will be outdated every 6 months lol i ain't kidding:)
so you better keep up. set the trend.
So go now take it slow and let the good times roll

]]> By: Porch Lifts http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/back-to-the-practical/comment-page-1/#comment-24589 Porch Lifts Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:48:10 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/?p=2484#comment-24589 I think your analysis of the 4 types of blog posts is pretty much spot on. It is a great way to classify the blogs and is very accurate. <br><br>This is one of the reasons I like using social sites, well really there is only one I like to use now. There are some quality ones out there, where users post and vote enough that quality articles make it to the front page and spam gets, largely, suppressed. <br><br>I have found a lot of great blogs this way, because you can sort out a lot of the noise and find people with substance. People that answer the how and the why. I think your analysis of the 4 types of blog posts is pretty much spot on. It is a great way to classify the blogs and is very accurate.

This is one of the reasons I like using social sites, well really there is only one I like to use now. There are some quality ones out there, where users post and vote enough that quality articles make it to the front page and spam gets, largely, suppressed.

I have found a lot of great blogs this way, because you can sort out a lot of the noise and find people with substance. People that answer the how and the why.

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