07.29.04

Carnival of the Consumers #7

Posted in Carnival of the Consumers at 12:03 am by Jeff

Welcome to the seventh edition of the Carnival of the Consumers! If you want to know more about the Carnival or submit a blog entry for inclusion in the next edition, visit the Carnival of the Consumers Explained page. Do your part to drum up interest and submit postings to the Carnival of the Consumers!

Phillip M. Torrone at Engadget has a cool gadget tip (How-To Turn your iPod in to a Universal Infrared Remote Control)

For those with babies, here’s some scarry news (Gerber Baby Food Found Laced with Ricin in Calif.)

More proof that there are just too many gullible people on-line these days (Consumers still falling for phish)

Even more proof that there are too many gullible people on-line these days — I mean, someone must be reading the stuff or it would stop flooding our inboxes… (Nearly two-thirds of all emails now spam)

And, finally, Josh goes completely random with an entry about avoiding comment spam while smelling great (Blacklisted and Powder-Fresh)

That’s it for this week. If you are interested in hosting the Carnival of the Consumers or in submitting a link for the next edition, visit the Carnival of the Consumers Explained page. The Carnival will be published every Thursday.

5 Comments

  1. lynn said,

    July 29, 2004 at 12:53 am

    interesting site…………..what “in the world”…”happened” on Dec. 6, 1968????

    please reply to my e-mail address………

  2. d-42.com: Josh Cohen online said,

    July 29, 2004 at 7:03 am

    It’s not reeducation.

    Well, first I want to say that it’s a Double Doolittle Day, as I’m in both Carnival of the Vanities #97 and Carnival of the Consumers #7. Now, on with the real reason for this post… So you think sending…

  3. Legal XXX said,

    July 30, 2004 at 11:13 am

    Carnival of the Carnivals! #3

    Roundup of the Roundups

  4. The Alliance said,

    July 30, 2004 at 7:46 pm

    Friday Linky Stuff

    Carnival of the Consumers is up at Jeff Doolittle.com The Best of Me Symphony will be at …she’s a flight risk. Midnight Sunday entry deadline. See this post for details. This Blog is Full of Crap will (I assume) be

  5. Blog Carnival said,

    August 13, 2005 at 8:43 am

    Carnival of the Consumers #7

    CARNIVAL OF THE CONSUMERS is now up at Jeff Doolittle dot com!…