Inspired by a post on BoingBoing I did some of my own testing to see if I could kill off the sidebar advertising (aka Sponsored Links), similar to Google AdWords, that appear in the Gmail web client.
Using keywords in the email content, Gmail annoyingly renders targeted advertisements which they call ‘relevant advertising’. Here is Gmail’s policy.
Gmail, however, chooses to ‘block ads from running next to messages about catastrophic events or tragedies’.
This week is Google Friend Connect week for the member sites of JapanSoc community. This community boasts in excess of 200 members who are generally regarded as Japan-related web users.
Much talk has been made about how to bring this community closer together with a debate over at JapanSoc (the .com not the .org) being the catalyst for some interesting thoughts.
Maybe it’s me. I thought that I had a funny submission that was Digg-worthy. So, I Dugg it and I only got one other Digg, from a mate. A gratuitous ‘sympathy’ Digg.
I mean, everyday there are stupid, quirky submissions to the Digg community that get hundreds, if not thousands of Diggs. And if I see one more horrendously popular Digg of the ‘Top 7′ things that I didn’t know about something… well… for [expletives] sake!
Anyways, this is how my Digg went down…
Hahah…wow… If I can look myself in the mirror I need to read the...
true dat. kinda looks like a digestive symptom that you’d suffer after... yeah, i agree. nate-o is a good laugh. nice work fidel! awesome pic. you are part of the statue humping elite! 
The Curry Icecream looks pretty bad!
Ha ha! Hope I did not break the rules Reesan. https://www.facebook.com/#!...
Those pics are funny as fuck. It really does take a good sense of humor to live... Scotty, there is no service that will, for any money, wash your snotty... A Thai female name? Damn, ruins the whole image. It makes it like... Yes and the preferred launderer of JAV idols as well. 
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Chris
Japan Australia
Jay Dee
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Fidel
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