Daily Archives: March 30th, 2008

Weekly WTF: Hackers assault epileptics

You know, sometimes I read stuff online that makes me so mad, I just shake:
“Internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support message board last weekend and used JavaScript code and flashing computer animation to trigger migraine headaches and seizures in some users.
The nonprofit Epilepsy Foundation, which runs the forum, briefly closed the site [...]

Helpful hint to Academic Jobseekers

If you send me your CV via email, and tell me you really want to work at our wonderful university, you should probably use BCC to hide the fact that you sent exactly the same letter to 16 other institutions.
Not CC, so I can see all their addresses.
Just a hint.