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Friday fun: Daft Punk, but it's Michael McDonald
For your Friday time waster, please enjoy this version of Daft Punk's song "Beyond" (from the album Random Access Memories), w...
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Friday Fun: The Fascinating Story of Hotmail
Looking for a fun way to kill some time before you wrap it up ahead of the weekend? This might help. This YouTube video dives into the hist...
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Friday Fun: Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz
Well, since this song was originally released (in 2001) the future has indeed been movin' on. I don't know that I have any sunshine...
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Friday Fun: A Deep Cut featuring Tricky
The other day I found myself watching "Down Cemetery Road," a show on Apple TV based on a Mick Herron novel (yeah, the Slow Horses...
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Friday Fun: The Beer Drinkers Guide to Email Authentication
It is Friday, which means you have earned that first sip of your favorite beverage. And that can be an adult beverage, if you like, and if y...
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Friday Fun: Basic Computer Terms, 1976 Edition
Today's time waster is a training film from 1976, helpfully titled Basic Computer Terms . It features Harry, a frazzled businessman who ...
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Friday Fun: Planet Patrol: Play At Your Own Risk
It's so very 1982. It's electro, funk, and freestyle. It's got an 808. It's got a beat from a leftover, unused track, from p...
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Friday Fun: Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me
If you've ever wanted to scream into the void about chain letters, bad Photoshop, email forwards from your aunt who just discovered YouT...
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Sending plain text emails in 2025
I'm not really anti-HTML email. Like many folks with a long history in the linux/unix world, once upon a time I used text-based email cl...
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Friday fun: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
Before my current life in this email universe, I worked in print production and pre-press , helping to assemble assemble advertising layouts...
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Which spam flavor is best?
I declare that it is time for a break from email headers and spam traps to talk about ... actual spam. The canned kind. That you eat. Hormel...
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Friday Fun: Robyn: You've Got That Somethin'
Today I share with you Robyn's debut single from 1995. You all know who she is now , but were you aware of who she was then? Yeah, I w...
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Friday: Cannonball, covered by a dad band
I think I'm dying a little inside, based on the thought that the song "Cannonball" by the Breeders, something I considered so ...
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Friday Fun: Holt and Terry's Dancing Skills
Sometimes I need a break from all this talk of new sender requirements. So, let's sprinkle in some fun as we head into the weekend, and ...
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Pump Up the Jam, please!
It's Friday! Time to take a break from DMARC dilemmas and deliverability disasters to enjoy something truly vital: Technotronic and thei...
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Friday diversion: Roy Ayers Ubiquity
You might not know Roy Ayers , but you've heard his music, as this vibraphonist, composer and all-around master of jazz funk popular in ...
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Friday Funny: Little Red Glasses
SNL made me laugh with this one, and only partly because my wife actually does own a bookstore. Are you a woman who owns a bookstore or teac...
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Friday Funny: A Brooklyn Nine-Nine Email Fail
I usually write about email, email marketing, and deliverability. And I try to keep it classy. But on Friday, I give myself permission to ge...
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Sabertooth: Great Live Jazz in Chicago
Did you know that I've got a friend named Pat Mallinger , who, along with his friend Cameron Pfiffner, have led a fantastic jazz group ...
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Friday Fun: Ray Lamontagne / Three More Days
Today's Friday fun? Just a song that I like, that reminds me of a friend. The song is "Three More Days" by Ray Lamontagne, and...