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Jul. 4th, 2003 08:51 amAck--the reroofing of the duplex apparently begins today, and some poor SOB is up on the roof, at 8 a.m. on the Fourth of July, madly ripping off shingles. With what looks like a sizeable thunderstorm bearing down on us. I'm glad I don't live upstairs, I'll say that much; and I'm very, *very* glad I'm not a roofer, one of the few jobs that's even worse than hanging sheetrock, according to my buddy the construction worker.
My discovery of the week has been Oddpost, a really rockin' web-based e-mail service. I have long wanted to be able to just use webmail, on account of the hassles of downloading messages both at home and at work and then always finding the message I wanted was on the other hard drive; but all of the web mail interfaces I've tried out have been subpar in one respect or another. Oddpost does charge a fee ($30/year, of which they donate 10% to a good cause of your choice), but the service so far seems excellent, fast and rich-featured. I got it working with my external e-mail accounts without a hitch, but you can also use the oddpost.com addy you get when you sign up. They have begun integrating RSS feeds, so that you can subscribe to a variety of news sources or blogs and have them delivered to your in-box. The spam filters included with the service seem to be very good. The only downside I've discovered so far is that Oddpost isn't compatible with Mozilla--you have to use IE 5.0 or above--but I can cope with that.
Mostly, though, I really like the feel of the business; it seems to clearly reflect the personalities of its founders, a pair of wild and crazy guys (and also, from the Photo Odyssey on their site, damn cute)(link is somewhere in their FAQ). I am especially fond of their Subject-o-Matique service, which allows you to generate a random subject line for your outgoing mail (examples: "Pity the worms!" "Das Boot spoof set in subshop" "Amazing rum-soaked sparking nickel cigars!" "BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!" Even if you don't want to use the service, their website is great fun to nose around.
My discovery of the week has been Oddpost, a really rockin' web-based e-mail service. I have long wanted to be able to just use webmail, on account of the hassles of downloading messages both at home and at work and then always finding the message I wanted was on the other hard drive; but all of the web mail interfaces I've tried out have been subpar in one respect or another. Oddpost does charge a fee ($30/year, of which they donate 10% to a good cause of your choice), but the service so far seems excellent, fast and rich-featured. I got it working with my external e-mail accounts without a hitch, but you can also use the oddpost.com addy you get when you sign up. They have begun integrating RSS feeds, so that you can subscribe to a variety of news sources or blogs and have them delivered to your in-box. The spam filters included with the service seem to be very good. The only downside I've discovered so far is that Oddpost isn't compatible with Mozilla--you have to use IE 5.0 or above--but I can cope with that.
Mostly, though, I really like the feel of the business; it seems to clearly reflect the personalities of its founders, a pair of wild and crazy guys (and also, from the Photo Odyssey on their site, damn cute)(link is somewhere in their FAQ). I am especially fond of their Subject-o-Matique service, which allows you to generate a random subject line for your outgoing mail (examples: "Pity the worms!" "Das Boot spoof set in subshop" "Amazing rum-soaked sparking nickel cigars!" "BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!" Even if you don't want to use the service, their website is great fun to nose around.