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	<title>Technologies of Governance &#187; Procrastination</title>
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		<title>Spam Poetry</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great side effect of being a DPhil student is that you find plenty of ways to refine your procrastination techniques. Shuffling through my spam folder the other day, I noticed a new quality of spam subject lines. Many of them turned out to be surprisingly poetic: rare second and something without a tenacious soul [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A great side effect of being a DPhil student is that you find plenty of ways to refine your procrastination techniques. Shuffling through my spam folder the other day, I noticed a new quality of spam subject lines. Many of them turned out to be surprisingly poetic:</p>
<blockquote><p>rare second<br />
and something<br />
without a tenacious soul<br />
hover in secret</p></blockquote>
<p>Having been plagued by rather annoying attempts like “Re: Hi”, “you happy?”, and “need V#%GR@” for some time, I found this quite edifying.</p>
<p>As always, I am light years behind. Bloggers like <a href="http://www.spam-poetry.com/">Kristin Thomas</a>, <a href="http://www.splorp.com/blog/archive/2002_04_01_archive.html">Grant Hutchinson</a>, or <a href="http://poemsmadefromspam.blogspot.com/">Morton Hurley</a> had picked up this trend a long time ago and received media coverage from <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3247200.stm">all</a> <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/01/04/spam_poets/">over</a> <a href="http://www.harbus.org/media/storage/paper343/news/2003/11/17/ThatGuy/An.Epic.Poem.Made.Of.Spam-559870.shtml?norewrite200611260810&#038;sourcedomain=www.harbus.org">the</a> <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/30/1083224574827.html">world</a>. There even is a wikipedia entry on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoetry">Spoetry</a> as a new art form.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, even though these lines seem to be mainly a reaction to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3247200.stm">increasingly sophisticated spam filters</a>, they are great fun. If you want to take up the challenge, the comment section is yours.</p>
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