allisonstein What were they thinking?… Posted on February 9, 2007 by allisonstein Borders Books just emailed its monthly newsletter, personalized to my supposed preferences. There were 1,539 characters in the URL. (The newsletter itself wasn’t nearly that interesting.) Tweet About allisonstein
nkcmike February 9, 2007 at 3:45pm I’m almost afraid to ask how you derived that figure. I trust that you somehow used your computer to do your counting. Permalink ⋅ Reply
mckitterick February 9, 2007 at 5:41pm Whoah. You have a lot of preferences there, missy *g* Permalink ⋅ Reply
allisonstein February 9, 2007 at 10:40pm For some reason, the URL includes codes to turn off what I don’t want as well as to turn on what I do want. Seems like a clunky way to handle it. Permalink ⋅ Reply
nkcmike
February 9, 2007 at 3:45pmI’m almost afraid to ask how you derived that figure. I trust that you somehow used your computer to do your counting.
allisonstein
February 9, 2007 at 10:38pmYep — the word count feature in MS Word.
mckitterick
February 9, 2007 at 5:41pmWhoah. You have a lot of preferences there, missy *g*
allisonstein
February 9, 2007 at 10:40pmFor some reason, the URL includes codes to turn off what I don’t want as well as to turn on what I do want. Seems like a clunky way to handle it.