1. Bring up the text message in Messages and be sure not to click any URLs embedded in the message.

2. Tap Edit.

3. Tap the empty circular (radio-style) button to the left of the unwanted message. The Forward button activates.

4. Tap the Forward button.

5. Enter 7726 (the numeric equivalent of the letters SPAM on a telephone keypad) and tap Send.

6. AT&T responds with a message asking you to send the number from which the message originated.

7. You can write down the number of the spam and then tap it in, but you can also use my uncle’s trick here too. Back at the spam message, tap Add Contact > Create New Contact, and either make that “Sir Spam-a-Lot” entry or tap Add to Existing Contact if you already have one. (If this number is already in an entry, tap Contact.)

8. Now tap the number that was added (or is already there in the Edit screen), tap Select All, and tap Copy.

9. Tap Done to close the Contact view.

10. Navigate back to the message you received from AT&T, tap in the Text Message field, tap Paste, and tap Send.

11. You will receive a response from AT&T that they “appreciate your assistance.”

Via Daring Fireball

Via Boingboing

NoteSlate is a E-Ink tablet just for writing with a price tag at $99.  Looks very promising.  If it would offer PDF display better than the Kindles, this device is perfect.

BTW, the main reason I chose iPad other than a Kindle is the PDF viewing experience, that’s a huge thing for me.

Via Kottke

还好我不用再为看场足球熬夜了，虽说也实在没什么可看的。对了ESPN那些嘴也不比CCTV好多少。