In which I got an online NYTimes subscription for free
This morning, got an email from the NYTimes which I originally thought was spam, except that it came from an @nytimes.com address. Email:
Dear NYTimes.com reader, As a frequent reader of NYTimes.com, you’ve demonstrated an uncommon interest in a wide variety of today’s most important topics. This makes you anything but average. In fact, it can’t help but make you “smarter” — just the kind of person we at Lincoln want to engage. Though NYTimes.com will soon begin charging for unlimited access*, Lincoln is offering you a free digital subscription for the remainder of 2011. Enjoy all that NYTimes.com has to offer every day — investigative news and special reports, videos, blogs and more. It’s all yours at no charge, compliments of Lincoln. Take advantage of this limited-time offer** to receive free, unlimited access to NYTimes.com.
SCORE! Except, there was no link. And in the news articles about this slick NYTimes scheme, they mention a link. So using my problem solving skills, I pulled up the source email. IN WHICH I USED MAD HTML SPY SKILLS TO FERRET OUT THE A HREF CLICK-THROUGH LINK! Remember a href?????
And it worked. Subscription confirmed.
Lastly--Lincoln? Really?