FBI-IC3 alerts new email scheme designed to extract personal financial information and implant virus. – The Emergency Email & Wireless Network ………. www.EmergencyEmail.org …….. SPAM E-MAIL CONFIRMING THE PURCHASE OF A COMPUTER. The IC3 has received the following information concerning multiple e-mail hoaxes confirming the recipient’s purchase of a computer: * The first e-mail hoax …
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Akismet has caught 100 spam for you since you first installed it. One of the best things about WordPress is the default inclusion of Akismet to keep the spam generators from getting their hooks into the site comments. It’s only a few months since I installed WP, and Akismet has just racked up it’s 100th …
Don’t be a victim. Don’t be stupid. FRAUDULENT SPAM E-MAIL CLAIMING TO BE FROM FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER We have become aware of a bogus spam e-mail claiming to be from FBI Director Robert Mueller III. This scam appears to be a typical Nigerian scam; however, the attempt to defraud victims comes in two separate e-mails. …
Congratulations to the newly formed “Conservative YouTubers” group! As of tonight, it’s now in the top 10 and closing in on even YouTube’s own group. Too bad YouTube’s interface is so screwed up. I joined the group earlier today, but when trying to access it tonight, I get “join to participate”, followed by “you’re already …
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Once again Cox & Forkum hit the nail on the head. (Title of this cartoon refers to this famous quote: The first casualty when war comes is truth) This is a hoot. Reuters photographers are photoshopping images and publishing them as news. Bloggers catch them, professional photographers out them, and this is all we get …
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This is more a note to myself than anything else, but it may help others as well. YouTube videos/links are one of the hottest things going on the web today, but like so many other services, they can’t seem to be bothered to provide XHTML valid links for their “post this” data. For instance YouTube …
Simple, make up a few “experts” out of thin air, attribute all sorts of slanderous quotes to them, and let the press and blog corps do the rest. 1984 is here and gone… but George Orwell’s vision is not (just) the tool of the government. It’s downright frightening to see the broad-range of attacks and …
Stories like this tend to freak out religious nuts and those convinced the human race will destroy itself through technology. I, on the other hand, am an eternal optimist in regards to most every step that takes us closer to the realities of what was once considered the wild imaginings of science-fiction writers. I confess, …
Gates ‘glad’ to delay Vista some more Does anyone actually believe this line? According to Gates, Microsoft is spending between $8bn and $9bn developing Windows Vista and the accompanying Office 2007, with partners investing “20 times” as much. I think Bill is so used to throwing around numbers relating to his personal wealth (and maybe …
[image:160:l] A nice view of the evening sky out my back door to test the functionality of the Coppermine -> WordPress integration plugin. This is a beta version, but so far the integration has been fairly seamless. [image:196:r] Ok, there seems to be a problem with the insertion script… and the layout on the “write” …
New Note (20 Jul 07): Mr. Mist has improved on my and Simon’s work – his version can be found here, please give it a look! NOTE: This post now contains the latest version alluded to in the comments – it can be copy/pasted from below, or downloaded in .ZIP format here. Since moving to …
Congratulations to NASA and the crew of STS-121 Discovery on a perfect liftoff, and a great way to celebrate Independence day! If you missed the launch, NASA has all the info and videos to watch and/or download. I joked about not going out to see the fireworks this evening, but after watching the launch this …
What do you think of when you hear the term “Web 2.0“? According to Wikipedia (and various other in-the-know sites), it’s a panoply of new technologies designed to more thoroughly integrate the web into our lives, and vice versa. One of the most notable devices using the name Web 2.0 is the “tags” system. Sure, …