“Hey buddy, need a watch?”
Dec 7, 2009
Spammers and scammers tend to change the products they’re hawking from time to keep in order to keep the public off guard, and the “hot” product of the moment seems to be ”luxury watches”.
Lately I’ve been receiving dozens of spam emails per day offering me either a Rolex or a TAG Heuer timepiece at a ridiculously low price, [...]
“Diplomas for everybody!”
Oct 13, 2009
It seems that about once every month a new “favorite” pitch gets added to the bottomless spam bucket, and this month’s flavor appears to be fake diplomas. Of course they aren’t hawked as fakes, and in some cases they truly are real diplomas made available to people who haven’t earned them (in exchange for a [...]
Longing for a fresh loaf of bread
Oct 8, 2009
When I was a kid my mom could go to the grocery store most any time of the day or week and buy a fresh loaf of bread. There was a Kerns Bakery just down the road in Bristol, and all the local stores sold their bread, cakes and other bakery items just hours after [...]
Getting a new PC ready for use
Oct 6, 2009
From my perspective, setting up a brand new PC should be about as simple as taking it out of the box, connecting the cables, and installing whatever software programs you plan to run – but nothing could be further from the truth. These days most new computers come from the factory with trial-ware, adware and tons of [...]
The Empire State Building honors Communist China
Sep 30, 2009
This is truly a sad day for all freedom-loving Americans. For some inexplicable reason the folks in charge of the iconic Empire State Building in New York City lit up the top floors of the building in red this evening to honor the Chinese communist regime’s 60th anniversary of rule over the world’s most populous [...]
Bees, bees and more bees
Sep 12, 2009
This summer Cheria and I have had a great many unwanted guests on our property. I’m talking about the kind of guests who just show up and make themselves right at home, building nests and then protecting them from anyone and everyone who ventures too close with a swift, painful sting. Yeah, that’s right, I’m talking about those rascally bees.
Cheria [...]
“Made in China”
Aug 9, 2009
“Made in China”
It’s getting harder every day to find a product for sale in America’s retail stores that doesn’t have those words stamped onto the carton. Many stores used to proudly display signs that read “Made in America”, but those signs are rarely seen these days. How sad.
In roughly two centuries (a mere whisk of time [...]
Spam, trojans and botnets at highest levels ever
Jul 31, 2009
According to Internet security software company McAffe, Inc., the number of spam emails, trojan horses and botnets being unleashed onto computers worldwide skyrocketed in the last quarter despite higher awareness levels among users. While Congress is spending trillions of dollars trying to jumpstart our flagging economy (to no avail I might add), the Internet’s bad [...]
