Phishing Expedition from Argentina

Yes, that’s Phishing (ph) as opposed to Fishing (f); Both use a hook, some bait and wait for something or someone to take said bait in hopes of landing a prize. The latter will hopefully result in a meal, whereas the former definitely leads to trouble. I use a cloud-based anti-spam service – Avast CloudCare Antispam – formally known as AVG CloudCare Antispam. It’s a really good service and quite a few of my clients are also users of said service. Anyway, this morning while I was checking the messages in my quarantine I noticed there was a message from the FBI! And no… they don’t email people; at least… Read More

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Hey Facebook

To the powers that be at Facebook: I know you may find this surprising but I couldn’t care less about the News Feed or what’s trending. I’m not the least bit interested. I read and post to Facebook to stay connected to friends and relatives and since my life is just average I seriously doubt anything I or my contacts have to say would be important enough for trending. When I set the preferred view to most recent I do so with the intention FOR IT TO STAY THAT WAY: PERMANENTLY! However, the good folks that care for the code that is Facebook seem to think I don’t have any idea what I… Read More

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Spring 2014

Sadly, due to extreme human involvement and severe abuse of natural resources mother earth has canceled spring this year. A final decision has not yet been reached as to whether summer will be offered this coming June. The powers that be are taking a wait and see position before rendering their final decision. For or those of us that have no affective input into the decision making process concerning what is good and what is not- read regular working stiffs – well, life is a big shit sandwich and the bottom 99% get to eat the whole thing. So, suck it up buttercup.

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Block That Number: another reason to like my iPhone

Sorry… you can’t get me I’ve recently found another reason to like my iPhone and not feel bad about moving from the Android phone to the Apple device: Blocking Numbers! Yes, it’s great!! If I don’t want to hear from a caller I can block the number right on the device rather than hoping I can do that at the account level with whomever I happen subscribe to for wireless service. In my case I have Verizon and while I can block numbers there I can only block 5 numbers at a time and the block only stays in place for 6 months. Why would I wish to use this… Read More

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