I woke this morning to an email that looks like this: (I didn’t display images, in case they were using image tracking to see who opened their email.) It’s very clever. Rather than a cheap-looking email that says “update your billing info”, this one actually poses as an email from another eBay user, and makes…Continue Reading…
I recently was handed a DreamWriter 100 to fix for use by an elementary school class. It looks like this: I removed the old Ni-Cad rechargeable batteries that were inside of it (I suspect it also has the charging circuitry, so it could recharge batteries inside of it), and put in alkaline AAs. However, a…Continue Reading…
I like posting comments on Slashdot that get moderated to Score:5. I’m especially pleased that some people though it was Interesting.
I use DirectAdmin for server management. Recently, a lot of spam has been sent that appears to be from users at sizzly.com. However, no email is sent from sizzly.com, so this spam is fraudulent and the “From” header is forged. I have no way to prevent senders from forging their “From” addresses to make it…Continue Reading…
Since I’m an AdSense publisher, Google sent me an awesome little Christmas gift. This is an assumption, however, because they didn’t include a card or note. But it’s addressed to my name, so it’s surely for me. The box says: “From your friends at Google”. Everything came neatly packed in a stylish red zippered book-like…Continue Reading…
I went to my friend Steven’s house and fixed his computer. The problem was that a virus infected wininet.dll, and thus Norton Antivirus deleted it. Windows can’t work without it. Only the Task Manager would open, whether you tried a regular startup or Safe Mode. So I did some File -> Run’s and poked around…Continue Reading…