Seriously, do people REALLY fall for these phishing scams? It looks like Borat wrote this.
From "service.alert@banksofamerica.com":

"Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on you account, we had to believe that, their might be some security problem on you account.
So we have decided to put an extra verification process to ensure ( Read more... )

Quid pro quo - an anti-Gore Prickly City strip for my favorite wingnut! :)


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Today's "Prickly City":


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I've been a loyal Dell customer pretty much since they began offering catalog sales in the mid-90s. I've never had a problem with a Dell computer, and their customer service has always been top-notch.

But now?

Dell seems to have grown too large for its own good. They're having some serious delivery issues with several of their laptop products, ( Read more... )

Most mornings on my commute, as I cruise through the city, I tend to have to deal with bad drivers, jaywalkers, the odd bicyclist or two...

Today? I stopped in the middle of Golden Gate Park to let a coyote cross the road in front of me.

Now *that's* something you just don't see every day!

Isn't it sad to think that when I hear a report on "increased risk of terrorist attack"... I automatically think, "What news embarrassing to the administration is forthcoming?"
So Chertoff's vague "gut feeling" announcement on Tuesday... oh, yes. Just before today's mixed results announcement on the Iraqi benchmarks.

Keith Olbermann, as always, says ( Read more... )

It's near the end of olallieberry season right now, and I'm jonesing to go to Duarte's in Pescadero for some fresh olallieberry pie before the season ends. Damn it all, I have to work every day! Maybe this coming weekend, I can catch a break and head out to Pescadero. If I can't make it, at least I'm letting you all know, so you have a chance to ( Read more... )

I'm sorry, but sometimes new technology amazes the crap out of me.

Consider Microsoft's Photosynth project as shown in this 7:42 demo video from the TED conference in March of this year.

In the example, Photosynth compiles images from thousands of Flickr postings of Notre Dame Cathedral. From this, a 3D, scalable model is built by analyzing the ( Read more... )

I know many people on my friends list like taking quizzes. And many of you have political bents. Normally, I don't post memes, but I think this is interesting enough and short enough for even
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So yesterday, I got that mailer from the Social Security Office. You know, the one that tells you what your benefits will be when you retire (yeah, right ( Read more... )