Category: Internet stuff

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Collaboration phishing

I’ve received a couple of emails claiming to be from people who are interested in working with me on a project based on a blog post.

The first one I received a couple of days ago almost seemed genuine enough to make me think about it a little bit longer than usual before deciding it was just another form of phishing. The second one I received today pretty much confirmed that.

If the random URLs the spammers picked for their email were even remotely related to the claimed project, I almost might have been fooled. Big fat fail, spammers.

Both emails had the same form

I am curious if you are the person responsible for adding content to the following page: <Insert random URL>

If not, feel free to forward me on to the correct person! I came across your page during my research for a project for which I am contributor. It is a resource primarily aimed at health care professionals in a <Insert random health care profession> capacity. Our mission is to be an objective, informative source of information for those in the specialized fast-paced field of <Insert random health care profession>.

I would love to send over more details about this project and partner with you, let me know!

Thanks for your time. I look forward to working with you!

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Need fatter intertubes

I’ve been thinking about getting more bandwidth lately. The 1.5 Mbps DSL from Earthlink has been ok so far. No complaints and I’ve only lost service once or twice since I’ve had it. With Netflix in the house now pushing the issue I decided to look into it.

Earthlink advertises up to 6 Mbps DSL service. In an initial online chat I was told that there were no faster speeds available in my area, which is unfortunate. I might actually have to call to confirm this.

AT&T’s DSL page tells me that DSL isn’t available for my location (WTF?) although I can get U-Verse apparently (maybe they want to phase out DSL?).

Cable internet through Comcast would be the other option.

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Star Trek: Of Gods and Men

I must be more out of touch with the Star Trek community than I though. Somehow I managed to completely miss hearing anything at all about Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. I only found out about it earlier this evening when I was looking up Garret Wang in IMDB for editing a previous post.

Apparently ST:OGAM was made three years ago in 2007 as a 3 part web miniseries tribute for the 40th anniversary of Star Trek. It takes plot elements from at least 5 episodes (I stopped counting), actors from each series and spins it all into 3 episodes and just over 90 minutes of viewing. I’m pretty sure everybody who appeared in the show had some connection with at least one Star Trek series.

I really enjoyed watching it, and thought it was well done. This Trek fan approves, even though I’m probably the last one to find out about it.

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men

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Tour de Q

For my second Gowalla trip, I created the Lowcountry BBQ trip.

Most of the destinations are drawn from previous Lowcountry BBQ meatups so with the exception of a couple of places, I’ve sampled the BBQ fare at all of them. It’s probably not a definitive tour, but all the places on it are what I would consider trip-worthy.

Go take the tour. I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy every bite of it.

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The future called. I’m a winner!

Found in my email this morning

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft Corporation ,in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.) held this morning 230th November 2010 here in Jakarta-Indonesia, A winning prize of $2,500.000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) will be issued in your name.It is important to note that your award was released with the following particulars attached to it.