If you work in IT, even if you aren’t currently looking for a new gig, you get email spam about openings (both contract and FTE.) Many of them will even be for work using products you’ve never touched. You’ve probably noticed the new scam. Most of this spam has either in the subject or the first paragraph of the message “Locals Only.” Do you know why it is there? They want to pay dramatically below … The Locals Only ScamRead more
Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Tales that just make you want to scream and other humiliating kicks to the crotch.
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The Problem With Thumb Drives
I’m writing this while formatting floppies. No, this isn’t something I wrote in the 80s and reposted. It’s January and time to put a bunch of stuff which has been accumulating in my office up for sale. Most will probably end up on eBay. The stuff I don’t want to ship will either go straight to recycling or I will have to finally take a look at Craig’s List. I imagine some of the really … The Problem With Thumb DrivesRead more
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The Call Blocker Saga
Anyone with a telephone number in the United States of America can testify to the fact no government entity enforces the National Do Not Call List and that scam artists seem to classify themselves with political pollsters. In other words, they all believe they have some God given right to annoy the (&)(*&) out of you. Normally I’m on site and my cell phone only gets 10-20 calls per month of the “you’ve just won … The Call Blocker SagaRead more
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The Secret to Buying a 300K Mile Car
I’ve bought more than one vehicle from the Internet. Sometimes through car sales sites and other times on eBay auctions. People always ask me “How can you know you aren’t getting a pile of junk?” It is pretty easy. My real question to them is “Why aren’t you buying on-line?” You still pay the vehicle tax for your area when you register it so it isn’t like you are taking textbooks from children or cops … The Secret to Buying a 300K Mile CarRead more
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No Gnews
It is odd what triggers memories of youth. Now that my contract is in the winding down phase, or at least in a breather phase where I don’t need to work 7 days per week I started thinking about things to do when I was heading home. For some odd reason today I remembered “The Great Space Coaster” and “No Gnews is good Gnews with Gary Gnu.” Perhaps I simply remembered seeing a sign for … No GnewsRead more