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Un autre canular sur l'Internet...
<Because the original e-mail on which this article is based was in French I decided to write a rudimentary translation for my French readers and friends.> Je ne reçois pas souvent des courriels en français, mais des fois, alors je l'ai...
Yet Another Internet Scam...
The original e-mail arrived in French... not entirely normal to begin with, although not unheard of.  The original text is attached below.  The title translated to ' FW: Free Computer (Verified)!   At first I figured someone was forwarding...
Drinking From a Fire hose
One of the great advantages to MVP Summit is the information that is made available to us; speak to any MVP and chances are they were in no fewer than a dozen sessions over the course of four days, not to mention all of the break-out sessions, the Open...
The Internet... Do YOU Know Where YOUR Children Are?
One evening this week at the dinner table Theresa and I were discussing some of the steps that we took to protect Aaron (our nine year old) while he surfs the Internet.  He piped up that he did NOT like any of these measures, and I told him that...
Spam Spam...
I cannot be sure when I first started receiving spam in my Inbox, but in all likelihood it was around the time I got my first Internet e-mail account, circa April, 1995.  It was a minor nuisance then, and before long it became a major pain. ...
RSS Feeds... Why not?
In the beginning there was the Internet. And upon the Internet there was chaos, and all manner of information was transmitted in all sorts of ways, and it was complicated. And then the Blog was created, and we looked upon it and said it was good. And...
Another on-line scam to watch out for.
With on-line dating having come into the light and grown so prominent over the past few years I feel it is important to bring to light some of the scams that have come along with it. I admit it... I have nothing to be ashamed of. My name is Mitch and...
Lessons Learned!
Some of you may know that I spend an inordinate amount of time at a particular cafe that has always had wireless Internet. Unfortunately you really do get what you pay for, and ever since they stopped charging for the wifi the service has gone down considerably...