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“Honey from the bee-bee.”
When I was a kid in New York, living in the Germantown area of upper Lexington Avenue, we had a lot of wonderful stores in the neighborhood. There was a German deli across the street, Jewish...
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Big boys play with big toys
Saw these posted over at reddit the other day and since I live just down the road from where these big boys are used, I thought I’d share it. In fact, one of the men in my neighborhood drives one of...
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Don’t send in the clowns… give them love.
The recent and tragic passing of Robin Williams has spawned a flurry of tributes and analyses, and many of these focus on the issue of mental health. That’s not a bad thing, but it’s unfortunate that...
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L.S./M.F.T (Like Strike Means a Facebook Touch-up)
In the last couple of days, two individuals have written about experiments that they conducted at Facebook. Mat Honan, at Wired, wrote about what happened to his Facebook feed when he “liked”...
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Don’t you think the customer knows his/her own address?
Yarg snarl yarg. I run an online business. People pay me via PayPal, or use that service as a credit-card broker. Every now and then, I get a popup like this when shipping: And then you can’t go...
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National Geographic, Then and Now
Walt Disney’s National Geographic collection, 1963. Mine, 2014. This old CD-ROM collection goes up into the 90s, and still runs well on Virtual XP. Takes a heck of a lot less space… I used to have a...
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So about that “Complimentary Trip” (Part II)
Click through for Part I of this travel scam. So after sending in my certificate to IIG Promotions, including a SASE, we received this from Travel Select Rewards: “Dear [Recipient]: Thank you for...
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After an Internship (courtesy of the reddit community)
reddit is a strange beast. Tailor your subreddits and settings carefully to avoid the dark side and the NSFW (not safe for work) stuff, and it can be a source of valuable information as well as good...
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Wow, Ban Ki-Moon knows who I am!
Today’s mail from the Lads from Lagos: From: “UNITED NATIONS” <cbnexecutive@onebox.com> Subject: FUND RELEASE ALERT: NO UPFRONT FEES United Nations Headquarters New York, NY 10017, United...
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What ever happened to the Skyhopper?
The Internet remembers everything. Everything. Even things that people desperately want it to forget. as witnessed in the Streisand Effect. So if I go hunting for something I remember seeing years ago,...
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To lose weight, take these drops (oh, and eat a 1200 calorie diet…)
It’s not good medicine for a representative of one nutritional product to bash those who rep for another. In my world of ethics, it’s just not done. As a result, I won’t mention any product names in...
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Religion to go.
By way of reddtor /u/Typicaldrugdealer, we now have pre-packaged communion. Grape juice and a wafer for the sinner on the go. The top comment from /u/TAU_equals_2PI was… wait for it… “Christables™...
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The Times Square Smoker, 1943
Photo found at /r/HistoryPorn, posted by /u/DaHitcha. Text along with the image: In 1941 a billboard was installed that marked one of the most well knows advertising campaigns in history; Camel...
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A gift from God
I consider all food a gift from God, but when you go into your garden and pick things you’ve grown yourself, it seems an occasion for extra gratitude: free food from the ground. Those of my friends...
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1890: Telefontornet
This telephone tower in Stockholm in 1890 shows how the city was covered in thousands of phone lines. A bit more information is available at Colossal. Manhattan looked similar in 1887, but notice how...
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Beware the mail-forwarding scam
Just got this same email in both of my accounts today, from “towenrudtietris@outlook.com” A reputable online service is searching for Mail/Fulfillment Clerks. This opening requires no professional...
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Beware the re-scam
To: <hm-treasury-uk@rogers.com> Subject: Re: Hello!!! Top of the day greetings to you. Are you a scam victim? Have you lost money, property to Internet fruadsters in the past? This message is...
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Lost and Found
I love old science fiction. I recall stories that I’ve read and loved, and enjoy going back to them again on occasion to refresh my memory. Now and then, however, one of them gets lost. A recent...
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Another mail-forwarding scam
This scam is very well-crafted. It looks legitimate. It’s not. Mail re-shipping, as I indicated in my previous post, is a crime. Dear Old Wolf, According to your recent email inquiry, you are...
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How to attract more spam
Got this in my mailbox today, from the spammer or spamming group which has been very active in the last couple of months: From: Ford Fall Clearance...
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