The Shareware Version of Daisy
I have decided to make the shareware version of my software, Daisy, available through this blog.
Download the software from this link!
You’ll need user and registration codes. These are VagueShot2 and 1052621012. Some of the examples don’t work, but I’ll be updating the software to the 2011 version in the first month of 2011, when I get everything setup in the new house.
The only problem is that I’ve been slow to set everything up, as I’ve been removing the work of Jerry the builder from the house.
He Must Be Joking
I just received this e-mail from some idiot called Nepon Smith. With a name like that his parents must have been very stupid and they’ve obviously passed him a set of extremely crap genes.
Hello ,
Am interested in a champagne called Louis Reoderer Cristal Champagne
2002 vintage for an event this month i know the champagnes are expensive also let me know if i can have them in Gift boxes but i will like to know if you can source them for i we be happy if i could have them on hand be the Date of the event Let me know how soon you can get them I’ll get back to you with my Credit Card number as soon as i get the total cost for the cases and i will arrange for the pick up at your location as soon as payment is clear by my carrier to the location of the event below is the bottles needed i will like you to get back to me with the total cost for the bottles.
Champagne Name
Louis Reoderer Cristal Champagne 2002 vintage ……….24 bottles
Waiting for you quick respond.
This has scam written all over it, so I used my favourite Delete key.
I was tempted to e-mail him back, with a suitable address in Kabul.
No Response on the Keyboard Driver
I still have need for the keyboard driver, but I’ve got absolutely nowhere about finding someone to write it.
On the other hand my hand is better and I make a lot less mistakes.
The FBI Wades In
I posted the question, Are We Winning the Spam Wars, a few days ago.
Today there is this fascinating article on how the FBI is targetting a Russian spammer, on a web site called The Smoking Gun. The web site was started independently, but is now part of media giant, Time Warner, and gets a lot of its information through the Freedom of Information Act.
The numbers in the article are huge. The Russian is alledged to have controlled 500,000 computers and sent billions of spam e-mails every day, selling fake Rolexes and all the other rubbish. For one six-month period, he was paid, $459,000 by his clients.
I hope Mr. Putin is taking note and sends a few men round with heavy boots and large machine guns!
Visits to This Blog
I would have thought that traffic would have been higher in the last couple of days or so, as people would be sitting at home with nothing to do, as they would have decided that going out wouldn’t be worth it. After all, with freezers, I suspect that there are a lot less people who need to go to the shops every day. And those who can, are working from home.
But since last Friday, when the weather started to get really cold, the traffic has been well down. I have also received very few e-mails, serious or spam, so perhaps everybody are just concentrating on keeping life together and are not at their computers.
It would be interesting to see if there is a correlation between the weather and the amount of Internet traffic.
After Payday Loans, We Now Have Payday Sales!
I buy my Sloggi knickers from Figleaves, as it is so much easier to buy them there than in a real store, as most never have my style or anything smaller than medium. And as they are just a few miles down the road in Haverhill, they usually arrive in the post the next morning!
Today, I received an e-mail from them with a new twist. The title was “20% off at figleaves.com – Payday treat!”
I like that and it is very much the acceptable face of the Internet, as opposed to some of the payday loan companies.
A Real Corker
I just had to put this spam e-mail up, as anybody who believes it, should be automatically certified.
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
THE PARLIAMENT COUNCIL
SUB-COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN DEBTS PAYMENT
ENGLAND- BRITAIN
OFFICIAL GAZETTE 23/11/10
NO. 33 GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. 37 VOL. 2010
PARLIAMENT COMMENT!
ATTN: FUNDS BENEFICIARY (ON COMPENSATION/INTEREST CALCULATION) AMOUNT:
? 1,850,000.00 GBP
With reference to the petition filed by the Payment Review Commission (PRC) to the Parliament Sub-Committee on Foreign Debts Payment requesting the immediate payment of foreign/local beneficiaries within forty-eight hours (48hrs.) as interest/compensation of this last quarter payment schedule. We are sorry over the time you have been looking to receive your payment and the huge disappointment s most of you have encountered.
The British Counsel has therefore given instructions to the Director of Economist, Transfer & Relations, Debt Management Office (DMO); Tel: +44 208 8199432; Email: dmo@europe.com with immediate effect.
Congratulations!
??????????
DR. JONATHAN ELLIS MEMBERS
CHAIRMAN, (SBERR)
MR DAHOMEL CEBALOS
(Parliament Committee)
BRAIN LUCAS
(Member, Parliament House)
There are a lot of things I find funny in this but nothing more so, than the dyslexic Brian.
Kodama Chemical Industry
I haven’t seen one of these for some time and this new one uses a Japanese company as the bait.
But it’s still a fraud.
Kodama Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
1-12,Ueno 1-chome,
Taito Ku,Tokyo,
Japan 110-8508
This mail is serving as an invitation to treat with the above named company.
Our company was established in March 8, 1946. Over the years we have accumulated invaluable experience in our business and we are proud to claim we are second to none.Due to the increase in demand of our products in America, United Kingdom and Canada. We have decided to move our products fully into the continent of America, United Kingdom and canada. By so doing,we are searching for reliable persons/companies who can act as a RECEIVING PAYMENTS AGENT who will act as medium of reach between our customers and us in their area of locality.
Note that, if finally aprroved as our Representative, you are entitled to Salary of $5000.00USD and 10% of whatever amount you receive from customers who aremaking payments for outstanding invoices on behalf of the company. Our account officer in Japan will convey to you the medium which you will use to remit any funds received on our behalf.If you are interested in being a REPRESENTATIVE AGENT in the above location and your locality, please send the following information via email to: E-mail:
contct_ssusumuakuwa1946@hotmail.com
Please also let us know the best time to reach you on phone especially as we have a different time. Thank you for your time.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
MR. SUSUMU UKAWA
PRESIDENT- Kodama Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
So use the Delete key every time you see one of these.
It should be noted that there does appear to be a real and totally legimate company of the same name in Japan.
The Masons Arms
This pub in Devonshire Street played a major part in my life in the 1970s.
The Masons Arms
It was just round the corner from the offices of Time Sharing Ltd., the company we were all associated with in the early 1970s, so often if you needed anyone they were drinking in the Masons, as it was always called. One of our staff, who later joined Metier, even developed a long-term relationship with the landlord, which still flourishes today.
But it’s not just me, that has pleasant memories of the pub One of my friends, who sadly died a few years ago, had a part-time job in the pub, whilst he worked for AEI. He claimed that someone from AEI New Zealand, the landlord of the Mason’s and himself, enjoyed themselves immensely on a spree in London. Now this was after AEI had been taken over by GEC and all expenses had to be approved by Arnold Weinstock‘s office. It was queried by asking who they had taken out for the evening. The reply was that it was the New Zealand High Commissioner. And to prove it he gave the office, the personal telephone number of the Commissioner. The expenses were paid.
Business is very different these days, but I’ll always remember the Masons Arms with fondness.
WordPress’s New Method of Entering Links.
This how WordPress describes it.
With our sexy new internal linking feature, you can now enter any URL to create a link just like you used to, OR you can search your existing posts and pages right there in the link popup. A combination of pre-loading, autocomplete, and some ajaxy goodness make the new link creation tool a joy to use (and man, that popup is so much faster!). We hope this addition spurs you to make more connections between pieces of content on your site, which will make it easier for your visitors to find more related content from you. One more time, all together now: Yay! (Right?)
But I don’t like it, as to make it work, I seem to have to swap to HTML rather than Visual mode.
The Anonymous Widower 