spam from Jesus

Take a look at this spam that I received today. Apparently, Jesus thinks that I need Norton Internet Security 2004. It also appears that Jesus prefers Yahoo! mail over Hotmail. Maybe someone should send Jesus a Gmail invite? But, being the Son of God, shouldn't he already have one?

Techworld.com - What is encryption?

There's a great article over at TechWorld.com titled What is encryption? that looks to be worth a read.

Now that my bookmark synchronizer is broken (since I updated Firefox), I'll probably be blogging a bit more to keep track of sites I want to check out later.

U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns

Slashdot | U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns There is hope for our freedom yet.
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Durian fruit

A friend of mine from work is from Indonesia, and his family grows
these. I'd never heard of them before. He said that when you get them here, they've been frozen and loose some of their flavor, but I may still hafta try one :)

Evil Jon

Quite awhile back, I had posted a link to an article on FARK that has a picture of one of my co-worker's doppleganger. Just scroll down the comments to the first post with a picture in it, and there he is! The evil version of Jon!

WWIV Bulletin Board System

WWIV is now open source! Even though I've paid a registration (three times. Once for my own BBS, and twice for friends) to gain access to the source, this is still exciting, as it means more developers!

Scambait

Since I did not receive exactly what I wanted as a reply, I thought I'd send "Ali" another response:

Dear Ali,

I am ready to send you the information you requested, but my friend Mike Oxmal says that I should not trust anyone who is not in my church. He says that I should give you two choices to prove that I can trust you. First, you can join our church. Alternatively, you can send me a picture to give to Mike. In it, you should be holding a sign which says "Hey! Mike Oxmal!" Once received, I will trust you and we can proceed with our business.


Betsy May

And to respond to Mariam:

Dear Mrs. Abacha,

I apologize for the delay, but as I explained to your family attorney, I was attacked by a stray cat and require rabies treatment. This causes me to be away for a few days at a time. Also, he must not have explained what I requested. My friends, Mike Oxmal and Les Bien, say that I should not trust anyone who is not in our church. They say that I should ask you to either convert to our religion, or ask that you get a picture taken of you holding up a sign with "Les Bien" on it so I can show it to Les. Once I receive it, I will send your attorney the information he requested.

Betsy May

We anxiously await their replies. }:-)