A friend of mine told me “Feliz Cumpleanos” today, so I thought I should look it up to make sure that it meant what I thought it meant. The first hit was this:
Archive for January 31, 2008
HD Format Wars Over! —Update 2—
It looks like the rest of the world agrees with me, well, at least in the US. Many people are suggesting that HD-DVD “looks to be a solid candidate for the endangered species list”. You can read more if you would like.
Category: Technology /
Strange Web Search Results
I just posted an article over at Tech Rescue that talks about something interesting that we found recently in regards to a client’s web site. If you are a little more technically minded, you might find it interesting as well.
Category: Internet, Technology /
Money Mules
I remember not too long ago someone (who shall remain nameless) asking me if a “work at home” job sounded legit. I looked into it a little bit, but I didn’t find any specific things that made me think that it wasn’t what it said it was. Even with out that, I still suggested against it. Now I am very glad that I did and I am very glad that this person agreed.
There is an article in the Washington Post about how “Money Mules” work. A woman that had just been laid off was solicited to work for a company by accepting Paypal money transfers, taking a percentage and shipping the rest out to various Western Union accounts. As it turned out, the “company” that she was “working” for had sold a non-existent laptop for almost $3000, put the money in her account and had her send it off to two separate places in India. The person who ordered the laptop didn’t get the hardware and the woman who laundered the money was deemed responsible to pay it all back.
The original author has added more information on his blog.
Category: Personal /
Blood…. Or, how I want to suck your blood, cried the needle…
I had to go in and get my blood drawn for lab work for my first doctor checkup in many years, which is coincidently, on my birthday next week.
So we get to the clinic this morning at 7:30am and wait to be called. We are the only ones there. My name gets called, we go back to the vampire room and get ready to get poked. I realized when the needle went in that I don’t have a psychological issue with drawing blood. That part didn’t bother me. The first vial was fine. It was when she moved the second one into place that I started to feel faint.
My face turned ghostly and my temp rose. I started sweating and I felt that if I were to stand up after she was done, I would probably fall over.
It was so bad that the nurse called for help and brought me a wheelchair, wheeled me into an exam room and had me lay down with pillows under my legs.
It is exactly the same thing that happened the last time I had my blood drawn. But hopefully this won’t happen again for a long time…
Category: Personal /
