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Posts from July 2007

McAfee SiteAdvisor Phishing Quiz

Everyone should stop what they are doing right now and take this Phishing Quiz from McAfee SiteAdvisor. The 10 question quiz is aimed at testing your ability to recognize online scams (or phishing attempts that steal your information). Make sure to enlarge the images by clicking the link below them; it is impossible to pass [...]


Firefox 2.0.0.5, Adblock Plus and Google AdSense

If you’re having trouble logging in to Google AdSense, you’re not alone.
It turns out that the combination of Firefox 2.0.0.5 and the Adblock Plus add-on prevent the login page from displaying for Google Adsense. Google’s Inside AdSense blog suggests clearing your cache and cookies and disabling the Adblock add-on in order to log in.
I think [...]


The Death of MySpace

Today, I am deleting my MySpace account. I’ve had it. There is no reason for me to be on there. There is a quote that has been long attributed to Einstein (but no one knows if it was him) that sums up my situation:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different [...]