Yet another “famous” person I’ve spoken to… November 27, 2007 14:48
Posted by Ted in music, work.2 comments
While I won’t name names to protect the “innocent” (or in some cases “douchey”) I can say that I just got off the phone with a certain soprano saxophone player you’ve heard of. Might not like him, but you’ve heard of him.
(I should have played some of his music for him to calm him down…)
They’re not even trying anymore… July 3, 2007 22:40
Posted by Ted in blogging, computers, phishing, spoofing, technology, work, wtf?.1 comment so far
Just got the following email in my Gmail Inbox:
Dear valued PayPal member:
Identity protection matters. And PayPal works day and night to help keep your identity safe. That’s why it has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To login to your PayPal account and update your records click on the following link:
http://[redacted]/updateusersonlinesecurity.html
Thank You for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
OK, there’s a few things wrong here but the most blatant is the fact that they didn’t even bother spoofing the URL of paypal.com, they just went ahead and put up the IP address of a server in the Czech Republic (thanks dnsstuff.com!)
Is this just an example of spammers/spoofers/phishers/whateverthefuckthey’recallingthemselvesnow not caring or just ineptitude? I’m betting on ineptitude myself.
I’m famous… April 18, 2007 9:30
Posted by Ted in blogging, friends, geek, work, wtf?.4 comments
Actually, I was available… We thought it would be a good idea to start video blogging some work-related stuff in the office and Gene and I shot the video linked below to welcome our customers to our service and give them an overview of what we can offer.
Click here to let the mocking begin!
The new voice of Lanlogic March 16, 2007 9:49
Posted by Ted in friends, work.1 comment so far
Gene and I are working on recording the voice prompts for our office today. We’re installing a new-fangled fancy-pants phone system and I’ll be “replacing” Art (the owner, founder, CEO) as the “voice” of Lanlogic. Weeeee!
**FLUSH** March 6, 2007 15:24
Posted by Ted in blogging, friends, work.4 comments
You hear that? That’s the sound of 10 of my hard (ly)-earned dollars being flushed into the toilet that is known as the “Powerball Lottery.”
The best response of the day? Gene saying, “No thanks, I was a statistics major in college.”
I’ll be looking over my shoulder for weeks now… March 1, 2007 21:42
Posted by Ted in blogging, friends, work.2 comments
So I played a little trick on Tom tonight at bowling. Nothing huge, just enough to irk him and make him shake his fist at me.
Now, however, I’m worried. See, Tom has access/control over every PC in the office and can cause some VERY SERIOUS things with my computer and network access. Not to mention, of course, my access to the building and phone. We were joking about what he could do and I jokingly said something about making my corporate login password 64-characters in length with no letters or numbers allowed, only “special characters” (ex. #+~^%#$]?). This caused his eyebrow to raise in thought.
Damn…
Why does my brain work that way? January 30, 2007 16:23
Posted by Ted in geek, work, wtf?.2 comments
I’m not a mathematician, and I have never claimed to be one. Why then, when someone was walking by me trying to remember the number 238 did my brain automatically try to remember the number as 2^3=8?
My brain is a funny, funny thing friends…
I have good Coworkers October 26, 2006 12:59
Posted by Ted in games, technology, work.2 comments
This is what I got for my birthday today at work. I have good friends here at work, but I need to mention Caley specifically as he really went above and beyond in cooridnating this whole thing and getting people to chip in.
I’m speechless…
Unfortunate Typo October 3, 2006 8:17
Posted by Ted in work.3 comments
From the customer:
Please cancel our account. Unfortunately, we had to switch to our broker/dealer’s email hosting company for compliance purposes. Thank you for all your service.
From the Support Rep:
We are sorry to see you live but wish you the best of luck in the future.
All services have been cancelled.
Thank you.
Yeah… Let me know how that works out for you… September 27, 2006 13:35
Posted by Ted in computers, technology, work, wtf?.2 comments
Got the following email in our Support mailbox asking us to join the class-action lawsuit:
Hello
I am writing you today to ask that you get involved in a Class Action Lawsuit to stop the abuse and blackmail perpetrated by a vigilante organization known as Spamhaus and run by Steve Linford.
We have talked to many ISPs and hosting companies and the consensus is basically the same. ISPs are tired of being blackmailed and bullied by this group of thugs and we propose to put an end to it by filing a Lawsuit. The defendants in this lawsuit will be
1. Spamhaus.org
2. Steve Linford
3. Companies that use and support Spamhaus.
4. ISPs that unjustly shut or refuse service based on Spamhaus direction.
As you may already know Spamhaus just lost an 11.7 million dollar lawsuit filed by e360insight.com. they have refused to abide by the federal court order and will be soon held in contempt. If you are using Spamhaus you may be exposing your company to huge liability as they do not follow any law in their blacklisting and Steve Linford uses his position to abuse his list as a weapon for personal vendettas.
Facts:
1. Spamhaus lists sites, IPs and ISPs that are not spamming.
2. Steve Linford uses his blacklists to enrich himself and for personal vendettas
3. Steve Linford owns a hosting company UXN.COM which is a direct conflict of interest in operating his illegal blacklist
4. Steve Linford Ignores United States courts and laws
5. Steve Linford Blackmails ISPs by listing IPs of innocents in order to get them to comply with whatever he asks.
6. The same list Spamhaus misrepresents as their SBl is freely available at [URL deleted by Ted] (without the blackmail)
7. Steve Linford has no regard for free speech and puts sites on his list solely for speaking out about him to repress the growing Anti-spamhaus movement.
One only needs to log into [URL deleted by Ted] to see the absolute nonsense that goes on there and Steve Linford banging his chest and bragging he can shut down any site or host in the world.
Regardless of the fight against spam there is no place on the internet for one man to decide who has a website and who does not.
If you are Interested in more information and updates as we progress please send an email to [Email address deleted by Ted] and we will add you to our confidential list.
At the very least if your tired of this kind of blackmail, do not bow to the Illegal actions of Spamhaus and log into [URL delted by Ted] and tell them what you think of their blackmail tactics.
It is time for Spamhaus to go. if you google “Spamhaus Terrorists” and “Spamhaus Judgment” you can read more about what is going on recently.
Thank you for your time
Committee to stop Spamhaus censorship and Blackmail
Yeah, we’ll go right ahead and do that…
Sample Support Call of the Day September 22, 2006 10:26
Posted by Ted in computers, work.1 comment so far
Ted: Help desk, this is Ted.
Caller: Hi! I’m not a customer of yours and you’ve never heard of me, but I have a question.
T: Go ahead, I’ll see what I can do.
C: I sent an email a year ago and I need to find it.
T: OK, what program were you using to send the message?
C: AOL
T: (SHUDDER) OK, did you use Outlook or Netscape to send the message or did you use AOL?
C: I sent it using AOL.
T: OK, did you use their web-based client or was it from an email client?
C: The web-based client.
T: I was afraid you’d say that. If you’d used their web-based client, the message is on their server.
C: Well, I saw on TV that people could get onto someone’s computer and find things like this.
T: Well, that’s true, if you’d used something like Outlook or Netscape, we might be able to help you find it. Since you used their web-based client, you’d have to contact them.
C: Here’s the deal: I really need that email. I’ve got a pending lawsuit and it’s vital that I have that message and AOL only keeps copies of sent messages for 30 days.
T: Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do. Sorry.
C: Don’t be, you’ve given me somewhere to start. *sigh* I guess I’ll call AOL now.
T: *chuckle* Allright, well, good luck with that!
C: Yeah, thanks anyway!
T: No problem, thanks for calling!
How does one, exactly, clog a urinal? August 14, 2006 12:43
Posted by Ted in work, wtf?.3 comments
Explain to me please, how does someone clog a urinal? I see the toliet paper in there, and it doesn’t go away, but why would somebody do that?
The plunger, for obvious reasons, won’t clear this out. I’m NOT sticking my hand in there. Who the hell uses TP in a urinal? Two or three shakes or (in some cases) a tug should get everything out, right? Right?
Well, at least we’ve got a second option in the office. I’m still unsure why the hell someone would use TP in a urinal though…
**UPDATE**
After finding some rubber gloves, I was able to remove the offending TP and the urinal is now back up and running. I still am VERY curious as to why someone would use TP in a urinal. Ah well, a question for the ages I guess…
Damn Livermore, what did you eat? May 16, 2006 17:46
Posted by Ted in food, work, wtf?.comments closed
The last month or two, there has been a terrible smell wafting over our building. We have a waste treatment plant about a block from us and apparently, it’s been having some issues with the management of the smells coming from it. Honestly, it smells like, well, shit. I suppose that’s to be expected, that every once in a while you’re going to get a whiff of the city’s, uh, byproducts, but for two freaking months?
Last week a very nice gentleman from the City of Livermore Waste Treatment Department dropped by the office to give us a one-sheet “explanation” of what’s going on… Turns out that the City of Livermore has an “upset stomach.” Yeah, so do I and my coworkers.
Is it sad that I can tell when the residents of Livermore have had eggs for breakfast?
Snow in Livermore!!!!!!!!!!! March 11, 2006 0:32
Posted by Ted in photos, work, wtf?.comments closed
Snow in Livermore!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally uploaded by tomeppy.
Photographic evidence, courtesy of Tom.
It’s snowing! March 11, 2006 0:17
Posted by Ted in photos, work, wtf?.comments closed
For what it’s worth, Tom and I are here in the office and it’s snowing. It’s not cold enough for the snow to stick, but there are HUGE flakes falling from the sky… If only I had a good enough camera to take a picture of it in the dark.
