If you regularly read this section and just about any other computer-oriented journal, you'll find that it's almost never a good idea to try to unsubscribe from spam. At the minimum, you're confirming your e-mail address and it'll get sold to other spammers. But, as the first site here says, clicking that unsubscribe button can have more consequences, such as malware being downloaded onto your PC. To add insult, the second article says Microsoft won't offer the improvements to Internet Explorer for people who use versions of Windows before XP. Do yourself a favor: Patch your machine right now if you're running XP. Otherwise, grab a copy of FireFox or Mozilla instead of IE.
Oh, look at the little flu virus. How cute! Yes, the season is just around the corner. If you get infected, you could have your very own visualization of what's got you down. It's about a million times larger and much more cuddly than the real thing. You could say these plush toys are kind of a sick joke.
You're driving along, the wind is blowing, palm trees are swaying . . . except for that all-too-perfect tree up ahead. If you've got a strong signal on your cell phone, you could be driving toward a cell tower disguised as a tree. According to this site, you'll find that 25 percent of all the cell towers in this wonderful country are fake flora and fauna. And if you want to learn how to spot sham shrubbery, this site bares all.
Competitive eating is one of those events that will never be in the Olympics. But if you don't give a rat's tail about a real gold medal, you can waddle down to your local strip mall and stuff yourself silly in preparation for one of the International Federation of Competitive Eating approved tournaments listed on this site.
Oh, how I would love to return to a past I never knew. And reminisce with strangers. I'd adore telling stories of the warmth of vacuum tubes and the ensuing toasty glow from average usage. Perhaps I'll just stump up a few hundred bucks, have a coffee and relax around the glow from a Tube Lamp.
