Category: tech

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Unique Spam: Your Helicopter is Reserved

While perusing my spam folder for legitimate messages I came across this creative attempt at identity theft. Who wouldn’t be curious about the helicopter they rented for the weekend?

Note the “Internet Explorer only” part. Probably means they’re using a hack that doesn’t work with Chrome or Firefox.

Your order for our air transportation services has been accepted and processed. The rotorcraft will be at your disposal from 6.00 a.m. saturday to 10.30 monday. Once again, our rates are:
1 hour in the air: 816$
Takeoff / Landing: 291$
1 hour standstill on the ground: 85$
Longest fly-time is 3 hours.
When flying for longer distances, a second pilot is needed, and the cost accordingly increases by 120$ per hour.

Invoice you will be find in the attachment.(Open with Internet Explorer Only)

With respect
John Doe

Secure Checksum: 7208e1954bd37203a5e19f7d8e661b

Time Capsule in My Car

A recent article from Top Gear magazine caught my eye. Mostly because it pertained to two of my favorite things: cars and photography.

Man Necklace, aka Richard HammondRichard Hammond, or Man Necklace as Jackie refers to him, wrote about the revolution of digital photography. He fancies himself as a pseudo photographer and even used to develop his own film in a home darkroom. But his take on non-celluloid imaging is one I agree with wholeheartedly. Freed of the guilt and/or cost of exposing film we snap photos much more often. Plus the fact most of us always have a camera in our pocket (sometimes mistakenly referred to as a phone) it’s rare that a slice of life passes undocumented.

Quite simply, more people are taking more pictures than ever before. Continue reading Time Capsule in My Car