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March 3, 2004 / 
To:  xorph@xorph.com

From:  support@xorph.com

Subject:  Notify about your e-mail account utilization.



Dear  user of Xorph.com,



Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized  access.



Advanced details  can be  found  in attached file.



Best  wishes,

   The Xorph.com team                    http://www.xorph.com

And then of course the attachment is a pif file. Wow. One of the better social engineerings I’ve gotten in a while–it certainly beats the hell out of MyDoom. As always, of course, it’s not entirely bad English-free, and then there’s the fact that I am the Xorph.com team.

I still maintain that if anybody ever manages to use all the right words, spelled correctly, in an email virus, that virus will rule the world. Fortunately that won’t happen, thanks to the deep and powerful stupidity of all virus writers. It’s almost like a paradox.

March 2, 2004 /

Whoa, get this! Apparently this new Interweb phenomenon of “‘blogging” (that’s short for web logging) has been somehow involved in campaign politics. Who knew! Thanks, Courier-Journal, for keeping us “ahead of the curve.”

In other news, man, I’ve gotta get out of Kentucky.

March 2, 2004 /

I had the awesomest idea ever for a card/board game, but it’s kind of already taken. Bah! I guess I’ll just have to sell it via covert deals in alleyways, to avoid copyright suits. As usual.

March 1, 2004 /

I think it’s a good thing that a Canadian movie won Best FLF. Not nearly enough attention is paid, in my opinion, to the rich and vibrant culture of Canadian-language film.

February 24, 2004 /

Seen on a wall yesterday:

“Alpha Kappa Psi and Kaplan bring you the opportunity to take a practice exam for the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.”

It’s the test that ate Manhattan!