It’s called a 419 scam or advanced fee fraud. Many people have lost a lot of money to these scammers. The Urban Legends Reference page Snopes.com quotes a US Secret Service official as saying in a 1997 newspaper article that “We have confirmed losses just in the United States of over $100 million in theContinue reading “When the cousin of a dictator offers you part of his hidden wealth…”
Category Archives: Internet
Coming soon: NerdTV
PBS will start NerdTV, its first downloadable series, on Sept. 6. The series will be broadcast exclusively over the Internet. Not only is PBS allowing downloads of the series, it is encouraging people to “copy the shows, share them with friends and even post them on their own Web sites – all legally.” NerdTV (www.pbs.org/nerdtv)Continue reading “Coming soon: NerdTV”
Barangay hall gets ‘wired’
By Max T. Limpag Sun.Star Cebu, November 27, 2004 Top Stories Section, Page 4 (Here’s a story I wrote for Sun.Star Cebu on the IT initiative of Bry. Calamba in Cebu City) BARANGAY Calamba’s IT dreams are built on refurbished computer parts and donated units. The barangay hall now serves both as an Internet cafeContinue reading “Barangay hall gets ‘wired’”
Flickr improves mobile blogging
I used to send mobile blog entries through Flickr. Last month, the posts that I sent to my Flickr account stopped automatically appearing in my blog (I was still with Blogspot then). When the automatic postings stopped, I could still post blog entries using the secret e-mail address you configure in your Blogger account. WhenContinue reading “Flickr improves mobile blogging”
Sunnex blogs Cebu ICT
Sun.Star Network Exchange (Sunnex) has opened a blog to cover Cebu ICT 2005, which opens later today. I’m one of the bloggers, I might post by Thursday. I’m not feeling well right now, I might skip the opening.
Changing the chat box
After trying out four tag board and chat scripts last night, I finally decided on using txtShout, a PHP tagboard and shoutbox system. TxtShout is fairly easy to install and it doesn’t need a database. The script shares the code used by my previous chatbox, Cbox. Cbox, unlike txtShout, is remotely hosted. This means thatContinue reading “Changing the chat box”
Chat boxes and pop-up ads
I’ve been looking for a WordPress tagboard — the message board you see on the sidebar — since Friday. Cbox is great but it’s really annoying when their servers are down. When I read SepikMom‘s blog today, I found another reason to stop using Cbox — it generates pop-up ads. I never noticed this beforeContinue reading “Chat boxes and pop-up ads”
Opening a site in less than a day
This is my fourth and final blog address. I started blogging last year when I wrote an article for Sun.Star Cybercafe on how you can build your own site using only free services and open source programs and script. Before I wrote the tutorial, I tested and installed Pivotlog, Nucleus CMS, Blog:CMs and Serendipity —Continue reading “Opening a site in less than a day”
Yahoo 360 test run
I’m trying out Yahoo 360, the Internet pioneer’s social networking (think Friendster) and blogging service. Yahoo 360, still in beta or testing phase, looks great but it isn’t compelling enough to draw away current users of Blogger, Friendster or Multiply. Yahoo 360 is similar to Multiply.com, a social networking site with ability to create blogs,Continue reading “Yahoo 360 test run”