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Nigerian Email Bust

I AM LADY MARYAM ABACHA, WIFE OF LATE GENERAL SANI ABACHA, EX-MILITARY HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA WHO DIED ON THE 8TH OF JUNE 1998 OF HEART PROBLEMS. I CONTACTED YOU BECAUSE OF MY NEED TO DEAL WITH PERSONS WHOM MY FAMILY AND I HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
SINCE THE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO ALL SORTS OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION WITH LOTS OF NEGATIVE REPORTS EMANATING FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESS ABOUT MY HUSBAND. THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO ENSURED THAT OUR BANK ACCOUNTS ARE FROZEN AND ALL ASSETS SEIZED.
IT IS IN VIEW OF THIS, THAT I SEEK YOUR CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$50,000,000 (FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) BEING THE VERY LAST OF MY — OH SHIT THE FUZZ.

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Three Ridiculously Cool Panther Hacks

For those running Panther, all three of these you need to know about now.
1) Enable focus-follows-mouse in Terminal:
While in the terminal, enter defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string YES, then restart Terminal.
2) Use the alternate “show desktop” behavior for Expos�
While in the terminal, enter defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -bool false; killall Dock – now the Show Desktop behavior compacts everything into a little window, ala Minimize In Place. Much better than shoving things off the edge of the screen.
3) Dictionary auto-complete.
Start typing into a text field, then hit F5. Bam, instant popup of possible endings to the word.
(1 and 2 are from macosxhints.com; 3 is from Mark Levin.)

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Someone Else

So the big shocking revelation today is that Bush, at a press conference, said that no one on his staff was responsible for the “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” banner back on May 1st. No, it was the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln, of course!
There was a good comment on Eschaton from Bodini, and I felt like echoing it here:
Someone else put up the sign.
Someone else said Iraq was an “imminent threat.”
Someone else said Saddam bought yellowcake from Niger.
Someone else leaked Valerie Plame’s name.
Someone else will be president in 2005.