Monday, September 27, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
This Skype scam sounds like the beginning of a Sherlock Holmes novel..
Hello Kaufmann,
I have been in search of someone with this name ''Kaufmann" and It is my pleasure to seek for your business assistance, and I want you to consider it very important. This is an opportunity I would want us to utilize well. I am Mr.Elliot Gordor, an officer in charge of Auditing and Accounting section with (Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd), and also a Relationship Account Officer to Dr. Ibargüen Kauffmann.
In 2007,One Late Dr. Ibargüen Kaufmann, a citizen of your country had a fixed deposit with my bank for 36 calendar months, valued US$7,400,000.00 (Seven Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars) the maturity date for this deposit contract was this 16th July 2010. Sadly DR.IBARGUEN was among the death victims in the May 12 2008 Earthquake disaster that occurred on the May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province of China that killed thousands of people. He was in China on a business trip and that was how he met his end, I have carried out various inquiries to locate any of his client and extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful. Since the demise of this our customer, DR. IBARGUEN, who was an seasoned oil Merchant/contractor here. I have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then no body has come to claim the said money in this a/c as next of kin.
I hereby write in regards to this effect to have you stand as the rightful beneficiary to Late DR. IBARGUEN so that the funds will be claim and transferred into your foreign account before my Bank declare the total fund unserviceable or confiscated. Please you will be entitled to a percentage that will be discussed later with you and there is no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.
I immensely request for your optimum honesty and cooperation and Let me know your mind on this, and please do treat this information as TOP SECRET. We shall go over the details once I receive your urgent response strictly through my personal email address, (elliot.gordor@gmail.com) We can as well discuss this on phone.
Anticipating your communication.
Yours sincerely,
Elliot Gordor.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
GPS interview project
I participated in this today; it was really fun, you can do it too!The Mobile City » Blog Archive » Call for Participation: Artist Esther Polak looking for SatNav (
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Translation party, semantic entropy
http://translationparty.com I had this same idea like 3 years ago
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thoughts on the 'singularity movement'
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13sing.html
The singularity movement is like Skull & Bones for Silicon Valley intellectuals. WHO's singularity is what should be asked? Anyone can riff about collective mind. This is an age old notion (Buddhist interconnectedness, Emerson's oversoul..), but when you try to push YOUR brand of interconnectivity over others it all falls apart or turns to fascism.
Sometimes we need to unplug from eachother to just be with our cultures, ethnicities, families, selves, only from these smaller vantage points can important criticisms come.. especially important when the collective mind gets on a bender or positive feedback loop or some other irrational bubble, economic or religious or social. Those who enjoy the fruits of singularity must be aware of those who cannot or aren't allowed to tap in. But more importantly we must be able to rest, reharge, and labor in multiplicity. perhaps web 3.0 will see a return to semi-privacy and diversity, typical tower of babel phenomenon... we didn't start the fire...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Patient’s Bill of Rights:
- 1. Prevents insurance companies from canceling your policy if you get sick. Right now, insurance companies can retroactively cancel your policy when you become sick if you or your employer made an unintentional mistake on your paperwork.
- 2. Stops insurance companies from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. Beginning in September, discrimination against children with pre-existing conditions will be banned—a protection that will be extended to all Americans in 2014.
- 3. Prohibits setting lifetime limits on insurance policies issued or renewed after Sept. 23, 2010. No longer will insurance companies be able to take away coverage at the very moment when patients need it most. More than 100 million Americans have health coverage that imposes lifetime limits on care.
- 4. Phases out annual dollar limits on coverage over the next three years. Even more aggressive than lifetime limits are annual dollar limits on what an insurance company will pay for your health care. For the people with medical costs that hit these limits, the consequences can be devastating.
- 5. Allows you to designate any available participating primary care doctor as your provider. You’ll be able to keep the primary care doctor or pediatrician you choose, and see an OB-GYN without referral.
- 6. Removes insurance company barriers to receiving emergency care and prevents them from charging you more because you’re out of network. You’ll be able to get emergency care at a hospital outside of your plan’s network without facing higher co-pays or deductibles or having to fight to get approval first.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
(MP3) Justice, Equity, and Rights In The City: panel discussion from the Just Metropolis Conference, UC Berkeley, 2010
I still need to write a reportback about the Just Metropolis Conference at Berkeley that I attended from the 16th-20th. In the mean time, here is a recording of an all-star panel (Teresa Caldeira, Peter Marcuse, Edward Soja, Martha Matsuoka, and James Holston); "Justice, Equity, and Rights in The City: A Conversation About Contemporary Urban Idea(l)s." It was a hell of a debate, and an amazing conference. Thanks to all of the presenters and organizers, especially Alex Schafran from UC Berkeley.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
How Facebook Privacy Settings Should Look
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Vanity Publishing Offers for Recent Grads: Some things to consider
If you are a recent grad you may be recieving unsolicited messages from so-called vanity publishing houses (LAP, etc) about publishing your undergrad or masters thesis. While it's not actually a scam, make no mistake that they are trying to profit off of you. It might actually be cool to have your thesis on Amazon and get a few free hardcover copies with whatever silly cover design you choose, but you should do some research and think carefully about the implications if you decide you want to try it out:
1) they are not editors, the paper will be published as-is including any
mistakes you don't catch (I would be very scared of unintentional plagiarism).
2)they will sell your work high ~100$, you cannot determine the price,
3) if someone actually buys it for that much, the royalties you recieve will be a very small portion of the cover price (how they make their profit),
4)you could run into obstacles if you ever want to publish the same material elsewhere in the future.
do some searching before you decide to take up an offer like this:
http://www.writingnetwork.edu.au/content/email-lap-offering-publish-my-masters-thesis
[update] here is an example of an LAP book on Amazon, selling for 67$:
http://www.amazon.com/Publishing-Translations-Social-Sciences-since/dp/3838351347/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274234454&sr=1-4
1) they are not editors, the paper will be published as-is including any
mistakes you don't catch (I would be very scared of unintentional plagiarism).
2)they will sell your work high ~100$, you cannot determine the price,
3) if someone actually buys it for that much, the royalties you recieve will be a very small portion of the cover price (how they make their profit),
4)you could run into obstacles if you ever want to publish the same material elsewhere in the future.
do some searching before you decide to take up an offer like this:
http://www.writingnetwork.edu.au/content/email-lap-offering-publish-my-masters-thesis
[update] here is an example of an LAP book on Amazon, selling for 67$:
http://www.amazon.com/Publishing-Translations-Social-Sciences-since/dp/3838351347/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274234454&sr=1-4
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