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Burglars got what they deserved
About 2 weeks ago, my dad brought his iMac G4 (the goose neck one) over for me to look at as it kept kernel panicking. After examining it, I pretty much determined that it was toast and time for a new one. My father saw this coming and actually wanted to replace it with an Intel based machine so he could run Windows stuff, if needed. I yanked the hard drive from the iMac and set my parents up with a Mac mini until they could order their new one (I wanted them to vote until Leopard's release was imminent so that they could get it for $10). My parents received their new machine on Friday and my dad had placed the iMac in his car (sans hard drive and barely put back together, but definitely not working). My mom called me today to tell me that burglars broke into my dad's car and stole the iMac. That's all that took; unfortunately they broke 2 of the windows. The burglars will sure get a surprise when they try to use the computer! Stupid burglars.
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Not very helpful dialog
I currently sync my Mac with Google calendar using Spanning Sync and sync my iPhone. Occasionally I get sync conflicts that I have to resolve, but today, I got a dialog that was completely unnecessary.
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Greylisting to fight spam
Awhile ago, someone mentioned the concept of greylisting to fight spam. The concept is that the first time an email server connects to my mail server, my server would reject that connection for a delay message saying that the server should try again later, typically 4 hours later. The premise is that most spam servers or trojan horses try to send spam once and then don't try again. Great in concept, but it would delay my email the first time someone sent me email. I didn't implement it because I didn't want the delay.
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Is someone trying to tell me something?
I received email from the alumni office of my alma mater (Harvey Mudd College). The message starts out: "I received your name from the Office of Alumni Relations as someone who might be able to attend our Social Business Luncheon..." and then goes on to say "The purpose of the evening of course is to learn the art of dining, etiquette...".