Twidiot

Twidiot: The unfortunate portmanteau of Twitter and idiot. To paraphrase Forrest Gump (the novel, by Winston Groom...not the film...)..."Life is like a box of tweets, you never know what you're gonna get".

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TwitFame or CXLame

TwitFame or CXLame: The unfortunate conceptual collision of Twitter or 140 (Roman Numerals) and fame. To paraphrase Andy Warhol, "In the future, everybody will be famous for 140 characters".

Everyone desires some measure of fame (or mercy) - its human nature.

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Scam2Phone

Scam2Phone: The latest phone billing scam is a play on the term Bill2Phone. However, Bill2phone is a legal way for persons to transact business using their phone number. The scam appears to develop when persons fraudulently obtain and use other people's identification data and attributes on the internet. For example, our family was recently victimized by such a "scam". An extra phone bill page recently started appearing in the monthly bill with TWO new voicemail accounts and "discount network" account. The charges so far? $ 126.78. Inadvertently, the account holder paid this bill as he/she did not want their service disconnected. One of us contacted one of the account "providers" and were asked if we had signed on to the site "US Prize Draw dot com". Nope. Never did - until today. Complaints are being filed with the FCC. If you 'google' some of the labels for this post, you should get a universe of hits regarding this 'scam'. We haven't even contacted our senator or congressperson - yet.

Updated/Revised: Monday, February 1, 2010: Resolution! We contacted AT&T Billing over the internet (yester)day. We told them what was wrong, what our actions and suspicions and conclusions were...you know... Their website said to expect a call from their rep in 2 or 3 business days. Hah! They called the same day and left a message. They are issuing a credit of $ 126.80 (maybe next month or so...) and blocking the questionable accounts. You should have heard the tone of their message. The rep sounded quite concerned and even desperate... We told our victimized family member this morning. He/she is still sharp enough to ask "What about those accounts on that bill?". We told them that those people/outfits had been blocked by AT&T Billing from his/her account. Double Hah! No further word yet except for a "cutesy-poo" email from AT&T saying "Welcome to AT&T"! We're not buying it....

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Cyberpressure and Cyberforce

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Cyberpressure and Cyberforce: The should-be-obvious conflations of the current Administration's growing pressure on other countries regarding cyberattacks on Google and other Internet services. True, while in concept the Internet should not be attacked nor hacked, nor should any cyberasset be attacked, its not going to stop...is it? Does anybody else feel vaguely uncomfortable that the USA might be turning into a cyber police force...not just a cyber force-for-good?


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FOM: Obama keeps up pressure on China









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ReMate

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ReMate: Like the term 'regifting', except swans used to keep their mates for life. Or so it was thought... So this adulterous swan has invented the term ReMate: To take on a new mate - especially when observers were shocked and horrified by the development.


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FOM: Experts stunned by swan 'divorce'









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Blog of Note? No...

Blog of Note: No, no, no...not us. But Cycle Chic from Copenhagen has been for the past week... Did Google lay everybody off? Is anybody watching the store? Helllloooo.... Oh, that's right Mr. Hooper and Mr. Whipple were killed in that horrible Milk Delivery Truck and Pepperidge Farm Delivery Truck crash.... Milk, cookies and bodies were just everywhere.... Horrible, horrible...

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Cutevolution?

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Cutevolution: The rather sappy conflation of cute and evolution. Oh look - a puppy! Hugo: Stop it...

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FOM: 'Survival of the Cutest' Proves Darwin Right and Wikipedia actually has a page titled 'Cuteness'

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Humzer

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Humzer: Awesome conflation of Hummer and laser. New concept/technique to destroy IEDs. Witness the awesome power! Yeah, baby, yeah!

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FOM: Laser Hummer Video (Wired – Thanks to @AnalizeThis), White Sands Testing New Laser System Weapon

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Tweffect or Twitter Effect

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Tweffect or Twitter Effect: The unfortunate realization one gets when one realizes it is more fun to screw around on Twitter than to accomplish something.


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FOM: Those Less Motivated to Achieve Will Excel on Tasks Seen as Fun

Hart et al. The effects of chronic achievement motivation and achievement primes on the activation of achievement and fun goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2009; 97 (6): 1129 DOI: 10.1037/a0017146









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Phlegmodium

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Phlegmodium: The unfortunate portmanteau of phlegm and a popular OTC diarrhea drug. Suggested medication for mouth diarrhea, lipfarts and certain politicians.

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FOM: What Was Really Written On Sarah's Hand?, Gidget Goes Rogue and The Fantastic Ms/Mrs Fox

Revised/Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010






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