Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Phising emails in my junk box!

Let me share a little email that I received in my spam box, emails like this have been going around for ages, are people really that stupid to believe them, people really should be more aware of phising emails like this. 06-10-05 Sincere Greetings, My name is Catherine Jennings I work with the Private Banking DivisionAt Berkeley Bank Limited, London.

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5 MSN Messenger Wave 8.0 Invitations

This is great but I have a gut feeling that I’m to late, but if do get accepted thanks goes to Sorcererr from my Msn Discussion site “http://www.msndiscussion.com” for pointing this out and if I don’t I still give thanks to Sorcererr for participating on our site. Thats right, your not seeing things i really have 5 MSN Messenger Wave

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Official Eccky launch soon!

I’ve only just found out about this and it look’s really cool as you can bring up a virtual child online just like a Tamagotchi but with two people caring for it as it’s parents but there’s just one problem it costs €1,50 and it looks like it’s only for the Netherlands. On the 26th of October Eccky will be

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That Vista Blog for WordPress 1.5.x

I have just installed the “That Vista Blog for WordPress 1.5.x” a wordpress theme by William Lay which makes your Blog look like the windows vista aero theme. But after installing it I noticed that many of you have experienced the same problem as I with the That Vista Theme for your wordpress Blog and that is that some people

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Live 8 DVD Spot Your Name on the roll-call

Today I received the following email: Spot Your Name… Live 8 has always been about people power so it’s key that you have been recognised as involved with the magic of this project from the start. So thanks to everyone who signed up with Live8LiveDVD, you made this all happen, and now you can see your name scroll across the

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Fire destroys Wallace and Gromit warehouse

Aardman Animations the company behind the new “Wallace and Gromit” film has said announced that its “entire history” has been destroyed in a fire at a warehouse containing props and sets, you would think that this would be a major blow to the company however Nick Park the creator of Wallace and Gromit, said the earthquake in South Asia helped

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10 Ways To Create Content For Your Weblog

Here’s another interesting article from About.com Top Ten Tips On Beating Bloggers’ Block You know that feeling… the awful sensation that you just can’t possibly blog about anything. Nothing inspires you enough. Everything seems too mundane. And, the more you think about blogging, the less you are inclined to blog. Indeed, if writers can get writers’ block, then bloggers can

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Half-Life 2 Limited Edition Lithograph

Here’s the latest Steam News Update from seam, very interesting don’t you think! Speakeasy’s Gamecloud and the developers of Half-Life 2, Valve Corporation, have teamed up to help the American Red Cross in their hurricane relief efforts. Valve has produced 100 limited edition prints of a spectacular piece of art depicting the mechanical takeover of City 17 and the imposing

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Gordon Bell – Tour of the Computer History Museum, Part I

Here’s a great video you might want to check out: Gordon Bell. The name is legendary among geeks. Just read his Wikipedia page to see his accomplishments. About 30 years ago he started collecting computers while working at DEC. That little hobby turned into a sizeable Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. We were honored to be able to get