Archive for July 1st, 2006

Scammed2

Here’s one way to deal with those pesky Nigerian scammers: scam them. The tables have been turned on at least one Nigerian scammer after an online vigilante successfully played him at his own game with an intricately laid “anti-scam” operation. The campaign netted a life-sized wooden carving of a Commodore 64 computer keyboard which was [...]

Jul 01, 2006 | 1 comment | View Post

Let’s Get Topical

Reading through this week’s Torah portion, Chukat, I was struck by these verses: “The Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelled in the south, heard that Israel had come by the route of the spies, and he warred against Israel and took a captive from it. Israel made a vow to G-d and said : “If [...]

Jul 01, 2006 | 5 comments | View Post