Richard’s Ramblings

With only eight more episodes of EastEnders to go this season, there’s still a lot of excitement to look forward to in fictional Walford.

Stumbled upon a news article about an extortionist who threatened an online gaming website, saying “Your site is under attack… You can send us $40K by Western Union [and] your site will be protected not just this weekend but for the next 12 months,” or, “if you choose not to pay… you will be under [...]

The news has been recently saturated with soundbites and transcriptions of President Bush’s newly inflammatory speeches regarding Iraq’s refusal to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors under the assumption that they have been manufacturing and stockpiling WOMD (weapons of mass destruction), and he has stated that he will seek Congress’ approval to take military action [...]

By all rights, I should have lost the game of StarCraft I played this morning, a replay of which I saved (requires the Brood War extension to view). I started in the southwest corner, and within five minutes had two trenches dug at what I considered to be the most likely points of initial attack. [...]

I’ve been receiving spam emails from a low-life domain-registration website that claims their spam is not spam. How ridiculous is that?!