The Joys of Spam

January 8th, 2010

Well, I woke up today to a fun spam email.

It’s not hard to figure out what is legit and what is not, and this looked wrong from the start.
But ya’ll know me, so I decided to bite.

Dear user of the ubuntu.com mailing service!

We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (paultag@ubuntu.com) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:

< Link Removed >

Best regards, ubuntu.com Technical Support.

Letter_ID#6UPIDN62MYA98Q5F4KG

This fun link had nothing less then a sight to be seen –

Email Fail!

Ubuntu uses Microsft Exchange!

Monet

January 6th, 2010

Hey Guys!

Exciting project today. It’s the Monet Frame Computer. Check it out!

This is the Monet machine offline, and ready for some action.

Monet Offline

This is the Monet Frame Offline

Well, it’s not just a fantastic modern art work, it’s also an 18″ laptop circa 2008!

Monet Loading GRUB

The Monet Frame loading the GRUB Bootloader

Well, lets boot up Ubuntu 9.10!

Monet Ubuntu Booting

This is the Monet Frame-puter booting Ubuntu 9.10

Spiffy, eh?

But wait! There’s more!

Monet 3/4

This is an overview of the Monet Frame Computer

Look at that finish.

And hooked up to some keys and a rat –

Monet Workstation

This is the Monet Frame hooked up to a keyboard and mouse

More to follow when I get the software done!

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