Creative spam with a story fools Akismet and interests me

Spam is getting more creative!  I have just received 20 spam comments which Akismet (the WordPress anti-spam device) has let through its filter, and presented to me to delete or approve. When I read the first one I was not sure if it was spam. It started with a feel...

7 Reasons why Susan Boyle’s got talent

Susan Boyle has qualified for the finals of “Britain’s Got Talent.” What is special about her?  After all there are plenty of dowdy middle-aged women with good voices who do well in the first rounds of a competition but never qualify for the final....

Amazon or Barclays customer service?

On Saturday morning I was paying some bills online. As it was Saturday I set the date for the payment transfer for Monday (2 days later) as I thought that would be reasonable. I couldn’t process the payment because, Barclays Bank told me, I had to set the date...