Thursday, November 30, 2006

Getting Windows Vista or MS Office for free legally

So free Windows Vista or free Microsoft Office sn't such a bad deal at all, when you have time to watch a few annoying advertising videos.

However it is funny that the page gets an expired certificate error, then when it has finally after a long time loaded, another expired certificate error, ...

[whois.MelbourneIT.com.au]

Domain Name.......... powertogether.com
Creation Date........ 2006-10-03
Registration Date.... 2006-10-03
Expiry Date.......... 2007-10-03
Organisation Name.... Philip Colebrook
Organisation Address. Flat 13, Inner City House
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. London
Organisation Address. SE14 6QP
Organisation Address. -
Organisation Address. GREAT BRITAIN (UK)

Admin Name........... Philip Colebrook
Admin Address........ Flat 13, Inner City House
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ London
Admin Address........ SE14 6QP
Admin Address........ -
Admin Address........ GREAT BRITAIN (UK)
Admin Email.......... pcolebrook@gmail.com
Admin Phone.......... 44.2086915308
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ CBS Registry
Tech Address......... Box 3396
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Stockholm
Tech Address......... SE 103 68
Tech Address......... -
Tech Address......... SWEDEN
Tech Email........... registry@melbourneitcbs.com
Tech Phone........... 46.855340200
Tech Fax............. 46.855340201
Name Server.......... ns1.msft.net
Name Server.......... ns5.msft.net
Name Server.......... ns2.msft.net
Name Server.......... ns3.msft.net
Name Server.......... ns4.msft.net

So somehow I will believe this freeness when I see the free copy. My other half has time to test this, so let's see what comes...

Ever wonder why all these million $ lotteries use hotmail addresses?

.. have you ever wondered why all these lotteries that have millions of $ as the first price that you just won have always a hotmail, lycos, or yahoo email address?

Time for something new

A new blog ... new clothes, new thoughts.
You wouldn't always finish your analog diary or writing that book either.
Sometimes there is just need for something new, and why not in the digital life as well.
The old blog just starts to feel bleh, if not for the template then for the features.. or because everyone else does this and that, because blogger is more trendy than livejournal.

Or because the life changes so much that you'd really want to change everything in the life. Job, continent, wipe away the past memories of the people trying to shoot you in your dreams, all your exes and so on.

Last week it was time for doing an erase and install on my mac. Now everything is fresh on the computer side.
And I can't do the same thing in the real life.

What to expect here? Entertaining little stories and links, dumb little news found in the internet, everything weird that didn't make it to boingboing, laughing at dumb people every now and then ...