All Things Gibbs

Opinion
Aug 22, 20062 mins

* Gearhead: JAlbum, first nominee for Gearhead Awards * Backspin: Real IT Guys * Gibbsblog: The past 7 days

Gearhead: JAlbum, first nominee for Gearhead Awards

This week we have the first nominees for the Gearhead Awards. “What awards?” you might ask. Ah, glad you asked.

To read this week’s Gearhead in its entirety, click here.

Backspin: Real IT Guys

I was talking to my old friend Cowboy Dan (who really is a cowboy, as in training horses, roping cattle, you know, all that home, home and deranged stuff), and after a couple of beers we got talking about what kind of things you’d never hear Real Cowboys say.

To read this week’s Backspin in its entirety, click here.

Gibbsblog: The past 7 days

Who is Dumb Enough for the Advance Fee Scam?

Whether it is the dying, cancer-ridden wife of an ousted despot somewhere in Africa or Sir Thomas Mayer, the President/CEO of “UNIVERSAL IMPORT AND EXPORT EXPORT” (see below)(and wouldn’t exporting exports equal importing?), the stream of e-mail borne scams that range in content from stupid to downright bizarre seems like it will never stop.

My question is who gets taken in? Who is so naive and greedy that they can be suckered into get rich quick schemes that are obviously illegal and require them to front their own money?