No this blog isn’t dead yet!! Almost 3 weeks without updates but as always, there is a good reason …actually 4 good reasons in this case

Good reason number 1: I suffered from temporary amnesia and forgot that I actually had a blog. The memories are just starting to come back really. That’s a really pretty banner I have up there

Good reason number 2: I’ve been busy collecting laptops. I know it sounds profusely excessive. That’s why I’m writing about it. It helps boost my ego My eyes are constantly scanning trading sites for good deals. Sometimes just for the heck of it I turn all the computers in my room on and bask in the light of my LCDs …It gives my room that sci-fi-ish look and I love sci fi. I’ve got apple ibook G4s to high end Pentium 4s to low end Pentium 3s. Of course I’ll sell the laptops after someone has given me a decent enough offer. But I’ll always have more laptops than most rich guys my age at any given time …the best part about it is that I’m not rich at all

Good reason number 3: I’ve been pondering the profound question concerning the issue of how many digicams a narcissist really needs. After a few days of contemplation, I’ve come to the conclusion that two would suffice since one can only have two hands and therefore you can only take 2 pictures of yourself at a time. One may ask for the assistance of a companion or use the camera timer. But hardcore narcissists, such as yours truly, prefer to have direct manual control of their picture taking sessions

Good reason number 4: Hours of internet surfing and watching TV have reduced my brain to mush. I am now incapable of writing coherently or tying my own shoelaces

It sucks when you have writer’s block and you really have to write something. I promise a real article next time, which won’t be too long from now. It’s either an article or some very personal emo crap.

In case you don’t know yet, I sell laptops now. No longer digicams. Anyway, on with the story

Anyone who’s been a member of ebay for more than a few months has probably gotten at least a few scam attempts from scammers.

Occassionally some of these scammers get the retribution they deserve. Like what happened to Amir Tofangsazan who sold a defective laptop through ebay. He thought he had gotten away with it but his supercomputer of a brain didn’t think wiping his hard disk would be necessary. Unfortunately for the seller, the hard disk contained some very personal info and some very private pictures.

There was also the p-p-powerbook prank

Scammers come in various colors, dimensions and intellectual capacities The most ubiquitous of these scammers are of the Nigerian variety. I get emails from one of these scammers at least once a week.

They offer you good deals for your items and then they’ll tell you to ship your item to Nigeria. There would often be a very colorful and badly written backstory. If you’re not sure if you’re reading a badly written marketing ad campaign or a B movie script, you’re probably reading mail from a Nigerian scammer

I was just minding my own business when I got this message through ym

As we can see here, Mr brooks is quite the ladies’ man. His flirtation skillz are far more refined than those of the average guy. It is common knowledge among the elite in the field of ladiesmanship that “may I know your ASL” is the most effective of pick up lines
I’ve read a lot about Nigerian scammers and their various modes of scamming. We engaged him in a little bit of small talk to break the ice. Apparently Nigerians are under the impression that Russel is a feminine name here in the Philippines.
At this point I was really curious how he was planning to scam us.

 

 

So that’s the plan. He wanted us to send him 10 laptops first before paying. Wasn’t that a clever idea? Surely anyone with a brain would send a stranger from Nigeria 10 pentium 4 laptops without waiting for payment first. We were slowly getting an insight into the analytical prowess of this fine specimen of intellectual greatness. So we tried to throw a few games of our own ….in the name of scientific curiosity of course …so we can marvel more at the man’s creative intelligence as he dodges our bullets one by one

 

“Send us tickets so we can deliver the laptops to you personally” I wonder what how he initially reacted to that. One would think that he’d get a hint that we were playing him after that but no ..the deal is still on. We were supposed to chat with him yesterday but JC was too busy. I pm'd him tonight. Still waiting for a response.