Category: General

Somebody has me in the their address book and has a virus. I have no idea who it is, but most likely if they have me in their address book, they may also have other readers of this site in their address books as well. This is a public service announcement.

Recently, I have have been getting many supposedly official-looking emails claiming to be sent from admin@104.236.91.241 or info@104.236.91.241. Since I am the adminstrator of elbuzzard.com, I find these kind of funny. These emails are all a part of an elaborate hoax, attempting to spread a virus in the .zip attachment.

This is what the emails look like:

Dear Elbuzzard Member,

We have temporarily suspended your email account buzz@104.236.91.241.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An innability to accurately verify your selected option of subscription due to an internal error within our processors.
See the details to reactivate your Elbuzzard account.

Sincerely,The Elbuzzard Support Team

+++ Attachment: No Virus (Clean)
+++ Elbuzzard Antivirus – www.elbuzzard.com

It is safe to IGNORE and/or DELETE these emails.
DO NOT follow the “instructions”,
DO NOT open the attachment, and
DO NOT follow the links.

The big hint should be the “+++ Attachment: No Virus (Clean)”.

I repeat: DO NOT OPEN THE ZIP ATTACHMENT. I’m tired of getting these emails.

If you are reading this, and think it may be you who opened a similar email, let me know, and I’ll help you clean your machine.

Continue reading Stupid emails

I’ve been noticing that a lot of our users have been losing their passwords after registering.

Did you know that you don’t have to use the ugly password that is sent to you when you first register forever?

You can update your account here: http://104.236.91.241/wp-admin/profile.php. The last two fields allow you to change your password to something a bit more personal, that you can remember a little easier.

I’ve also added a link to the profile editor in the sidebar to the right.

I don’t think I’ve ever put up the top search results for reaching this site, but I saw another blog do it today, so I thought I would check it out. Here’s what we get so far in October:

mardi graw 13.60%
elbuzzard.com 11.80%
peanus 7.40% — Thanks Bopper!!
mardi-graw 4.90%
mardi gras images 2.40%
hurricane katrina terrytown photos 1.80%
rebecca havemeyer 1.80% — Whoa!! I don’t think I ever recall mentioning Rebecca here.
beginners tools for taxidermy 1.80% — The Taxidermy Library still pulls ’em in.
images hurricanes 1.80%
cnn 1.80%
lakeview pictures 1.80%
jkrawlings 1.20%
jack woynowski terrytown la. 1.20%
mardi graw pictures 1.20%
oakwood mall and terrytown 1.20%
new orleans saints head coach jim haslett photo 1.20%
brent joseph 1.20%
el buzzard 1.20%
superbowl champions 1.20% — How about that, Dave? You wanted a page of Superbowl Champs, and its bringing them in.
pictures 2005 atlanta pride 1.20%
lakeview photos 1.20%
publix 0.60%
sick charlie brown 0.60%

I would like to know why everyone’s spelling is so terrible.

If you have the chance in your town, go see the Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean/Jim Henson’s Creature Shop film MirrorMask. It’s visually stunning and absolutely beautiful.

We’ve started getting hit by spam comments, so I’ve had to turn on the “You must be registered and logged in to comment” feature.

If anyone can’t figure out how to register an account, go away. After dealing with Dave’s internet-phobic fantasy football league, I’ve used up all my tolerance for folks who won’t learn how to use the the interweb.

A moment of quiet in the house. No one is there. Strange.

Dad should be back from Florida on Friday or Saturday, and we expect Dave on Friday afternoon, so this moment of normalcy will quickly end.

Not that I mind having everyone here. I absolutely love it.

It’s the center house in the red circle. Click the image for a larger view.

Oakwood Mall is on fire. Firemen attempting to put it out were fired on from the Westbank Expressway.

Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard ordered the firemen out and will let the Mall burn as a “signal to President Bush.”

Brent Joseph gave me this report today:

Last night, Broussard held a press conference in which he said that apparently the only way to get aid from the US Government was to be a foreign country. So he was seceeding Jefferson Parish from the Union and requesting foreign aid from the neighboring United States.

We both made it back to ATL safe and sound and very tired.

Now I have 194205943574792 emails to answer.

Yay.