• A list of some of the more interesting recent virtual crimes [LINK].
• New York Times article on trolling [LINK].
• Megan Meier [LINK, LINK, LINK].
• The SIM Mafia - virtual vigilantes [LINK].
• The Maplestory Murder [LINK and LINK].
• The Second Life Stalker [LINK].
• The Runescape Mugging [LINK].
• The Dragon Sabre Murder [LINK, LINK].
• The Habbo Hotel Robbery [LINK, LINK, LINK].
• Interview with (in)famous SIMS cyber-brothel prostitute/madam Evangeline (language and content may be offensive) [LINK].
• The "Lineage II" Mugging Crime-Spree [LINK].
• "Gold Farming" Sweatshops in China [Article LINK, Article LINK, Paper LINK].
Related article: Virtual Economy in 'Second Life': [LINK].
Video sample of a documentary on "Goldfarming":
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
419 SCAMS
• The Federal Trade Commission's "Operation Short Change" - an effort to stop scams within the United States [LINK].
• The "Life Cycle of a 419 Scam" [LINK].
• "I Go Chop Your Dollar" lyrics [LINK].
Scam-bating: Revenge Against 419 Scammers
• 419 Baiter Galleries (some materials may be offensive) [LINK].
• 419 Eater, and their Hall of Shame (some materials may be offensive).
• Ebola Monkey Man - professional scam-baiter (some material may be offensive) [LINK].
• Odd-O-Rama's list of some of the funnier scam-baiting incidents [LINK].
• Buy the book: "Scam-O-Rama: Turning the Tables on Email Scammers" by Eve Edelson [Amazon.com LINK].
• The "Life Cycle of a 419 Scam" [LINK].
• "I Go Chop Your Dollar" lyrics [LINK].
Scam-bating: Revenge Against 419 Scammers
• 419 Baiter Galleries (some materials may be offensive) [LINK].
• 419 Eater, and their Hall of Shame (some materials may be offensive).
• Ebola Monkey Man - professional scam-baiter (some material may be offensive) [LINK].
• Odd-O-Rama's list of some of the funnier scam-baiting incidents [LINK].
• Buy the book: "Scam-O-Rama: Turning the Tables on Email Scammers" by Eve Edelson [Amazon.com LINK].
INTERNET HUMOR
A LIST OF POPULAR SITES THAT FOCUS ON HUMOR (INTENTIONAL OR ACCIDENTAL)
• A recent publication of the "World's Oldest Ten Jokes" found by a University of Wolverhampton study [LINK].
• Greg Rutter's "Definitive List of 99 Things" that you should have already experienced on the Internet - a collection of perhaps the 99 most popular internet "memes," most of which are humor based [LINK].
• 5 Second Films - funny as hell [LINK].
• "Sleeveface" - the trend of incorporating record album covers into portrait photos [LINK].
• "tryork5ifp" - an eBay seller/buyer famous for some of the funniest "buyer feedback" comments ever, take a look [LINK].
• "Rathergood" - an early Web 2.0 site dedicated to making absurd/odd flash videos [LINK], particularly known for their video/song "We Like the Moon" [LINK], which was later picked up by Quizno's Subs as an ad campaign.
• "Real Ultimate Power" - an early Web 2.0 site written by a fictitious boy named "Robert Hamburger," the site focusses/obsesses on Ninjas, including an extensive collection of user-submitted photos [LINK]; this site is also known for its Hate Mail section - emails sent by angry readers who failed to understand that this site is a satire.
• The infamous "LOLCats" site "I Can Has Cheezburger?" [LINK], and a "LOLCat builder" online application [LINK].
• A general web-based "macro" creating application [LINK].
• Continuing in the practice of "macro" framed jokes such as LOLCats, "MemeGenerator" has been a popular online application for making "formulated" macros [NOTE: Many of the user-submitted macros may be considered offensive, and several of the macro templates on this site could be considered offensive for many reasons. View at your own risk.] [LINK].
• Despair.com's "Demotivator" generator [LINK], and a gallery of "Demotivated" photos [LINK].
• "Engrish" - a popular user-submitted gallery of incorrect/comical use of English by foreign cultures [LINK].
• "Animals with Lightsabers" - a collection of photos and videos of animals with . . . lightsabers [LINK].
• "241543903" the Internet "Sociological Experiment" proposed by David Horvitz earlier this year - take a photograph of your head inside a freezer, post it on the internet, and label it with the cryptic number "241543903" [LINK]. The subsequent Flickr photo collection of the results: [LINK].
• "Rick Rolling" - the infamous bad joke of luring others into seeing this heinous 1987 Rick Astley music video [LINK].
• "Fail Blog" - the infamous collection of images and people who have "failed" [LINK].
• "Stuff on My Cat" - a user-submitted photo gallery of cats . . . with stuff on them [LINK].
• "Cake Wrecks" - a working collection of horrific professional cakes [LINK].
• "Happiest People Ever!" - a working collection of images of "unhappy" people [LINK].
• "Asleep on the Subway" - a working collection of images of people asleep on the New York subways [LINK].
• "Awkward Family Photos" - a popular working collection of aesthetically "odd" portrait photos [LINK].
• "Emails from Crazy People" - a collection of unsettling and humorous emails [LINK].
• "XKCD" - a current popular web-based comic [LINK].
• "Worth 1000" - a website dedicated to Photoshop artwork contests, the competitions are often humorous [LINK].
• "Look at This F*&#ing Hipster" - a site dedicated to making fun of young "hipster" culture [LINK].
• "People of Wal*Mart" - a user-submitted collection of odd people seen in Wal*Mart stores [LINK].
• "Lamebook" - a user-submitted gallery of Facebook mishaps [LINK].
• "This Is Why You're Fat" - a website dedicated to heinously unhealthy foods [LINK].
• "Found Magazine" - a user-submitted collection of found notes and photos [LINK].
• "Chuck Norris Facts" - a popular user-submitted site, focussing on the glory of actor Chuck Norris (published as a book a few years ago) [LINK].
• "LOLJK" - a gallery of LOLJK pictures/jokes [LINK].
• A recent publication of the "World's Oldest Ten Jokes" found by a University of Wolverhampton study [LINK].
• Greg Rutter's "Definitive List of 99 Things" that you should have already experienced on the Internet - a collection of perhaps the 99 most popular internet "memes," most of which are humor based [LINK].
• 5 Second Films - funny as hell [LINK].
• "Sleeveface" - the trend of incorporating record album covers into portrait photos [LINK].
• "tryork5ifp" - an eBay seller/buyer famous for some of the funniest "buyer feedback" comments ever, take a look [LINK].
• "Rathergood" - an early Web 2.0 site dedicated to making absurd/odd flash videos [LINK], particularly known for their video/song "We Like the Moon" [LINK], which was later picked up by Quizno's Subs as an ad campaign.
• "Real Ultimate Power" - an early Web 2.0 site written by a fictitious boy named "Robert Hamburger," the site focusses/obsesses on Ninjas, including an extensive collection of user-submitted photos [LINK]; this site is also known for its Hate Mail section - emails sent by angry readers who failed to understand that this site is a satire.
• The infamous "LOLCats" site "I Can Has Cheezburger?" [LINK], and a "LOLCat builder" online application [LINK].
• A general web-based "macro" creating application [LINK].
• Continuing in the practice of "macro" framed jokes such as LOLCats, "MemeGenerator" has been a popular online application for making "formulated" macros [NOTE: Many of the user-submitted macros may be considered offensive, and several of the macro templates on this site could be considered offensive for many reasons. View at your own risk.] [LINK].
• Despair.com's "Demotivator" generator [LINK], and a gallery of "Demotivated" photos [LINK].
• "Engrish" - a popular user-submitted gallery of incorrect/comical use of English by foreign cultures [LINK].
• "Animals with Lightsabers" - a collection of photos and videos of animals with . . . lightsabers [LINK].
• "241543903" the Internet "Sociological Experiment" proposed by David Horvitz earlier this year - take a photograph of your head inside a freezer, post it on the internet, and label it with the cryptic number "241543903" [LINK]. The subsequent Flickr photo collection of the results: [LINK].
• "Rick Rolling" - the infamous bad joke of luring others into seeing this heinous 1987 Rick Astley music video [LINK].
• "Fail Blog" - the infamous collection of images and people who have "failed" [LINK].
• "Stuff on My Cat" - a user-submitted photo gallery of cats . . . with stuff on them [LINK].
• "Cake Wrecks" - a working collection of horrific professional cakes [LINK].
• "Happiest People Ever!" - a working collection of images of "unhappy" people [LINK].
• "Asleep on the Subway" - a working collection of images of people asleep on the New York subways [LINK].
• "Awkward Family Photos" - a popular working collection of aesthetically "odd" portrait photos [LINK].
• "Emails from Crazy People" - a collection of unsettling and humorous emails [LINK].
• "XKCD" - a current popular web-based comic [LINK].
• "Worth 1000" - a website dedicated to Photoshop artwork contests, the competitions are often humorous [LINK].
• "Look at This F*&#ing Hipster" - a site dedicated to making fun of young "hipster" culture [LINK].
• "People of Wal*Mart" - a user-submitted collection of odd people seen in Wal*Mart stores [LINK].
• "Lamebook" - a user-submitted gallery of Facebook mishaps [LINK].
• "This Is Why You're Fat" - a website dedicated to heinously unhealthy foods [LINK].
• "Found Magazine" - a user-submitted collection of found notes and photos [LINK].
• "Chuck Norris Facts" - a popular user-submitted site, focussing on the glory of actor Chuck Norris (published as a book a few years ago) [LINK].
• "LOLJK" - a gallery of LOLJK pictures/jokes [LINK].
PUBLISHING and INFORMATION
Personal/Important Information About You on the Internet
• Robert L. Mitchell's "What the Web Knows About You" - a terrifying look at how much personal information is readily available on the Internet [LINK].
• Enayati, Amanda "My Relentless Pursuit of the Guy Who Robbed Me - utilizing information sources to solve a crime and identify the perpetrator, Salon [LINK].
• WikiLeaks - one of the many "mirrors" of the original site.
• 9-EYES - a gallery of images of humanity, from Google Streetview.
• Internet Eyes - a new service from Devon, England: user-based monitoring of security cameras.
• Using Google Earth to identify surface-to-air missile sites around the globe [LINK].
• Aaron Zinman's "Personas" name search engine - it creates summaries of Internet references of full names [LINK].
• Identify the location of someone's IP address, find the IP address associated with an email address [LINK].
Interesting/Obscure Information Resources on the Internet
• The Standard Operating Procedure Manuals for the International Space Station [LINK].
• CrimeReports.com - a map displaying recent reported crimes, in your neighborhood or anywhere in the country [LINK].
• The Timeline of Knowledge - a timeline of the history of recording information (including natural/biological means for recording information, such as DNA) [LINK].
• "The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments" from the 1960's is no longer in print and has been "banned" from libraries because it contains chemistry experiments that are deemed as "dangerous" by current standards of safety (often viewed as "idiot-proofing" our society); however, this book is being perpetuated across the Internet in downloadable PDF format by a number of sites [LINK].
Some General Materials about the "Blogosphere"
• Tim O'Reilly's "Bloggers Code of Conduct" [LINK].
• A visual representation of the "Blogosphere" as of 2007 [LINK].
• The Twingly screensaver is a (geographic) visualization of the "blogosphere" [LINK]:
THE INTERESTING WORLD/POWER OF SELF-PUBLISHING
• "Pomplamoose" - a local (Corte Madera) self-produced band (Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn), their website [LINK], and YouTube page [LINK].
• Justin Hall's current form of "Justin's Links from the Underground" - attributed with being the first Internet blog (in the form they exist today) [LINK].
• "The Sneeze" - one of the best original content blogs [LINK], famous (earlier) for his "Steve, Don't Eat It!" series [LINK].
• Jaimie Mantzel is making a huge robot; YouTube page [LINK] and his website [LINK].
• "Lonelygirl15" - the first video [LINK].
• The Monkey Chow Diaries - a man chronicles his experience with subsisting only on ZuPream "Monkey Chow" [LINK].
PUBLIC SHAMING/PROTEST
• Evan Guttman's Stolen Sidekick webpage [LINK], and his original webpage [LINK].
• Korea's Gae-ttong-nyue ("Dog Poo Girl") [LINK].
• "People Who Sit in the Disability Seats When I'm Standing on My Crutches.com" [LINK]. • San Francisco photographer harassed by security guards [LINK].
• The broken laptop sold by Amir Tofangsazan, what remains of the first post [LINK], personal information extracted from the hard drive [LINK], an ultimatum [LINK], and the site today [LINK].
• "Sorry Mom (I Bang the Worst Dudes)" [LINK].
• Using Twitter as a medium for consumer complaint [LINK] (for example, Heather Armstrong vs. Maytag [LINK]).
• "Comcast Must Die" [LINK], expanded to "Customer Circus" [LINK].
• "Control Your Info" - a movement dedicated to informing people about the vulnerability of their online information/accounts [LINK]; their most recent stunt: hijacking over 200 Facebook groups [LINK].
• Robert L. Mitchell's "What the Web Knows About You" - a terrifying look at how much personal information is readily available on the Internet [LINK].
• Enayati, Amanda "My Relentless Pursuit of the Guy Who Robbed Me - utilizing information sources to solve a crime and identify the perpetrator, Salon [LINK].
• WikiLeaks - one of the many "mirrors" of the original site.
• 9-EYES - a gallery of images of humanity, from Google Streetview.
• Internet Eyes - a new service from Devon, England: user-based monitoring of security cameras.
• Using Google Earth to identify surface-to-air missile sites around the globe [LINK].
• Aaron Zinman's "Personas" name search engine - it creates summaries of Internet references of full names [LINK].
• Identify the location of someone's IP address, find the IP address associated with an email address [LINK].
Interesting/Obscure Information Resources on the Internet
• The Standard Operating Procedure Manuals for the International Space Station [LINK].
• CrimeReports.com - a map displaying recent reported crimes, in your neighborhood or anywhere in the country [LINK].
• The Timeline of Knowledge - a timeline of the history of recording information (including natural/biological means for recording information, such as DNA) [LINK].
• "The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments" from the 1960's is no longer in print and has been "banned" from libraries because it contains chemistry experiments that are deemed as "dangerous" by current standards of safety (often viewed as "idiot-proofing" our society); however, this book is being perpetuated across the Internet in downloadable PDF format by a number of sites [LINK].
Some General Materials about the "Blogosphere"
• Tim O'Reilly's "Bloggers Code of Conduct" [LINK].
• A visual representation of the "Blogosphere" as of 2007 [LINK].
• The Twingly screensaver is a (geographic) visualization of the "blogosphere" [LINK]:
THE INTERESTING WORLD/POWER OF SELF-PUBLISHING
• "Pomplamoose" - a local (Corte Madera) self-produced band (Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn), their website [LINK], and YouTube page [LINK].
• Justin Hall's current form of "Justin's Links from the Underground" - attributed with being the first Internet blog (in the form they exist today) [LINK].
• "The Sneeze" - one of the best original content blogs [LINK], famous (earlier) for his "Steve, Don't Eat It!" series [LINK].
• Jaimie Mantzel is making a huge robot; YouTube page [LINK] and his website [LINK].
• "Lonelygirl15" - the first video [LINK].
• The Monkey Chow Diaries - a man chronicles his experience with subsisting only on ZuPream "Monkey Chow" [LINK].
PUBLIC SHAMING/PROTEST
• Evan Guttman's Stolen Sidekick webpage [LINK], and his original webpage [LINK].
• Korea's Gae-ttong-nyue ("Dog Poo Girl") [LINK].
• "People Who Sit in the Disability Seats When I'm Standing on My Crutches.com" [LINK]. • San Francisco photographer harassed by security guards [LINK].
• The broken laptop sold by Amir Tofangsazan, what remains of the first post [LINK], personal information extracted from the hard drive [LINK], an ultimatum [LINK], and the site today [LINK].
• "Sorry Mom (I Bang the Worst Dudes)" [LINK].
• Using Twitter as a medium for consumer complaint [LINK] (for example, Heather Armstrong vs. Maytag [LINK]).
• "Comcast Must Die" [LINK], expanded to "Customer Circus" [LINK].
• "Control Your Info" - a movement dedicated to informing people about the vulnerability of their online information/accounts [LINK]; their most recent stunt: hijacking over 200 Facebook groups [LINK].
BITCOINS
A nice brief video describing bitcoins:
BITCOIN BASICS
• The original "White Paper" by Satoshi Nakamoto, describing the design of the Bitcoin Currency System [PDF LINK]
• The site where you can download the bitcoin client software - if you want to try this currency system [LINK].
• Bitcoin Me - general information about bitcoins [LINK].
• Wired UK overview of bitcoins [LINK].
• Watch the bitcoin market fluctuate at Bitcoin Charts [LINK].
• Scan all the transaction records of bitcoin exchanges on Bitcoin Block Explorer [LINK].
• A detailed work examining bitcoin theft and user anonymity [LINK].
BITCOIN CURRENCY EXCHANGES
• Mt. Gox - the (currently) largest bitcoin exchange, based in Japan [LINK].
• Information about the Mt. Gox bitcoin currency exchange [LINK].
• Trade Hill - a new bitcoin currency exchange based in Chile [LINK].
BITCOIN NEWS
• February 2011, the bitcoin reaches parity with the U.S. Dollar for the first time [LINK].
• A Daily Tech article on bitcoins and a significant drop in value in June 2011 [LINK].
• "Rough Trades: Digital Derivatives Hit the Bitcoin Markets as Wall Street Bankers Take Interest," by Adrianne Jeffers for Beta Beat [LINK].
• "Man Says He Lost $500,000 in Virtual Currency Heist" by Dan Goodin for The Register [LINK].
• "Bitcoin Stealing Malware Found, But How to Secure Your Wallet?" in Techbuzz [LINK].
• Bitcoin Blogger - often contains recent news items about bitcoins [LINK].
BITCOIN "MINING"
• Bitcoin Miner - a site dedicated to bitcoin mining [LINK].
• Bitcoin mining software and contracts available at We Use Coins [LINK].
• Bitcoin Rigs - a place to buy pre-made bitcoin mining "rigs" [LINK].
• Bitcoin Mining Accidents - a forum for bitcoin miners to discuss difficulties with "mining" (electrical fires, etc.) [LINK].
INTERESTING THINGS TO BUY WITH BITCOINS
• Buy a bitcoin "merit badge" with bitcoins [LINK].
• Buy a souvenir token that looks like a bitcoin [LINK].
• Bitlotto - an online bitcoin-based lottery [LINK].
• Using bitcoins to buy drugs - "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable" in Gawker [LINK].
BITCOIN BASICS
• The original "White Paper" by Satoshi Nakamoto, describing the design of the Bitcoin Currency System [PDF LINK]
• The site where you can download the bitcoin client software - if you want to try this currency system [LINK].
• Bitcoin Me - general information about bitcoins [LINK].
• Wired UK overview of bitcoins [LINK].
• Watch the bitcoin market fluctuate at Bitcoin Charts [LINK].
• Scan all the transaction records of bitcoin exchanges on Bitcoin Block Explorer [LINK].
• A detailed work examining bitcoin theft and user anonymity [LINK].
BITCOIN CURRENCY EXCHANGES
• Mt. Gox - the (currently) largest bitcoin exchange, based in Japan [LINK].
• Information about the Mt. Gox bitcoin currency exchange [LINK].
• Trade Hill - a new bitcoin currency exchange based in Chile [LINK].
BITCOIN NEWS
• February 2011, the bitcoin reaches parity with the U.S. Dollar for the first time [LINK].
• A Daily Tech article on bitcoins and a significant drop in value in June 2011 [LINK].
• "Rough Trades: Digital Derivatives Hit the Bitcoin Markets as Wall Street Bankers Take Interest," by Adrianne Jeffers for Beta Beat [LINK].
• "Man Says He Lost $500,000 in Virtual Currency Heist" by Dan Goodin for The Register [LINK].
• "Bitcoin Stealing Malware Found, But How to Secure Your Wallet?" in Techbuzz [LINK].
• Bitcoin Blogger - often contains recent news items about bitcoins [LINK].
BITCOIN "MINING"
• Bitcoin Miner - a site dedicated to bitcoin mining [LINK].
• Bitcoin mining software and contracts available at We Use Coins [LINK].
• Bitcoin Rigs - a place to buy pre-made bitcoin mining "rigs" [LINK].
• Bitcoin Mining Accidents - a forum for bitcoin miners to discuss difficulties with "mining" (electrical fires, etc.) [LINK].
INTERESTING THINGS TO BUY WITH BITCOINS
• Buy a bitcoin "merit badge" with bitcoins [LINK].
• Buy a souvenir token that looks like a bitcoin [LINK].
• Bitlotto - an online bitcoin-based lottery [LINK].
• Using bitcoins to buy drugs - "The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable" in Gawker [LINK].
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