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Spambaiting Part 3

I just checked my emails this afternoon and I had one from our dear friend Collins, he of Spambaiting Part I. Here’s what he had to say:

From : collins
Reply-To : collinsbless2005@freeghana.com
Sent : Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:39 AM
To :
Subject : GET BACK TO ME

My Good Friend,
Thanks for your courage and dsire to assist me.l . I want to let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free on both parties as we are going to follow all the banking and legal porocedure that will exempt us from any breach of the law , either in your country or mine. this transaction is also well intiated as my colleagues are well positioned toeffect a smooth transfer as soon as we hear from you. all i want from you is to give me your full name and contact address so that the customers service dept can prepare a statement of account in
your name as the beneficiary of the fund.you are also required to give me your phone number so that we can communicate more effectively.on hearing from ypou 5 working days will be okay to conclude this transaction and the money will be wired to your account by telegraphic transfer.while counting on your coperation , i will like you to handle this transaction
with the highest degree of confidentiality. this is a life transforming opportunity so i will like you to treat it as such. i am committed to having a lasting family and business relationship with you.you can as well call me on +233 243 562 044.
COLLINS
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Hmm… yeah, maybe I’ll call him, we could arrange to go for a drink or for some Jazz! Infact, I wonder if I’d be able to find out what music he likes? Do you think he’s heard any DJ Yoda or Mr Scruff? I’ll sort out a reply in a bit I think!

This is the end (part I)

Yey!!! I’ve done it all!!!

Well my demo that is. I’ve now got a 10,000-14,000 word report to do :( At least this bit is all out of the way! Phew!!! It was actually relatively painless. First one of the markers got lost before we even got started, so I had to wait for him to turn up. But Carol was impressed that i’d done some research on her and found out she liked John Cusack (I stook a big picture of him on one of the reviews for her). I also managed to relate the reason why I used a pop-up window for one bit and she was impressed with the reason why!!! I never got to tell them about my error handling and non-javascript menu! Damn!

*sigh* I’m gonna go to my lecture and then go home and chill out to some Frenchbloke.

NB: keep an eye for some James’ ant’s making a special feature length appearence on this blog! Be amazed, be very amazed!!!

1 day to go

Soon the stress will be gone!!! At 10.20 tomorrow I demonstrate my project. I think I am pretty much ready (apart from my log book which I’m gonna go update now).
I have a neat little handout and my site looks mighty fine (if i say so myself). I think I’m ready for any questions and I’ve stocked up my project with a few John Cusack films cos the woman who I’m demonstrating it to LOVES John Cusack. So I figured if I get on her good side then I’m in with a good chance of a getting a good grade! I shall fill you all in tomorrow on how well it went! In the mean time enjoy some cheese.

POO

I’m a bit sad at the mo, one of my dear friends is moving on to pastures new. I won’t reveal all the details, I’ll leave that up to them, but they shall be sorely missed! At least we’ll still be able to see each other and hang out and whatever.

I’ve found it a bit lonely recently cos I’ve been shut in doing work since the start of January and haven’t been able to hang out with peeps like I normally do. At least my work will be half done by Thursday (party on about Boom that night!) although I then have a 10,000-14,000 word report to write on my project by the end of april. I also have a 2 day assessment with morgan stanley down in london soon (they’re putting me up in the Crown Plaza hotel for the night :) Can’t complain). *sigh* Life just seems so hectic at the moment! When will it stop ? “Look for the sign of the lollipop!” (tiredness brings out an even stranger side of me)

Another naff thing happened today, I load of work which I did over the weekend for my project miraculously disappeared! I suppose “miracle” is a bit too much of a positive word to use. I hate to admit it, but I think I will just go get plastered on thursday and throw my troubles down the drain (I will have friends there to control me – always get hammered in a safe environment kids :D )

Anyway, I’ve had enough of being tired and depressed. I’m gonna go home and eat and sleep and drink (tea) and watch a DVD.

It’s late

It’s late and I’m still working on my project. It’s been like this for the last few weeks, work til 2am get up 8.30am and carry on working. Slowly I am becoming more and more depressed as the dull white of microsoft screens sucks my crimson blood life out of me. I hate stupid hardcore projects! Next life I won’t bother attending uni.

Beefy

I’m pretty chuffed with myself!

My project is coming along like a gravy boat! Ahhh… Bisto!

I’ve add some sex to the design, for those who saw it in it’s old style, now it looks good. I’ve just created a “beefy” error logging system, I think it is almost all done! I just need to modify reporting errors to users so they’re not confused and also modify the XHTML tidying of the WYSIWIG HTML editor *straight over my head*

Please come check it out, register and rate some of the movies (click view movie chart or search with an empty search string). It’ll look a lot better to my supervisors. Also if you find any errors or can think of any improvements leave me a comment & if I have time I’ll try fix/include it (bearing in mind I’m demonstrating it on next Thursday)

Go Here

And the results are in…

Yes my exam results are in (except one)!!! Damn, I am so so chuffed!!! Praise God, cos I know he helped with these ones!!!

Advanced Graphics – 62%
Objects, Components & Patterns – 78%
Optical Computing – 80%
Integration In Large Systems – 86%

How amazing are they!!! I’m over the moon!!!

In other news, my project is close to completetion which is good cos I’ve gotta demonstrate it on the 3rd March. You can check it out at www2.cs.man.ac.uk/~goldspm2. If you register on it, I’ll give you privileges so you can add movies to the database and write reviews for them!!! Your work will then be available for the world to see!!!
NB: please excuse the shoddy look of it, functionality comes before looks in computer science (ie. I don’t get any marks if it looks good but doesn’t work)

five down…

five down… NONE TO GO!!!!

2 words for you all “Exams are gay”. I’m so glad they’re over!!! Now I just have gezillions of job applications, my huge project to code and then my 15,000 word write up to do afterwards! Pants!!! Big fat Bridget Jones Pants!!! With crusty marks!!! Infact talking of pants, I noticed some rust on pair of my perfectly white boxers the other day (It wasn’t a skid mark before any suggests that).
I discovered it was from a Coca-Cola Washing Bin, which is just a huge tin basically & it’s started to rust and these boxers got infected!!! So if anyone sees me with a pair of nearly spotless undies with a rusty brown mark on them, it’s rust ok! Not P**H!

On another note, I have an interview on wednesday down in London with Accenture. I’m cacking it. Infact, I know I’m suffering from stress because I’ve got load zits in my T-Zone and I read in one of the girls’ magazines that if you get spots there you’re suffering from stress. I also have a few on my chin which is supposedly due to my period!?!?