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Well, there may be some fun to be had here. . .I've been starting to read some of the formatting capabilities for journals, and gee, you can link in exernal items!

I've even seen somebody's journal that had a page background. Hot stuff. Some folks can use their time writing posts, I'll probably waste mine playing with the environment. But then, that's probably why they built in so many ways to play.

Ebay Validation Scam

Wow, that was scary. Somebody just sent me a very convincing email purporting to be from Ebay, trying to collect my ID, password, and personal data. Now, being a *really* old hand, I knew better. But that spam looked damned convincing. Had the Ebay color logo on it, all of their standard footings. . .and an explanation that they were doing this "Because more people had hacked accounts we need to resubmit your information, for security and protection please complete this form. "
For the record, this is the oldest scam/hack in the book. Other than reading the sticky you left on your monitor. No real system administrator will ever need to do this. If they do, find a new ISP. Or a new administrator.