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Follow Up on the Craigslist Scam Post

by mapgirl on June 26, 2009

There’s only one more thing to add to my Craigslist Rental Scam post.
The realtor with whom I spoke was very nice. The next morning I got an email back from the scam artist about being in Africa on mission, etc.
I contacted the realtor once more and let her know that I got this email back [...]

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I Got Scammed By Craiglist

by mapgirl on June 24, 2009

Don’t get me wrong. I love Craigslist. One of my cousin’s was on Craig Newmark’s original list in San Francisco a great many years ago. Craig got me a job in 10 days upon my return from a backpacking trip to Europe. I got a new mixer and a buffet for cheap. I sold some [...]

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Oh Yeah! I Forgot!

by mapgirl on September 6, 2007

I forgot to tell you guys that the new TripleTred tires drive really well in the rain. They have a better feel on the road and I’m really glad I sank the money into them. Yes, they do corner better and I feel like they improve my handling at higher speeds. They were worth the [...]

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Check out this article at Wired Magazine about a new social networking site called Spock.
This frightens the bejesus out of me because I have a fairly generic name, I still found myself in the first 100 results from a business networking site. CRAZY. (Thank god for the faceless yellow masses who share my name! Anonymity [...]

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For the last few months, I’ve been holding back an off-topic post about privacy and the Internet. I’ve been trying to keep this blog afloat and on topic as much as I can and still hold down my day job and have a life.
But on Tuesday, I was reading an Oracle blog by Tom Kyte [...]

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