This weekend I compiled the data to produce the above graph, showing the level of activity on Twitter. I figured this out using a commonly known method. Every tweet has a unique id number, for example the 20 that appears in the URL of this tweet which kicked off the service: http://twitter.com/#!/ev/statuses/20 Assuming these id […]

A more individually tailored version of the famous 411 scam arrived in my inbox this morning. I thought I’d share: From: customerservice@citibank-group.com Date: Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:18 AM Subject: SUB: CUSTOMER INFORMATION * Attention The Genealogical database of our deceased customer Mr. Bill Bumgardner has revealed you as his family relative. Kindly confirm […]