Elsewhere on Wired:
- Table of Malcontents just opened up a strange set of memories I didn't know I had as Annalee Newitz looks at the retro meme of Cal Worthington and His Dog Spot. Anyone who grew up in Southern California in the late 70s and early 80s will no doubt remember these ads — goofy, lamely funny and somehow classic. See Annalee's post for some links to online versions.
- Eliot Van Buskirk at Listening Post has sad news: The Online Guitar Archive, or (OLGA), has been served with a cease and desist letter and site is gone. OLGA was, as Eliot describes it, “a guitar tablature repository where guitarists who had picked their way through a song would post charts in order to teach each other how to play the guitar parts from popular recordings.” It was without a doubt one of the best resources on the net for aspiring guitarists.
- Kevin Poulsen of 27B Stroke 6 has the text of one of the “hit man” advance-fee e-mails the FBI warned about last month. The basic scam is that an assassin claims to have been hired to kill you but is willing to negotiate, if you give more money than the person who supposedly took out the contract, you get to live. The actual text of the email is hilarious: “The reason why they want you Dead is not disclosed to me as i was not allowed to know, but you are now not better that the dead ok. “
- Sex Drive Daily brings news that porn star legend Ron Jeremy has taken a new job as a tech product reviewer for Heavy.com. I mean, why not right? At least we know he's not in it for the chicks.
