waffles

• Spam Files

  Smith Johnson Canada Lottery Scam

  For the past few months (or even longer), an email has been floating around, claiming the recipient has won the Canadian Lottery, by means of an email address being selected from their java-based software.

  waffles November 23, 2011
• How To...

  How to Make a Two-Column Layout in Google Documents

  Instruction workaround for creating a two-column table layout in Google Documents.

  waffles November 18, 2011
• How To...

  How to Show the Facebook Ticker

  Yes, everyone hates the Facebook ticker. Well, not everyone. A friend asked if I could help figure out how to show the Facebook ticker on her account. Googling it only seems to show anti-ticker and “how to remove” it posts.

  waffles November 16, 2011
• Scams & Deception

  Work From Home on Google Affiliate Scam List

  After ranting about Pulse360, Adblade, and MSNBC, I looked around to see just how much replication is going on with the current breed of affiliate “make money at home on Google” websites. As anticipated, it’s rampant. I went to consumerfinancereviews.com, which was the target of the MSNBC post, and Googled one of the...

  waffles November 14, 2011
• Hoaxes & Rumors

  Abused Child Lipstick Story: Good Message, Fake Story

  A photo has been passed around lately of a little girl with a mangled face and a pacifier in her mouth. The attached caption is a heart-wrenching story of a girl who was killed by her mother as punishment for getting lipstick on the bed sheets in what was meant as an...

  waffles November 11, 2011
• Hoaxes & Rumors

  Mother and Baby Japan Earthquake Photo: Put Away the Tissues

  A photo of rescue workers digging bodies out of rubble is continuing to float around social media and email.

  waffles November 4, 2011
• Hoaxes & Rumors

  Parrot the Dog DC Police Incident: Not Related to Occupy Movement

  You have to love social media, where old news can resurface and become new again. This week has seen a surge in the sharing of the photo of Parrot, the dog who was killed by police during a Washington DC festival.

  waffles November 3, 2011
• Social Media

  Trending Photo: Marine’s Wife at Casket

  A photo which has been circulated heavily on social media sites is a photo of a marine’s wife laying on a mattress next to his casket. Is this photo and accompanying story real?

  waffles October 28, 2011