Lately the spam I get has been so boring! I’m no fan of spam, but I do love it when spammers start to get creative and say some totally ridiculous things. Spamusement proves I’m not the only one who sees spam this way.

I know I’ve already written about the subject of ridiculous spam names. Recently I was wondering how these names were generated, what made them all similar and what made them different, and if I could somehow generate spam names myself, like a big boy. And I’ve found that yes, I can, and you’re going to profit from it. *shakes fist menacingly* Profit!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you The Namer. It has over 32 billion names in it, and it’ll randomly pick a new one every time you click the little button. Go on, give it a try. If you get a good one (or three), post it! Chances are, no one else will ever see it but you, so share the love.

I went over to speedtest.net tonight and did a few tests to see what kind of bandwidth I’m getting here at the Lewis Chateau, and got these numbers. Pretty sweet for home use, I’d have to say!

Still, the real reason I’m posting these is for documenting purposes, really. I pay $55 or $60 per month for that bandwidth, and I’d say it’s worth it since it’s in constant use by multiple devices all over the house. (I’m sometimes even using it from two or three devices simultaneously by myself. So I could pay less and get less bandwidth, but I choose not to.)

I’m just showing the stats and quoting the price here so that I can come back in 2008 or 2020 (yes, I expect these writings will still exist in some usable form that far the future) and see how much I was paying for what kind of bandwidth, and get a chuckle out of it. I can only assume that by 2020 the bandwidth we’ll all have access to will put those numbers absolutely to shame. I can only hope it’ll cost less than that time’s equivalent of $60/month.

(To anyone making comparisons, notice I changed the default from kilobits/second to kilobytes/second. It makes a bit of a difference. 😉

Ellen Feiss is now in an independent film called Bed and Breakfast.

When asked why she chose to appear in the film, Feiss reportedly responded, “It was a really good script.”

Apple fans have, no doubt, heard that Apple has just released the new Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. I don’t have any public comments about that particular product. But I was just clicking around on Amazon’s site and thought I’d drop in on the corded Mighty Mouse they’re selling there, just to check out the page. When I got there, I was treated to this:

So apparently most people (not just many, but most!) who view the Mighty Mouse on Amazon’s site go on to purchase an $800 Nikon zoom lens for their SLR camera. 9% fewer buy anything mouse-related at all. What does it mean?!? This is a great example of statistics gone wrong.

My apologies to the 54% of you who followed that link and now have to go and buy that lens. I know, it’s pricey, but I’m sure the shots you’ll get are great.