Conspiracy Theories And The Weird Variable In History

I’m quite prepared to believe in conspiracies. Hell, anyone who reads history would be a fool to ignore their importance. Think Pearl Harbor. Think Rudolph Hess (yes, Churchill et al knew there was a plane coming and yes, they were hoodwinking the Germans, the French and the Americans to save the Empire). Think Cuban Missile … Read more

Find Anything About Anyone

Here’s another people search engine: DigPeople.com. Scary what people can find out about you without you having done very much to help them. And that’s their motto: ‘Find Anything About Anyone’. Be warned.

How To Beat The System With Your Hands

I remember reading about this extraordinary woman last year and wondering why more wasn’t made of her defiant protest: Now she seems to be getting some recognitions, such as this Washington Post piece — Sign-language interpreter had hand in Ukraine’s election (from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel) During the tense days of Ukraine’s presidential elections last … Read more

Great Tool For Recording Skype Conversations

A few months back I posted something on recording Skype conversations: Here is the solution to the problem, in case you’re still looking. It’s HotRecorder and it’s excellent. It not only does a great job of that, but Premium users ($15) get a free tool to convert recordings in  .ELP files to .wav or .ogg. The free … Read more

ZabaSearch, A New People Search Engine

Here’s a new — and perhaps scary — way to find out about people in the U.S.: ZabaSearch.com . It throws up details of most folk in the U.S., often including their birthdate, along with links to premium services, such as background checks. The search engine plows through nearly 30,000 free databases.