True Stories

God Has an Ironic Sense of Balance
By J. Timothy King on July 23, 2010
I apologize for the delay. It’s been over two weeks since my last post, and I haven’t replied to anyone’s comments or emails. Part of the reason is that I billed over 30 hours last week on this new software-development job, a heavy week for an off-site contractor. (I’ll have to explain to you the […]
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Another Car Bites the Dust?
By J. Timothy King on July 7, 2010
“Why does all this stuff happen to us? It can’t be bad karma. We never did anything.” Or so says the Little One. And I think she’s right. Sometimes shit just happens. And if it could have waiting just another month or two, I wouldn’t even be in a jam. Incredible. It’s like, just when […]
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If I Die, Please Post This Posthumously
By J. Timothy King on June 30, 2010
I’m sitting here in Dunkin’ Donuts, Wednesday morning, with nothing that I feel like writing about, eating a delicious breakfast sandwich that will probably set my cholesterol and blood pressure back six months, mentally preparing for my MRI, which will take place in about a half an hour. “Mentally preparing,” that’s the medical term for […]
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For a Real Buzz, Touch This Microphone!
By J. Timothy King on April 14, 2010
Isn’t it funny, the snippets of life that our memories recall? Lately, my online buddy and comrade in words, Jim “Suldog” Sullivan, has been talking about his days as a garage-band bassist. On Monday, he told a story of how one of his bandmates electrocuted him as a joke. And that reminded me of one […]
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Grand Theft Internet (part 5)
By J. Timothy King on April 6, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the story from the beginning. OR Click here to read the whole story as a single page.
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
Grand Theft Internet (part 4)
By J. Timothy King on April 5, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the story from the beginning. OR Click here to read the whole story as a single page.
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
Grand Theft Internet (part 3)
By J. Timothy King on April 2, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the story from the beginning. OR Click here to read the whole story as a single page. (If you’re looking for my usual “Friday Fun” column, it will return next week.)
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Grand Theft Internet (part 2)
By J. Timothy King on April 1, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the story from the beginning. OR Click here to read the whole story as a single page.
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Grand Theft Internet (part 1)
By J. Timothy King on March 31, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the whole story. Or use this page to read only chapter 1.
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Grand Theft Internet
By J. Timothy King on March 31, 2010
Like any other small businessman, he assumed his Internet account was basically safe. Instead, he found himself another victim of the latest 21’st century crime wave, when his valuable domain name, VL.com, was hijacked in a high-tech heist. Told by a first-person witness to the crime, reconstructed from forensic evidence compiled in the aftermath, this […]
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