By J. Timothy King on April 9, 2010
Springtime is upon us here in New England, and you know what that means: rain, sun, sleet, rain, bitter cold, sweltering heat, wind, snow, rain, green grass, birds chirping, and—most significantly—taxes. And it is this last that makes me feel like blech. Let’s be clear about this. Taxes are not the price we pay for […]
Posted in Humor
By J. Timothy King on April 8, 2010
I’m sitting here in my virtual living room, talking to Jessica Broughton, part-time writer and author of the blog GrrlWriter. Hi, Jessica. Hi, Tim. I really need to update the picture, since I don’t have the pink anymore! Yeah, well, I think that’s probably true of all of us. I know it is of me. […]
Posted in Personal Improvement | Tagged bloggers, Day Zero Project, GrrlWriter, interview
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
By J. Timothy King on April 6, 2010
A couple weeks ago, I interviewed Linda Boulanger, author of Becoming, a collection of faith-based, short-short stories. After the interview, a pseudonymous Internet hacker promptly distracted me by breaking into my hosting provider and swiping a friend’s domain name. So it took over a week for me to get back on track, but I’m actually […]
Posted in Books, Teaser Tuesdays | Tagged Becoming, Linda Boulanger |
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
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.)
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
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.
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
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.
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
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 […]
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime |
By J. Timothy King on March 25, 2010
Today, I’ve invited Linda Boulanger to visit me in my virtual living room, to talk about her latest book Becoming, which is a collection of inspirational, faith-based short-short stories. Hi, Linda. Hi, Tim! Becoming starts with a story about a young woman whose father bails her out of jail, which will inevitably have political repercussions […]
Posted in Books, Christianity, Inspiration, Religion | Tagged Becoming, Linda Boulanger |