TASTY SPAM

Maybe it’s because my e-​​mail account has been hijacked by spam­mers recently, leav­ing me to clean up the mess when a zil­lion peo­ple get hit with adver­tise­ments for “Unlimited Free Music,” “Hot Deals from Adobe,” and “Moms Ready to Cheat.” But boy, did I like my week­end read, Brian McWilliams’ Spam Kings.
Brian has been one of my favorite free­lance writ­ers, ever since he hacked his way into Saddam’s in-​​box two years ago. I must have tried a dozen times to get him to write for Defense Tech. But he always demurred.
Now I know why. He was too busy cat­a­logu­ing the exploits of back­woods neo-​​Nazis, shady stock-​​pickers, and sexy anti-​​spam cru­saders.
The result is breezy, naughty fun, with deeply-​​flawed good guys and painfully-​​human vil­lians. Think Dominick Dunne, edited by the geeks at Slashdot. Good stuff.
Now, if I could only fig­ure out a way to get these spam­mers to stop using my e-​​mail…

November 21st, 2004 | Blog Bidness | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.