Irrelevant Cheetah

First I had to go home from work today because my computer is no longer on the network. I tried everything I know how to do to fix it, with no success. Since my job entails being able to move files back and forth from one machine to another, and since the IT guy doesn’t start until later in the morning, I went home. I finally received a call from my boss telling me that some program I had on the machine had set off alarms at world corporate headquarters and they had pulled the plug on my network connection.

What program, you may ask? Well, I recently acquired a Motorola Razr, and it’s a really cool phone. And I thought it would be cool if I could transfer my Outlook contact list to the phone in one transfer, instead of punching it in number by number. So I downloaded Motorola’s Mobile Phone Tools and installed it. The transfer didn’t work, so I forgot about it. But now I’m thinking it had something in it, like a Trojan, that set off the alarms, and I got a stern talking-to from my boss about installing personal stuff on company equipment. I know, I know - she’s right. I just thought it would be cool, and it was work-related.

So I came home and thought I’d do some writing. I logged into my MySpace account to see if I’d had any blog reads, and found that someone had accessed my account in an unauthorized way and invited about 3 zillion people to be my friend. I’m not a complete hermit, but that was a little ridiculous. They had also sent all kinds of messages to other members I didn’t even know.

End result? I deleted the account. It hadn’t really gotten me anywhere as far as networking goes, anyhow, and I was just as prone to the spam as everybody else seems to be. I’ll find other ways to contact my friends. If you’re out there and reading this, you know how to reach me. Just wait until Tuesday, ok?