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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 05/12/08 … please enjoy:

WiiWare is live!! | Joystiq

We know there’s little chance that the Nintendo faithful among you haven’t already circled May 12 on your calendar with your Nintendo World Championships 1990 commemorative Sharpie, but just in case, let us remind you that the WiiWare service is now live.

11-year-old gives $440 to Clinton campaign | The Times West Virginian

11-year-old Dalton Hatfield feels so strongly that Hillary Clinton should be the next president he not only sold his bicycle, but video games and anything else that “I could make money with” to donate to the former first lady’s bid for the nomination.

Not Quite Yet | RealClearPolitics

Elite opinion on the Democratic race has congealed around the idea that it is over. Clinton has no chance whatsoever to win the nomination now. I think she is nearly finished, but not quite yet.

Colossal Castle or Humble Home? Same Price ? Your Choice | DivineCaroline

From the rolling green pastures of France, to the sparkling coastline of Mexico, why live in a cramped, rat-infested junior one-bedroom when you can reign high in your very own castle?

The Get Out Clause, Manchester’s stars of CCTV cameras | Telegraph

Unable to afford a camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets. Afterwards they wrote to the companies involved and asked for the footage under the Freedom of Information Act.

Come back for more links tomorrow!!

I give to you what I believe may be the worst news article ever written. It’s quite long, but trust me, it’s worth it. This article makes me wonder not only what type of person wrote it, but what type of editor decided it was good enough to go out.

Here are some snippets… click the link below to go to the site itself.

Computer spammers are the elusive people so many love to hate.

They’re also hard to find but sometimes they do get caught.

And so the article begins… it was written just like this. Amazing.

A heartland man pleaded guilty to the crime at a time when spam e-mailing is on the rise again.

If you have an email account, it has probably happened to you.

It happened to UNO student Desi Holman.

Not Desi! Oh noes!

Then there are safety concerns. Some spam wants our money.

Others try to deliver a computer virus.

It’s the reason UNO has cyber security director Bret Blackman.

I think UNO should send this writer a tutor.

Worldwide, 90 percent of all email is spam.

The volume has doubled in a year’s time.

Spam filters can’t keep up.

“The volume of spam in the last year has increased so much that it is estimated that 90% of e-mail (worldwide) is now spam; this is twice as much as it was last year. The problem is so severe that many Spam filters can’t keep up and companies are seeking other solutions.” There… I think that’s what he meant to say.

Channel 6 contacted Josh Eveloff at his business, but he did not return my calls.

If you talk half as bad as you write, I can understand why. Click below to to go the original article… prepare to wince:

Spammer Pleads Guilty @ WOWT.com

Well, it’s official. I’m out of a job. As of this morning, our company was denied money for operating. Nice. It seems the banks just got greedy, and decided they deserved the money more. Cool, maybe they’ll let me stay with them when I can’t pay my rent.

Anyway, this weekend will be spent sending out resumes and trying not to think about what can happen. If you wanna contribute, you can send me a donation (thanks to those that do), but it’s pretty much all I can ask. If you wanna donate, click below:

– THANKS FOR DONATING! WE NOW HAVE ENOUGH FOR OUR BILLS! –

Thanks again. Also, I’ll try to get my new theme and such finished this weekend… not like I can go out anywhere. Oh well… sorry to be such a downer… I’ll be happier next post, I promise!

So, Jess and I paid off our car on the 14th of this month. Happy time, right? Wrong.

When we paid off our car, we thought we just had to pay it off, and then call the company (C.A.F.) and ask them to cancel our automatic payments. Ha! Well, we did that, and all was well… until the 22nd. Suddenly they took our usual payment (which is about $315, not a small amount) from our checking account.

So I’m pissed… I call up C.A.F. and they tell me that is wasn’t them who took the funds, no, it was my bank. They say that the way their automatic payments work is that the bank (G.W.B.) takes the money and sends it to them. I didn’t believe them, but what could I do?

I call G.W.B. and ask them to stop sending payments to C.A.F. right away and to refund our money. We’re told that they don’t send the money unless it’s requested, but they can put a stop on it for the low, low price of $25. We yell, but we have to pay, so I shell out the $25 and they give us the remaining money back. All is well, right?

Wrong. I get an e-mail today from a new company (M.V.C.) saying that they paid the $315 for us, since there was a stop put on the check. So we now owe them $315. WTF? I call them and have a nice chat… this is what I find out. I was apparently supposed to cancel my automatic payments FIRST, and pay off the car second. Good to know. Also, it seems that the company that requested the money isn’t the same as C.A.F., they’re the C.B.M. company. They’re under the same umbrella as C.A.F., but they seem to be completely blind to each other. So while C.A.F. says I don’t owe them any more, no one told C.B.M. to stop taking my money.

You following so far? Just incase you’re not… quick recap:

Okay… so C.B.M. thought I needed to send another payment to C.A.F. and got my bank to send it. I put a stop on it, so C.B.M. got another company (M.V.C) to pay and just get the money from me later.

Got it? Let’s continue. Now then, this is what I was told I need to do to fix it:

1. Call C.B.M. and convince them to close my account with them.

2. Call C.A.F. and ask them for a refund of the $315 (when they ask for proof that it’s paid, I need to get them to talk to C.B.M.).

3. When I get the refund we need to remove the stop from my bank and make sure the money is there.

4. Finally I have to call C.B.M. and have them re-take the money from us.

Nice. So that’s a lot of effort and I’m down $25 and possibly a tick on my credit score, as M.V.C. is technically a collection agency. Yay! :angry:

And here I thought things would be easier now that I paid it off. Sure showed me.