Someone just tried to extort money from me on Facebook via Facebook chat. This person posed as a friend who claimed to have just been mugged in London and needed money wired to her in order to pay for her hotel and transportation. I discovered the fraud by asking a question to which only she and I would know the answer. I've reported it to...
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain.
Just back from meeting with David Scott Cowper; I offered to update his Wikipedia entry for him. He's leaving tomorrow on his boat, Polar Bound, to continue his circumnavigation (his 6th) around the world. Text updates and photos will be on Wikipedia in the next few days.