I was interviewed by Dave ‘The Lifekludger’ Wallace and Mike Seyfang via Skype on Thursday for their podcast. Our episode is ‘The Extraordinary Lives Show #29‘, and it’s 55’40” long, and weighs in at a mere 19.2mb. (To download it, …
Click this pic for a clear view of the text: If you see one of these in your inbox, go to the institution in question and send them a copy of the email. (Go directly to the site in question …
Phishing attack — purporting to come from Absa bank Read more »
Dulce Door Sign, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I was sitting in Dulce coffee shop in Centurion yesterday with J when I noticed a terrible sign on the door. Someone had scrawled a very untidy, nasty sign saying, ‘Please use the …
Photo: Gord Fynes Arthur (Goldstuck, I presume?) commented on my post, ‘Gone Phishing‘, pointing out that technically, what I received is the standard ‘419’ scam, and that phishing is a lot more sophisticated. It’s worth looking at this in a …
419 Phishing — the scams that hurt the internet — how they work Read more »
A note from Roy: This is a phishing attack. Do NOT reply to Ms Anita Fripong. If you do, you’ll be giving her a lead as to who you are, what your legitimate email address is, and some kind of …
This is one of my favourite performance poems. I wrote it many years ago as part of the libretto for a Flamenco ballet that a work colleague of mine composed and choreographed. He asked me to put a story together. …
It’s Lunchtime in the City — a performance poem by Roy Blumenthal Read more »
On the advice of a friend, I bought Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton’s book, NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS. I bought it primarily because the book contains a code to do the web-based strengths finder test. So, needless to say, like …
Roy Blumenthal: Five Most Dominant Themes of Talent Read more »
2007-06-20 Geoff, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I was at a long and fruitful client presentation this morning. Left my place at around 6:10am. The meeting went really well. But there was a section of the meeting that had very little …
2007-06-16 Illustration Friday — Rejection, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I got my girlfriend — J — to pose for this portrait. It’s for this week’s Illustration Friday topic, ‘Rejection’. I decided to ‘reject’ some of the work I’m busy doing …
Figure 1: Han Hoogerbrugge’s “Modern Living/Neurotica” series can be found at http://ml.hoogerbrugge.com. INTERFACE AS ARTIFICE The Manipulation of Opaqueness and Transparency of Interface in Han Hoogerbrugge’s ‘Modern Living/Neurotica’ Series by Roy Blumenthal (Student Number: 8608887T) WSOA7007: Critical Debates in Digital …