Have you heard about “Dog Poop Girl”? No, she’s not some new style superhero, although I do believe that her partner, Dog Poop Man, has made an appearance on “Whose Line Is It Anyways?” (couldn’t you just watch Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie for hours?) No, Dog Poop Girl is…

Remember Terri Iligan, the woman who sold her name on eBay, agreeing to legally change it to anything which the highest bidder requested? Not to be outdone, Kari Smith has sold her forehead on eBay – well, leased, really – for the tattooing pleasure of the highest bidder which, not…

Ok, forget drinking and carrying nude pictures of yourself on your cell phone. There is something even more stupid that you can do while drinking, with a cell phone. Drunk dialing, or drunk texting (text messaging) on your cell phone.

Ah, a fresh entry in our “how to get yourself into trouble with your cell phone” archives, along with videoing yourself having sex and having it turn up in porn shops, and the guy denying a crime involving an AK47 just as his cell phone displayed a photo of him… holding the AK47, and, of course, the ubiquitous upskirting and downblousing,

Gary McKinnon, Nasa’s ET hacker, has been arrested in London.

In the world of really dumb ideas, this one is, well…really dumb. Actually the underlying concept is not dumb, but the execution surely is. Spam Mimic is a new site which allows you to encrypt your email into an unreadable code so that it looks like spam. The recipient on…

Computer mail-order outfit Tiger Direct has sued Apple, Inc, in the 11th hour, over Apple’s use of the name “Tiger” on Apple’s newest release of OS X. How stupid is that? Apple’s Tiger for Mac goes on sale to the public tonight, Friday, April 29th, at 6:00pm. Meanwhile, Tiger Direct…

Ok, it’s time to fess up. How many times have you used your cell phone while also using the loo? Not willing to admit to that? Ok, how many time have you had your cell phone with you in the bathroom? In a place where it could fall in? If…

Ok, forget the Holy Grilled Cheese Pan being sold on eBay. Mother of five Terri Iligan put her name, “Terri Iligan”, up for sale on eBay, agreeing to give up the name Terri Iligan, and adopt whatever name the highest eBay bidder wanted her to adopt. And someone bought it!…

Are you familiar with the term “luser”? According to the Wikipedia, the term “luser” refers to Internet slang for “a painfully annoying, stupid, or irritating computer user.” While of course none of Aunty’s dear readers fall into this category, there truly are some computer owners out there who should never…

Just how stupid do you have to be (or how badly do you have to want to win an election, although the two apparently aren’t mutually exclusive) to send spam to thousands of your constituents? To their cell phones. Between midnight and four in the morning. On election day. Faking…

First there was spam offering you an online degree. Then the spammers were getting the third degree. Now you can learn how to spam and get credit for your college degree. Yes, the University of Calgary, that wacky institution of higher learning that brought us “Virus Writing 101” in 2003,…

The Register is reporting today that the Recording Industry Association of America has demonstrated that death should be no obstacle to a good lawsuit. Or a stupid one. According to the report, the RIAA has filed an infringement lawsuit against one Gertrude Walton of Beckley, West Virginia, for making hundreds…

Scott “I’m going straight” Richter wants you to know that he has a sense of humour, and so he sent Aunty this story from the Onion to share with you all: Immigrant Laborers Hired to Delete Spam SAN DIEGO—Executives at Gortman Consulting are hiring immigrant day laborers to delete their…

Who the h*ll would by something advertised in spam? That’s what Aunty wants to know. Do you know anybody who would buy something advertised in spam? Would you?? According to a recent survey, reported in CNN, 14% of people acknowledged that they actually read their spam. Now, how many people…