A Man, Claiming to be the Devil, Hijacked the NYTimes Email Server Last Night

Or, maybe it was Google Mail’s server. I don’t know.

I don’t sleep very well, often. I’m one of those “sleep two hours, get up, go back to sleep” kind of people. You know the kind. Weird.

Well, I got up at 3:00 AM and did my usual routine. Get out of bed, walk around … maybe sit at the computer for a bit. This time, a fun surprise! Apparently started around 2:23 AM.

Ya’ know, I really love reading the New York Times. I enjoy the fact that you can sign up for it and receive a copy in your inbox each and every morning.

However, ((ahem)) this fine evening something’s going a lil’ bit goofy at the NYTimes and I have received 1,428 copies of “All The News Fit To Print”. I’m now up to “470 MB (47%) of your 1000 MB” Gmail mailbox.

Don’t worry, they’re still rolling in. I’ll have plenty more. Shame these aren’t the paper kind. I have friends that are moving. They could use the packing paper.

They seem to come in sets of 61. Hmm? Could this be a Roger Maris reminder from beyond that his is the last ‘real’ homerun season record to be accomplished steroids free? Ya’ never know. Spring training starts pretty soon.

Now, to delete 1,427 copies! Oh, I’ll just wait. At this rate, I’ll have a few thousand by the time I wake up again.

Update: Wound up being 2,352 copies and “1023 MB (102%) of your 1000 MB” in my mailbox. And this means double good news. First, GMail actually gives you more than a gigabyte of space! Second, their servers can survive the experience of being sat upon by 2,352 “Gray Ladies”.

A tip of the hat to George Carlin for that paraphrased headline.