[I’m watching you from the bushes]

Hi, my name’s Chris O. and I’m a blogging whore.

But that’s a whole other story.

[Today, I’m treating you to some Santana & Friends. Scroll down]

But first – How to Give a Back Massage

Sources tell me, if word gets out you can give a damn good back massage, women (or men if you prefer) will be falling all over you.

Score.

For for those who were wondering, HSM 2 will be shown of the 17th of August on the Disney Channel (the day after Results day) at about 9pm.

So stick a blank DVD in the recorder, get some snacks and let Disney Channel cheer you up
[don’t worry, you could always try again next year]

Back to the stalking.
[read the disclaimer in the previous post before proceeding]

The thing is, everything yesterday was ultimately trivial.
More an interesting game to play. A way to estimate a friends birth date [when you may have forgotten it] to know when to send a present.

[hint – have it send from an Internet site at around mid star-sign region. If you’re out by More than a week, try blaming it on the website. Of course, you could just ask.]

But anyhow. This is where the interesting stuff comes in.

I know your first name, but what’s your surname?

Well first, I don’t remember exactly, but it’s worth looking at the persons blog [if they have one].
There is quite a bit about the person in the side bar. There may be some worth while stuff in there.
[I can’t check now, because I’ve got as promise to live up to]

But secondly.

This isn’t a tried and tested technique, at this stage it’s more theoretical
(based on assumptions and experience).

It’s suggested you put your real name into MySpace so that your friends can find you.
From that, you can search for your friend by real name.
But, if you search for the persons username or screen name, do you get the persons full, real name listed next to their result? You do get a lot of other info, but I think most of that can be found on the profile page. You can always use this extra info to identify the result as the person you’re looking for.

And again, if all else fails, ask them or one of their friends or someone who’s likely to know their name (someone who’s in the same class as them).
Subtlety is the key of course, you make wish to think up a story/excuse for why you want it.

Now, I have looked into this and to track down a person’s ‘vitals’, you need two things:
A name (first and last), and
A region (within which they live), the more accurate the better.

So how can you work out where a person lives from MySpace?

Again, check the blog first.
But also, read the blog. If the person talks about their live a lot, there are likely to be clues – where they work, where they go to school, they may make plans with their friends giving locations etc.

The other thing is, on the persons profile age, there is often given education history and work history ie. I study/ied at… I work(ed) at…
This can give you a general region.

For example, my page will tell you that I studied at Wath Comprehensive School.
Look it up on google map and you’ll get a location.
It is fair to assume that a student at that school will live within a certain distance from it.
In this case, I’d go as far as to call the region Rotherham, and that may be enough to track the person down.

Also, take note of the dates. If they’re within the same year as the year they left the school, it’s safe to assume they will be in the same house.

Outside of this, take note of their age, they may have gone of to uni.

Now here’s the clever part. A lot of Schools will have a digital version of their prospectus on their website. Go specifically to the sixth form prospectus.
The is usually a list in the back of previous student, where they went and what they’re studying.
Provided they left the year before the prospectus was printed, they should be in there – score!

A persons current university (along with their name) can be very useful for info digging, because the more you know about a person, the more info you likely to find on them.

[note] – these technique are primarily for people in the UK.
There are lots of recourse for doing essentially the same thing in the US.
You can find some resources here.

So what can you do with a name and address/region?

Well, if they’re listed [in the phone book] finding them is simple as going to, for example, 118118.com. Person search-name-address, you’ll get a list of people matching that criteria with a phone number next to their name. It’s just a matter of deciding which (if any) of them is the person you’re looking for [address info is also given].

If they’re not listed, it’s a little harder [and more expensive].

This is where a more accurate address is needed – a post code is ideal, or a street name.

There are several sites [search UK people search], where you put in a name and address, and they search electoral rolls to give results like name, address, phone number, date of birth [and death if applicable].

So great. But there is a catch, you have to pay to get your hands on the results.
If you’re determined you’ll pay the price [I wouldn’t].

I’d also suggest looking into the freedom of information act.
It may be possible to go to your local council type place and ask to see public records on a person. But that’s something you’d have to investigate.

Next time – extras, misc and how to avoid being tracked/stalked.

So that’s that, and here’s this:

Carlos Santana, guitar hero with an Latin vibe [this guy’s been going since ’66].
Aside from his solo music, he’s also perform with a lot of other famous acts [see Supernatural and Shaman albums].

You may think you haven’t hear any of his stuff, but you’d be surprised what you recognise.
Take the first in the play list, for example.

My favourite – ‘Why Don’t You And I’.
There are two versions. The album version features Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.
But due to legal complication, he couldn’t appear on the single version. So he suggested Alex Band of The Calling. They’re both essentially the same. It’s just a matter of who voice you prefer.

Anyway, here you go.

Give me your heart, Make it real, Or else forget about it,

Oatzy.

[still here]