Sveasoft occupied Wall Street before hipsters made it cool

A little birdie told me that, sometime in the late 2000s, James actually took up day trading. This is in the middle of a huge global economic crisis, so his timing was a bit off. Nevertheless, James thought he was confident enough to build his own artificial intelligence software to trade stocks. This would have been ground-breaking stuff forty years ago, but -- and I am sad to say this -- such algorithms are far too plentiful today. I don't want to get into specifics, but when the media mentions a "flash crash", it's because a bunch of computers miscomputed something and started liquidating securities.

James isn't enjoying his stay in Sweden, it seems:

I grew up in the US and now live in one of your European Socialist states. There is no comparison. The US system, broken as it is, is vastly superior in every way. And I include health care.

Really, James? You moved from Stockton, the car theft capital of California, to Stockholm, a city that's in a country with nearly the highest life expectancy in the world. Even with all the stress you're under, as a person living in Sweden you've got half a decade on the average American.

James has some strong words about Sweden's tax system, too:

US - ran own business (software), grossed 300K per year. Took two unpaid months off in Summer. Worked as much as I needed and wanted to. 

Europe - ran a startup software company. Of monthly gross, 2/3 went to state taxes. Employees got the other 1/3. Couldn't keep them in the building more than 30 hours a week on a good week. Result: shut down the European operation and sold the product to American investors who made a mint.

Okay, let's break this down...

"US - ran own business... Took two unpaid months off..."

Uh, James: if you are running your own business, you can't take a paid month off. What would you do, file a paid-time-off request with yourself?

"Europe - ran a startup software company."

More like ran it into the ground, am I right?!

"Of monthly gross, 2/3 went to state taxes. Employees got the other 1/3."

James, James, James... one of the rules of business is that labor is always your largest expense. Even child labor in Vietnam costs a fortune nowadays.

(By the way, James is NOT referring to Sveasoft in these paragraphs. He is referring to a software company he ran in 2000 called "mi4e". Its main business model was serving Web pages to phones using an ancient system called WAP. The system barely made any money, so I doubt he got anything over four figures when he supposedly "sold the product". And who would buy an obsolete product anyway?)

And where would James rather live? Canada.

I'm currently in a Nordic country. Often wish I'd chosen Canada instead. All those goopy oilsands bode well for moving the wheat belt North of Ontario. I bet your grandkids will love surfin' Hudson Bay :-)

Canada, James? You'd be dealing with the same stuff that you'd get in Sweden. Hell, between Canada and Sweden I'd choose Sweden -- have you ever been to the parts of Vancouver where gray market herb isn't sold?

Further reading about James can be found here:

• Falling through widening cracks
• Lessons from Sweden
• A little map I made

James' other domains

Apart from willybox.com, James registered these domains:

• ewingfamily.name - Jumping on the dot-name bandwagon? Otherwise unused.
• theaitrader.com - Registered, but never used.
• wififirmware.com - An abandoned domain he used to promote Sveasoft back when people gave a shit.

James had some great ideas, I'm sure. Too bad his sociopathy got in the way.

This is sweet

I just cancelled three PayPal accounts; My company account, my personal US account and my Australian account. I have been a PayPal customer almost 10 years.

I had previously bought some software from this company http://www.sveasoft.com/ and found it to be quite good. My only issue is they they set up a subscription for $25 per year. After the first unexpected $25 charge I chalked it up to experience and cancelled the subscription.

I needed an updated version of the Sveasoft software so I paid the $25 using PayPal and got... nothing.

A very short Web search shows that the Sveasoft company imploded a few years ago leaving an unstable individual who does nothing except subscription fees with his PayPal account, yet the Sveasoft Website still looks slick and its shiny Pay Now button leads to the PayPal site with a statement "PayPal securely processes payments for Sveasoft..."

I suppose that is correct. Sveasoft (or its remnant individual) has securely got hold of my money and PayPal has made sure they keep it.

I opened a dispute and got the reply "PayPal was not able to resolve this case because the item in question was virtual or intangible."

So PayPal advertises itself as a safe way to pay, which is false. It may be a sort of safe way to pay for tangible goods. I have been ripped off twice and succeeded in claiming money back once, although the effort was hardly worth the $300 I got back.

PayPal not a safe way to pay for software, downloads, services or any one of many new products. There should be a warning on its front page to this effect. There is not. PayPal is therefore fraudulently misrepresenting its services.

So. It is time to start a sweet scam.

• Put together a Website selling software that does something like making DJ style mix tapes. It need not be real but there should be pictures of girls having fun using it. It should not cost much, maybe $15, so that disputing the charge is too much trouble.

• Put a big shiny PayPal button on there. "Pay Safely with PayPal."

• Wait until suckers pay you and watch the money come in.

Evidently Sveasoft has been doing this since 2008 and PayPal just keeps paying them.

More Information About James

Current postal address:

• Sankt Paulsgatan 10, 118 46 Stockholm Urban Area

Business P.O. Box:

• BOX 1453, 114 79 Stockholm

Åsa’s Information:

• Date of birth: 8 February 1971

OMG HAX!

My site was h4x3d. 0H N03Z!!1

This information was deleted from Wikipedia:

As of at least 13:00 GMT on November 7, 2009, the official Sveasoft site has been defaced by a hacking team with the message:

MFTeaM Sorry Admin
Your System Was Exploited



Thanks to:
MFTeAm
eX
eCoLoGy
FakoMasT3r
subzid
#MFTeaM, irc.mfteam.net

Who deleted it? I'll give you two hints: he's married to Åsa Ewing and he's a fucking nut.

James, do Sweden a favor. Leave.

I see you’re vandalizing Wikipedia again. How do you feel, wasting public kronor like that?

You didn’t even bother using a proxy. You just hopped online, showing your IP address (80.216.218.118).

And for all those who may be interested, an nmap scan:

Interesting ports on c80-216-218-118.bredband.comhem.se (80.216.218.118):
PORT     STATE    SERVICE      VERSION
20/tcp   filtered ftp-data
21/tcp   filtered ftp
22/tcp   filtered ssh
23/tcp   filtered telnet
80/tcp   filtered http
113/tcp  filtered auth
443/tcp  filtered https
444/tcp  filtered snpp
445/tcp  filtered microsoft-ds
446/tcp  filtered ddm-rdb
8080/tcp open     tcpwrapped

I see you went with a Netgear router!

Happy 44th Birthday, James!

For his birthday, James decided to create fake profiles on LinkedIn. Of course, they were deleted after a few days. On a related note, James continues to bring up arguments with subscribers who demanded a refund several years ago! Talk about immature…

It’s sad that a 44-year-old male — a man who was once the cream of the crop in his line of work — has degenerated into a vengeful hermit.

Sveasoft Desperately Attempts to Win Back Customers

This link came up on my radar earlier today: “Sveasoft Desperately Attempts to Win Back Customers.” Apparently, James is so cash-strapped that he’s resorted to spamming his users — no less than four times in a day — with messages promoting his making his latest abomination “Talisman” public:

The final release of Sveasoft’s Talisman/Basic firmware is now available as a public firmware. Please see out downloads section for access to the firmware builds.

http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpBB2/index.php

This firmware supports router models from ASUS, Buffalo Technology, Linksys, and Netgear.

Best Regards,

Sveasoft Support
http://www.sveasoft.com

Some People Can't Stand Losing

It appears our friend is back in action! He added this piece of "information" to Wikipedia:

Revision as of 07:05, July 29, 2007
(Note: this information not accurate but keeps being reposted to Wikipedia as if it were).

Does James have nothing better to do?

P.S. The IP address posting this information is 213.89.48.116, which reverse-resolves to c213-89-48-116.bredband.comhem.se. That's in Sweden (what a friggin' surprise there!).

Today's spelling lesson

Fact: James doesn't know how to spell "controversy." He always spells it "controversey." He's far from being as smart as a fifth grader (like that surprised any of you!).

Remember, James: it's spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-Y.

P.S. I'm not entirely sure if Wolf, a.k.a. Jesse J. Brown of Dunedin, Florida, is still defending Sveasoft (considering he was one of the very few developers -- before being kicked out by James Ewing). If he is, then feel free to contact him. He has just as bad of an attitude as James.

P.P.S. James, if you're reading this (I know you are, since I see your IP address [24.218.180.167] in the logs), drop me a line. You know the e-mail. If you're willing on having a civilized discussion, I will erase this blog. Unlike you, I honor my promises.

The Marching Moron

James still thinks my name is Andrew. Or maybe today it's Gary. Who knows... he can't seem to figure out who I really am!

I've heard that frustration and anger can interfere with higher brain functions. In James Ewing's case, he's an imbecile. He's already tried to erase negative information from Wikipedia, but Tor nodes are quickly blocked there so he's relying on his vandalism of Seattle Wireless' wiki.

UPDATE: Seattle Wireless protected the SveaSoft page, but James tried to bypass the protection by registering under the username "Muckle Torkle." The username was subsequently deleted and protection was fully restored. Way to go, Seattle!

James, James, James... do you really think you can convince anyone your company is not a miserable failure by insulting me? Or maybe you're not insulting me! Who knows... according to James, I've got dozens of names!!

James' Wife Continues To Disappear!

Apparently, James is very, very protective of his wife's identity. He's been logging into every Web site she's made and removed her information. Case in point: This StayFriends.se profile.

It used to say "Åsa Ewing" (it still says so in the URL), but since early April it's been changed to "Åsa E."

P.S. The Sveasoft article on Wikipedia is semi-protected, so James Ewing can't vandalize it. But that didn't stop him from whitewashing Seattle Wireless' wiki.

Why wouldn't he box?

Sveasoft squatting on misleading domains (like free-wrt.com and open-wrt.com) makes quite a bit of sense.

But this doesn't make any sense: squatting on willybox.com.

Seriously, could someone explain this?

Has James Ewing finally gone off the deep end?

Shouldn't he be saving money for his upcoming alimony payments? (Just kidding -- but seriously, some visitors from Sweden have been visiting and one of them might be his wife).

Anyway, send me a comment (below) with your consipracy theory.

Who deserves privacy?

In case you've not noticed, James Ewing has been e-mailing image hosting providers to get a picture of his wife, Åsa Ewing, off the Internet completely. He's even gone so far as to erase all information about her from an old web site!

The text he deleted was:

My name is Åsa Ewing I was born and raised in Stockholm and I am 35 years old. I moved to Massachusetts in the summer of 2006 with my husband and our two boys Ryan and Lucas. I am an educated elementary school teacher, and right now I´m working on my Masters through the University of Stockholm. I like living in Massachusetts, and I enjoy working at the Swedish School.

I guess James doesn't want the world to know that neither he, nor his wife and children, exist. Too bad he couldn't extend the same amount of courtesy to all the ex-customers he harassed over the years.

Oh well. At least I've found yet another way to get on James Ewing's nerves.

James Ewing ain't no Matlock

It appears James has tried again to find my identity. Of course, he fails miserably: first he says my name's Αndrеw Βοurkе, then he says my name's Gаrу Whіtmοrе. C'mon, James... your lame attempts at "outing" people on the Internet are not only inaccurate, they're just plain funny.

Do you honestly believe that I'd let my identity leak out so you'd get it? Hell no!



P.S. Next time I call Åsa, I'll tell her that you've been touching Lucas and Ryan in naughty places. But that idle threat pales in comparison to what you've done to hundreds of former customers.

Happy 43rd Birthday, James!

I think we should all wish James Huston Ewing a happy birthday by leaving him a voicemail message. Call him as often as you wish!



Speaking of which... it appears that James has neglected updating his WHOIS information. His new telephone number is listed along with his wife's name in the image above.

Oh, and if you can't read the image above, the phone number's +46 8 570 29112.

Escalating Nervousness from James Ewing

James has recently started trashing Wiki pages of Sveasoft (gee, what a fucking shock!).

So, in response, I have opened up the Sveasoft Sucks group. Come one, come all!

James Ewing: The Retarded Sherlock Holmes

James thinks he's making progress with posting personal information and spamming it on this blog:

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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "James Ewing patents HTTP tunneling":

http://child-predator.blogspot.com

Think again, James! I've already had my phone number changed, since (unlike you) I've got a steady income to pay for the $7.50 surcharge. You aren't scaring me!

P.S.: I'm not going to disable anonymous comments, but I will continue to moderate them.

James Ewing patents HTTP tunneling

I hate to use sensational, Slashdot-like titles, but this is just hilarious:

The multi-protocol engine receives requests in the network layer protocol layer, translates the binary session layer protocols to the HTTP ASCII session layer protocol, translates and accommodates any incompatibilities between the WWW server programs original HTTP session layer protocol, and additionally translates any binary data formats and to formats compatible with the WWW server programs original design. [sic]

So...it takes a binary protocol and wraps it around the HTTP protocol? Last time I checked, any Web browser using SSL has that feature. Whoop-dee shit!

P.S. Call James Ewing's fax machine at +46 857029472.

Sveasoft on the ropes?

If this guy owned a funeral parlor, no one would die!

-- Michael Douglas (as Gordan Gekko), Wall Street

I'm sure you're wondering how much money Sveasoft makes. Well, the answer is: not that much. James Ewing is a moron when it comes to managing his company's finances. Take a look at the report snippet below if you don't believe me!

Dun & Bradstreet Report

• Company name: Sveasoft Utveckling AB
• Company address: Myrvagen 3, Ingaro 134 63 Sweden Europe
• Mailing address: Myrvagen 3, Ingaro 134 63 Sweden Europe
• Telephone number: +46 857029471
• Fax number: N/A
• Year founded: 2003
• Location type: Single Location
• Line of business: Prepackaged software
• SIC Codes: 7371 (Custom computer programming), 7372 (Prepackaged software services)
• Import/export indicator: N/A
• Executives: James Huston Ewing (Not Available), Asa Birgitta Ewing (Board Deputy)
• Employees: 1
• Annual sales: 133000 SEK (17942 USD)
• Net worth: -59000 SEK (-7959 USD)
• Profit/loss: -159000 SEK (-21449 USD)