Verizon has sent your phone records to the NSA. Google recently announced that it would be curtailing any facial recognition apps for its new Google Glass endeavor, citing privacy concerns. Facebook’s “mutual friends” feature reveals connections others may not want shown. If you’re not a “private person,” you “don’t have anything to hide,” or you…
Why Your Small Business Sucks at Social Media
Stanley’s Chargrill diner, centrally located downtown beside the Wal-mart across from the courthouse, makes one of the most fantastic burgers on the planet. Their fries are crispy, their wait staff is impeccable. The decor of the restaurant is pleasing to the eye. It’s literally one of the best meals you could have in your city.…
Westboro Baptist Church Under Strange Delusion Anonymous is Helping Them
The Twitter accounts of several Westboro Baptist Church members as well as “official” Anonymous accounts have been blowing up recently with what is assuredly a conflict of perspectives: #Anonymous may have surpassed @thepgr 4 volume of free press given 2 #westboro on nearly every continent.God opens doors, NO man can shut! — Timothy (@BroTimTim) December…
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Hacked Too?
I normally use Google Chrome to browse the web. On Wednesday I logged in and found that my WordPress administration dashboard was completely screwy. It had no formatting – all the elements of the dashboard were left-aligned in a neat, single-file list. This had happened to me once before and all I ended up doing…
How to Woo a Blogger: Lessons for Internet Marketers
I’ve been back at blogging for a few weeks now (at the time of this writing) and already I’ve received an offer from a company to do a giveaway contest. I don’t know if my SEO (search engine optimization) voodoo is just that good, or if it’s from my tie-in with Google Adsense, but it’s…
Just For the Heck of It Contest Winners!
Ok, ladies and gentlemen, here it is! The contest was over at midnight last night – we still had a few entries after midnight so I decided to count them anyway, because what the heck, right? Well, it was an interesting morning today to say the least. I’ve been trying to contact winners for the…
Amazing New SeaWorld Coaster “Manta” Opens in 22 Days
SeaWorld, the family-friendly and awesome oceanic life theme park, is opening a brand new roller coaster called Manta just 22 Days from now in May. You might remember a while back an ad that ran on this site and a contest I wrote about for “Manta Mania,” – well here it is, folks! Manta Mania…
Tomorrow Friday is 1234567890 – The End is Nigh!
Haha. Maybe. At 6:31 (P.M., EST) and 30 seconds tomorrow Friday, UNIX time will read 1234567890 and the apocalypse may very well be upon us. Actually, probably not. We won’t even really have any cool computer glitches to speak of, since Linux has been using 64-bit time for quite some time now, which means the…
DJ to your Twitter Followers with Blip.fm
There’s so many applications and web sites now that hook up to everyone’s favorite micro-blogging service, Twitter. I’ve been fooling around with a fresh Ubuntu install on my desktop at home, and with a Virtual Machine at work, and I’ve come to find there’s a plethora of applications that are both open-source and cross platform…
Help Me Win a Wish Granted by Sears!
Sears is having a “Don’t Just Give a Wish, Grant a Wish” program – they’re taking donations to send Sears gift cards to the families of military men and women overseas. There are over 30,000 families signed up for the program, and at your local Sears store you can make donations – even $1 will…