Ex-blocker is an add-on for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome that allows you to move on with your life by blocking you from visiting your Ex-girlfriend/boyfriend's Twitter, Facebook page, and blog URL. It also whites out any references to the individual on webpages you visit. And if you're quite the pimp, you can block up to five exes with each add-on. To use Ex-blocker, you … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Shoutworthy – If LinkedIn and Twitter had a baby…
It would be this Facebook app. I'm not on Facebook so I had to borrow my wife's account to test drive this new app called Shoutworthy that's getting a bit of buzz. Shoutworthy is still in beta but I managed to get an invitation and if you're shouted, you will also get an invitation but I'm getting ahead of myself. Shoutworthy takes the recommendation system of LinkedIn, you a … [Read more...]
Phishing Turns to Scare Tactics from the “FBI”
Phishing attempts have turned to scare tactics under the guise of the FBI. I've copied the message below for your entertainment and education. The e-mail addresses involved in this phish include: fbisecurity@w.cn, federalbureauf8@gmail.com, and ufbi@ymail.com. These e-mails should be discarded and treated as a scam falsely sent under the name of John Francis Pikus. … [Read more...]
College Students Get a Free Year of Amazon Prime With Amazon Student
I just found out about this offer that Amazon has going for college students. The program is fittingly called Amazon Student. Since I'm going back for some classes this fall I can take advantage of it too! The deal in summary gets you a free, year-long membership to Amazon Prime (which means free two-day shipping), a $79 value and you can upgrade to one-day shipping for … [Read more...]
A Rant on Cyber-Bullying or ‘They’re 11. You, the Parent, Take Responsibility!’
This is partially a rant and partially a list of resources to help protect your children safe online. I was "inspired" to write this post for two reasons, I was already accumulating the list of resources for keeping kids safe online and secondly, Good Morning America had an interview with a family that was victimized by cyber bullying where they got it all wrong. Here's my two … [Read more...]