Archive for February, 2009

Protect Your Home And Family From Bump Key Burglars

What would you do if you were at work all day struggling to make it through to quitting time only to return to a completely empty house?  Sound scary?  Well how about learning that the burglars used a key to get into your house that they spent $1.59 for at the local Home Depot?  Stop laughing, this is not a joke.  Have you ever heard of a bump key or a lock picking technique called lock bumping?  Well you need to keep reading and watch the videos below.
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Cell Phone Reunion

As I embark on my journey into getting a new cell phone to match my ever-changing lifestyle, this video is so fitting!  There are many more funny videos like this one at College Humor.  It’s a good way to start the weekend as your sitting in traffic going 6 miles an hour.

My Top 5 Tech Toys Of 2009

I’m a bit of a tech junkie so whenever I see or hear of something new I like to blog it up!  I wasn’t able to attend the 2009 CES this year but I’ve watched pretty much every video they have available on their web site to make sure I didn’t miss anything.  After many hours of wows, oohs and ahhs, I narrowed down my list of  Fab-5.

 

Samsung HDTV 8000 Series

 

Samsung HDTV:  The new Samsung LED HDTV’s get internet connectivity.  Samsung will supply a wireless, WiFi dongle to attach to one of the television’s USB ports. Once connected, the 7000 Series and the 8000 Series will have their new INFOLINK feature built in. INFOLINK will provide an interactive, connected experience, with a focus on RSS-like access to feeds, as well as the ability to run standard widgets on the TV itself.  The most predictable widgets will be available from an online gallery, including weather widgets and stock reporting widgets, but with third-party developer support, I’d expect to see widgets for Twitter, MySpace and plenty of other popular Web destinations as well.  So this all means that I will be able to check the weather, my emails and update my status via Ping.fm all while still in bed – nice.  I personally would connect a PC to the TV in addition to using the INFOLINK feature, but that’s just me…

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What Was I Thinking?

A couple days ago, I watched Michael Moore’s “Sicko” documentary on the health system in the United States and how it compares to other countries like Canada, London and France.  I was so emotional about it that I vowed to move out of the US when I was financially able to.  What was I thinking?  After careful consideration and remembering what I read in a book called “30 Days To Taming Your Tongue” by Deborah Pegues, I realized that this was not the answer.  Running away to another country would only ease my immediate discomfort disgust with the health care system in the US.  I watched the 2009 NAACP Image Awards last night and when I saw tears flowing from the eyes of Al Gore, a former US Vice President, it made me change my tune.

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Zeitgeist: Can You Handle The Truth?

Before you watch this, make sure that you have an open mind and heart.  This could change your entire outlook on life.  It’s You’ve been warned…

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Comcast Broadcasts Porno During Super Bowl XLIII

According to the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson-area cable TV broadcasted porn during the Super Bowl:

A short clip of a pornographic movie cut into a Comcast broadcast of the Super Bowl in homes in and around Tucson. Officials at Comcast confirmed that its signal was interrupted during the Super Bowl, but the company is still working to figure out how porn broke into its cable feed. Engineers at Comcast will be working throughout the night to determine what happened, said Kelle Maslyn, a Comcast spokeswoman.

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