Up Your Butt With A Coconut
For those times when you catch yourself thinking how much YouTube has enriched our lives . . . Just perhaps, maybe we don’t need to be this enriched!
Probably, possibly NSFW* (depending on where you work, at least!)
(Filed under: random, WTF)
*NSFW is internet lingo for “Not Safe for Work” (i.e., maybe wait ’till you’re home to watch it!)
Twitter Outtage: Hacked by “Iranian Cyber Army” (Why you might want to change your passwords)
from TechCrunch.com
Late night or West Coast tweeters in the US (as well as our international counterparts in other time zones) may have noticed that Twitter’s been down since around 10PM PST tonight.
According to TechCrunch (via www.downloadsquad.com) the site has been reportedly hacked by the ”Iranian Cyber Army”.
Before you dismiss the attack as a mere inconvenience or smirk at the tweeting minions left without an outlet for their 140 character quips, consider the following points from the TechCruch article:
Twitter does not have the best record with security issues. We have previously covered a number of incidents, and as recently as two months ago their web servers were misconfigured to reveal detailed internal network information. We also previously wrote about their admin interface having a password of ‘password’ on one account, and the well-known Twitter doc incident. It was hoped that with the hiring of a new COO, Dick Costolo, as well as a number of other high-level engineers, including security experts, that Twitter had grown out of the phase of being vulnerable to security incidents on such a large scale.
Of particular note:
(emphasis mine)
It is suggested that if you use the same password on your Twitter account with other accounts, now would be a good time to change your password on those other accounts.
Get the complete story and current status by reading the full article (providing updates, screenshots and details regarding attack) here: Twitter Hacked, Defaced By “Iranian Cyber Army” (Developing)
Source: Twitter down, reportedly hacked by “Iranian Cyber Army”.
Starbucks Holiday Wish: Love Heard around the World
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On December 7, 2009, Starbucks will be hosting a global “sing-along” of the Beatles classic “All We Need is Love” to raise support for The Global Fund.
Starbucks will be premiering the commercial for their new campaign, called the Starbucks Love Project during the morning talk shows Friday morning. If you can’t wait (or missed it) you can view the video on Facebook or at the Love Project site (currently no embeddable version is available to share here). The site also features a link where visitors can upload and share their own “love pictures”.
Following are the details from the Starbucks press release:
WHAT
The countdown is on.
An unprecedented event that will unite individuals, communities, nations and cultures through the universal language of music as a celebration of Starbucks one year anniversary in partnership with (RED)TM.
On December 7th, at 1:30pm GMT (8:30am EST), Starbucks Coffee Company will unite artists from around the world for a simultaneous, live performance of the legendary hit “All You Need Is Love” as a single global concert. Inspired by the vision of the Playing for Change Band, this project spans languages, cultures and time zones through the universal language of music, with musicians contributing in individual ways that are customary and unique to their homeland to create a one of a kind rendition of the song.
A first for Starbucks, the event will use state of the art technology to stream the live feed of this performance on www.StarbucksLoveProject.com. Following the sing-along, everyone with access to the site and a video camera will have the opportunity to submit their own version of “All You Need Is Love” for the world to see and hear.
To invite the world to the event, Starbucks is collaborating with Facebook to create the largest globally-reaching campaign on the Facebook platform to date.
WHY
Delivering on the Starbucks commitment to inspiring and nurturing the human spirit, the project is also about sharing that love with customers who have helped Starbucks contribute to the Global Fund through its partnership with (RED) TM. In just one year in partnership with (RED), Starbucks has generated enough money to buy more than 7 million days of medicine to help those living with HIV in Africa.
WHEN
Monday, December 7th – 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. EST
New Sitcom Features David Cross & Will Arnett (some good news & some bad news about it)
The good news:
Will Arnett and David Cross are back on TV in a new sitcom!
The bad news*:
The new show only airs in the UK.
*unless you live in the UK
Based on this three minute clip of The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, my thoughts:
- It’s funny.
- People swear a lot on TV in the UK (or at least American characters do).
- It’s been too long since Will Arnett and David Cross have been featured in a sitcom.
- Hopefully the show will make its way to iTunes (and soon!).
- I forgot to mention that Spike Jonze is part of the cast too.
- I am shallow enough to consider (if only for a fleeting moment) moving to the UK solely to be able to watch a television show.
Here’s the clip:
(via The Huffington Post)
