What’s Been Happening
I’ve been away from this blog for quite some time, and really feeling quite guilty for not making the entry. Although not the first time I’ve abandoned this blog, this is the first time that this blog actually has some purpose and structure (sort of). Anyway, I have this little thing about excuses and how I think they are similar to a–holes. Everybody has them and they all stink 
. However, I do want to explain as to why I have been an absentee blogger since the holidays. One word — BUSY. Yeah, yeah aren’t we all? Read more
Something off topic but really important: Help Haiti
Some info on how to extend a helping hand to folks devastated by the quake in Haiti:
You can send a $10 Donation by Texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999 or You can make a donation by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or visit the Redcross site and click on the Donate Now button.
If $10.00 is a little bit more than you can afford right now, musician Wyclef Jean’s organization Yele Haiti also receives donations via text for $5.00. Yele Haiti’s website is http://www.yele.org/. You can text “YELE” to 501501 to give $5 to help with earthquake relief efforts.
In Canada, people can donate $5 to the Salvation Army by texting “Haiti” to 45678 through a system set up by the Mobile Giving Foundation.
Unless you have personally researched any other organization and know that they are trustworthy, be careful. YOU DON’T WANT YOUR WELL-INTENTIONED DOLLARS TO FALL INTO THE WRONG HANDS.
Not all “text to donate” services are created equal. Unfortunately, however appalling it may be, opportunistic scammers typically come out of the woodwork in the wake of catastrophes, hoping to strike it rich through fraudulent schemes.
Monday DeMondaynizer: No Pants Day
Don’t get caught gawking…
Pulled from the Improv Everywhere website:
The 9th Annual No Pants Subway Ride went off without a hitch today in New York. It’s tough to count, but we’re guessing we had around 3,000 participants. Riders met at meeting points spread out all over the city and converged on Union Square. The high was 28 degrees.
Semi-Hiatus Over
Wishing I was on hiatus because I was really on vacation, but missed several weeks of posts because I was actually tied up on another project and just can’t find anymore time nor the energy to get online after banging my head on the monitor dealing with the folks involved in this project. Hopefully in the next few weeks, it’ll be finally done. It’s almost like looking forward for that root canal to be over with…
CHEERS!!!
Wishing you all a safe, happy and prosperous New Year…
It’s time for that cheesy classic…
Semi-hiatus
The past 2 weeks has been interestingly hectic. So hectic I barely have time to sit and put in an entry. In any case, I’m hoping to still be able to put in an entry here and there and hopefully I should be fully back in the fold by Jan. 2 next year.
Whatever the case maybe, I hope you all are having a wonderful Holiday Season and I wish you all the best for 2010.
Yeah Boy! Yah Suck! – David Pogue | Microsoft
This week’s, Yeah Boy!!!
I don’t know if you’ve heard of David Pogue, New Technology Columnist for NyTimes.Com. His website is aptly named: DavidPogue.com. I first got turned on to him (no he did not turn me on 
) when he did the keynote for a marketing conference I attended in Las Vegas about 2 years ago. The man has proven that he had the gift for writing, the gift of gab, he delivers his stuff in a very down-to-earth and funny fashion (both in text and in speech) and as he demonstrated in that keynote speech, he got musical skills, too. He explained that Music was actually his major in college and becoming one of the most recognized and respected tech reviewer in the web today is quite a feat indeed. Read more
Monday DeMondaynizer – An Interesting Quote
You say this is a computer for ordinary people? Why would an ordinary person want a computer? – Hewlett Packard executive to Steve Wozniak regarding Apple prototype
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Cheers to Your Monday… 
Yeah Boy! Yah Suck! Friday…
Missed last Friday’s Yeah Boy, Yeah Suck ‘coz of the holidays and today I’ve been fighting the network gremlins all morning and a little out of sorts right now and playing catch-up… Yes that cheese to go with my whine sounds good just about now…
Anyway…
This week’s Yeah Boy! (should have been last week, but who’s tracking?)…
Efren Peñaflorida and the rest of the 10 CNN 2009 Heroes. Their stories are simply the true silver lining in the dark clouds that has been laying over our dear planet. Efren Peñaflorida was named the CNN Hero of the Year, but even though I am truly proud of this man from my home country, I can easily say that any of the other 9 folks recognized in this event are equally deserving.
My hat’s off to these heroes: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive09/index.html
What else is there to say but YEAH BOY!!!
This week’s Yah Suck, well there are so many choices: Read more
DARPA and the Red Balloons
A little something-something to tickle the fancy of social media geeks out there. If you have not heard of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), they are the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense and are essentially the key organization responsible for creating the Internet, and no, Al Gore was not the head of DARPA 40 years ago when the concept of digital inter-connectivity was being developed … And yes, it is the same the “Intranetsh” George Dubya Bush likes to quote…
QUICK UPDATE: MIT STUDENTS WIN THE COMPETITION (http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/12/06/MIT-students-win-military-balloon-hunt/UPI-82141260114716/)
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- From the National Vulnerbility Database
- CVE-2010-0958 (tribisur) March 9, 2010Directory traversal vulnerability in modules/hayoo/index.php in Tribisur 2.1, 2.0, and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the theme parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0957 (saskias_shopsystem) March 9, 2010Directory traversal vulnerability in content.php in Saskia's Shopsystem beta1 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the id parameter. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0947 (bbsmax) March 9, 2010Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in post.aspx in Max Network Technology BBSMAX 3.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action parameter. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0956 (opencart) March 9, 2010SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in OpenCart 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page parameter. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0949 (natychmiast-cms) March 9, 2010Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Natychmiast CMS allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id_str parameter to (1) index.php and (2) a_index.php. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0955 (bild_flirt_community) March 9, 2010SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in Bild Flirt Community 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0791 (ncpfs) March 9, 2010The (1) ncpmount, (2) ncpumount, and (3) ncplogin programs in ncpfs 2.2.6 do not properly create lock files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (application failure) via unspecified vectors that trigger the creation of a /etc/mtab~ file that persists after the program exits. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0954 (pre_e-learning_portal) March 9, 2010SQL injection vulnerability in search_result.asp in Pre Projects Pre E-Learning Portal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the course_ID parameter. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0103 (duo_usb) March 9, 2010UsbCharger.dll in the Energizer DUO USB battery charger software contains a backdoor that is implemented through the Arucer.dll file in the %WINDIR%\system32 directory, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary programs onto a Windows PC, and execute these programs, via a request to TCP port 7777. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0953 (phpcoin) March 9, 2010Directory traversal vulnerability in mod.php in phpCOIN 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the mod parameter. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2010-0958 (tribisur) March 9, 2010