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Say NO! To SOPA and PIPA
On January 18th, 2012 the internet is going on strike to stop the web censorship bills in Congress!
The Yellow Flashlight will be joining the strike and all the websites under the umbrella of The Yellow Flashlight will be joining too.
Please excuse the interruption of these sites on January 18th, 2012 for 12 hours, as we will be joining the strike to blackout the web as a sign of protest against this ridiculous piece of proposed legislation. All traffic will be re-directed to the strike page.
For more information, please visit: http://sopastrike.com
Please join the strike!
But how? And how to prevent this from happening to you?
Today I was checking the recent tweets from the people I follow after many days of inactivity.
I do not follow anyone that talks about politics, as this is the most boring and stressing topic on the Internet. However, today I learned about a new “wave of unprecedented hacking” that several twitter users in Venezuela were experiencing.
Rumor has it that a group of pro-government hackers had finally gotten a hold of the login information for at least 6 people from the government-opposition community.
The stolen information was apparently related to their emails and twitter accounts.
Obviously, these so-called “hackers” would try to make a big deal out of it as it is normal on the minds of those who claim such glory over something so low that is unfortunately so easy to do.
It would be hard for me to know exactly or with a 100% certainty of how those accounts are being hacked unless I know case by case about the circumstances of each of the account owners; but I can think of a few ways that this can be accomplished easily and I will offer some advise on what to do in order to prevent this from happening to you or at least to make it very hard for these so-called hackers.
One of the things that caught my attention was the fact that not only their twitter accounts were hacked, but also their email addresses as well.
This can not be coincidence and common sense tells me that it Continue reading “Twitter Accounts in Venezuela under attack by pro-government hackers” »
The fundraiser rock show benefit to Wanda Martin took place yesterday at BFE Rock Club.
I went out with the kids and took many pictures. I’m only posting a few on this page but feel free to download them all -over 180 total- in HD by band. (Download links at the bottom of the gallery)
The band pics available are: Roxzee, Double Tap and 4ProXimity. Don’t forget to leave a comment!
Wanda Martin is a long-time resident of the Tomball / Magnolia area. Wanda is a native Houstonian. Wanda was married to Clyde on June 15th 1968. Wanda and Clyde have four children whom also reside in the area.
In the beginning of February 2010, Wanda was diagnosed with Central Nervous System Lymphoma, which is a very rare form of brain cancer. She is currently receiving chemotherapy at M.D. Anderson Hospital. Less than 1000 people are diagnosed with this form of cancer each year. Continue reading “BFE Benefit Rock Show” »