I guess it’s time to share a secret that I’ve been holding in for almost 2 months now…
With the birth of one baby we start the growth of another. We never stop with the excitement around here!
Wedding flowers not quite right? SUE.
October 17, 2007 By 1 Comment
Only in New York could this happen.
A Manhattan bride was so upset about the colour and condition of her centerpieces (wilted?), she is suing the florist for breach of contract. The bride is also a lawyer and filed the suit herself, which explains a lot.
Let’s turn this into a Mastercard ad, shall we?
Flowers for your wedding day, paid for by your mother: $27,435.14
Restitution and damages sought from florist because they ‘weren’t right’: $400,000.00
You, indirectly labeled as a ‘Bridezilla’, on the homepage of CNN.com: Priceless.
There are some things that money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s a lawsuit.
Checked your Facebook privacy settings before? Check again.
September 6, 2007 By 2 Comments
Yesterday, Facebook announced that they “are making limited public search listings available to people who are not logged in to Facebook. “ What does this mean exactly? It means that any Tom, Dick or Harry on the internet who can type in a search bar and hit “Search” might be able to find your Facebook listing and poke you, send you a message, see your profile picture, and view your friends list.
This is not so cool. I am not impressed. First Facebook opened registration to everyone who wants to sign up – but it was still a ‘closed network’ to the rest of the online world and gave the illusion of security. It must be secure if you need to login before you can see anything, right? Yes and no. We gave all of our information to Facebook. Do you know the guys who run FB? I don’t. I don’t know anyone who does. How about all of those checkboxes you have to ensure are selected before you can add an app? Have you thought about what they mean? They mean that you are giving all of your information to the creators of the app, whoever they may be. Whatever they may use your information for.
I know I’m a hypocrite. I use Facebook every day. I have a couple of apps on my profile (one being the WordPress app). I wasn’t too concerned, because I’ve been very selective with the apps I’ve added, and so far I’ve had no reason to mistrust Facebook – until my boss pointed out this fact to me at work today:
BY DEFAULT, YOUR PROFILE IS ACCESSIBLE BY SEARCH ENGINES.
Now, Facebook is no more ‘secure’ than Myspace. It makes sense though, doesn’t it? Do you know anyone who would say “why yes, I’d love my Facebook profile to be available from [insert search engine here]!!” I’m sure they are out there (like those Facebookers who use their profiles as marketing tools), but it’s not your average user.
As soon as you are done reading this post, go login to your Facebook profile. Click “privacy” in the upper right hand corner. Click on “Edit Settings” for “Search”. If you do nothing else, at least make your profile unaccessible by search engines.
If this information hasn’t compelled you to take any action, I ask you: What does your profile picture look like? Do you look like someone that you would consider ‘employable’ by a respectable company?
If your answer is ‘no’, please realize that a potential employer is very likely to search for you in Google, or in Facebook. Now go change your privacy settings.
LINKS
Facebook Profiles Will Appear in Google Results Next Month – Mashable
New iPods are here! Now my Mini is 3 generations old.
September 5, 2007 By 1 Comment
What’s this? Don’t recognize the shapely new iPods?
That’s because they’re new, as of today! This is the new Nano (note the new colours, and the skinny shape – only 6.5mm). The iPod Classic has beefy new storage space – up to 160GB, wow! And finally the kicker – iPod Touch: basically an iPhone, minus the phone capabilities.
For fans of the smallest of the iPods, the Shuffle, it has a brand new colour palette: 
I’m torn between the purple and the fuschia – which is your favorite?
The case of the smelly PIG-NAPPING!
August 23, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I was reading some news articles on cbc.ca and this one jumped out at me:
Thieves carried off 22 pigs in compact car, say police
WOW. To sum up the story for you, a pair of guys (aged 19 and 20) stuffed 550 kgs (thats about 1200 lbs) of loud, dirty, smelly pigs into a compact car. They ate one (I hope they cooked it well) and sold the rest to “unsuspecting customers”.
We grew up on a pig farm (three of us still live at home), and I for one find this story completely absurd. Our parents would never have purchased pigs from two young guys in a compact car. I don’t know any farmers around here who would get involved with such a weird scam.
It kind of reminds me of a running joke around our home when we were younger. A friend or relative would knock on the door and then open it right away (we’re classic Canadians who leave our doors unlocked 24/7) and yell “Helloooo!” Typically, someone would yell back “go away! We don’t want any encyclopedias!”
And finally, it seems a though this is not the first time this has happened to this farmer! Thieves once butchered two pigs right in his barn and made off with the meat. I wonder if they were trained as butchers? More about the story here:
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