17August2010
Posted by Terrie Soberg under: Emergency Preparation.
This is the first part of an New York Times article my dad sent me this morning. If you send or upload photos from your cell phone, be sure to read the full article!
When Adam Savage, host of the popular science program “MythBusters,” posted a picture on Twitter of his automobile parked in front of his house, he let his fans know much more than that he drove a Toyota Land Cruiser.
Adam Savage, host of the popular science program “Mythbusters,” posted a picture on Twitter of his automobile parked in front of his house that was geotagged.
The ICanStalkU.com Web site provides step-by-step instructions for disabling geotagging on the iPhone.
Instructions on how to disable the geotagging feature of an Android phone.
Embedded in the image was a geotag, a bit of data providing the longitude and latitude of where the photo was taken. Hence, he revealed exactly where he lived. And since the accompanying text was “Now it’s off to work,” potential thieves knew he would not be at home.
Security experts and privacy advocates have recently begun warning about the potential dangers of geotags, which are embedded in photos and videos taken with GPS-equipped smartphones and digital cameras. Because the location data is not visible to the casual viewer, the concern is that many people may not realize it is there; and they could be compromising their privacy, if not their safety, when they post geotagged media online.
Mr. Savage said he knew about geotags. (He should, as host of a show popular with technology followers.) But he said he had neglected to disable the function on his iPhone before taking the picture and uploading it to Twitter.
“I guess it was a lack of concern because I’m not nearly famous enough to be stalked,” he said, “and if I am, I want a raise.”
Still, Mr. Savage has since turned off the geotag feature on his iPhone, and he isn’t worried about the archived photo on Twitter because he has moved to a new residence.
The article goes on to give more information about the this technology and gives a website that teaches people how to turn off the phone feature.
The Web site ICanStalkU.com provides step-by-step instructions for disabling the photo geotagging function on iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Palm devices.
Ain’t technology wonderful?
Read the full article here.
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28June2010
Posted by Terrie Soberg under: World Affairs.
I love Billy Joel’s original version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” and now comedian Bruce Fine has created a new 2010 version. Watching this made me cry – what a crazy world!
Here are the lyrics to Bruce’s song:
We Still Didn’t Start the Fire
Bruce Fine
Rhianna, recession, Facebook obsession
Yankee’s win, Tiger’s sin, Kim Kardashian
Stimulus, Apollo, Jonas Brothers, Idol
Barack Obama, Yes We Can, Teaparty Republican
Lap-band, Kobe Can, Brett Favre retires again
Jay-Z, TMZ, Conan off of NBC
Text me now, call my cell, Bernie Madoff go to hell
Google you, Friend me, How much free porn can I see?
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning.
Black-eyed Peas, swine flu, Michael Jackson, we miss you
YouTube, you’re the star, Wall Street, Limbaugh
Add this app, GPS, kids and teachers having sex
Status update, pass the mandate, Bluetooth in the car
Bailouts, recalls, Starbucks in strip malls
Sarah Palin, banks failing, whales gone wild at the zoo
King LaBron, Amazing Race, Gaga has a poker face
Tiger caught, shame on you, mistress number 22
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
Crack berry, Kanye, Avatar, Beyonce
Octomom, T-pain, Captain Sully lands a plane
A-Rod, Manny, Sports Center HD
UFC, Ed Hardy, Charlie Sheen’s insane
TiVo, Craigslist, all consumers getting pissed
Banks have us on our knees, here’s a loan to pay your fees
Sex scandal stories, everybody’s horny
Congressmen, Letterman, even the Vatican
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
Balloon boy, Susan Boyle, playing Wii, price of oil
Terrorist, bomb scare, double-check the underwear
Ipad, mad photos, driving runaway Toyotas
Bonuses, not fair, China got some cash to spare
Snuggie, Miley, Glenn Beck, O’Reilly
Twilight, Haiti’s plight, battle over late night
Health care reform debate, no more Jon and Kate plus 8
Housewife 4, Jersey Shore, I can’t take it any more
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn’t start the fire
But when we are gone,
It will burn on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
What else would you have included?
I remember spending time Googling each of the events mentioned in the original song when I first heard it because I didn’t know what a lot of the references meant. I can tell that I’m getting old and paying attention more because knew what Bruce Fine was talking about without having to look them up!
Here is Billy Joel’s version:
Here are Billy Joel’s lyrics:
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, “The King and I”, and “The Catcher in the Rye”
Eisenhower, vaccine, England’s got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
CHORUS
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn’s got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Zhou Enlai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California Baseball,
Starkweather homicide, Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land,
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say?
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah’s in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China’s under martial law
Rock and Roller cola wars, I can’t take it anymore
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on…
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire…
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It is amazing what the government wants to control. Now we can’t even take our kids to McDonalds and order what has become an American icon. I think we all know a double cheeseburger dripping with cheese and fat is not good for us. I don’t need the government to dictate what toy I can get for my children. Talk about taking the joy out of life.
