Internet Safety Tips

How to make Myspace.com suck a little bit less in Firefox (UPDATED FOR THE YEAR 2108)

Step 1: Update firefox

Step 2: Install the Grease monkey extension. Install Script Block.

Step 3: restart firefox

Step 4: Go to this page and browse to the myspace.com section. When on MySpace, you need to click on your script block icon and allow scripts from MySpace.com.

Step 5: Click on the first two extensions listed to install them. Now when you are clicking on other people's profiles, you are less likely to get infected by their virtual STDs (third party scripts). Now you would have to allow scripts for any page that uses Javascript to work properly. This could be annoying because you will find that more than 100 pages on the internet use the brand new javascript technology. Is the hassle of manually allowing scripts worth it? I think it is.



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Currently listening : Panopticon By Isis Release date:

Software Review

I was just updating and reconfiguring some software in the midst of some hard drive problems, so I thought I'd write a mini review of some of my favorite programs right now.

Ubuntu Linux is so awesome. I'm just running it off a live cd right now. I'm going to install it once I get my computer sorted out. It is the nicest Linux OS that I've tried. Very user friendly, which Is something I need right now.

Foobar 2000 is the best audio player available. If you customize it correctly, it can look really awesome. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to customize it. Especially since the community who makes the skins has horrible taste in graphic design and just to find something worth copying is impossible. If I could find the link to the customized layout that I'm using, I'll post it. Right now I have it set up to display album art and lyrics for the songs that it plays (Although I haven't got the lyrics plugin set up yet).

Crystal Player has replaced winamp as my favorite video player. I wish the playlist could be separated, but otherwise it is a pretty decent player. It has a lot of nice on screen displays to make it very easy to use a mouse to manage it. It can also be set up to display thumbnails of random parts of the video when browsing the playlist. I am haven't configured the hotkeys and programmed my remote for it yet, but I will shortly.

Synergy is the best program to use if you have more than one computer. It allows you to share a keyboard and mouse over the network so you can type, copy and paste seamlessly between two screens.

Song Bird is a audio player that is supposed to rival itunes. I am not a fan of itunes, but itunes beats this thing for now. It has really good ideas, though. It has a built in web browser and links to podcasts, allmusic and many other websites. I was able to listen to a podcast by Pen & Teller with just a couple clicks after installing it. This program may get better in the future, but it's a little bulky and clumsy right now.

That's all for now,

Niem

Currently listening : Dub Side of the Moon By Easy Star All Stars Release date: 18 February, 2003

Why, God Why?

Why is MySpace so popular? It's the ugliest social networking website available. It's loaded with spyware and ads. It runs very slow and is full of horrible music, videos, background art and font colors that hurt your eyes.

Why is it that friendster and orkut are so unpopular?

The only reason to use the bloody thing is because so many of my friends have been sucked into it's unholy vortex.

I love you, crazy fools. Please wear protection when surfing the internet. Run spyware and virus scans regularly. Back up your important information on CDs or DVDs (double back ups if necessary). If you let Firefox remember your passwords, at least set a master password. Encrypt files on your laptop because every 7 seconds, 1 billion laptops are stolen. And most importantly: Never teach kung fu to a zombie in hopes of making an unstoppable zombie army.

Much love and respect,
Niem