Happy New Year! May 2010 be a year of victory and blessings to all those whose plans have goodwill toward men.
And remember: With God all things are possible. Alleluia!
via skysignal, lovemidori. Photo by © thelastdisco.
Merry Christmas! - A song from Tito El Bambino full of motivation to overcome the difficult year 2009 has been for so many. It literally makes you dance with optimism, and reminds you of the strength of faith and love.
Lyrics in Spanish - Letra en Español
Yo se que ha sido un año duro
Para muchos lleno de dificultad
pero mientras haya vida y esperanza
olvidemos todo y vamos a celebrar
pero mientras haya vida y esperanza
celebremos porque llego Navidad
[ Coro ]
Feliz feliz Navidad
pegaditos gozaremos mucho más
Feliz feliz Navidad
olvidemos todo y vamos a celebrar
[ Repetir Coro ]
Deja que te persigan
que las personas nunca terminan
no dejes que den problemas
te pasan por el “lao” y te sonrian
que vivan que vivan que vivan que viva
en el mundo la alegría
llena de fé tu vida
que la esperanza nunca termina
Que no que no abarque tu vida
vamonos pa’ la calle
y que viva la alegría
Que no que no abarque tu vida
vamonos pa la calle
y que viva la alegría
[ Coro dos veces ]
La vida es una y el tiempo se nos va
pegaditos gozaremos mucho más
sal pa’ las calles
vamos todos a bailar
olvidemos todo y vamos a celebrar
No no lo dejes caer
tu que así quieres vencer
que la vida nos enseña
que el amor lo puede todo
y nadie lo puede vencer
No no lo dejes caer
tu que así quieres vencer
que la vida nos enseña
que el amor lo puede todo
y nadie lo puede vencer
Celebra, Canta con ánimo
Celebra, Ven cantate algo
Celebra, Canta con ánimo
Celebra, Ven cantate algo
“Don’t Do Things That Don’t Matter. Don’t waste your time, because in the end that is all you’ve got on earth. Instead Focus on doing what you love, and bless people with your talents.” Joseph Hurtado
Photo credits: Tony Verdú.
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt has unfortunately confirmed the suspicions of many, and has made our previous warning on not over sharing even more important. You can read his appalling declarations on the loss of our personal privacy here. He basically says that Google will show anything that anyone posts anywhere about us, and we are solely responsible for whatever information they show on us.
This rationale by the CEO of the largest search engine on the web requires a response. First, I do recommend you start using another search engine instead of Google, since they record a lot of your activity. Asa Dotzler explains this further and surprisingly suggests Bing. (Google’s privacy policy is here, and here is Bing’s.)
Second do not ever over-share, it’s definitely better to be careful not sorry now. And finally, on the ethical, and philosophical reasons of why this loss of privacy is wrong, Bruce Schneier, a renowned security expert has written here a compelling argument on why we must defend, and demand privacy as basic human right. An argument I fully agree with and share an excerpt here:
Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we’re doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance…
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness…
This is the loss of freedom we face when our privacy is taken from us. This is life in former East Germany, or life in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. And it’s our future as we allow an ever-intrusive eye into our personal, private lives.
Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus privacy.” The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that’s why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.
“The power of the blank page is a world of possibilities. Whether it is code, verses, or prose writing creates worlds were imagination finds us and we discover how much fun creativity is.” Joseph Hurtado
Photo credits: Chris Blakeley
The magic of Black and White never fades, it’s the best palette to capture people. (via sabino)
FACEBOOK PRIVACY UPGRADE LOOKS LIKE A DOWNGRADE.
Facebook’s new privacy settings are truly worse than all the previous ones. Behind the apparent simplicity lies the clear push of the social network to make you “upgrade” to share with “Everyone” more of your private life. Notice that the defaults shown on the screen shot above, are all about less privacy.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation agrees, as does Jason Kincaid from Techcrunch. So just beware when you update your settings, most likely the old ones were safer. It’s ironic my previous post was precisely on over-sharing, now the social network is doing all it can to tempt you to fall in the trap.
Not all is bad however, there are some good news like per-post sharing to particular groups of people in your friend list. Just be careful, and do not click too quickly this time.
The big problem with Facebook and social media is that people over share, and Social Networks do encourage over sharing; because having more data on each of their members makes them a marketing data-miner’s paradise!
So next time you feel the urge to tell the world about that crazy fun you had in Vegas. Don’t. Remember this rule:
Over sharing on a social networks + evil people in the world = Tragedy in your life.
As the lady on the picture above would say, Shh! Don’t over share!
Happy Thanksgiving America, enjoy the humor =)
