This jumper didn’t make it into a ‘Cool Stuff Spot’ post as I’m sure you’ll agree, cool it isn’t! But, if I had a ‘Funny Stuff Spot’, this would be a front runner as its bloody hilarous!
Originally spotted by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, The Next Web
Privacy Sweater
I gave up on my Yahoo and Hotmail account years ago, after receiving an invite to join Gmail Beta and I’ve never looked back.
Firstly, it was free just like its counterparts but the main difference was the spam filter. No longer do I have to navigate my way through emails trying to sell me a ‘penis extension’ (Does anyone actually buy those products?)
So when I found out Google’s newest feature will take the pain out of migrating your email and contacts from other email providers, I just had to let everyone know about it (well, the readers of my blog that is!)
For the details check this out: Import your Mail and Contacts.
Spotted at Inhope.Etsy.com
Pacman Cuff featured at Inhope's Etsy shop
Source: Daily Mail
Hubble astronaut sends first ever Twitter message from space to say he is ‘enjoying the view’
A Nasa astronaut has become the first person to use Twitter in space, during a mission to fix the Hubble telescope.
The free social networking and micro-blogging website allows users to send and read other user’s updates.
It has already proved enormously popular particularly with celebrities who keep their fans up to speed on their latest movements.
Mission specialist Mike Massimino has been updating his 242,000 followers on preparations for the Hubble mission since April 3rd.
Today he tweeted: ‘From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!’
He plans to continue ‘tweeting’ under his Twitter name Astro_Mike while the shuttle is in orbit.
In his final tweet on Earth he wrote: ‘I’m going to put my spacesuit on, next stop: Earth Orbit!!’
Nasa has not placed any limits on what Mr Massimino can tweet about. The messages or ‘tweets’ can only be up to 140 characters in length, but such brevity will suit the veteran spacewalker who will be busy upgrading the orbiting telescope.
He emails his messages to Mission Control in Houston, Texas, who then upload them to his Twitter page.
The mission includes five risky spacewalks and has been labelled Nasa’s ‘most dangerous shuttle mission’ due to the large amount of space junk in orbit close to where they will be operating.
There is even a back-up rescue crew on standby should events take a turn for the worse.
Despite this, Mr Massimino has remained upbeat about his upcoming stint in space.
‘Viewing the Earth from space is the most beautiful sight, words cannot describe the experience, can’t wait to see that sight again!’ he wrote recently.
Hubble astronaut Twitters from space
This won’t be Mike’s first mission into space. He took part in the last Hubble telescope servicing mission in 2002 and completed two space walks totaling nearly 15 hours during the ten-day visit.
Over the last five weeks he has revealed what it is like training for a flight.
‘Completed our final practice for spacewalk 2 in the big pool, huge IMAX camera was in the pool with us filming a 3D movie, really fun day,’ he wrote on April 17th.
Other tasks included attending a space photography class to learn how to take memorable snaps as well as practicing inspections of the space shuttle with the robot arm.
In the final days before launch he and his fellow six astronauts carried out last minute preparations and enjoyed meals with their friends and family in quarantine.
You can follow Mr Massimino’s on Twitter at www.twitter.com/astro_mike
Today, the Office of Fair Trading reported on its findings from consumer surveys on Internet shopping, providing comparative results to the original study carried out in 2006. Fortunately, there’s been significant improvement in the awareness of consumer’s rights but in terms of consumer confidence; statistically there was no difference with 30% of UK Internet Users accounting lacking of trust for choosing not to shop online.
Only one month ago, my consumer confidence was high; I felt relaxed about purchasing with my credit card or PayPal account and was mindful to buy from SSL certified sites, displaying the padlock icon at the bottom of the page. Although, it’s now clear to me that I wasn’t as security savvy as I thought when a cyber criminal found a loop hole in my security which led them straight through to my PayPal account.
He or she attempted, with my money to buy an electric guitar for $900! I say attempted, as thankfully my Dutch bank to which the credit card was attached to, knowingly put a stop to the transaction. As for PayPal, I’m awaiting the results of their investigation.
I’ve since been told that I could improve my security even more by using a different password for each and every online shopping account and purchase. Ashamedly, I was one of those people who used the same password for years, as it “made my life easier” but at the same time, I was leaving the door wide open for the cyber thieves.
For more information read the full report from OFT or article from Daily Mail
