The end of Facebook?

The infamous hacker group Anonymous are plotting a diabolical event, destroying Facebook!

We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us

The organization has taken credit in the past for "hack attacks" on The Church of Scientology, Visa, MasterCard, and Paypal. They also took credit for hacking Syrian Military Defense's website on Monday.

They also attempted to hack internet giant Amazon last holiday season, but was not successful.

Below is the video message outlining their plot.














Anonymous' hacking strategy is executed through DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) scripts. The code is utilized by multiple users to access a website. As the traffic increases over time, the servers become less capable to keep the website running. The functionallity of the site slows down or, in some cases, completely shuts down.







However, taking down a 750 million user site with servers that allow millions of users to access it 24/7 will be difficult.

Wii Remote Hack

Researcher Johnny Lee, one of the developers behind the Kinect, rose to YouTube fame for his videos of hacking Wii remotes. Below is a video of him demonstrating one of the his hacks.



Crafty stuff, and cost effective!

Apple's a Thief!

While I was stumbling I found this photo

Here on the left is a German translator radio made by Atlantic from the 1950's, and it closely resembles the original ipod's design. Hum...........

StumbleUpon

A little over a month ago, StumbleUpon hit an average of 1 billion "stumbles" a month. Epic!



For those whom have been living under a rock, is a site that has the ability to release excessive amount of dopanie into the user's system. A description from the site is below:


StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click  Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of over 15 million other websurfers with interests similar to you. Rating these sites you like () automatically shares them with like-minded people – and helps you discover great sites your friends recommend.








It's highly addicting

Art Post 2: Wait Until Dark

*This post is the second of two required blog posts to complete project 1* 


Last week I went to see my boy Lucky's show here on campus in the lab theater. He designed and directed the suspense thriller, "Wait Until Dark." 


The show's plot follows the story of three con artists of a trying to obtain a heroine filled doll in a blind woman's home, Suzy Hendrix. Suzy is left home one day when the con artists come. They pose as several different characters and try to convince Suzy that her husband, Sam, is actually a drug trafficker. Despite her disability, Suzy is incredibly cleaver and uncovers their plan. See defends herself by breaking all the lights in the apartment and confront the men one on one when they come after dark. She succeeds, and is met by Sam during the aftermath.


This is not an easy show to pull off. The production can only thrive if the audience experiences suspense, which is what they did for Lucky's show. Suspenseful music was used during appropriate times throughout the show to enhance the on-stage actions. There were times when you could not look away from the stage because you wanted to know what would happen next. The climax of the show was one of these moments. Suzy has to confront Roat, the  murderer who takes pleasure in his work. After turning off all the lights Suzy forgets just one, the refrigerator. After see stabs Roat, we reemerges from off-stage, mortally wounded about to die any second, but determined to kill Suzy. As he slowly crawls over to her, Suzy scrambles to break the refrigerator bulb. She manages to find the cord at the last second as the lights go dark. It is an intense sequence of events.


In the end, the show was an experience that kept you on the edge of your seat if you set yourself be consumed by the suspense. 

Art Post 1: BobRauschenbergAmerica

*This post is the first of two required blog posts to complete project 1*

It has come to my attention that the plays are considered to be "visual art." Therefore, I will use this post to talk about a show I saw here at Hartwick back in March, BobRauschenbergAmerica.

I attended the show because my roommate Ian Olsen was the director and designer, but man was I blown away.   The show was insane!

Based off of the art of Robert Rauschenber, a contemporary american pop artist, the play showcases his art through acting. Now I haven't seen any of Bob's pieces so I went on Google and found this:



"Riding Bikes"  is not your typical piece of art. Now the stage show is suppose to resembles what this is, I interpreted the show as nonsense that has meaning.

Throughout the show I found myself asking "WTF" numerous times, while restraining myself from falling on the floor with laughter. At points I had no idea what was going on.

The plot is not linear, much like Robert's art. The main focus is to show that art and life are actually very similar and can be consolidated. Highlights of the show include when a character is deep in a dialogue and then suddenly breaks into a song and dance. There were actually three, full cast dance breaks throughout the show. Another mesh of art and life is when an actress is in the middle of an emotional monologue and decides to eat a glazed donut. I have to give her credit, it's not easy to scream and shove your face full of breaded substances!

Overall the experience was highly enjoyable. I didn't see Ian too much during the 2 week period prior to the show, but it all paid off.

How to find a Job, Social Media Style!

Social Media is a powerful too. Applications like facebook, myspace, twitter, linkedin, and others are get way for people to stay connected to friends, family, business acquaintances, and more. But they can be used for more than you think. With a little creative thinking, job hunters can use twitter to find jobs! Here a video to show you how.