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Who sings the song off the new Heineken commercial?‎
Written by ForestGump
Saturday, 23 April 2011 12:13
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Mette Lindberg - The Golden Age

Mette Lindberg - The Golden Age

If you are like me you like to know who sings some of the cool pop tunes that get used in commercials. Most of the time I already know the bands that get featured but this one I did not know. So if you have been dying to know who is singing the song in that Heineken commercial. Its Mette Lindberg of That Golden age. You can get the short 6 song album on iTunes. She sings a remake of Safety dance ,and there is a remix of That Golden Age single. But the other songs might take some getting used to. but her voice is very interesting and I give That Golden age two thumbs up.

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Facebook announced new privacy policy.
Written by ForestGump
Monday, 17 January 2011 10:05
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Asange Zuckerberg

Asange Zuckerberg

Facebook has announced that developers of Facebook application can now gather the personal contact information from their users. The Security firm Sophos describes it as, a move that could herald a new level of danger for Facebook users, and advises users to remove their home address and phone numbers from the network immediately.

I know I am going to remove any information I have now. Here is a funny quip on data security. It really is ironic how Asange is a villain for giving away private information and then Zuckerberg is Man of the year for selling our private information. I am surprised how many people still are on Facebook.

Also Beware of bogus Facebook apps
You may have seen Facebook posts about subliminal Disney messages, showing celebrities caught in the act, or let you see who deleted you or viewed your Facebook profile. All of thees were attempts to trick you into surrendering your personal information.

Anna Pulley interviewed Graham Cluley of security firm Sophos. Cluley explained that the Facebook scammers can make money by convincing you to complete an online survey, or they may try to get your telephone number so they can sign you up for an unwanted subscription you won’t discover until you receive your next bill.

Even if you do not directly provide a scam Facebook app with any information, the app may still have access to your profile and get your private information. It can then propagate to your friends accounts.

I am thinking of starting an anti-social network. A place where you have to add your friends the old fashion way. You have to track them down and add them manually. No more scraping everyone’s email address books and trying to match them up and no more friend suggestions so you feel pressured to add people who you really don’t really know.

Facebook is going downhill. It started when he opened the service to high school students and, now, to any sleazy person worldwide. This was the downfall of MySpace.

Esquire put Mark 3rd on the hall of shame list? Due to his appearance at a black tie event where he wore jeans and a t-shirt. According to Esquire:

No matter how much money you have or how many people’s secrets you hold in your digital palm, you cannot show up to a black-tie event in a t-shirt and jeans and expect to be taken seriously.

I hope people quit taking him seriously he is more of a villain than Asange and he needs to stop being rewarded for it. If you want to read a great article on Zuckergerg then check out dikipedia.

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17 U.S. billionaires give away half their fortunes.
Written by ForestGump
Thursday, 09 December 2010 09:08
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I was reading an article posted on reuters about how 17 U.S. billionaires, including Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, have pledged to give away at least half their fortunes in a philanthropic campaign led by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

Most of the comments were very good. You can tell who knows whats going on and the young idealistic people who have no clue. Saying things like; “In turn, we as consumers have an obligation to support companies that give back.” and “I don’t understand this new trend to vilify people who are successful.” and “The “rich” do not have any more or less obligation to our nation than you or me.”

My response on reuters…

Really?!? If you think these people earned their money with hard work and honesty then you are way too naive’ The facebook guy got lucky that was all. Actually Gates did also with the IBM blunder on his software rights. Bill gates should pay damages to the thousands of companies he bought up for no other reason than to shut down and reduce competition.

They are not really giving away 1/2 of their money. It goes into the foundations that they set up. Yes it does have some trickle down benefit but they provide mostly tax savings than anything else. So in the end yes its better than them stuffing it in their mattresses.

If they really wanted to help America and the rest of the world they would use their money to help stop corporate corruption in Washington. It never ceases to amaze me how people think new politicians are going to solve the economic problems when the same old big money lobbyists are still there waiting to pay them off each new re-election.

90% of the wealth in America is owned by 10% of the population. Read that again! Yeah the rich are getting richer because they buy politicians. If you think the country is hurting now wait until the Chinese quit buying our massive debt. Then watch unemployment triple what it is today.

The only solution is to make lobbying illegal and let the government run the country and not the rich elite.

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