In light of the upcoming release of iPhone 5 and iPad 3 in the next few months, I was reminded of a couple of sketches from Conan. They are taking stabs on Apple and is meant to be funny... although there is a little ring of truth in it.
March 2011 - Release of iPad 2
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
REPOST: About the Good ol' Days
Reposting something from Facebook which I can identify with... :)
originally posted by jv.
When I was a kid, I didn't have a laptop, iPod, Blackberry, PS3 or iPad. I played outside with friends, bruised my knees, made up adventurous fantasies and played hide and seek. I ate what my mom made and Jollibee was a treat. I would think twice before I said "no" to my parents. Life wasn't hard, it was great and I survived. Kids these days are spoiled. Re-post this if you appreciate the way you were raised. I think we were happier kids :)Cheers! =)
Kids these days lost something - Appreciation
originally posted by jv.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Heads up: Risk for postpaid subscribers
Just a heads up.
For Singapore postpaid subscribers, there maybe a few things that you're provider did not mention to you. One of which is that your number is publicly distributed in the yellowpages. To test it out, go to the Internet Yellow Pages - Singapore (http://www.yellowpages.com.sg/), click on "Find A Person", and search for the name. Chances are, you will see the contact number as well as the home address with map.
This can -- and probably will -- be used by agents or whatever you want to call them who will contact you for whatever reason. Just last week, my colleague was contacted by a "Windows support agent" saying that his windows laptop/PC has downloaded a virus. (Yeah right. As if Microsoft would spend time and manpower to track down each and every Windows user.) The agent was doing everything he can to convince him of the importance and urgency of this "issue". Just one problem: my colleague does not have Windows; he's all MAC. When he mentioned that, the agent immediately dropped the call.
My other colleague had a similar problem. He went along with the agent just to see what kind of info the agent was looking for. He confirmed later that the agent was asking for some financial stuff -- credit card numbers etc. Just for the heck of it, he shouted back at the agent and threatened to sue him. Agent abruptly hanged up. :))
They have since then contacted their providers, got new phone numbers and specifically asked for their numbers to remain private. Both of them are postpaid Starhub subscribers. So far, I haven't seen or heard of any SingTel postpaid subscribers who have experienced this.
This is a bit of a security risk so regardless of your country, location, or service provider, you may want to check with your provider to confirm. Or at least make it slightly more difficult for scammers to find you.
For Singapore postpaid subscribers, there maybe a few things that you're provider did not mention to you. One of which is that your number is publicly distributed in the yellowpages. To test it out, go to the Internet Yellow Pages - Singapore (http://www.yellowpages.com.sg/), click on "Find A Person", and search for the name. Chances are, you will see the contact number as well as the home address with map.
This can -- and probably will -- be used by agents or whatever you want to call them who will contact you for whatever reason. Just last week, my colleague was contacted by a "Windows support agent" saying that his windows laptop/PC has downloaded a virus. (Yeah right. As if Microsoft would spend time and manpower to track down each and every Windows user.) The agent was doing everything he can to convince him of the importance and urgency of this "issue". Just one problem: my colleague does not have Windows; he's all MAC. When he mentioned that, the agent immediately dropped the call.
My other colleague had a similar problem. He went along with the agent just to see what kind of info the agent was looking for. He confirmed later that the agent was asking for some financial stuff -- credit card numbers etc. Just for the heck of it, he shouted back at the agent and threatened to sue him. Agent abruptly hanged up. :))
They have since then contacted their providers, got new phone numbers and specifically asked for their numbers to remain private. Both of them are postpaid Starhub subscribers. So far, I haven't seen or heard of any SingTel postpaid subscribers who have experienced this.
This is a bit of a security risk so regardless of your country, location, or service provider, you may want to check with your provider to confirm. Or at least make it slightly more difficult for scammers to find you.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Conan saved by Star Trek Legend! Live Long and Prosper!
Have been on the sidelines for a while now; just one of those times again when you're way over your head. Just got a downtime and I was watching the usual feeds then this morning then BAM! I saw the headline: George Takei Saves Conan's Ass.
George Takei played Sulu in the original Star Trek series back in the 60s. Just not sure how the Trekkies will react to this. :))
It's probably one of Conan's best Fan Corrections edition yet. :)) This segement aired on the August 15, 2011 episode of Conan.
oh well, only thing left to say is...
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.
George Takei played Sulu in the original Star Trek series back in the 60s. Just not sure how the Trekkies will react to this. :))
It's probably one of Conan's best Fan Corrections edition yet. :)) This segement aired on the August 15, 2011 episode of Conan.
oh well, only thing left to say is...
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.
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