Well since the Family Guy episode titled “Call Girl” already aired, I’d like to share something related to the episode.
Update:
A lot of people want to know what the name of the falcon. It’s Xerxes.
I present you Peter and Sidecar Falcon USB Card.
WordPress to fight Prenda’s Fishing Expedition Subpoena
WordPress parent company Automattic is going to fight Prenda’s subpoena, Ars Technica reports.
But Automattic’s General Counsel, Paul Sieminski, responded on Friday afternoon with a letter objecting to the subpoena.
Ars Technica also reports that Electronic Frontier Foundation (@EFF) will be representing both DieTrollDie and Fight Copyright Trolls.
EFF is pleased to represent @DieTrollDie and @fightcopytrolls to fight subpoenas in copyright troll Prenda’s defamation lawsuits.
In preparations of this post we have visited both http://dietrolldie.com and http://fightcopyrighttrolls.com. Should Prenda prevailed in getting all the IP adresses of anyone who visited the two sites above since the beginning of 2011, our IP addresses would be in the list too. What good will the IP Addresses do for Prenda Law? This fishing expedition will face a serious storm in the court of law.
Scam Alert: movieplayerupdate.com and videoplayerdownload.co
A Mozilla Firefox user reported popup ads from movieplayerupdate.com (movieplayerupdate.com/mtrack/free_download/1/pre/).
Another Mozilla Firefox user also reported the popup ads from movieplayerupdate.com (movieplayerupdate.com/flashplayer/download_free/).
Both links now show 404 not found, but not before we managed to grab a screenshot. It says:
http:// movieplayerupdate.com
WARNING! Your Flash Player may be out of date. Please update to continue
The site is also telling user:
Please Install Flash Player Pro to Continue
Remember folks, there is no such thing as “Flash Player Pro”.
The links on both “REMIND ME LATER” and “INSTALL” point to: mtrack10.com/base2.php
By clicking either button, an executable file will be downloaded.
A user sent us a note that similar popups from videoplayerdownload.co were found (videoplayerdownload.co/free-download/mt/1/pre/).
The “Install Now” link also points to mtrack10.com/base2.php
It seems that both movieplayerupdate.com (whois info) and videoplayerdownload.co (whois info) are registered by the same individual through GoDaddy on the same day (Feb 20, 2013).
The domain mtrack10.com (whois info) is also registered through GoDaddy one week earlier (Feb 14, 2013).
By clicking the “Install Now” button, an executable file will be downloaded.
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It is pretty obvious the individuals behind the domain names mentioned above are unscrupulous. Do not blindly download some programs just because a popup told you so.
To update Flash Player, download it direct from Adobe.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html
Listen to Dave Grohl’s Sound City: Real to Reel
NPR is streaming all the tracks from the upcoming Sound City: Real to Reel record. The record is a companion to Grohl’s Sound City movie.
Sound City: Real to Reel hits the street March 12, 2013.
iOS App of the Week: Angry Birds
One thing that I forgot to mention yesterday, Angry Birds (the original) is App of the Week at iTunes App Store. That means you can get this game for free, if you haven’t done so.
By the way, Rovio has bought back the distribution right of the original Angry Birds from Chillingo.
Software Updates: Angry Birds, Space and Slash.
Rovio has just updated the original Angry Birds game with 15 new levels of Bad Piggies episode.
What’s New in Version 3.1.0
Check out 15 fantastic new levels for the Bad Piggies episode! OINK!
In addition to that, Rovio also updates Angry Birds Space.
What’s New in Version 1.5.0
Rock icon Slash has created an incredible ALL NEW VERSION of the Angry Birds Space theme song! Get the update to hear this exclusive new tune and check out how Slash looks as an honorary Angry Bird!
Angry Birds and Angry Birds Space are available for multiple Operating Systems such as Android, iOS, Mac and Windows. Head to Angry Birds Official Site for download links.
Tastes Like Slacking
After a few years of slacking, it finally hit the ground running. Tastes Like Slacking, it is just another slacking site running WordPress. The site is run by a colleague, vondiggity.