Burger King Canada's Mailing List Hacked?

It appears that Burger King Canada's mailing list was hacked on November 6th, 2011, with a message sent out saying "Hacked Skorsky Turkish Hacker [redacted website]". I'm not sure what information may have been accessed, or to what extent.

A Victory for Egypt

The president of Egypt has finally stepped down. I was just glancing over articles today and read of an amazing event. I can't recall where I read it from or exactly how it happened, so the facts may not be completely correct.

When the president refused to step down, protesters went to the barbed wire fence (which had been erected for protection) of the presidential palace. Sitting behind the fence were tanks. I'd imagine that there was lots of tension in the air and everyone knew this was going to be a historical moment, whether or not a confrontation ensued.

The tanks then proceeded to turn their turrets away from the crowd of Egyptions, and in a show of the solidarity of the people of Egypt, got out of their tanks waving Egyptian flags.

A course of events has since then been set into motion that will decide the fate of Egypt. But whatever happens in the future, I hope people remember the moments like these.

Protests in Egypt

As you may know, there have been a series of events occurring throughout Northern Africa and the Middle East. Many people have been, and still are, rising against what they feel are unfair conditions. The protests have been a source of hope and empowerment for many, and perhaps out of the ashes of chaos, a new beginning will come for many.

I found this video of a man shot in Egypt to be particularly powerful. I could feel the desperation, anger, and fear. It is a tragedy that people around the world must endure situations like these in an effort to create change. 

HP Photosmart Essential 3.5 Freezes as soon as I open it (solution)

In order to resolve the freezing, you must either disconnect your internet before opening the program, or add a blcok of HP Photosmart Essential 3.5 to your firewall (such as Norton). The easy way is to physically disconnect the Ethernet cable from your computer, and then open it.

The freezing was probably caused by trying to send information over the internet. It seems to freeze up on sending some data. If you look at the program, it is not actually frozen, so the hangup from data sending seems to be the likely culprit.

Eclipse on Ubuntu: Trying to Install Eclipse Communication Framework

If you're trying like I was to install the Eclipse Communication Framework on Ubuntu 10.04 and getting dependency errors, I have no easy fix for you. The work around I found was to not use the Ubuntu Package manager to install Eclipse. Instead, make sure you have a java runtime installed, and download eclipse straight from eclipse.org. When you get it directly from their site, the issues with the plugin go away.

If you're not sure how to install the java plug-in, the simple graphical way is to go to the synaptic package manager, and search for jdk/java. Then mark default-jdk for installation and install it.

When you download eclipse from the site, it's ready to go. Just put the folder where you want, and run it. Everything should work fine after that.


I hope this helps someone. Good luck!

Space X Falcon 9 Successful

I just finished watching the Falcon 9 launch. The rocket appears to have made it into orbit. It was a spectacular launch, and it appears that Space X has really started perfecting their system of rockets if this launch is any indication. Congratulations Space X!

link: Space X