Drugs are not cool. Sixthseal is.

I’m an avid reader of SixthSeal.com and I’m sure most of you should know by now that he got himself on the front page of our local tabloid. Not good at all. Here’s one from TheStar.

It appears that some fuckwit reader of Nanyang Siang Pau decided to write to the daily complaining about his site. From there on … everything got blown out of proportion.

Blogs are about the freedom of expression. I can’t deny the fact that what he did was somewhat controversial. Personally, I do not consider Huai Bin’s blog as a drug blog. It does help someone to understand about the effects of drugs without experimenting themselves.

Please don’t make a big deal out of this. It takes presence of bad to learn about good.

New Garmins with MicroSD slots

Garmin had just release new models of their popular GPS models just in time for the holiday season. GPSMap 60 and 76 lines include the 60Cx, 60 CSx, 76Cx, and 76 CSx and their eTrex line, the Legend Cx and Vista Cx.

However, these new models are not published on Garmin’s website. You can view them below.
60Cx
60CSx
76Cx
76CSx
Legend Cx
Vista Cx

So what does this extra “x” on the model number mean?

This new line will feature a MicroSD slot so you can load even more maps on your GPSr. You are not not limited to the basic base memory each model comes with.

All I want for Christmas is a 60CSx.

LiewCF saw me half naked

I was trekking at the trails of Youth Park today and obviously couldn’t attend the bloggers meeting. The weather was kinda moody so I didn’t go to Muka Head as planned.

We hiked up to No 6 then down No 5 for some refreshments. Took some photos and then proceeded down to No 3.

At the stop, we saw a man who was having heart problem and I could hear the sirens of the ambulance below. He was resting on a bench looking spaced out but I’m sure he’ll be ok.

I was looking out for hospital personnels hiking up the trail with a stretcher but didn’t see any. It would take about 10-15 minutes to descend from where the troubled man is. With a stretcher and the man on it, I’d reckon a hard 20-30 minutes.

When I got to my car, I took off my shirt and dried myself. Chatting with my friend, I saw 2 guys and a girl pass by.

After about 2 seconds, I thought to myself. “Hey! Isn’t that LiewCF?”

I called out to him and he responded. We shook hands and I said nice to meet him and went back to drying myself. The world sure is small and Penang is micro.

Sorry for the indecent exposure :)

Shadowcrew operators plead guilty

Shadowcrew.com was a very popular carder site closed down by The U.S. Secret Service in October 2004. Their forums formed the hub of a criminal business dealing in more than 1.5 million stolen credit-card numbers and dumps resulting in losses of over $4 million. The six men charged plead guilty recently.

Stephens, Taylor, Mantovani, Zielinski, Monchamp and Lanning all acknowledged that Shadowcrew members sent and received payment for illicit merchandise and services via Western Union money transfers and digital currencies such as E-Gold and Web Money. In addition, Mantovani admitted that in September 2004, he illegally acquired via computer, approximately 18 million e-mail accounts with associated usernames, passwords, dates of birth, and other personally identifying information - approximately 60,000 of which included first and last name, gender, address, city, state, country and telephone number.

Lanning, was a moderator of the “Fake ID” forum, as well as a vendor of false identification documents. Lanning admitted that he encoded credit card number information onto blank plastic cards so the credit card numbers could be used to illegally obtain merchandise including gift cards. He admitted creating and selling approximately 300-400 false identification documents including false driver’s licenses and health insurance cards.

Dhanani, who served as a moderator on the website, outlined his role in providing an exchange service, for a fee, to Shadowcrew members, whereby the members would send him sums of cash and he would convert the cash into E-Gold electronic currency. Dhanani stated that Shadowcrew members used E-Gold to avoid traditional banking systems.

Taylor, who was a moderator on the Shadowcrew website, generated false identification documents, such as fake driver’s licenses, and distributed them to other Shadowcrew members. Taylor served as a reviewer of false identifications documents. A favorable written review was a prerequisite to offering such false identification documents, and other illicit merchandise, for sale on the Shadowcrew website.

Stephens acknowledged his role as a moderator and vendor on the Shadowcrew site. Stephens acknowledged - as did Mantovani, Taylor, Lanning and Monchamp - acquiring stolen credit and bank card numbers from other Shadowcrew members during the course of the conspiracy. The stolen credit account numbers were then used to illegally obtain goods from retail establishments and cash from automated teller machines.

Monchamp, was a moderator on the Shadowcrew website. He, like Lanning, also encoded credit card number information onto blank plastic cards so the credit card numbers could be used to illegally obtain merchandise. Monchamp also acknowledged his role in generating false identification documents, such as fake driver’s licenses, and distributing these documents to other Shadowcrew members. He was a reviewer of false identification materials and vendor of false identification and counterfeit credit cards.

Source

I must say they were doing it way too public. Requests and offers were done openly in the forums. 6 is only a micro fraction of the number of those who got away.

LiewCF is coming to town

LiewCF is coming to Penang blogger’s meeting on the 27th November. The meeting will be held at Ice Ice Baby at 3pm. Them bloggers picked that place to meet because there’s food, drinks and WiFi.

Haha … a WiFi network which I 0wn. Not that it’s worth 0wning anyways < evil grin >

Google Reader

Google has done it again. This time with Google Reader.

This cleancut web based RSS reader will keep all your subscriptions in one place. Sporting the same interface as Gmail, this one is a keeper, especially if you are the into the Google cult.

Are you using it? I have two words for it. LOVE IT

Britney Spears Scoop

Britney Spears with Kevin FederlineBritney Spears is hot on the news again. This time, she’s accused of hurling verbal abuse at a 13 year old girl on the set of her sister Jamie Lynn’s TV show.

She denies the accusation though. Claims that she’s just giving a “sisterly talking to”.

On another note, Christina Aguilera has dismissed allegations of her bad mouthing Britney Spears, stating that her career is over after her pregnancy.

Britney Spears with Kevin Federline

Kibarkan Jalur Gemilang

Jalur Gemilang31 haribulan Ogos, Hari Merdeka. Kibarkan Jalur Gemilang dan riakan Hari Merdeka dengan penuh semangat patriotik.

Merdeka!!! Merdeka!!! Merdeka!!!

Berhati-hati di jalanraya. Jangan biarkan hari yang mulia menjadi malapetaka.

Google Talk released

Google TalkGoogle had just released Google Talk.

Google Talk enables you to send instant messages to your friends and family. Best of all, it includes a Skype like voice feature.

I think this will be a great app but maybe not a winner. MSN has the unfair advantage of being built into every Windows PC. But to the eyes of the geeks, anything from the Geek Gods is a winner :)

I love the simple interface and it’s bubble display of your latest Gmail messages. I just tried the voice feature and it does not work. Probably need me to set port forwarding to get it to work.

I use Gaim a lot and this is built on the Jabber platform. It’s possible to use Gaim to connect to the server but don’t expect voice capabilities. Not that it works for me now anyway. heh

Try it out. Let me know what you think.

>> Download Google Talk

Google to release Google Talk

Google Inc is scheduled to release their own instant messenger. The Internet search giant plans to launch an instant messaging program called Google Talk as early as Wednesday.

According to a source, Google plans to let users chat using more than just their keyboards. Like similar programs from competitors, Google Talk also will let computer users with a headset have voice conversations with other computer users with headsets.

I just can’t wait for it to launch :)

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