Bit.Ly: Safety First, before clicking the bit.ly link

From my previous post; I wrote a simple article about how to be safe on TinyURL.

Bit.ly offers the same thing.

Here's how to be safe:
Am pretty sure already know how Bit.ly works.
1. If you have the shortened link (eg: http://bit.ly/Is3ZG > This is a link to Three Ways Twitter Security Fails)
2. Copy the randomize character and numbers at the end "Is3ZG"
3. and goto http://bit.ly/info/<the randomize chars and nums> (eg: http://bit.ly/info/Is3ZG)

Preview:

Now, go ahead, and try it your self. :)

TinyURL: Safety First, before clicking the TinyURL link

I just got a twit from @frostfire about Three Ways Twitter Security Fails .. and one of the issue there is our friendly TinyURL.

Mike Murray said:
"Twitter "Tweets" have a character limit of 141 characters. Many users enter urls that are too long and which are automatically truncated with a shortening service, such as TinyURL. Users can't tell where the link is going when they scroll over to it.

This makes it much easier for hackers to send out faulty or malicious links."

Well TinyURL.com does provide us to preview the exact shortened link. So If you want safety first, then I guess you have to do something first.

Here's how to be safe:
Am pretty sure already know how TinyURL works.
1. If you have the shortened link (eg: http://www.tinyurl.com/az9pbj > This is a link to Three Ways Twitter Security Fails)
2. Copy the randomize character and numbers at the end "az9pbj"
3. and goto http://preview.tinyurl.com/<the randomize chars and nums> (eg: http://preview.tinyurl.com/az8pbj)

Preview:

Now, go ahead and try it your self.

ping.fm test ....

Google Wallpaper new updates

These are the two new updated wallpaper I made yesterday.

Get it from my deviantart:
Dark - http://nullstring.deviantart.com/art/Google-Wallpaper-reflection-111676297
White - http://nullstring.deviantart.com/art/Google-Wallpaper-White-BG-111838557

White one is great. I noticed my LCD  got a lot of dirt and dusts. Now I have to do some cleaning. lol.

Google Wallpaper

I was bit bored on my new wallpaper so I decided to duplicate my google wallpaper downloaded before on flickr. I'd like to give thanks to that guy who uploaded it.

Here's the old version (1024x680)
 
Anyway this is a remake version and some enhancement done in Corel Photopaint X3
Here's the preview: Download the 1280x800 image size on my flickr
 

If you want to download the complete source including the Catull font used in original Google Logo
Download it here