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| RIDING OUT THE EARTHQUAKE |
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us/24quake.html?pagewanted=all
I was driving. Seems if you were in a car, the motion of the car prevents quake motion. At least that is what is being said. I tweeted at the first red light "earthquake here in NY" so I became part of the group of thousands of tweeters. I arrived at Starbucks late for my meeting with my friend but armed with a good excuse-earthquake. As I entered Starbucks, there was a crowd in the doorway. The quake had caused everyone to gather. I walked to where my friend was sitting. She was engaged in a conversation with young woman who lived in Washington D.C. The woman was very concerned and upset. We noticed a man nearby very immersed in his laptop. I was told that he never looked up during the tremor. Odd. Apparently it was quite noticeable in Starbucks. That was my first twinge of tremor envy, a term that NBC news anchor Shiba Russell coined later in the afternoon.http://twitter.com/#!/Shiba4NY
I pulled out my IPAD and accessed Twitter to see what was happening. There were tweets from all the major news organizations and many individuals as well. I left my IPAD open so we could update ourselves periodically.
It was not until much later that night that I noticed a strange message from one of the Twitter accounts I follow. I ignored it. Then about half past six on Wednesday all my followers got a few messages that I did not send. I had been hacked. It had to have happened during the quake tweeting at Starbucks. Like Shiba, I also have coined an earthquake expression "I was quacked " (quake hacked)
I fixed it easily,thanks to a friend who alerted me early. The two following tweets are the work of my hacker. I think the second is particularly hack witty. I deleted the links-they are bogus. I am CBIZ on Twitter.
I know most of you did not get these, as you are not Tweeters. Maybe you now have tweet envy.
I have decided my hacker is the Starbucks guy who was very disinterested in the quake. I like to put a face on my hacker. I do have 3G and will make sure I am not WIFI vulnerable again.
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| LIAM BARKING AT THE QUAKE |
We know that the East coast has been made fun of for being so hyped up about the quake. Thing is-NYC and Wash DC are always thinking 9/11, especially in this month near the 10th anniversary. I know that is why hundreds of people ran out of their buildings downtown.
Conversely it is also why hundreds stayed put and did not get upset-
Next, Hurricane Irene. Liam is on alert and I have to buy some wine and duct (duck) tape. Quack.
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| WAITING FOR IRENE |
