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Another good article by Bob Lonsberry on Marine Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun and the treatment by the press.

A teenager dressed as pizza mascot Chuck E. Cheese was pelted with pizza and threatened with a beating by an angry parent who said the mascot wasn’t paying enough attention to her child. We scratch our heads when we see kids beating the crap out of each other at school and wonder why they behave this way.

The US Supreme Court wrapped up its session by announcing a decision which bars the enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The law would of required age verification prior to admittance to adult sites. Thanks ACLU for caring more about pornographers than children.

KZION will broadcast Clay In His Hands by three time Pearl Award winner Jessie Clark this Sunday at 10:00 AM MT and again at 8:00 PM MT. Jessie Clark swept the 2004 Pearl Awards with Best Inspirational Recording, Best Inspirational Album, and Female Recording Artist of the Year. This is Jessie’s debut CD but she was a featured vocalist on the 2003 EFY CD, Look and Live, performing “I Feel My Savior’s Love.” This song was played at hundreds of EFY devotionals throughout the United States.

Don’t miss this special broadcast brought to you by KZION LDS Radio. Additional information can be found here and here.

Choices for radio on the Internet.

KZION will be broadcasting the new CD Always, by Dustin Gledhill. Always features inspiring vocal and piano hymn arrangements to lift your soul.

Covenant is pleased to present Always, a beautiful new CD featuring the music of Dustin Gledhill. His debut album, A Gentle Touch, won the 2003 Best of State Medal for original composition. In his new album, this award-winning pianist is back with more of his own compositions as well as new arrangements of traditional hymns. Perfect for Sunday or any day listening, this album is destined to be a favorite addition to your music library.

KZION will broadcast Always by Dustin Gledhill on Tuesday at 12:00 PM MT, Tuesday at 8:00 PM MT and again next Sunday at 6:00 PM MT. I hope you’ll join us for this special Dustin Gledhill concert.

If you’re interested in purchasing this CD follow me.

My daughter Misty mentioned to me the other day that she would like her own weblog. Tonight I surprised her with her own weblog on her own domain. Misty is my second oldest daughter who lives with her husband Ty in Washington state which is way too far away, but we live with it. Good luck Misty with your new blog and I look forward to reading lots of fun stuff.

Convert text/HTML to server-side write statements in PHP, ASP, JavaScript and Perl.
Ten accessibility blunders of the big players.
The fight between Yahoo and Google is turning nasty.

It’s Saturday June 26th, 2004 at 12:55 PM MT and KZION radio will be down for a few hours as I perform some maintenance on the radio server. The website will still be online.

One of Eric Clapton’s prize guitars sold for a record $959,500 at a recent auction. Simply amazing.

The American Film Institute has compiled a list of the top 100 songs of all time from movies.

Wow, what a concept. Costco front line clerks make more than $41,000 a year with excellent benefits. Walmart employees make about a third of that and have a lesser health plan. Guess which business has less labor costs? Costco.

Digital Web Magazine – Designing for Scalability
An Introduction to Information Architecture

I have some Gmail invites for anyone who would like one. Send me an eMail at kzionradio at gmail dot com.

Gmail Gems – a weblog devoted to Gmail tips and tricks.

Gmail for the Troops – a site that looks to give Gmail invites to the troops in Iraq.

Gmail 4 Troops – same as above.

GmailForums – A forum to discuss all things Gmail.

Links found via Justin Blanton

An AOL employee was arrested yesterday for stealing 90 million AOL screen names and then selling them to a spammer for $100,000. Reads like something out of a spy novel.

Check the load speed of your website with this free speed tool. All of mine are terrible except the redesigned KZION homepage.

This just in from Trillian. “Trillian Pro 2.013 (06/24/2004) – This patch resolves problems connecting to Yahoo.” Log into the members area to download.

Have you been phished? Chances are you have. Phishing is a form of spam but much more harmful. A phisher sends out eMail’s that appear to be legitimate to unsuspecting Ebay, PayPal, or other financial customers asking them to update their personal or financial information. The eMail looks credible and the website the recipient is directed to looks exactly like the company’s legitimate website.

Here’s how it works.

I receive an eMail that looks like this.

You have added laptopseller@yahoo.com as a new email address for your PayPal account.

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:

https://www.paypal.com/row/wf/f=ap_email

The link displays what you see above but it actually takes you here

http://cgi5-paypal-changemail.us/cgi-bin/login.html

Notice it is not a PayPal weblink!

Thank you for using PayPal!The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the header of any page.

PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD

NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at https://www.paypal.com/. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.

The return address is

service@paypal.com <service @paypal.com></service>

and so everything looks official. Of course I’m concerned as it appears that an unauthorized eMail address has been added to my account so I better log in and check it out.

When I click on the link provided in the eMail, I am sent to a website that looks exactly like my PayPal login page. I enter my login name and password and I’m then directed to the real PayPal website. I’ve been phished! The phisher now has my PayPal login name and password because the PayPal login form was not on Paypal’s website, but on the phishers website. The login form I used relayed my private information to the phisher’s eMail box and now he’s shopping on the Internet using my PayPal account.

Here’s another one from what appears to be Ebay.

Dear eBay User,

During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we could not verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete. As a result, your access to bid or buy on eBay has been restricted. To start using your eBay account again, please update and verify your information by clicking the link below :

http://cgi3.ebay.com@reg-cgi.com/eBayISAPI.dll?...

Thank you very much for your cooperation!

eBay Customer Support

Remember: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information (such as your password, credit card and bank account numbers, social security number, etc.) in an email.

Copyright 1995 - 2004 eBay Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.

The same thing happens here. I submit my login information thinking that I’m logging into Ebay but instead I’m sending personal information to a phisher.

Be careful. Always verify the URI before you click on it. Ebay and PayPal always use a secure https:// site for user logins. A good rule is to never use the link provided in an eMail. Always go to the website yourself and login as you normally do.

Looks like Yahoo is once again blocking Trillian users from connecting to their servers. This time they say they’re going to keep changing their protocols to keep Trillian from creating a work-around. Yahoo claims they are protecting their service from spim, aka IM spam. I remember this happening a few times last year with Yahoo and MSN. So far I’m still connected to Yahoo with Trillian.