7 Things to Stop Doing Now on Facebook

Using a Weak Password

Avoid simple names or words you can find in a dictionary, even with numbers tacked on the end. Instead, mix upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols. A password should have at least eight characters. One good technique is to insert numbers or symbols in the middle of a word, such as this variant on the word "houses": hO27usEs!

It's an ideal target for identity thieves, who could use it to obtain more information about you and potentially gain access to your bank or credit card account. If you've already entered a birth date, go to your profile page and click on the Info tab, then on Edit Information. Under the Basic Information section, choose to show only the month and day or no birthday at all.

Overlooking Useful Privacy Controls

For almost everything in your Facebook profile, you can limit access to only your friends, friends of friends, or yourself. Restrict access to photos, birth date, religious views, and family information, among other things. You can give only certain people or groups access to items such as photos, or block particular people from seeing them. Consider leaving out contact info, such as phone number and address, since you probably don't want anyone to have access to that information anyway.


Posting Your Child's Name in a Caption

Don't use a child's name in photo tags or captions. If someone else does, delete it by clicking on Remove Tag. If your child isn't on Facebook and someone includes his or her name in a caption, ask that person to remove the name.

Mentioning That You'll Be Away From Home

That's like putting a "no one's home" sign on your door. Wait until you get home to tell everyone how awesome your vacation was and be vague about the date of any trip.

Letting Search Engines Find You

To help prevent strangers from accessing your page, go to the Search section of Facebook's privacy controls and select Only Friends for Facebook search results. Be sure the box for public search results isn't checked.

Permitting Youngsters to Use Facebook Unsupervised

Facebook limits its members to ages 13 and over, but children younger than that do use it. If you have a young child or teenager on Facebook, the best way to provide oversight is to become one of their online friends. Use your e-mail address as the contact for their account so that you receive their notifications and monitor their activities. "What they think is nothing can actually be pretty serious," says Charles Pavelites, a supervisory special agent at the Internet Crime Complaint Center. For example, a child who posts the comment "Mom will be home soon, I need to do the dishes" every day at the same time is revealing too much about the parents' regular comings and goings.

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About Barack Obama

Now that President-elect Barack Obama has begun rolling out the particulars of his wide-ranging economic stimulus plan, the punditry is giving it a swift kick in the tires.

After seven years of George Bush's failed presidency, after five years of unnecessary war in Iraq, America is ready to write a new narrative. All candidates favor the now-bromidic slogan: change. Only one candidate truly embraces the yearnings this word represents.

Some people say  stop hoping to him, others say : yes Obama can make change..huh. Time will tell.. lol

Barack Obama starts his administration with broad and bipartisan good will from the American public and a strong base of optimism for his presidency. In a new poll, 66 percent of adults surveyed say they are optimistic that Obama can improve the direction of the country, including 36 percent of Republicans.

But Obama inherits from George W. Bush a nation that remains pessimistic about the current state of affairs. Only 20 percent of adults say they are satisfied with the direction of the country, an improvement from a historic low of 10 percent in 2000 but a figure dramatically lower than the 46 percent that were satisfied at the beginning of George W. Bush's administration.

The poll indicates a resounding call for bipartisanship. Twenty-nine percent of Republicans surveyed said their opinion of Obama has improved since Election Day and 83 percent of adults, including 69 percent of Republicans, say Republicans should find ways to work with Obama on most issues rather than challenging his policies.


As is no surprise, the economy is weighing heavily on the minds of the country Obama is set to lead. More than half, 57 percent, of adults surveyed now say they are in poor or fair financial shape. A substantial minority, 43 percent, say their personal savings are in worse shape today than they were five years ago; 53 percent say the stocks, bonds and other investments they own are down from five years ago and 35 percent say their retirement savings plans have lost value in the past five years.

But the public appears to have strong confidence in Obama's ability to address the financial crunch and other pressing issues facing him. On the economy—Obama warned this week that "things could get worse before they get better"--71 percent of adults say they are somewhat or very confident that Obama can turn things around. Similarly, on a signature Obama campaign issue, 79 percent of adults say they are somewhat or very confident Obama can improve the nation's standing with allies around the world. Meanwhile, 62 percent say they are somewhat or very confident Obama could bring troops home from Iraq without seriously destabilizing the situation there. On Afghanistan, the public displays a bit less optimism; only 48 percent of adults say they are somewhat or very confident Obama can defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban there.

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Why do I Blog?

Now I know the answer, why people make blog. That's why I made this blog. And I think I 'm starting to get a headache now because of this crazy thing ::). So if sombody ask me why do You blog?. Simply I will ask : blogging is a joyful thing and so much interseting, that's all. Hi..hi..
Here is my found after I just started blogging : We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results." A perfect description of blogging, don't you think? ha..ha.

And do You know, the short answer bisedes above reasons are "To be heard" and "To Make friends".

In my view, there are three regimes, roughly: One, few, many.

"One" == Diaries. Some people keep their diary on-line, and don't mind if others read it.

"Few" == Socializing, chatting. The intended audience is close friends, and events only of interest to that circle.

"Many" == Punditry. The goal is to reach as many people as possible with your ideas. These categories aren't strict walls, but are general aims.

Some people may say :"Hanifah, You are late, people has started to blog since some years ago, where've You been?".

I would say : "Yeap mybe you right, but everyone has their own choices in this live, they free to choose anything their like and I've chosen that a couple days ago was the best time to start blogging for me for some reason that I cannot tell you...weks.....hi..hii"

So, lets start blogging

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