HOW TO KEEP YOUR DIGITAL MEMORIES SAFE

 

“Google is a library or an archive like a supermarket is a food museum.”

— Jason Scott, digital archivist

Do you value your digital stuff? Nearly everyone is creating things with computers, and some do it without any concern for its value. Others recognize its current value, but think little about what it could mean to them in the future, and either aren't aware or don't think that all of it could be destroyed tomorrow. But hard drives die all the time, and the online services into which people sink their time close with alarming regularity, taking the work of millions of people with it. Preserve your digital memories now, before it's too late. 

NOT ON SOCIALl NETWORK YOUVE STILL GOT

 

We already know that if you use an online social network, you give up a serious slice of your privacy thanks to the omnivorous way companies like Google and Facebook gather your personal data. But new academic research offers a glimpse of what these companies may be learning about people who don’t use their massive web services. And it’s a bit scary.

Because they couldn’t get their hands on data from the likes of Facebook or LinkedIn, the researchers studied publicly available data archived from an older social network, Friendster. They found that if Friendster had used certain state-of-the-art prediction algorithms, it could have divined sensitive information about non-members, including their sexual orientation. “At the time, it was possible for Friendster to predict the sexual orientation of people who did not have an account on Friendster,” says David Garcia, a postdoctoral researcher with Switzerland’s ETH Zurich university, who co-authored the study.

Garcia’s findings showed that for people in minority classes—homosexual men or women, for example—his profiling techniques were 60 percent accurate. That’s a pretty high accuracy, he says, “since a random, uniformed classification would have a precision of less than 5 percent.”

The paper only examines sexual orientation, but Garcia thinks this type of analysis could model things such as age, relationship status, occupation, even political affiliation. “Basically, anything that is already shared by the users inside the social network could be predicted,” he says.

It’s yet another reason to be wary of Facebook in particular, as the social network’s growing size, massive user database, and increasing emphasis on advertising revenue continues to worry users. Last week, a two-month-old Facebook alternative called Ello was generating 50,000 new member requests per hour—not only because it was ad-free but because it provided a safe haven for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community unhappy that Facebook forced them to use their real names. But even if they flee Facebook, it seems, the social network may still have ways to betray their privacy.

HOW TO REPAIR YOUR CRACKED IPHONE DISPLAY

 

We've all experienced those three seconds of dread as you bend down to pick up your dropped iPhone .The sinking feeling of regret and loss when you see that spidery crack across your once unblemished screen.
It’s heartbreaking, tragic and it can happen to anyone. And if you don’t have AppleCare+ or another warranty to fix the damage, you may end up with some bandaged fingers or the need to buy a new cell phone. But complicated as it seems, it's possible to fix a cracked iPhone display. If you don’t want to bite the bullet and get a new phone, or take it to a repair shop, you can fix it yourself at home with just a few tools and a lot of patience.

See also: 10 Best iPhone Apps of 2013

HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS 10 PREVIEW IN VIRTUALBOX

 

Though you can install Microsoft’s Windows 10 Technical Preview over your current Windows, or dual boot it, the easiest and safest way to try out any new platform is to put it in a virtual machine. By using free tools such as Oracle’s VM Virtual box, you can create a computer that runs in a window on your desktop, allowing you to experiment without leaving your familiar environment behind. Here’s how to install Windows 10 in a virtual machine.

VIHARA TRI DHARMA BUMI RAYA

A.      Selayang Pandang

Vihara Tri Dharma Bumi Raya adalah vihara tertua d kota singkawangyang diperkirakan teklah berusia 200 tahun. Penduduk setempat menyebut vihara tri dharma bumi raya dengan sebuta  tai pak kung (toa pekong). Vihara yang terletak di pusat kota singkawang ini merupakan salah satu ciri khas dan cikal bakal berdirinya kota singkawang.

Tahun pembuatan vihara ini belum ditemukan secara pasti. Namun menurut komunitas tionghoa Singkawang, usia vihara ini setara dengan sejarah keberadaan kounitas tionghoa singkawang yang telah berusia lebih dari 2000 tahun. Pada tahun 1933, vihara ini diperluas dan renovasi. Namun pada tahun 1936, vihara ini sempat terbakar sehingga d lakukan renovasi ulang

Vihara yang tepat di jantung kota singkawang ini dipercaya sebagai tempat berdiamnya dewa bumi raya. Dewa ini dipercaya oleh etnis tionghoa sebagai dewa yang menjaga kota singkawang. Atas dasar kepercayaan tersebut, maka masyarakat tionghoa di kota singkawang dan sekitarnya juga mengadakan semacam ulang tahun bagi dewa bumi raya yang dihelat setiap tanggal 6 bulan 6 (6 juni)pada setiap tahun nya.

PASIR PANJANG

  

 

Kota Singkawang dikenal sebagai Kota Amoy dan China Town-nya Indonesia. Itu karena mayoritas penduduknya (sekitar 70%) merupakan etnis Tionghoa. Mengunjungi kota yang berbatasan langsung dengan Negara Bagian Serawak, Malaysia ini, tentu belum lengkap bila belum mengunjungi Pantai Pasir Panjang.

Pantai ini yang menjadi ikon pariwisata Kota Singkawang dan salah satu objek wisata andalan Provinsi Kalimantan Barat. Kini pantai ini telah dikembangkan menjadi sebuah paket wisata terpadu bernama Taman Pasir Panjang Indah (TPPI). Dinamakan Pantai Pasir Panjang karena pantainya membentang panjang melengkungi laut lepas.