With our Blog we try and provide information to college students that we wish we knew way back then. We also try and help you stay safe in all of your internet endeavors. We tried to show you how to download safe in our article about music piracy. Now I want to try and stress the importance of your privacy settings on all of the social networking sites you use.
After reading an article from ecampusnews.com about a new website called PleaseRobMe.com, I needed to share this. If you twitter and use a new wireless location app called Foursquare you might be in trouble. Through Foursquare you can “check-in” to a location when you arrive there then give recommendations and other things that can be matched to your location. People use this service to let their friends know where they are and to find and post reviews about businesses. PleaseRobMe.com matches twitter status updates from foursquare enabled devices and creates a list of “Recently Empty Homes”. The site provides a link to the person’s destination’s page on Foursquare and how long ago they left home. While it doesn’t show the person’s actual home address the site is trying to make a point. People disclose too much information. Be careful about how much you put onto your profiles or how much you tweet, it could come back to haunt you when your laptop and XBOX360 go missing. This doesn’t just apply to foursquare and twitter though, try and keep public address fields private or empty, you can always email or text someone where you live if the need arises.
For more reading on the matter check out Internet Insecurity: Why Your Privacy, Security, and Safety Are at Risk and What You Can Do About It.
SeanJohn
I’m reading Organic Chemistry
Here at eCampus.com we know about reselling things that people don’t want, like textbooks, but think about all of the stuff people throw out every year when moving out. Borrow a truck from your Uncle Jerry, get some friends together, and try to pick up some of these items you might find on a curb. Then use Craigslist.com to make some loot or furnish your apartment with some “new” stuff.
Some quick tips for safe dumpster diving
-Carry a flashlight/headlamp, there might be some sharp/disgusting stuff you want to look out for
-Gloves, you can never be too safe. And if you cut yourself, a dumpster is the last place your hands should be
-Don’t go into any restricted areas when dumpster diving, you don’t want to find any alien bodies or confidential FBI documents that could lead to a nationwide manhunt for you.
-Hand sanitizer – self-explanatory
-Shy away from food*
*Unless you’re going to seven eleven, check out this clip from Undercover Boss, they throw away tons of bagels and donuts, mmmmmmm…
Undercover Boss
A few items to keep a lookout for.
Couches – What’s better than free furniture, not much, but make sure you carry a black light so you can check for mystery stains.
Textbooks – People throw away books that their campus bookstores might not buy, pick em up and sell them to us. Maybe clean them first, thanks.
Mini refrigerators – People throw these out all the time, I snagged one from the hallway of my freshman dorm that I still use to this day.
Some additional reading on the matter: Dumpster Diving: The Advanced Course : How to Turn Other People’s Trash into Money, Publicity, and Power
SeanJohn
I’m reading Exceptional Learners
Here at eCampus.com, we know you love to save money. So we help out when we can with cheaper prices, free shipping on most orders, and cheaper ways to get your textbooks other than just buying them, such as renting textbooks and etextbooks. And while you might be able to find something for everyone on your list at eCampus.com, I’ll bet you’ll be doing a little shopping as well. So here a few tips for Black Friday coming up next week:
Be Prepared: Look at the ads for the different stores you will be visiting and make sure you organize your time wisely, if there is a store with a 20% discount that is only available from 6am to 8am don’t be arriving at 8:30.
Get it done early: Not necessarily in person though, being that you’re reading this I assume you are internet savvy, so go to your favorite retailer’s website. Most of them will post their black Friday specials and in some cases you can even buy online and just do a store pickup.
Know what you want: Black Friday isn’t a day to go wandering around stores looking for deals; they’re advertised in the paper so that you can be prepared. The specials will be gone quick, so be there with that specific product in mind and stay focused
Wear a Helmet: just kidding, but seriously be careful every year tramplings and fights create tons of injuries and even deaths… cheap gifts aren’t worth getting hurt over.
SeanJohn
I am reading Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
