Thursday, October 30, 2008

TED talks that shouldn't be missed

I frequently watch and re-watch a few talks that are given on ted.org and I figured it might be worth listing a few of my favorite talks that moved me.
Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better
Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat
Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind
Jonathan Haidt: The real difference between liberals and conservatives

GoogleHacks: Has anyone not seen this yet?

Google Hacking is a term that refers to the act of creating complex search engine queries in order to filter through large amounts of search results for information related to computer security. In its malicious format it can be used to detect websites that are vulnerable to numerous exploits and vulnerabilities as well as locate private, sensitive information about others, such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and passwords.

There are loads of YouTube videos out there about it, there are applications that help do it for you.... but really all one honestly needs is a good reference for creating queries and maybe a good database of other people's custom Google queries.

It amazes me how many people I run into are unaware of Google's advanced features and their implications.

here are some fun ones...
Webcams: intitle:”Live View / - AXIS” | inurl:view/view.shtml^
FrontPage Passwords: "# -FrontPage-" inurl:service.pwd
Recycle bins....: "index of" inurl:recycler
People Running a web server on their (windows) desktop.....and left indexing turned on:intitle:"index of" "parent directory" "desktop.ini" site:dyndns.org


one for the road..... ;) if this doesn't scare you.. you don't get it..