Yesterday, YouTube experienced one of its major hacking attacks, after an exploit was discovered in the way comments were posted. The attack was fixed within hours by Google, and was only used to demote teen pop idol Justin Bieber.

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Yup, you read that right. This video shows you how to charge an iPod with just an onion and electrolytes, which in this case is Gatorade. You might not have to charge your iPod like this in the future, but it’s just something cool to watch (and try).

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Although you might think I am going to tell you the forsaken secrets of defeating your direct Internet competition, I am not about to do it yet. Still working myself on doing that for now.

What I am going to tell you guys today is that you really need to protect your blogs. And I am talking about their whole existence. You’ll have to start that right away. Getting your great domain name, buying the best hosting offer money can buy, or the one you can afford, and starting a long blogging journey are all worthless steps if you don’t protect all those resources.

The most annoying thing that can happen is getting attacked by hackers. Weather intentional attacks or simply coincidental, those attacks can harm your blogs and your daily activities. A hacker can set your blog back and you might find yourself working harder on reconstructing what has already been destroyed. I had two of my blogs under attack yesterday. Both MobileWhack and ScreenHead were targeted by hackers. As you can see they are all fine and nothing serious happened. Everything works and the attacks were futile. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t concerned about their security. Anyone would be. It’s only human nature right? But keeping your cool and doing what you do best will get you through the day.

Here’s what you can do to avoid having your blog destroyed by unwanted attackers:

1) Be aware of the possibility that something like that can happen. It can happen to you too. No one is actually really safe out here.

2) Get a decent hosting solution with great customer support. Those people will really work with you for solving your problems.

3) Keep changing passwords and make sure they aren’t that easy to be discover. Don’t store them on anything that could be hacked into, lost or stolen.

4) Back-up your blogs frequently. If the hackers do succeed in getting your blog down, you will rebuild faster if you have back-ups. The more blogs you have, the more difficult it might be to keep backing them up. Nonetheless do it! It’s part of your great blogging plan.

5) Install WordPress 2.7. It’s the latest version of Wordpress. It was released about a week ago and it brings lots of new features. Wordpress is by far the best blogging tool available yet. Its security tools will see your blog making it through this Internet jungle.

6) Be present in your blog’s life. If you are going to be a successful Internet entrepreneur that means you will have to spend lots of hours in front of your computer. You’ll pick up an attack in no time and you will have time to act accordingly really fast.

7) Fight back! I am not saying do whatever it takes to find those hackers. It’s almost impossible to do that, although that would be a fun option to consider. But you can take control of the situation and handle it accordingly. You don’t have to be a programming guru either. Just be sure you have someone standing by ready to help.

At the end of the day it’s you who will have to win. And your blogs will see another day. Or a lot more days for that matter. It’s all part of that long term relationship I was talking about.

I hope you haven’t had the “opportunity” of getting attacked by a hacker and that you never will. But if it should happen, be prepared. I’ll be back for you folks with more details about WordPress 2.7.

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For those that have finally gotten an iPhone or iPod Touch, here’s a little guide for you to help you hack (Jailbreak) it. By jailbreaking your iPhone/iPod Touch, you will be able to install 3rd party software that will increase your productivity and add more fun to it (watch a video here to see an example of what you can do). I have watched video tutorials all over YouTube and read forums on how to Jailbreak, but they are not as easy compared to what I’m going to show you. By the way, I am not responsible for anything (bad) that happens to your iPhone/iPod Touch. Anyway, let’s move on.

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Got a broken CD player that needs to get fixed? Don’t replace it, just clean it with cologne! I know CD players are now starting to get outdated, but I know that there are many people out there that still use them. So here’s a video that will show you how to fix your CD player with cheap cologne.

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Want to know how to fold a T-shirt in 2 seconds or less? Here’s a video that shows you a fast-folding technique so you can quickly fold a T-shirt in 2 seconds.

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Here’s a cool video which was actually in the #1 spot for Digg. This person from the video shows us an elevator hack that will bring you straight to the floor you desire. Very helpful when you’re late for a meeting.

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Here’s a quick video I found on YouTube. These kids show us how to hack into a Coke soda machine: get 2 drinks for the price of 1. If you want to check out their site by the way, visit it at thefixed.org.

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