Gillette Pro Glide

To stray a bit from the whole Sony topic I've decided to talk about razors. Yes, I know it's pretty lame, BUT theres a pretty darn good reason for it.

So recently I was faced with the white strip of doom signaling me to get a new blade for my razor. My sister told me she was headed to CVS and asked if I wanted to go (she bribed me with chocolate but nonetheless I went) I said yes. There's been commercials on TV about this crazy ass razor that is the smoothest shave you have ever had WITH NO TUG! So I said what the hell i'll try this revolution in facial care. Not convinced I was going to be impressed I tore open the box to use the razor once we got home.

I'm kind of embarrassed about the fact that as I finished the first stroke I literally said "HOLY SHIT!!!" out loud with a smile on my face, because of how smooth the shave was. I then began to be joyful as I shaved the rest of my face (lookin like a creep if anybody walked in... and they did) my sister walked in and was like "What happened? Is the razor good?" So I explained to her the story about how fucking awesome this razor is. Yup thats about it.

Oh and major fail on this whole trip to CVS, my sister never got me that promised chocolate *sad face*

Signed

Luis C Mendez

PSN Hack Could Cost Sony Billions

Its been about a week since the initial hack of the Playstation Network. Since then its been shut down in an attempt to stop the collection of data from the 77 million plus users. Information including Names, Addresses, Emails, Passwords, and quite possibly credit card information.

Once Playstation Network users learned of this information either directly from sony through the playstation blog or through the news (I for one saw it on nbc news) users became understandably angry. Rothken Lawfirm based in California has actually filed a lawsuit agains them which could cost sony a large amount of money. Not to mention the fact that the network being down and all of the investigation going toward it could already cost them billions. Yeah thats right BILLIONS. Ponemon Institute says that when any network is breached it on average costs $318 per customer. Doing a bit of math and taking some variables into consideration Ponemon stated that it could look like a 24 billion dollar price tag.

Things aren't looking good for Sony. Just as they were gaining some stride with their exclusive releases, great games and projects on the way including NGP, Experia Play, Socom 4, Infamous 2, and more they have a major setback that could result in layoffs.

I know i've been posting strictly about this whole scandal but thats because this is very important to me, being a Game Art and Design student working for Sony would have been a dream come true. Now its looking like it might be harder to get a job within the next year (my expected grad day is in June of next year)

Sources: GameInformer.com and NBC News

Signed

Luis C Mendez

Playstation Network Update 4/26/11

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-netwtork-and-qriocity/

The previous link is to the Playstation Blog for their most recent update on the status of their investigation of the PSN.

Sony suspects that information such as passwords, emails, addresses, and quite possibly credit card information was obtained. For PSN users it is suggested that you report a fraud to your credit bureau and change your sign in password (or passwords if you use it for more than one thing)

The link provdes all necessary information.
Signed
Luis C Mendez

Playstation Network

As of about Tuesday or Wednesday the Playstation Network was experiencing difficulty with an exterior interruption. Hackers, Sony decided to shut down the network completely on Thursday to avoid hacks on personal info (i.e. credit card info) they began making improvements on their firewall to avoid another event of this nature.

Many people suspect the infamous hacking group Anonymous. As they have made attacks on Sony in the past. Sony has been updating their blog with the status of the network improvements every day on their blog blog.us.playstation.com

I hope the issue is resolved soon.

Signed,
Luis Mendez