The Edge of I-Hacked

via The Security Catalyst.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a story in six words when he was challenged to do so:

“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

Six powerful words that tell a much deeper story than a simple number count would imply.

Over the past few months National Public Radio has run a series of stories about Smith Magazines Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs By Famous and Obscure Writers and Six Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak. The first piece ran in January and is available at this link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18768430. The second ran just before Valentines Day and is available here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100510986. What was also interesting was that NPR also issued a challenge to their audience to write their own six word stories which is available here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2008/01/whats_your_sixword_memoir.html.

These two stories and the challenge offered by Smith inspired me to create a few six word stories about security:

Windows Antivirus should always be running.

Don’t forget to update your computer.

Likes to click every e-mail link!

Dan, don’t break the Internet, again.

Once infected, don’t trust your computer.

Computer infected, don’t trust husband’s surfing.

Damn it, Dan, quit breaking DNS.

So, dear reader, now that I have written a few, I’d like to challenge you. Write your own six word stories for security.

Requirements:

Six words exactly

Tells a story about security.

Original works.

Suggestions:

Make the stories personal

Let it flow

Please either post them here or send them to sixwords@genesyswave.com. I am going to compile the ones that I receive as a presentation and possibly go the same way as Smith Magazine and create a book out of them. I will attribute all works to their original author’s, if you want to be anonymous please let me know.

So, get out there and get to writing – really short stories.

from SourceForge

ZefieCast, a PHP-based Radio Automation System designed as a *NIX alternative to SAM Broadcaster (which is Win32 only), is looking for competent PHP and MySQL developers to help develop and share ideas and plans for the broadcasting system. Currently ZefieCast exists as a simple script to broadcast to a ShoutCAST DNAS. Long term MySQL goals include support for file indexing, playlist rotation, as well as queues and requests. Long term PHP goals include cleaning up the code, creating classes for each “module”, developing Icecast broadcasting support, optimizing input file decompression and re-compression, and optimizing code. Long term overall project goals include a Web Based (possibly AJAX) GUI for administration of the broadcasting system. Interested developers should keep this in mind.

Hey All,

I am in beta-testing on my new site http://www.dealspy.org and I could really use some help with traffic. Yes, I realize that it is another “deal site” but it is quite a bit different than AT/FW/GD/SD (or really any of the other deal sites out there)

DealSpy.org is a “Hot Deals” site which combines social bookmarking, RSS, and gives editorial control back to the USERS. With DealSpy.org, users submit deals for review, and vote on deals that other users submit. Those deals that receive enough votes from the community are promoted to the front page (rather than one or two editors deciding). YOU DECIDE. This site was influenced by the extremely popular technology site digg.com.

Basically all that boils down to is this: Users submit deals, and others vote on them. The ones that receive enough votes are moved to the main page.

Why is this different? Well think about the RSS implications (RSS of the main page would tell you the HOTTEST deals going on), and the PEOPLE decide what is hot, not the admins. Deal discussion is directly connected to the deal, and it is EXTREMELY easy to find what you are looking for.

I know there are bugs, and I would like help flushing them out. Could you give it a spin and see what you find? Anything you like/dont like? I am in the final stages of the template, so I am working on the few couple bugs left, but I could really use some traffic so I can work out others.

When I launch I plan to have some give aways to users who helped build the site by submitting links & voting on articles.. So you might want to get a head start now! (wink wink)

Thanks!
-Bill (hevnsnt)

from Hacked Gadgets

How to Solder Video Clips
http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/elab/soldering.htm
http://www.solder.net/technical/tips.asp
http://www.americanbeautytools.com/video.php
http://www.electronics.ca/cbt/DVD-42-43C.html
http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/curriculum/dt/videos/solderVid/soldering.htm
http://www.ameritherm.com/video_soldering.html

How to Solder using Pictures
http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/solderfaq.htm
http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/solder.htm
http://www.hallbar.com/solderingtips.html
http://www.elecraft.com/TechNotes/Ask_Dr_Solder.html

from GBPPR

A silent drill is a device for quietly drilling holes into walls, doors, floors, etc. for the insertion of a technical surveillance device. For instance, say a $2600 meeting was taking place in a hotel room. To protect your family and their privacy, you may wish to monitor this meeting. First, you’d arrange to rent the hotel room next to the room where the meeting is taking place. Then you would silently drill a hole through the wall in your room, and just before reaching the outside wall into the meeting room, you’d reduce the size of the drill bit so the final hole going into the meeting room is only the size of a pin-hole. You could then place a microphone or even a video camera into the hole and capture any activity coming from the meeting room.

from Unicyclist Community

I brought the phone with me (out of the enclosure though). Since then, I’ve learned more about the different ways to connect the phone to my computer, and finally settled with a Linksys PAP2. I was able to strike a deal again, and got one basically for free. You can hack this device (which is supposed to be used only with Vonage, and use it with any SIP provider (like Stanaphone). After buying a 2nd network card on ebay (total $7) and using internet sharing, I was able to get around my intense dorm network restrictions. Still, I had HUGE difficulty getting this all to work. Luckily, I made friends with one of the guys in my Resnet’s technical department, and he helped me fix my final problems. The result, after about 7 months, I have a payphone (named Charles, by the way) that is live! Right now all that’s working is the incoming part, but pretty soon I’ll add money to my Stanaphone account, and I’ll be able to call around the world cheap! (For example: 1.6 cents/minute US and Canada, 2.7 cents/minute France, 3.8 cents/minute Japan, 2.5 cents/minute U.K.)

from ProSoundWeb
For decades condenser microphones have been the staple for high-quality recording and live sound assignments. Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to own a good one. Well that’s about to change. I’ve written this article so that anyone who wants a great condenser mic (or those who just want more of them) can have their wish.

For around $20 (US) anyone can build an extremely accurate, life-like condenser microphone. DO NOT let the cost fool you, this mic’s frighteningly good performance will blow your mind—and it’s easy to build! -Joel Cameron

from: ibm.com

Construct and package a Linux® LiveCD so that it will install using the standard Microsoft® Windows® install process and will operate as a standard Windows screensaver. Answering the most common concern about open source software, this article shows that, yes, Linux will run under Windows.

from quietglow.com

Easy to use guide on how to get MythTV working on my favorite distro, Ubuntu

This guide assumes some basic things about your setup: all testing was done with a freshly installed and updated version of Ubuntu Breezy Badger. I have no clue how this all could conflict with something you might already have going on your box.

From our friends @ Grynx.com

If I say ‘Hard drive clock’ then you’re going to say ‘What’s new about that – it’s been done a million times’.
Yes – but not like this! A normal hard drive clock would be using the disc as background plus the regular hands for hours and minutes, or you could lift the lid of the hard drive and drill a hole all the way through engine and all (kind of) and then mount the regular hands. Boooring!
My goal – a wall clock that only shows pieces from hard drives. No plastic hands here please.