Sunday, July 31, 2005

After BH and Defcon links

I haven't gone and verified the accuracy of these, but it came off the internet so they must be true. :) #19 is my favorite.

19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."

A list of True Facts
http://ugoto.com/jokes/go/367


Ok, I never used 10,000 of them, but they stole my high school gag!

Ten thousand superballs rolling down a San Francisco hill-street
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/29/ten_thousand_superba.html


Eerie sounds from Saturn
http://www.nasa.gov/123163main_cas-skr1-112203.wav


Brought to you by Bill: Lava Sledding
Wearing just a tank top and shorts and reaching speeds of up to 70 mph on a sled standing only four inches above ground
http://starbulletin.com/2005/07/24/news/story9.html

Friday, July 22, 2005

on men, women, and gaming links

Someone actually wrote down the unwritten rules!

The Men Commandments
http://home.earthlink.net/~tgibson78/data/


People actually going out of they're way to buy a magazine BECAUSE of the advertising. Only one thing can manage that.

Mag offers free brothel session
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1470424.html?menu=news.quirkies


So cool.

Retrozone
http://www.sealiecomputing.com/retrozone/index.html


Not than I mind the male fantasy characters in todays video games, however women deserve they're own genre. Must be a huge market for type of game, but there again is the mystery, what women do want? For men, its easy. :)

Programmers: Video Games Need a Woman's Touch
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news%5C072105_ent_womanprogrammers.html


Funny.

Picking Up Girls Made Easy
http://www.hydeparkrecords.net/files/htpug/picking_up.htm


Just as it sounds

Rubik's Cube Solver
http://wrongway.org/cube/solve.html

Thursday, July 21, 2005

new record: 3 posts in one day

I'm officially a blogger! I feel so honored.

But the reason for this post was to draw attention to the spectacular picture now being hosted by Lex. Enjoy.
http://www.lexshouse.com/

Jer is quoted in the press

Every once in a while I get quoted in the press. So I figured I'd start posting them up here. Maybe I'll go and back-post some of the older ones when I get some time.

Visa, Amex Cut Ties with CardSystems
http://www.betanews.com/article/Visa_Amex_Cut_Ties_with_CardSystems/1121951640


As said by Bill...
In other news:
"Jeremiah becomes a full fledged luminary, references self in third person"

:-)

Before the lunch bell links

For the dirty mind.

Brought to you by Dennis: The Best PS2 Ad

http://www.fluctuat.net/blog/IMG/ps2_interdite.mpg


Definition of a really bad night.

Nude Teen Rescued After Three Days Trapped In Train Car
"His mother, Ramona Barber, said he had wrecked his car in a ditch Friday night and, while walking to a relative's house, was beaten, robbed and thrown in the tanker by three men."
http://www.wftv.com/news/4742842/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2656213198813&tml=orlc_strange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10000107202005&ts=H


Ok, I'm just dumbfounded by this. Could this be!?

Mind May Affect Machines
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68216,00.html


Another unfortunate Japanese Logo. You remember the last one right?
http://flickr.com/photos/sennachan/27245666/


I wonder if this is the way various type of education will go. Seems compelling actually.

Flash version of Open Heart Surgery
http://abc.net.au/science/lcs/heart.htm


Wednesday, July 20, 2005

The typical links: funny, interesting, and strange

Compliments of Llana: "Sneaky goddamn leg... LOL"

Don't Touch My Bone

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/donttouchmybone.html


Ok, childish and silly I know, but I'd like to have one of these rooms. See all the old consoles and games. Droool.

Gibby’s Game room
http://nescapades.com/gameroom.htm


Intelligence within the masses. No kidding?

Are Crowds Wise?
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003027.shtml


Interesting read to be sure. Especially if some of his facts and ascertions are verifiable.

The Logic of Suicide Terrorism
http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html


Uhm, this one actually made me nervous.

Massive Shark Caught Off Vineyard
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4746503/detail.html

Monday, July 18, 2005

Cops and strange event links

I guess being a Cop means you get called out on some really strange incidents. Some of these makes you wonder how you explain "how your day went" to someone else. I wonder if this level of cruelty has always been here or is increasing. Hard to tell since brings access to everything world wide.


I think I know of good punishment for this woman.

Mother Charged After Kids Take Turns In Trunk On 8-Hour Drive
http://www.wftv.com/news/4711802/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2656213198813&tml=orlc_strange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10000207122005&ts=H


I have strong feelings on movies to be sure, but rising to the degree of hanibal lector canabalism, thats a whole other level.

Man Has Nose Bitten Off In Fight Over Bruce Willis Film
http://www.wftv.com/news/4734814/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2656213198813&tml=orlc_strange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10000207182005&ts=H


Simply unimaginable.

Police Say Mother Injected Toddler With Feces
http://www.wftv.com/news/4728708/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2656213198813&tml=orlc_strange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10000207182005&ts=H


This reminded me of that Johnny Knoxville trailer where he pretends to be retarted to fix the Special Olympics. One way or the other though, this coaches life is over.

Report: Coach paid player to harm disabled boy
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3764132

Friday, July 15, 2005

TGIF links

This street paintings are stunningly realistic. One might think they'd fall in if that stepped on one.

Master street painter
http://boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/classical-street-art-p1.php


Watch this guy (cyclotouriste) steadily get more and more crazy.
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/messagepost.cfm?postaction=reply&catid=32&threadid=776884&messid=6606542&STARTPAGE=1&parentid=0&from=6


Ok, file this in the just plain creepy category.

Ukrainian vampire drugged children and drank their blood
http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/03/wukr03.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/03/ixworld.html


Brought to you by Dennis:
Strip 332: Dear Hollywood; stop sucking.
http://biggercheese.com/index.php?comic=332

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

ABC News (Australia) TV Interview

Wow, an actual honest to goodness blog post.

Today I was interviewed for an ABC News (Australia) show called Four Corners. Its a 45 minutes show similar to the PBS Frontline we have in the states. The subject matter was phishing and identidy theft. The whole process took about 3 hours to film. This was really an interesting and entertaining experience. I believe this was my second TV appearance and I think I'm getting more comfortable with the idea. We'll see if the final results show me in a relaxed state or a jabbering tech0-ninny.

As part of the filming, they allowed me to do a phishing demonstration using a XSS vulnerability I found in ABC's website. I call it Phishing with Superbait. I created a FAKE news story appear on the REAL website stating the reporter won a Pulitzer and also linked to Al Qaeda. This hack is different than normal fake website scams because it originated from the legit website instead of a rouge server. So the URL looks perfect in every way. Both the reporter and producer were amazed that such a thing was possible.

I'm not sure when this will air, but they'll be supplying me with a DVD.

post vacation links

and her house was condemed! Smell must have been aweful.

Elderly woman in U.S. hoards more than 300 cats
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050712/od_nm/odd_cats_dc;_ylt=ApudObuoJtvFeKH7JX_001is0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-


The question I had was, why would you steal a parrot anyway?

Parrot helped catch robbers
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1458355.html


If Simpsons characters mated
http://lisasimpson.net/interactive/mated/


remember ... "the stress release technique had worked perfectly until he was arrested."

Naked man arrested for shouting at trees
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1458481.html

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Real World Web Hacking URL's

Myself and Ofer from Breach created a Real World Web Hacking URL's web page that many have found incredibly useful.

"A compiled list of news sources, specific to real-world websites, describing an actual web application security hack. Most media accounts of website hacking incidents contain precious few details about how the compromise was carried out. Only occasionally we'll see descriptions of parameter tampering to uncover someone else's order details or the infamous SQL Injection . These are the links we can directly attribute to web application security failures."

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

1up gaming links

This is a great article describing the "secondary" gaming market. Details exploits and what they are now used for in combination with sweat off-shore "farming" shops. Things are getting organized and sophisticated nowadays in the MMORPG space. Now a part of me says, perhaps I missed out on something when I quit UO. But it seems to me the game makers are looking at all of this the wrong way and leaving money on the table for what can only be described ready market.

From sweatshops to stateside corporations, some people are profiting off of MMO gold.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3141815


Shigeru Miyamoto is the man

TOP 10 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3141771


Nostalgia

TOP 10 WORST TV GAMES OF ALL TIME
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3141721


Yep, basically why I don't watch TV much.

What's The Big Idea?
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=5179663&publicUserId=5345401

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

back to work links

I gotta get me one of these.

Ghillie Suits

http://www.army-surplus.com/ss_store/page8.html


So funny I went and found the actual seating chart for myself

Complaint from Seat 29E
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=11134

seat layout
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Continental_Airlines/Continental_Airlines_Boeing_737-800_B.php


So, fired.

Bad keystroke leads to $251 million stock buy
http://news.com.com/Bad+keystroke+leads+to+251+million+stock+buy/2100-1030_3-5772264.html?tag=nefd.top


From the wow, but what use is this dept.

Japanese sets new mathematics record for reciting 'pi'
http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=3&story_id=42142


Humorous.

Google Flash Song
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Epcxee/google_flash.htm


Amazing pictures of what it looks like to break the sound barrier

Flying at transonic speeds
http://weblog.physorg.com/news2269.html

Friday, July 01, 2005

4th of July weekend links

Submission by TC: Some really funny Netflix movie reviews

Brian Moore's Reviews and Lists
http://www.netflix.com/Profile?prid=220406208


Getting struck by lightning while playing console games is one thing, but then having the headlines say ing you must have learned some kind of lesson is another. What was the lesson, dont watch TV during a storm? Sheesh

Lightning teaches Middleton teen a valuable lesson
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050630/NEWS05/50630022


I did by best to verify this, and it seems its real. Creepy.

646-Pound Catfish Netted in Thailand
http://www.scienceblog.com/catfish.html?q=node/8320


Falling from the "something" tree and hit every bubble on the way down
http://www.izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf


Toby got a stay of execution until November 6th, 2006

Save Toby
http://savetoby.com/