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Iron Man
Watched it in theaters. Definitely worth watching, and the 90% is more than understandable on rottentomatoes.

Yay shiny! Yay amusements!

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Note to self: Learn to travel light.
'cause while having lots of stuff is useful ("Ben, why do you have toy handcuffs...?" - people I lent handcuffs to for a show), I don't use... about 30% of the stuff.

And it makes packing annoying. 'cause there's lots of stuff.

Ideally, it'd be nice if I could move by throwing everything into one or two suitcases and vanish. Is the inconvenience of living out of two suitcases worth the convenience of having little to pack? Maybe. Much of the hassle is the kitchen stuff, which a relative is coming by to pick up.


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Also, I shouldn't get too annoyed at the roommate, who left (for good*) already and has left me a large mold splotch to deal with (on one corner of his room). While I'm not getting compensated in money, I am getting some stuff in exchange, like a rather nice looking watch that he was given and hasn't worn. Also getting a wireless keyboard.

Although I think I'm still relatively annoyed, since none of it is stuff I can use. I suppose I could sell the watch and keyboard, and maybe make use of some of the other stuff that's getting left behind, like 5+ shirts from various companies, unopened pack of pencils, assorted bits and pieces of stuff... And he's leaving books too. Mmm. Maybe I could sell some of the books... I wish I had more time, or a way to guarantee a sale in 4 days.

*He's getting a different apartment, I'm graduating.

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tao of programming.
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  • 13:29 And thus my schooling ends with a whimper and a groan. Time to pick up that cap n gown, then pack... #

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Code Geass r2 5
Anyone else see the parallel to the similar cat-chase episode from the first season?

Except... there's was more at stake this time around.

Lelouch, I hope you have a good poker face...

And omg. Plot twist after plot twist after oh, hey, let's see if we can twist the plot one more way before the episode ends. Reminds me a bit of Death Note in terms of how fast things pile up...

...and I can't decide if I want to root for Suzaku or Lelouch. I dislike Suzaku's... willingness for follow orders, Lelouch is a bastard who blatantly uses other people for his own agenda.

Also, other mechas pretty. And the silly Knight of the Round that piloted new shiny transforming mecha amuses me. He needs more screentime.
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A bizare meme of sorts.
Via [info]porsupah

$ history|awk '{a[$2]++} END{for(i in a){printf "%5d\t%s\n",a[i],i}}'|sort -rn|head
48 ssh
44 ./april1.pl
41 netstat
38 cd
33 ssh435
30 ping
30 ./crit
21 ls
17 sudo
15 make

ssh435 is an alias that'll ssh me into the ece435 class gateway. april1.pl is a small script that'll use "osascript" to set the volume and "say" to make a server talk. :)

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Seeking: Uploading music to the iPhone via SFTP
I wish I had more time, so I could take apart the iTunesDB file on my iPhone so I could write some small app to let me upload mp3s to my iPhone.

Here's what I know:
-Music is located in /private/var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/Music/F00 - F13
-Each Fxx folder contains assorted media files with a capitalized four letter file name, followed by the file extension. There are 20-50 media files in each Fxx folder.
-There are a number of files in /private/var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/iTunes/
--Ringtones.plist
--Rentals.plist
--PlayCounts.plist
--PhotosFolderPrefs
--PhotosFolderName
--PhotosFolderAlbums
--iTunesRingtones
--iTunesPrefs
--iTunesPlaylists
--iTunesMovies
--iTunesMoviePlaylists
--iTunesDB (This is what we'll want to change, I think?)
--iTunesControl


I can open iTunesDB in a text editor (BBEdit), then replace all "mhod"s and "mhia"s with newlines for easier reading.... there's invisible.. somethings between letters (perhaps for.. unicode support of some sort? Need to view in a hex editor later...)
From a quick glance at the iTunesDB, it contains:
-A list of artists/albums
-A list of songs, with song name, artist, album, genre, type, then song location similar to the following:


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  • 07:05 Ugh, too bloody early to be up. (7 AM...) Sun too happy. Stupid 8 AM saturday morning final exam... #
  • 09:16 One more final. And one coding assignment/presentation. But first, breakfast, laundry, and a shower... #
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Getting (your data) stripsearched while crossing the border
http://www.eff.org/action/bordersearch

There's links that'll help you send a generic e-mail to your local congressperson, and/or help you locate their phone number.

So go, e-mail. Help keep our deep dark secrets private.

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Server racks... aren't all that secure =^^=v
One of the classes I'm taking involves sticking RH linux onto servers and then mucking around with the TCP/IP stuff.

While waiting for the printer to print something, I got bored and started poking around at the server rack that housed our stuff. There's a lock on it, but since we need physical access to the servers, the door's kept unlocked. But I noticed that the hinges were spring loaded and could easily be pushed up to unhinge the door.

So I discovered to my amusement that I could use the snap-hook my keys are on to reach in and lift the hinge pin, thereby bypassing the lock completely.

Have pictures of hinge. Will post later. Am lazy / need to cram for exam in 6 hours.

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Because facebook is silly...
...and there's no way to add the Ad Manager application once you remove it ('cause there's no obvious link to the application page), here's the link to the "application".

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6802152230

Mind, it's not necessary to add it in order to make / setup ads. It just makes it a little more convenient to access and stuff.


Also, it bothers me that there's no way for me to remove my credit card information, even though the transaction for my recent advertising request has already been completed. This is a problem, 'cause if anyone get into my account, they could potentially advertise random stuff and cost me quite a bit... (I think there's a daily spending limit, but I also think it's somewhere in the $250s. Which is a lot of money per day.)

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Huh... more reason to use some sort of online storage system...
...and encrypting+hiding data too large to store online.

Now that US customs agents have unfettered access to laptops and other electronic devices at borders, a coalition of travel groups, civil liberties advocates and technologists is calling on Congress to rein in the Department of Homeland Security's search and seizure practices. They're also providing practical advice on how to prevent trade secrets and other sensitive data from being breached.
In a letter dated Thursday, the group, which includes the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union and the Business Travel Coalition, called on the House Committee on Homeland Security to ensure searches aren't arbitrary or overly invasive. They also urged the passage of legislation outlawing abusive searches.

The letter comes 10 days after a US appeals court ruled Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have the right to rummage through electronic devices even if they have no reason to suspect the hardware holds illegal contents. Not only are they free to view the files during passage; they are also permitted to copy the entire contents of a device. There are no stated policies about what can and can't be done with the data.

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