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Telnet to Netgear Box

To telnet to your Netgear box and play with all the onboard settings try the following

where 192.168.1.1 is the IP of your router, then:
telnet 192.168.1.1
and you can play

1. adsl
2. adslctl
3. ash
4. ath_cli
5. ath_helper
6. atm
7. atm_monitor
8. atmarp
9. atmarpd
10. atmctl
11. br2684ctl
12. brctl
13. busybox
14. cat
15. cfm
16. chmod
17. cmd_agent_ap
18. conf
19. cp
20. crond
21. dd
22. dmesg
23. dnrd
24. dumpmem
25. echo
26. ez-ipupdate
27. free
28. fw-scripts/
29. grep
30. hostapd
31. ifconfig
32. init
33. insmod
34. iptables
35. iwconfig
36. iwpriv
37. kill
38. killall
39. klogd
40. lash
41. ln
42. ls
43. lsmod
44. mini_httpd
45. mkdir
46. more
47. mount
48. mv
49. nbtscan
50. netgear_ntp
51. nvram
52. pb_ap
53. ping
54. pot
55. potcounter
56. pppd
57. pppoe
58. pppoe-relay
59. ps
60. rc
61. reaim
62. reboot
63. restore_config.cgi
64. rm
65. rmmod
66. route
67. routed
68. rt2684d
69. scfgmgr
70. setmem
71. setup.cgi
72. sh
73. sleep
74. smtpc
75. syslogd
76. test
77. touch
78. udhcpc
79. udhcpd
80. umount
81. upgrade_flash.cgi
82. upnpd
83. utelnetd
84. wizard
85. wlanconfig

Virgin broadband is crap - 20mb = 6mb

Against my better judgement I recently had Virgin's 20 mb package installed. The actual connection speed averages out about 6mb.

Customer service is a very special experience, if you are lucky enough to get connected in under 10 minutes you will then have the joy of speaking to a the rude, poorly trained staff who don't really make any effort to resolve your problems, in the knowledge you are signed up for 12 months, so you can rot!

I still havn't recieved my 'Free' wireless router.. after 2 weeks.. now that's service

Borders Voucher - Valid till Feb 29th 2008

French Financial Crisis - Jerome Kerviel

Friends of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel last night blamed his $7 billion losses on unbearable levels of stress brought on by a punishing 30 hour week.

Kerviel hid his November losses in a batch of wonderfully fresh croissant. Kerviel was known to start work as early as nine in the morning and still be at his desk at five or even five-thirty, often with just an hour and a half for lunch.

One colleague said: "He was, how you say, une workaholique. I have a family and a mistress so I would leave the office at around 2pm at the latest, if I wasn't on strike.

But Jerome was tied to that desk. One day I came back to the office at 3pm because I had forgotten my stupid little hat and there he was, fast asleep on the photocopier.

At first I assumed he had been having sex with it, but then I remembered he had been working for almost six hours."

As the losses mounted, Kerviel tried to conceal his bad trades by covering them with an intense red wine sauce, later switching to delicate pastry horns.

At one point he managed to dispose of dozens of transactions by hiding them inside vol-au-vent cases and staging a fake reception.

Last night a spokesman for Sócíété Générálé denied that Kerviel was over worked, insisting he lost the money after betting that the French were about to stop being rude, lazy, arrogant bastards.

ejb ql

cnnet.hk scam

If you receive email from cnnet.hk purporting to be from the main domain name registrar in China be very sceptical. China's main registrar is http://www.cnnic.net.cn/ and this company appears to be some sort of dodgy scam set up to obtain private information.

Here is an example of an email received from cnnet:

Dear Manager,

We are China Net Technology Limited, which is the domain name register center in China.I have something need to confirm with you.

we have received an application formally,one company named "Worldpro Investment Limited" applies for the domain names( ...biz\....cn\....com.cn\....net.cn\....tw\....com.tw\....hk\....mobi etc.) and the internet Brand Name(...)on the internet Dec 3. 2007. We need to know the opinion of your company, because the domain names and keywords may relate to the usufruct of brand name on internet.

we would like to get the affirmation of your company,please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible. Please let someone in your company who is responsible for trademark or intellectual right contact me freely.

Best Regards,

Angor Huang

Sponsoring Registrar:
China Net Technology Limited.
Tel:+(852)3075 9838
Fax:+(852)3177 1520
Email: angor.huang@cnnet.hk
Website: www.cnnet.hk

WHOIS INFORMATION:

Domain Name: CNNET.HK
Contract Version: HKDNR latest version

Registrant Contact Information:

Company English Name (It should be the same as the registered/corporation name on your
Business Register Certificate or relevant documents): LIZHONGWANG
Company Chinese name:
Address: XIANGGANG HONG KONG 519000
Country: CN
Email: domain@now.net.cn
Domain Name Commencement Date: 08-11-2007
Expiry Date: 08-11-2008
Re-registration Status: Complete
Name of Registrar: HKDNR

Administrative Contact Information:

First name: LIZHONGWANG
Last name: LIZHONGWANG
Company name: LIZHONGWANG
Address: XIANGGANG HONG KONG 519000
Country: CN
Phone: +852--30593010
Fax: +852--30593010
Email: domain@now.net.cn
Account Name: HK1997032T

Technical Contact Information:

First name: LIZHONGWANG
Last name: LIZHONGWANG
Company name: LIZHONGWANG
Address: XIANGGANG HONG KONG 519000
Country: CN
Phone: +852--30593010
Fax: +852--30593010
Email: info@netinchina.org.cn

Name Servers Information:

NS7.01ISP.COM
NS8.01ISP.NET

Setting up JBOSS Seam

• [path...]\jboss-seam-2.0.0.GA>seam setup
  Buildfile: [path...]\jboss-seam-2.0.0.GA\seam-gen\build.xml
• init:
• setup:
• [echo] Welcome to seam-gen :-)
• [input] Enter your Java project workspace (the directory that contains your Seam projects) [c:/development/eclipse_w orkspace/] [[path...]/workspace/]
• [input] Enter your JBoss home directory [[path...]/jboss-seam-2.0.0.GA] [[path...]/jboss -seam-2.0.0.GA]
• [input] Enter the project name [systemadmin] [systemadmin]
• [echo] Accepted project name as: systemadmin
  [input] Select a RichFaces skin (not applicable if using ICEFaces) [blueSky] ([blueSky], classic, ruby, wine, deepMa rine, emeraldTown, sakura, DEFAULT)
• [input] Is this project deployed as an EAR (with EJB components) or a WAR (with no EJB support) [ear] ([ear], war, )
• [input] Enter the Java package name for your session beans [uk.co.iblocks.projectName.data] [uk.co.iblocks.projectName.data]
• [input] Enter the Java package name for your entity beans [uk.co.iblocks.projectName.data] [uk.co.iblocks.projectName.data]
• [input] Enter the Java package name for your test cases [uk.co.iblocks.projectName.test] [uk.co.iblocks.projectName.test]
• [input] What kind of database are you using? [mssql] (hsql, mysql, oracle, postgres, [mssql], db2, sybase, enterpri sedb, h2)
• [input] Enter the Hibernate dialect for your database [org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect] [org.hibernate.dialec t.SQLServerDialect]
• [input] Enter the filesystem path to the JDBC driver jar [[path...] \jtds-1.2.jar] [[path...]\jtds-1.2.jar]
• [input] Enter JDBC driver class for your database [net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver] [net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driv er]
• [input] Enter the JDBC URL for your database [jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://dbserver:8080/projectName] [jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://dbserver:8080/projectName]
• [input] Enter database username [username] [username]
• [input] Enter database password [password] [password]
• [input] Enter the database schema name (it is OK to leave this blank) [databaseName] [databaseName]
• [input] Enter the database catalog name (it is OK to leave this blank) [databaseTable] [databaseTable]
• [input] Are you working with tables that already exist in the database? [y] ([y], n, )
• [input] Do you want to drop and recreate the database tables and data in import.sql each time you deploy? [n] (y, [ n], )
• [input] Enter your ICEfaces home directory (leave blank to omit ICEfaces) [] []
• [delete] Deleting: [path...]\jboss-seam-2.0.0.GA\seam-gen\build.properties
  [propertyfile] Creating new property file: [path...]\jboss-seam-2.0.0.GA\seam-gen\build.properties
  [echo] Installing JDBC driver jar to JBoss server
  [echo] Type 'seam create-project' to create the new project
• BUILD SUCCESSFUL
  Total time: 2 minutes 26 seconds

seam new-project

seam generate-entities

Telediscount TOPUP

A, MX Record and Cname

www, @, * - A Record 205.178.189.131

MX Record mail.sub-domain.co.uk PRI 10

CName Alias - for subdomains

references and grouped searches in textpad regex

when you group searches in the textpad regex editor you have to escape the grouping brackets with a backslash otherwise it searches them as literal characters

for example:
\([0-9]\) will search for any number 0-9
but if you omit the the escape slash it will look for (1) for example

Code Wank

code /ko?d/ [kohd] noun, verb, cod·ed, cod·ing.
wank /wæ?k/ [wangk] Chiefly British and Australian Slang: Vulgar

Code Wank - Definition: Creating code that does not relate to the core purpose of a project. Basically wanking around with peripheral tasks
- source. Dave Fleming

reg-ex

1. <font[^>]+>

Best Kayaking Video I've seen in a while

Regular Search Expressions

JSF/Seam For Loop

<h:dataTable value="#{qryAlertCombo.resultList}" var="alert">

<h:column>

<f:facet name="header">Desc</f:facet>

#{alert.alertDescription}

</h:column>

<h:column>

<f:facet name="header">Id</f:facet>

#{alert.alertId}

</h:column>

</h:dataTable>

web.xml deployment file example

Eclipse never seems to bother creating the deployment file for tomcat so here is a template web.xml document so i can find it easily

Empty web.xml file for Web Application

PrintListenerClient

uk.co.iblocks.printclient.PrintListenerClient

PrintListenerClient

/

log4JFile

C:\XmlClientJobListener\log4j.xml

30

html

text/html

txt

text/plain

index.jsp

index.html

Make 3.81 (make.exe) download

this is the only portion of cygwin i ever need and as such it's annoying i can never find make.exe online to download - so ive put it here make 3.81

Use of IP Address Data

It is important to note that unlike the U.S., under European Union law IP Addresses are considered to be personal data as defined by article 2(a) of Directive 95/46/EC " 'personal data' shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific to his physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity; " Also see Directive 2006/24/EC.

In association with time codes, IP Addressing information will always identify unique ISP account holders unless there is translation of that information.

It is important that this significant difference in legal status be understood, because Websites that provide for third-party interception of IP addressing information and traffic data, without Website visitor consent, are committing a criminal offence in the UK by virtue of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, where through the requirements of European Council Decision 2005/222/JHA such Website owners face serious sanctions, including the winding up of their businesses, being debarred from running a business, and more than 2 years imprisonment.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address#IP_address_legality_in_Europe

..so basically if you re-display any visitor data of IP addresses to your site without consent you are in breach of the Investigatory Powers Act..

Block MSN Popup Adverts - rad.msn.com

If you want to block MSN pop-up advertisements in your messenger window and you have a router that allows URL filtering - just add rad.msn.com to your filter list - messenger still works fine, no more annoying flash ads

Radio i-Dat Samples

here's a few audio samples i've put together on the computer and on decks

• house mix jingle
• how the west was won jingle
• radio idat jingle
• raw - drum and bass
• back to the 80s
• itchy - scratching sample
• Thomas the Tank Engine v. Public Enemy

Free Alan Johnston

Tomato

My latest still life of a tomato on bluemedia photography pics

Google image api

Trawling through the current image.google.com reply i've just posted a broken down version of what googles image search returns - just in case anyone is interested in ripping from it.

dyn.Img(
"1: embedded URL",
"2: ",
"3: google code?",
"4: picture Location",
"5: thumb width",
"6: thumb height",
"7: image alt",
"8: ",
"9: ",
"10: full picture dimension & size",
"11: ",
"12: host domain",
"13: ",
"14: ",
"15: google thumb image server location"
);

Social Hacking - Ludic Society

I've spent the last week working on the Social Hacking workshops arranged by Plymouth University IDAT along with Plymouth Arts Centre plus Arts Council etc.

Thoroughly enjoyed working with Max and Margarete from the Ludic Society for the week documenting their current project based on the reality engine and real life game play.

Shouts should go out to Joasia, Geoff, B, Max, Margarete and all the others who facilitated a really interesting and productive week!

The week culminated with a really interesting series of talks by various contributors including a particularly interesting insight into social spaces and their evolution by McKenzie Wark who's work is well worth a read

Some photos can be found on my bluemedia photography sets

Seeking 1 year Placement

I'm a second year Digital Art and Technology BSc student studying at Plymouth University, Devon, England.

I am currently seeking a work placement commencing June-August 2007 and lasting roughly one year.

My skills include CSS, PHP/Java, photography, sound editing and the creation of copy for editorial publications.

I have worked as a freelance web designer for about 3 years and have a number of previous sites available to show although I would prefer not to limit myself purely to web design.

My first year grades and CV are available from my web site and my current portfolio of photography can be found on flickr.

My CV can be downloaded here

I have listed the URLs below.

• personal URL: http://www.icurtain.co.uk
• photography URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluemediaphotography
• university course URL: http://www.i-dat.org

Michael Lang
info[at]bluemedia.co.uk

Hackable Curator Flickr API

The chaps at Hackable Curator just chose one of my plymouth flickr pics for their new conceptual online gallery. Yay me!

Stelarc - Transmediale 07

Stumbled across Stelarc by chance as he was giving an interview to some German TV channel. i hadn't seen his work before and wasn't familiar with the use of "body modification" for any purpose other than to help the alienated youth of america try to define them.

Stelarc's work definitely challenges our sensibilities and what we see as acceptable within society and art but doesn’t seem to have any real clear vision of what he aims to achieve. During his seminar he was very good at spitting out sound bites and working the crowd, but when challenged on some issues failed to provide any real or meaningful answers suggesting it was a rather scripted performance.

Stelarc had real idea of the direction in which his work was heading and if you look at his previous works and performances, although the initial idea may have been fairly unique and quirky the subsequent follow up material was almost formulaic in its logic rather undermining the conceptual element. First a sculpture in the body, then a sculpture of the body out of the body (blender), and large portions of his performance work have followed this rather binary pattern of development.

His implied claim to have furthered the cause of technology doesn't seem to have much credence either as his work has tended to jump onto an already rolling band wagon (electro-stimulation of nerves) and walking robots.

Great shock value, not quite sure about his place within the world of art.

Check the Transmediale07 photogroup on flickr for pics

Plymouth Coursework Front Sheet

Plymouth University Faculty of Technology Cover Sheet.

Communities & Favourites
-> Faculty of Technology
-> Expand + Menu Items
-> Select 05 Student Administration and Support (FoT)
-> Coursework Front Sheet

But Half the time the link doesnt even work so here is a copy of the 06 faculty of technology cover sheet just in case

Rosh's breaking demo (abscrew.com)

check out this break dancing demo from Rosh at abscrew.com - new one coming soon

Thomas the Tank v. Public Enemy

Thomas the Tank Engine versus Public Enemy's Rebel Without a Pause - in ringtone format!

It's like Christmas and my birthday all rolled into one! check it out Thomas (right click and choose save as)

Coutts SQL Exploit

This week i discovered a rather major whole in coutts.com 'secure' sql code.

When an unsuccessful application was made from their Services Application page it would take you through to the secure section and print out the SQL server login name and password

Income :£0-25k
Liquid :£0-100k
Fixed :£0-1m
DOB_Difference :0
Residence :
step1 :True
DECLINE DB Conn dsn=coutts_dsn;uid=coutts_user;pwd=coutts!user;database=db_coutts
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot open database requested in login 'db_coutts'. Login fails.
/secure/include/coutts_app_streamlined.asp, line 460

They rectified the problem soon after I emailed them about it and didn't even have the decency to say thank you - what a polite bunch of chaps

bluemedia photography on flickr

Weather Map - IDAT103

Weather Map Project - for IDAT103, all images used in the composite were taken using a Pentax Optio S4

Astraboy & Davespice 4 the Scumball 3000 Rally

Astraboy & Davespice 4 the Scumball 3000

David  Honess is raising money for charity at

http://www.justgiving.com/astraboy_davespice

error code 81000314

Signing in to MSN Messenger failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. 81000314

you can check the msn server status here http://messenger.msn.com/Status.aspx

This error does not relate to a connectivity or client misconigfuration error. It is an MSN server error. MSN hosts different MSN/Hotmail accounts on different servers and sometimes performs maintenance on individual servers thus causing this error whilst allowing other separate accounts to connect.

The error seems to relate to a DNS error with the MSN server.
An apparrent solution is to:
Add the following to entries to your hosts file:

65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net

langsculpture is now online

Sony Ericsson Engineering Menus

1. Sony Ericsson Engineering Menus
2. Sim lock status: > * * > 
3.  
4. Engineering menu: > * < < * < *

fire in st.ives

Pictures of a nasty fire on the wharf in st.ives destroying an entire block of housing next to Mount Zion.

Hepworth Artefact Project

Stage One – Hepworth  - Upright Form, St.ives 1949

For my artefact project I chose to recreate a work by Barbara Hepworth. I chose her as an artist because I have grown up in a town surrounded by her works and have been inspired by them over the years. I also had access to the tools and information necessary to recreate a work by her using traditional methods.

I took several books out from the library containing works by Hepworth and studied them intently, I also visited the Hepworth Museum on several occasions and managed to take a few sneaky shots on my phone camera which helped me put the body of her work into perspective and try to pick a significant yet realistic piece to recreate.

I appreciated the importance of feeling what inspired the artist and exposed myself wantonly to dramatic Cornish landscapes, camp stripy polo necks, French berets, a heavy smoking habit and a mild alcohol problem, I continued this work during my time at university in order to add authenticity to the final sculpture.

For the purposes of this project I procured a space in my fathers sculpture studio and used his various tools and equipment in order to hue my piece from the very trunk of a tree that had not so many years before stood proud and majestic, dominating the landscape of St Erth and inspiring awe in all those who looked into it’s magnificent branches crested with emerald green foliage so befitting a tree of it’s splendid stature.

Whilst Hepworth is famed for her bronzes, the humble wooden sculpture bore a pivital role in the creative process employed by the artist. It was the foundation upon which she unleashed her creative processes lavishing the initial burst of expression which so vividly captured the imagination of the masses.

In short she made small scale wooden models of her final pieces in order to “envision” the final dream.

I chose a piece of Cyprus, a highly aromatic wood noted for it’s interesting grain and ease to carve lending itself whole heartedly to the project in hand. I started out with a large 4 foot high log, approximately 2 feet in diameter which I quartered length wise and then halved producing 8 rather marvellous pieces of wood.

From here I proceeded to flatten one face of the block firstly with a large chisel and then with a spoke shave (a tool traditionally employed in the manufacture of cart wheels) which achieves an effect twixt a chisel and a plane.

This flat surface enabled me to sketch out my initial designs upon it, similar to the process employed by Hepworth and the craftsmen she called upon to aid her creative visions.

Stage Two

Stage two started as an almost brutal slog against the wood, a large proportion of the block had to be cut away to reveal the delicate inner form that was emerging. I employed large chisels and a heavy mallet in order to cut out the form.

As the form emerged I used a combination of chalk and pencil markings to constantly guide my blade, slicing through the layers of wood, reaching ever closer to my goal.

I constantly referred to pictures both in books and ones I myself had taken, revisiting the gallery several times during this period of frenetic activity. I felt drained, I needed to rest, but I pursued my task which had become like a religious quest, driving me onwards with a fervour.

Gradually my vision became a reality and the sleepless nights spent tossing and turning in a furious debate of the angle of the true organic curve paid dividends.

I began to see the rugged Cornish cliffs recreated in the form I was contriving to sculpt, I had captured nature in it’s raw form, stealing it’s majesty, captivating it’s glory and imprisoning them in my work.. I felt powerful.. for a fleeting moment.

Then again, like the waves of the ocean I cavorted down the curve into the depths of despair. Had I really recreated the artist’s intentions? Was I just projecting my own hopes and dreams through my chisel, I was at a loss, I felt my artistic self was drifting in the ether disconnected from my body, unable to communicate.

After several days evading all reminders of the task in hand I returned to these tumultuous thoughts and concluded that I must now sand the wood to a fine finish.
Would this resolve my artistic conflicts?
It did, I was quite pleased with the finish and concluded all was not in vain.

Stage Three

This stage was in preparation for the unveiling of the final work. I used a coarse grain sand paper in order to remove imperfections on all the surfaces and graduated down to a fine grain which produced a finish suitable for polishing.

I found a base upon which to mount the piece, but sadly didn’t have time to photograph the final work before going to pressed (Sunday before hand in)

Conclusion

The methods employed in the production of the sculpture where genuine and authentic to all realistic expectations. I researched the sculpture thoroughly and put all effort into achieving an accurate recreation. I feel this project has helped me grow as a person and it has helped me connect with alcohol as a creative tool.

All photos in this section where taken by myself using a Sony W800i Phone and a Nikon D70S.

SQL - find in one table where not in other - then create relationship

1. SELECT btype_ind 
2. FROM blog_prop AS bip 
3. WHERE NOT 
4. EXISTS ( 
5.  
6. SELECT btype_id 
7. FROM blog_type AS bit 
8. WHERE bit.btype_id = bip.btype_id 
9. ) 
10. LIMIT 0 , 30  
11.  
12. ALTER TABLE blog_prop 
13. ADD CONSTRAINT blog_type_link 
14. FOREIGN KEY (btype_id) 
15. REFERENCES blog_type(btype_id) 
16. ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE RESTRICT

XSLT Transformation

1. class Table{ 
2.       private $id = null; 
3.       private $firstName = null; 
4.       private $lastName = null; 
5.  
6.       public function getId(){ 
7.          return $this->id; 
8.       } 
9.        
10.       public function setId($id){ 
11.          $this->id = $id; 
12.       } 
13.        
14.       public function getFirstName(){ 
15.          return $this->firstName; 
16.       } 
17.        
18.       public function setFirstName($firstName){ 
19.          $this->firstName = $firstName; 
20.       } 
21.        
22.       public function getLastName(){ 
23.          return $this->lastName; 
24.       } 
25.  
26.       public function setLastName($lastName){ 
27.          $this->lastName = $lastName; 
28.       } 
29.  
30. }