fun – Grey Panthers Savannah https://grey-panther.net Just another WordPress site Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:15:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 206299117 100 years of style https://grey-panther.net/2011/09/100-years-of-style.html https://grey-panther.net/2011/09/100-years-of-style.html#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:15:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=55 A very entertaining video in the style of Evolution of Dance:

Hattip to refresh.ro.

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2011/09/100-years-of-style.html/feed 0 55 Who is hype-free? https://grey-panther.net/2010/06/who-is-hype-free.html https://grey-panther.net/2010/06/who-is-hype-free.html#respond Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:14:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=102 I’ve done a writeup about the name of blog when I started it. However recently two links came up in my Google Alerts:

The first one is from Urban Dictionary and it defines hype free as “Slang word for drug free”.

The second one is from Yahoo! Answers and states pretty much the same thing (in a conversational form).

I didn’t know this meaning of the expression until these items came on my radar recently, but they are very funny (and certainly true in more than one sense).

Update: the Yahoo Answers page states that it was deleted “according to our Community Guidelines”. Bummer.

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2010/06/who-is-hype-free.html/feed 0 102 Security vendor’s “top-threat” list proof for their less-than-perfect performance? https://grey-panther.net/2010/01/security-vendors-top-threat-list-proof-for-their-less-than-perfect-performance.html https://grey-panther.net/2010/01/security-vendors-top-threat-list-proof-for-their-less-than-perfect-performance.html#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:52:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=143 539560646_2a6865e8cf_o Here is something I’ve been thinking about lately: most (all?) security vendors publish their “top-threats” periodically. Those lists are made up by centralizing numbers reported by their clients. While it is safe to assume that the majority of the enumerated threats are blocked straight-away – before they can execute a single piece of code – there is a certain percentage which is after-the-fact detection (ie. the machine gets infected, a signature comes out later on at which point – if you’re lucky – the security program will block the malware).

Now I have no idea about the relative size of this subset (or if the companies have it, or how they can collect it for that matter), but I find the idea that marketing material put “out there” can backfire amusing :-).

Picture taken from tigger1fic’s photostream with permission.

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2010/01/security-vendors-top-threat-list-proof-for-their-less-than-perfect-performance.html/feed 0 143 Making Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up” in Ableton by Jim Pavloff https://grey-panther.net/2010/01/making-prodigys-smack-my-bitch-up-in-ableton-by-jim-pavloff.html https://grey-panther.net/2010/01/making-prodigys-smack-my-bitch-up-in-ableton-by-jim-pavloff.html#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:59:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=147 I just remembered what a Prodigy fan I was. The old man :-p doesn’t like it, but that’s ok. I don’t like Tokyo Hotel either 🙂

And here is even more Prodigy music, curtesy of Grooveshark:

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2010/01/making-prodigys-smack-my-bitch-up-in-ableton-by-jim-pavloff.html/feed 0 147 Screenshot forensics https://grey-panther.net/2009/11/screenshot-forensics.html https://grey-panther.net/2009/11/screenshot-forensics.html#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:48:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=167 2390570910_09a697ffee_o One of the interesting thing I like to do when reading (security) blog posts, is to try to deduce details about the machine setup used. You can find some very interesting tidbits of information, like Sunbelt using Symantec AV on some of their machines.

A couple of current examples:

If you want to avoid exposing such details, try the following:

  • Crop the screenshot as much as possible. This has other advantages as well (smaller image size which leads to quicker display for example)
  • Remember that identification can be done in any number of ways:
    • Using prominent OS features (like the Mac OS X dock or the Windows start menu)
    • Using window “chrome” (title bar, frames, buttons on them, their color, etc)
    • Colors and fonts
    • Metadata in the image (if it was edited with Paint .NET for example, it is very probable that it happened on a Windows machine)
    • Never use “blur” or similar effects to hide information, since they can be reversed (given that they are completely deterministic)

If you are really paranoid, you might want to consider taking the screenshot on an entirely different OS (Haiku for example :-).

Got fun “screenshot archeology” findings? Share them in the comments!

Picture taken from DeusXFlorida’s photostream with permission.

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2009/11/screenshot-forensics.html/feed 1 167 Fun videos https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/fun-videos.html https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/fun-videos.html#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:08:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=181 Got the links from a friend:

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/fun-videos.html/feed 0 181 Bohemian Bankruptcy https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/bohemian-bankruptcy.html https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/bohemian-bankruptcy.html#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:43:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=183

Via Naked Capitalism

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/bohemian-bankruptcy.html/feed 0 183 Space Invaders Rulz! https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/space-invaders-rulz.html https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/space-invaders-rulz.html#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:04:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=203 space_invaders_tshirt

Found this in the mall. While the quality is somewhat poor and I’m not quite sure that the proper license fees were paid for the images (“raiders invasion” ???), it is still fun.

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2009/10/space-invaders-rulz.html/feed 0 203 Geek pr0n – time lapse video of building racks https://grey-panther.net/2009/08/geek-pr0n-time-lapse-video-of-building-racks.html https://grey-panther.net/2009/08/geek-pr0n-time-lapse-video-of-building-racks.html#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:13:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=214

Via run-virtual.com.

]]> https://grey-panther.net/2009/08/geek-pr0n-time-lapse-video-of-building-racks.html/feed 0 214 You’ve come a long way baby! https://grey-panther.net/2009/06/youve-come-a-long-way-baby.html https://grey-panther.net/2009/06/youve-come-a-long-way-baby.html#respond Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:14:00 +0000 https://grey-panther.net/?p=292 In the spirit of Fatboy Slim’s Right Here / Right now

Comes the following video about Yahoo Mail:

I got started on Yahoo Mail back in the day and it always served me well. Thank you!

PS: Cat and dog saying Yahoo Mail

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