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Not that smart

December 18, 2004

leftontheweb

Now, Bugtraq contains a lot of people that are not that smart. Just for the record, there are also a lot of people there that *are* really smart though 😉

Anyway, I just got pointed to this vulnerability that was recently posted. It seems that in phpBB 1.4.4, there is a vulnerability in the image bbcode.

OH NO!

To explain my … uhm … panicked response for those not in the know: phpBB 1.4.4 is a very very very old version of phpBB, and has been unsupported since the release of phpBB 2.0. That was quite a while ago. phpBB 2.2 is already on it’s way. Yes, it’s THAT long ago.
How do you know your country is fucked?

December 17, 2004

leftontheweb, music, politics

You know when your country is fucked when your artists tour around the world and start apologizing for their own government and their people who have been able to re-elect one of the worst presidents of all time.

On monday and tuesday, Live‘s Ed Kowalczyk did just that during their shows in Rotterdam.
Variation

December 11, 2004

leftontheweb, music

A saturday night out. It’s been a while, and now that I’m gonna do it, it’s gonna be good. And varied. I’m starting with a performance by Adam Kowalczyk, followed by a nice party with performances by Owen, Apparat and Lackluster.

So, starting out with a pop/rock gig, and then moving to danceable electronic bleeps. Yes, this is going to be a good night.
Kitten

December 8, 2004

cat, kitten, leftontheweb

It is really hard to type when you have a 5-week-old kitten sleeping on your arm. Trust me on that.
A good read, an alternate view

December 5, 2004

leftontheweb

I frequent quite a few forums, related to different subjects. n5MD is a very cool independent label where good music comes out, and they also have a forum. Today, a wonderful topic was posted on that forum. It gives an interesting alternate view on schizophrenia.

Read it, and think about it a bit more.
The thieves are back

December 3, 2004

leftontheweb

A few months ago, through various forums and mailinglists, I was alerted of the presence of a site called JetGroove.com that was selling mp3 downloads of independant artists and labels, without the permission to actually do so. The site currently only has a temporary page telling visitors it’s “down for maintainance”.

In the meanwhile, a forum that I am responsible for got spammed with a promotional message for a site resembling the old JetGroove so much that it couldn’t be a coincidence. It is the exact same site design, and a very very similar catalog of independant music. They only rebranded the site!

So here is my warning. Please, please do NOT buy music from www.audio1.org. Buy the music directly from the labels and artists! They need the money much harder and actually deserve the money you’re spending.
Word of the year

December 2, 2004

leftontheweb

‘Blog’ is now word of the year. For some reason, a lot of people didn’t know what the word ‘blog’ meant this year. Isn’t that strange? I mean, everyone and their grandma have at least one weblog, and yet nobody knows what it means.

Personally, I hate the term ‘blog’. I’d rather speak of a ‘weblog’. ‘Blog’ sounds like a scary disease.