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Microsoft Virtualization Event in Brookfield

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Just got an email from Microsoft saying they have a virtualization event in brookefield.

Figured since I was going I’d share in case anyone else wants to join me.  Should be worth while.

Starts: Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:00 AM
Ends: Thursday, December 08, 2011 5:00 PM
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

“Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield

375 S Moorland Rd
Brookfield Wisconsin 53005
United States

 

Register by Phone: 1-877-MSEVENT 9AM-7PM EST M-F
Meal: Yes
Presenter(s):  Brian Lewis and Matt Hester.
Language(s):  English.
Product(s):  Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Azure, Windows Server and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Audience(s):  IT Generalist.”or register here

dc414 Halloween party

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Here are some pictures from the dc414 Halloween party. Me and dw5304 messed with an arduino project I have been working on and Klaiviel gave us a little preview of some sweet safe locks hes bringing to the next meeting then later him and I had a little nerf war!!! My ass was thoroughly kicked, lol. Many thanxs to Ulic and his wife for hosting the party! We had a blast!

phpMyAdmin upgrade script.

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I got sick of upgrading phpMyAdmin at work every time a new version came out so i made this little script to do it for me. All you have to do is pass the .gz download url to it.

Here is the code:

#!/bin/bash
upgrade() {
    wget $1 -O phpmyadminupgrade.tar.gz
    FILE="phpmyadminupgrade.tar.gz"
    tar zxvf $FILE
    FOLDER=`echo $FILE | awk -F".tar" '{print $1}'`
    cp /usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php ~/phpMyAdmin*
    rm -rf /usr/share/phpmyadmin/*
    cp -R ~/phpMyAdmin*/* /usr/share/phpmyadmin/
    chmod -R 777 /usr/share/phpmyadmin/
    chmod 644 /usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
    rm -rf ~/phpMyAdmin*
    rm ~/$FILE
    echo "Done!!"
    exit 1
}

usage() {
    echo "Use this script to update phpmyadmin"
    echo "to run:"
    echo "./upgradephpmyadmin.sh url"
    exit 1
}

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    usage;
else
    upgrade $1
fi

Past that into “upgradephpmyadmin.sh”
chmod a+x it and run it as root like so:

user@user:~$ sudo ./upgrademyphpadmin.sh url

NOTE: This bash script assumes phpMyAdmin’s html files, including config.inc.php live in /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ and that you are running this script in your home directory.

dc414 @ DEFCON19

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ngharo and I will be giving a presentation at DEFCON19!! DefCon Groups asked us to talk a little about dc414. Like about how we run it, what we do at meetings, what we do in public, and other odds and ends. This will be a first and a honor for the both of us, It should be lots of fun 🙂

More Blacklist

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Got this email from the kind people at Demand Progress:

We’re forcing them to take our concerns seriously: Demand Progress members have sent more than 50,000 emails to Senators to urge them to oppose the Internet Blacklist Bill (the PROTECT IP Act). Now we’re hearing back from them, and one thing is clear: Our emails are compelling Senators to start thinking hard about Internet freedom.

PROTECT IP would give the government the power to force Internet service providers, search engines, and other “information location tools” to block users’ access to sites that have been accused of copyright infringement — the initiation of a China-style censorship regime here in the United States.

Will you email Congress to urge them to oppose the PROTECT IP Act? Just click here.

Senators are writing back to let us know that our emails are making them think twice before rubber-stamping PROTECT IP. For instance, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley is telling Demand Progress members:

I have heard from many Oregonians on both sides of this issue – those who support providing U.S. agencies with greater authority to shut down websites, and those who are worried that the legislation could result in Internet censorship. Thanks to your letter and the letters of fellow Oregonians, I have asked my staff to take a closer look into this legislation.

Let’s keep it coming — Will you email Congress to urge them to oppose the PROTECT IP Act? Just click here.

Thanks for fighting for Internet freedom!

Send a email to your senator now and stop this evil act.

Good times @ mke makerspace open house

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Me and ngh made a trip to mke makerspace’s open house and man it was well worth the ride. Got to see lots of cool clocks 😀 make a little blinking LED in soldering class, watched a makerbot in action and tons more awesome stuff. Also thanx to makerspace we also have a nice DIY project to give away at the next dc414 meeting “the blinky light we made in soldering class” Heres some pics i took while there. Thats it, peace.
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