ssh attack from 1.214.194.114</h1> <article> <h1>ssh attack from 1.214.194.114</h1> <p>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:17:00 -0800</p> <p> <div> <div>Port 22 on the local network here was forwarded earlier this week and just yesterday the IP was linked to <a href="http://foran.mooo.com">foran.mooo.com</a> via <a href="http://freedns.afraid.org/">http://freedns.afraid.org/</a> (which I came to through the dd-wrt ddns dropdown options)</div> <p /> <div>Tonight, a virtual terminal got spammed with some message I wish I'd thought to copy. It involved the words ssh and root. </div> <p /> <div>I stopped the ssh deamon and killed all sshd process, grepped auth.log for 'Accepted password', and check /root/.bash_history (though any commands would likely have been sent without opening an interactive shell). </div> <p /> <div>I've been rooted!</div> <div>The earliest entry was at 8am this morning. The last after 7pm.</div> <p /> <div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">grep -i 'accepted password' /var/log/auth.log*| perl -lne 'print "$2\t$1" if m/for (\w+) from ([0-9\.]+)/'|sort |uniq -c | sort -nr<br /> 2 1.214.194.114 root *<br /> 1 94.127.67.61 root *<br /> 1 221.239.81.4 root +<br /> 1 221.207.229.6 root +<br /> 1 218.240.44.249 root *<br /> 1 217.148.218.74 root +<br /></blockquote> </div> <p /> <p /> <div>* have many attempts</div> <div>+ only one connection, know correct root password</div> <p /> <div>Russia, South Korea, and China represented.</div> <p /> <div>I checked /etc/passwd, /etc/rc.* and ls -tlc {,/usr/}{/bin/,/sbin/}. All seem okay. </div> <div>ps axo cmd,users appears normal. ~/.ssh/authorized_keys are all trusted. </div> <div> nmap localhost is as expected. There are no new jobs in crontab.</div> <p /> <div>It looks like the harm is only that a few people know I forgot to change my weak root password when I opened up the box.</div> <p /> <div>I fixed that. </div> <p /> <div>I disabled root login and only allow access via publickey,</div> <p /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">/etc/ssh/sshd_config<br />PermitRootLogin No<br />PasswordAuthentication no<br />ChallengeResponseAuthentication no</blockquote> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <div>In the most recent attack, over 3000 attempts with more than 12 hundred user names were logged. User names were probed at different intensities. After root, test is apparently thought to be a likely account. </div> <p /> <p /> <div> <div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">function searchIP() { <br /> perl -lne "print \$2 if m/(user|for) (\w+) from $1 /" /var/log/auth.log* <br />}</blockquote> <p /> </div> </div> <div> <div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div>searchIP 1.214.194.114|wc -l</div> <div>3429</div> </div> <p /> <div>searchIP 1.214.194.114 |sort -u|wc -l<br />1269</div> <p /> searchIP 1.214.194.114 |sort |uniq -c|sort -nr | tee >(head -n5 1>&2) |tail -n3</blockquote> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> 1087 root</blockquote> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> 45 test<br /> 28 oracle<br /> 23 tester<br /> 22 info<br /> 22 guest<br /> 1 gaby<br /> 1 gabriell<br /> 1 </blockquote> </div> <p /> </div> <p /> <div>Earlier attacks applied less force. But were equally successful. The chines prob appears to be smart enough not to probe an account that doesn't exist multiple times. I imagine it can determine this by the delay before the password prompt is presented.</div> <p /> <div>The Russian probe solved root's password in the first 100 tries, but continued down the dictionary regardless. It also gave more tries to oracle than root.</div> <p /> <div> <div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">searchIP 218.240.44.249 |sort |uniq -c|sort -nr <br /> 316 root<br /> 1 router</blockquote> </div> </div> <p /> <div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">searchIP 94.127.67.61 |wc -l<br />713</blockquote> <p /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">searchIP 94.127.67.61 |sort |uniq -c |sort -nr | tee >(head -n5 1>&2) | tail -n3<br /> 394 oracle<br /> 206 root<br /> 140 admin<br /> 56 asterisk<br /> 1 string<br /> 1 ftp<br /> 1 dbus</blockquote> </div> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <div>Picking on 1.214.194.114</div> <p /> <p /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">nmap -A -T4 1.214.194.114<br />PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION<br />21/tcp open ftp vsftpd 2.0.5<br />22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 4.3 (protocol 2.0)<br />| ssh-hostkey: 1024 5f:03:2f:d1:a0:74:be:e9:94:9a:fc:f1:88:66:a9:7a (DSA)<br /> |_2048 22:75:08:79:7b:e2:4f:19:15:0a:39:12:7c:78:af:b4 (RSA)<br />80/tcp open http Apache httpd 2.2.3 ((CentOS))<br />|_http-title: UBI\xEB\x84\xA4\xED\x8A\xB8\xEC\x9B\x8C\xED\x81\xAC<br />|_http-methods: No Allow or Public header in OPTIONS response (status code 200)<br /> |_http-favicon: <br />111/tcp open rpcbind 2 (rpc #100000)<br />135/tcp filtered msrpc<br />139/tcp filtered netbios-ssn<br />445/tcp filtered microsoft-ds<br />1700/tcp filtered mps-raft<br />1720/tcp filtered H.323/Q.931<br /> Service Info: OS: Unix</blockquote> <p /> <p /> <div>The host http is in Korean.</div> <div>Clicking around <a href="http://1.214.194.114">http://1.214.194.114</a> eventually directs to <a href="http://www.ubipc.co.kr">www.ubipc.co.kr</a></div> <p /> <div>I thought the IP host would be a clone of ubipc for phishing. But</div> <p /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">ping <a href="http://www.ubipc.co.kr">www.ubipc.co.kr</a><br />PING <a href="http://www.ubipc.co.kr">www.ubipc.co.kr</a> (1.214.194.114) 56(84) bytes of data.</blockquote> </div> <p /> <div>It appears the attach came from the registered domain's ip.</div> <p /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">Domain Name : <a href="http://ubipc.co.kr">ubipc.co.kr</a><br />Registrant : UBInetwork<br />Administrative Contact(AC) : UBInetwork<br />AC E-Mail : <a href="mailto:kaf551@naver.com">kaf551@naver.com</a><br />Registered Date : 2011. 12. 27.<br /> Last updated Date : 2011. 12. 27.<br />Expiration Date : 2013. 12. 27.<br />Publishes : N<br />Authorized Agency : Whois Corp.(<a href="http://whois.co.kr">http://whois.co.kr</a>)</blockquote> <p /> <p /> <div>I sent an email to the AC. </div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/ssh-attack-from-1214194114">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/ssh-attack-from-1214194114#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Signals Midwest - I was Lost</h1> <p>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:03:09 -0800</p> <p> <div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/signals-midwest-i-was-lost"></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>I Was Lost</strong> by Signals Midwest</span> <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/signals-midwest-i-was-lost">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> <p></p><div> Signals Midwest - I was Lost (<a href="http://signalsmidwest.bandcamp.com/album/latitudes-and-longitudes">Latitudes and Longitudes</a>)</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> Thoughts become words become actions become habits become cycles you get stuck in. So let's leave. We can eat when we're hungry. We can sleep when we're tired. We can live the way we want to. Let's get lost. And we? We were kids. We were strangers. We were pilgrims. We were traveling for the sake of seeing something that we hadn't. And I admit: I was shaken by the words of a stranger. I asked him, “What do you do in a town like this?” He said, “Everybody's working just to get out of here.” But is here any better than there? Or is it all just gas stations, truck stops and commercial developments? And is home any place that you feel you belong? I don't care just what state we're in. Keep the odometer spinning. Let me make it back there because I know just how naïve I was.</blockquote> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/signals-midwest-i-was-lost">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/signals-midwest-i-was-lost#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Music on Console (MOC) and last.fm</h1> <p>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:19:00 -0800</p> <p> <div>The MOC website list contributions (<a href="http://moc.daper.net/contrib">http://moc.daper.net/contrib</a>), one of which is a monitor for submitting to <a href="http://last.fm">last.fm</a>. It's in python2 and wasn't working as I expected.</div> <p /> <div>I spent way too much time writing these few lines. It works for the most part. A Mumford & Sons song failed to get scrobbled. The ampersand probably had something to do with it. </div> <div>lastfmsubmitd is also in phython2 and does not like quotes around fields (e.g. --artist "Mumford & Sons" ) from inside the script (bash/zsh). It took them fine from the CLI (zsh) though. </div> <p>git://gist.github.com/792718.git</p> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/music-on-console-moc-and-lastfm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/music-on-console-moc-and-lastfm#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Paul Baribeau - Christmas Lights</h1> <p>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:18:17 -0800</p> <p> <div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/paul-baribeau-christmas-lights"></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Christmas Lights</strong> by Paul Baribeau</span> <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/paul-baribeau-christmas-lights">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> <p></p><p /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> fresh snow on the suburbs </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> staying at my parents</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> it hasn't been a good year</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> but things are all right here</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> sleeping in the spare room</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> that used to be my bedroom</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> even though I'm home now</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> I feel completely homeless</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm looking at the moon</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> shining on the snow</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> and everything was blue</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> except the Christmas lights</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> walking round the basement</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> where my band used to practice</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> sometimes I don't want to make new friends</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> sometimes I just miss my old friends</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> but I'm seeing someone new now</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> she calms my heart down</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> but I'm too scared to tell her</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> how crazy I can get sometimes</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm looking at the moon</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> shining on the snow</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> and everything was blue</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> except the Christmas lights</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> I never feel better after I cry</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> I spent 6 months of my life just wanting to die</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm learning how to be alone without be lonely</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> learning how to be lonely without losing my mind</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm looking at the moon</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> shining on the snow</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> and everything was blue</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> except the Christmas lights </blockquote> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/paul-baribeau-christmas-lights">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/paul-baribeau-christmas-lights#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>contrast</h1> <p>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:23:40 -0800</p> <p> <p /> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/contrast">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/contrast#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>The amazing hereditary inheritance</h1> <p>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:00:00 -0800</p> <p> <p>My uncle(s) are awesome!</p> <p> <p> </p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-03/vctdwCasuFBmbqDBIesrsfqIsremdykqAaqcmbjuktupdgnGrArkprtHAJoh/PC030060.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-03/mwegBbIerfJezifyDnaGuotwwyhvcixfmrflcAkiuvufgIAcrEnsobqirJxA/PC030059.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"></a> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/the-amazing-hereditary-inheritance">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-12-03/sAoBflciuxrfkHJqDCHtycewEIkwGBokexBwdJtGDnpsntflwetcHlnAkJdm/PC030059.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> On the refrigerator white board:</p> <p>To whom it may concern, I would like to know why there s a decomposed rodent on top of the pourch.</p> <p>Love, Addison</p> <p> </p> <p>The management of this house is under no obligation to explain it's actions to it's tenants.</p> <p>Sincerely,The Management</p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/the-amazing-hereditary-inheritance">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/the-amazing-hereditary-inheritance#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Mumford & Sons - The Cave</h1> <p>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:43:07 -0800</p> <p> <div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/mumford-sons-the-cave"></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>The Cave</strong> by Mumford & Sons</span> <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/mumford-sons-the-cave">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> <p></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">It's empty in the valley of your heart<br /> The sun, it rises slowly as you walk<br /> Away from all the fears<br /> And all the faults you've left behind<p /> The harvest left no food for you to eat<br /> You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see<br /> But I have seen the same<br /> I know the shame in your defeat<p /> But I will hold on hope<br /> And I won't let you choke<br /> On the noose around your neck<p /> And I'll find strength in pain<br /> And I will change my ways<br /> I'll know my name as it's called again<p /> Cause I have other things to fill my time<br /> You take what is yours and I'll take mine<br /> Now let me at the truth<br /> Which will refresh my broken mind<p /> So tie me to a post and block my ears<br /> I can see widows and orphans through my tears<br /> I know my call despite my faults<br /> And despite my growing fears<p /> But I will hold on hope<br /> And I won't let you choke<br /> On the noose around your neck<p /> And I'll find strength in pain<br /> And I will change my ways<br /> I'll know my name as it's called again<p /> So come out of your cave walking on your hands<br /> And see the world hanging upside down<br /> You can understand dependence<br /> When you know the maker's hand<p /> So make your siren's call<br /> And sing all you want<br /> I will not hear what you have to say<p /> Cause I need freedom now<br /> And I need to know how<br /> To live my life as it's meant to be<p /> And I will hold on hope<br /> And I won't let you choke<br /> On the noose around your neck<p /> And I'll find strength in pain<br /> And I will change my ways<br /> I'll know my name as it's called again</blockquote> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/mumford-sons-the-cave">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/mumford-sons-the-cave#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>BBC News - Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin' says Prof David Nutt</h1> <p>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:18:00 -0700</p> <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><br /><br /></blockquote> </div> <p>via <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210">bbc.co.uk</a></p> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/bbc-news-alcohol-more-harmful-than-heroin-say">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/bbc-news-alcohol-more-harmful-than-heroin-say#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>BBC News - Sleep loss 'worse for extroverts'</h1> <p>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:11:00 -0700</p> <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote">suggesting it is "social stimulation" that tires out the parts of the extroverts' brains linked to alertness.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11654942">bbc.co.uk</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/bbc-news-sleep-loss-worse-for-extroverts">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/bbc-news-sleep-loss-worse-for-extroverts#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Subjectivity</h1> <p>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:26:38 -0700</p> <p> The inarticulate attribute of experiential phenomenon is often expressed as an inability to communicate what color you really see (experience) to others. "Your red and my red don't have to be the same thing." <div> That one can understand the experience internally is understood. But, the inability to communicate experience is true of past and present selves too. I think.</div><div>If my experience of red, of what it is for me to see red, changes over time, how would I know?</div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/subjectivity">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/subjectivity#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>2010/09/25-26</h1> <p>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:55:00 -0700</p> <p> <p><strong>Saturday 2010/09/25</strong></p> <div>Rugby: Bside Flanker. (Tore abrasion on hip. Showering is the most painful thing ever)</div> <div>Singing bus ride back.</div> <div>Sun burn and bruised ear.</div> <div>Sleep before 11.</div> <p /> <div><strong>Sunday </strong><strong>2010/09/26</strong></div> <div>8am up.</div> <div>CMU until 8pm.</div> <div>Wrote parts of reddit data mining script. </div> <div>Finished one of the five problems for 03-712.</div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/20100925-26">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/20100925-26#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>2010/9/24</h1> <p>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:14:50 -0700</p> <p> <div>hw</div>class<div>interview</div><div>climb</div><div>run</div><div>frisbee</div><div>resume</div><div>fire</div><div>tv</div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/2010924">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/2010924#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Max Levine Ensemble - Summer, Like the Season</h1> <p>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:51:54 -0700</p> <p> <div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/max-levine-ensemble-summer-like-the-season"></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Summer, Like The Season</strong> by The Max Levine Ensemble</span> <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/max-levine-ensemble-summer-like-the-season">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> <p></p><div>A song to close out the season.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> it’s too late now to think of what you could have been,</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> she said as she braved the cooling air,</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> and though you’ll try, you’ll never escape that feeling,</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> there’s a place you’d rather be, but you’re not there.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> she said:</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> seasons change, as well as youthful minds,</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> just how long do you think you can cling to these vines?</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> her name was Summer.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> and I said “you’re asking questions</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> you know well there’s no answers to,</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> the kind that get answered for you.”</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> countdown to a meltdown, might as well run for your life.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> for it’s depleting and receding like the early morning tide.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> well I just smile, I got time.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> her name was Summer, and she changed just like the season,</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> and she left without a reason, and she was gone.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> but then came Autumn, but her beauty was deceiving,</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> amidst the colors it was freezing and she died.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> and she died.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA….</blockquote> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/max-levine-ensemble-summer-like-the-season">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/max-levine-ensemble-summer-like-the-season#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>"Life"</h1> <p>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:54:00 -0700</p> <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/will4n/sGehmEvJGDaxsCxzGFzssbsfwHpbEgeryosHEIbroqijidizrFbmsnjiwkFa/media_httpiimgurcomn3_BkIlC.png.scaled1000.png"></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/d74rq/life/">reddit</a> via <a href="http://www.leunig.com.au/">Michael Leunig</a></div> <p> </p> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/life">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/life#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Op-Ed Columnist - Moonshine or the Kids? - NYTimes.com</h1> <p>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:02:27 -0700</p> <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote">if the poorest families spent as much money educating their children as they do on wine, cigarettes and prostitutes, their children’s prospects would be transformed. Much suffering is caused not only by low incomes, but also by shortsighted private spending decisions by heads of households.</blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/23kristof.html">nytimes.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/op-ed-columnist-moonshine-or-the-kids-nytimes">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/op-ed-columnist-moonshine-or-the-kids-nytimes#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>A schedule! Rugby!</h1> <p>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:03:00 -0700</p> <p> <p>I put the bike into the car before starting the 15 minute drive into Shenley Park with the intention of shortening what is a 20 minute walk. I chickened out and walked again. <p /> The graduate students spent the first half of the day listening to four people present on their labs. I was again lost. I managed to ask one question: what was it exactly that they stick into the monkeys brain? Failure. <p /> We left the lecture for a relevant second year masters-student-lead tour of the campus. We covered maybe four buildings. Someone asked our guide how many of her starting classmates had remained. The question made me more comfortable about my anxieties. Her response, everyone, did as well. She also claimed that some weeks during classes were not all that hectic. Comforting. </p> <p> </p> <p><br />The university gave us lunch and I think we stole dessert. The same pocket of people (particularly the 3 white guys and whoever we could drag into us) ate together. Notable discussion included a somewhat lengthy exploration of affirmative action opinions, originally as it related to women in tech schools. <p /> Lunch was followed by course advisement. I now have a schedule. I am either redoing coursework previously explored in C++ with Java, or extending the previous coursework. RPI has only one data structures and algorithms class. CMU has two and they're using Java. The other three on the schedule (Advanced Cellular Neuroscience, Computational Molecular Biology and Genomics, and Computational Methods for Biological Modeling and Simulation) courses sound interesting and difficult. I am one class behind the core. That's better than I thought.</p> <p> </p> <p>Tonight, in response to Uncle Walt's pushing, I checked out Harlequins rugby. The drive to their field was a mess: wrong turns, construction, and traffic. It took an hour instead of only a half. I was thirty minutes late, but had only missed stretching. The coach was very friendly and understanding. He seemed excited to have me participate and encouraged me to come out when I could rather than put the team over school, while still insisting I'd get to play. We'll see if that's true Saturday. The practice was good, diverse, and aerobic with a few minutes of tackle at the end. And the team was friendly.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;"> </span></p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/a-schedule-rugby">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/a-schedule-rugby#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Second day anxiety with second day soccer!</h1> <p>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:49:00 -0700</p> <p> <p>An hour after I found the building, 45 minutes after we'd all been meeting and greeting (where I pleasantly ignored my ignorance concerning whatever it was those professors were talking about), orientation officially started. 9:15. That's about when I started to sink. I've been in a room just like the one I was in, with a speaker just like the one talking to us today. In other orientations, in "difficult" classes, and in non-academic pursuits, I'd heard what I expected to hear today. I've seen through the "this will be hard" and "we expect all your effort" motifs, and these lectures never struck any chord in me.</p> <div>Today was a different unsettling beats. None of the intial speaker's words lead up to a point about difficulty, about the necessary effort. He talked around it, made a joke about "when you have time," never repeated any comment about difficulty or expectation. No hyperbole. (Instead he drove home a point that to be useful you need to be a year ahead of the position you're currently in. That that's what allowed us to be here: somewhere in our recommendation letters it was written "undergrad performs like graduate student." That was certainly not in any of mine.) There were no subtle references or hints, just a glazed over assumed fact: a soon to be student body ubiquitously at the edge of their limit. </div> <div>The flood of inadequate would have fled if were not followed by the laboratory tour. Words I recognized but had never heard used casually were used to describe the uses of facilities and devices of which I have no understanding. Then, on our break, eating with two Ph.D. students and two M.S. students, I was told about their research, their internships, their other relevant experiences, none of which I have had. </div> <div>Tomorrow we met individually to assess interests and deficits to create a class schedule. I'm only half serous in the thought that in this reflection the advisors will decided admissions made a mistake. They will apologize for wasting my time and send me home with a consolation prize of sorts, like a bunch of CMU swag.</div> <div> <div><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> </div> </div> <div>[Expiring two years before the card]</div> </div> <p /> <p /> <div>In the bizarre that is irony, to strike up conversation while we were both lingering in the back of the building tour, one of the advisors (or rather coordinators) asked if I was interested in a Ph.D. and encouraged me to apply once the semester got going. She's seen my transcript (my C in genetics, B in molecular bio, Bs in chem, etc)! Maybe it's a joke among the bored and cruel faculty.</div> <p /> <p /> <div>After getting back, I continued yesterdays search for pick-up sports. I found a pick up soccer group play today/night. I got to play from a bit after 6:30 to a bit before 8:30. It's my second full day in the area, and I got a game! Unfortunately, most of the players were great compared to Canastota pick up soccer. It's difficult knowing the players expect you to lose the ball or fail to make the play.</div> <p /> <div>Also, yesterday I walked down part of the park. What is the following picture!?</div> <div><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-08-16/kbsayCHElhAHHgjprgvBmGdlsitjucsJJeIrkhqfHnCFrilbgvJnJackkulF/P8150024.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/second-day-anxiety-with-second-day-soccer">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/second-day-anxiety-with-second-day-soccer#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Leaving and Arriving</h1> <p>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:35:00 -0700</p> <p> <div><br /> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3360+Perrysville+Avenue,+Pittsburgh,+PA&sll=40.481429,-80.013139&sspn=0.006692,0.010911&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=3360+Perrysville+Ave,+Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania+15214&source=embed">View Larger Map</a></div> <p /> <p /> <div>A van with a storage trailer thing attached ran me off the road when it merged two lanes in one motion (w/o a turn signal of course). I made a third lane of the left shoulder and avoided any collision. The van sped away, apparently oblivious to my horn and the dust I was kicking up behind it.</div> <div>Then, in PA, it rained so hard I couldn't see the cars in front of me. There were two cars ridding around without their headlights on at all. I flashed one guy a bunch of times (turning my lights on/off, high/lo beams, off to high, etc). No luck.</div> <div>The storm hit here hours later, which happened to be right after I decided to run in an effort to explore the park next door. After a mile, I got scared and met up with my Uncle walking the four dogs back. </div> <div>The house is positioned to overlook the west. Perfect for watching the storm.</div> <p /> <div>The house is sweat. It's like the house in Troy but much bigger, older, and more beaten up. My room is a room, not a closet.</div> <div>I don't think there is a room in the house that has a consistent color or walling. There is a hidden "servant stairway" that leads to the third floor. It is like an apartment of it's own. The only shower is up there too. I'm on the second floor.</div> <p /> <div>Moving in is strange. I can't recall any time I've moved into a new place. After spending a while looking for the back alley parking associated with 3360 Perrysville Ave, I discovered my Uncles and their dogs relaxing. Zipper ran right up to me. She went right for my friendly 'smell-me' hand presentation with her teeth. That was my greeting. Eventually I got a small tour and some advice on parking and such. And dinner.</div> <p /> <div>I discovered there was no wireless. Before I could ask, I was offered to use Addison's computer. Instead, I installed the wireless router I'd brought.</div> <p /> <div>I would think after repeating the same move-in and start-a-new-semester process, I'd moderate my optimism. But I'm confident this is the semester I buckle down. I'll keep all my clothes on hangers the whole time; the room will remain tidy; I won't spend hours reading online or watching hulu; I'll do something active everyday; I'll stick to a nightly work out; I'll do my work before it's due; I will enjoy myself. </div> <div>I didn't realize I was so good at lying to myself! It's so easy to do when the hard parts are ahead instead of concurrent.</div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/will4n/XdPC0429ZoBt427v7wRY4Hp1nb5H09eeLL9LE385EJzUqObnoEiY4DMSM6kk/P8130001.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/will4n/y9UGSLR4SdBrWGN7u0XMOx0xfpUQyweKBOEr4mln3eAjQ69QEdOBlJ2bECAj/P8130002.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/will4n/RiXSnZCufmsElPv3rQ3RKPUshIDrOTQEf4Nij8IAusRol6V4KQ8R132qzygG/P8140001.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/will4n/AdqeDmhMggj43uVerlqvcDXwlePM4FhCIknBTXCwmUrKGCVPz9wHfjzLuft4/P8140012.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/will4n/Ojyi1MqpIFKNTBBsMJ81Js6UTpvdHwTUGyEqqpLcJSZSZt5yEm0a8APBR2D6/P8140004.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/will4n/pLxmNYxVNR8qDhaOVQnO4ugJvqoaMcwFnt4XH0vArObRNyLrMjvLdyiyFIXg/P8140014.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/will4n/RVfEwXcixadpdVVJWUwL92dd9Ri8rJMXW6HIzmVrz7cShyyQ0dPzYbXHxq5S/panaramic.jpg"></a> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/leaving-and-arriving">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/leaving-and-arriving">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/leaving-and-arriving#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Unsuccessfully trying to pull contacts from a LG VX-3200 cell phone in linux</h1> <p>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:53:44 -0700</p> <p> <div>Almost useful links:<br /><a href="http://people.csail.mit.edu/adonovan/hacks/LG-VX3200/">http://people.csail.mit.edu/adonovan/hacks/LG-VX3200/</a><br /><a href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mobile_Phone">http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mobile_Phone</a> - says run bitpm with sudo<p /> My dad finds the Verizon branded LG VX-3200 phone all the time at garage sales. This is great because it's the only phone he uses and it breaks all the time. But, importing the contacts is a pain with CDMA phones (no SIM card -- well at least this phone doesn't support the equivalent: <span class="mContent">R-UIM</span> (?)). I told him it would be easy if he had the usb adapter. He splurged the $5, and now I am eating those words.<p /> Plug the phone to usb and everything seems to go well<br /></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">$ dmesg|tail<br />usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2<br /> usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial<br />USB Serial support registered for generic<br />usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic<br />usbserial: USB Serial Driver core<br />USB Serial support registered for pl2303<br /> pl2303 3-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected<br />usb 3-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0<br />usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303<br />pl2303: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor drive<br /></blockquote><div> <br />But bitpim-svn from the archlinux AUR complains that it isn't getting a response from ttyUSB0.<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> LG-VX3200 on /dev/ttyUSB0: The phone is not responding while transitioning mode from none to brew.<br /></blockquote>Bummer. <p />Onto the bitpim-release pkgbuild, which is flag as out of date.<p />bitpim-release, after removing the install desktop portion of the pkgbuild and grabbing an unmentioned dependance (libpng12) throws an error (in a window, not console) when doing the import:<br /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> BitPim version: 1.0.7.20101010-Test<br />An unexpected exception has occurred.<br />Please see the help for details on what to do.<p /> Traceback (most recent call last):<br /> File "src/gui.py", line 284, in run<br /> File "src/gui.py", line 159, in __call__<br /> File "src/gui.py", line 1877, in getdata<br /> File "src/gui.py", line 1871, in getfundamentals<br /> File "src/phones/com_lgvx4400.py", line 96, in getfundamentals<br /><b>TypeError: new() argument 1 must be string or read-only buffer, not None</b><p />Variables by last 8 frames, innermost last<p />Frame run in src/gui.py at line 277<br /> resultcb = <gui.Callback instance at 0xb02382c><br /> res = None<br /> self = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)><br /> item = (<gui.Request instance at 0xb023a2c>, <gui.Callback instance at 0xb02382c>)<br /> call = <gui.Request instance at 0xb023a2c><br /> ex = TypeError('new() argument 1 must be string or read-only buffer, not None',)<br /> e = TypeError('new() argument 1 must be string or read-only buffer, not None',)<br /> first = 0<p />Frame __call__ in src/gui.py at line 159<br /> self = <gui.Request instance at 0xb023a2c><br /> args = ()<br /> d = Keys []<br /> {}<br /> kwargs = Keys []<br /> {}<p />Frame getdata in src/gui.py at line 1877<br /> self = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)><br /> req = <guiwidgets.GetPhoneDialog; proxy of <Swig Object of type 'wxDialog *' at 0xaabd<br /> todo = [(<bound method WorkerThread.rebootcheck of <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started<p />Frame getfundamentals in src/gui.py at line 1871<br /> self = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)><br /> results = Keys []<br /> {}<p />Frame getfundamentals in src/phones/com_lgvx4400.py at line 96<br /> self = <phones.com_lgvx3200.Phone object at 0xb023bec><br /> results = Keys []<br /> {}<p /></blockquote></div><div>Looks like an error related to python and not the phone, but I removed configuration files and tried again. No luck; same error.<p />Just for kicks, I removed the -release pkg and installed -svn again. Trying this time to do "detect phone," I got another error. <br /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">BitPim version: trunk-bitpim-developer build<br />An unexpected exception has occurred.<br />Please see the help for details on what to do.<p /> Traceback (most recent call last):<br /> File "/usr/share/bitpim/src/gui.py", line 284, in run<br /> res=call()<br /> File "/usr/share/bitpim/src/gui.py", line 159, in __call__<br /> return apply(self.method, self.args+args, d)<br /> File "/usr/share/bitpim/src/gui.py", line 2001, in detectphone<br /> return phone_detect.DetectPhone(self).detect(using_port, using_model)<br /> File "/usr/share/bitpim/src/phone_detect.py", line 242, in detect<br /> self)<br /> File "/usr/share/bitpim/src/phones/com_samsungschu750.py", line 202, in detectphone<br /> res[port]['mode_brew']=p.is_mode_brew()<br /> File "/usr/share/bitpim/src/phones/com_samsungschu750.py", line 180, in is_mode_brew<br /> except com_phone.modeignoreerrortypes:<br /><b>NameError: global name 'com_phone' is not defined</b><p />Variables by last 8 frames, innermost last<p />Frame run in /usr/share/bitpim/src/gui.py at line 277<br /> resultcb = <gui.Callback instance at 0x9bade2c><br /> res = None<br /> self = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon -1259074704)><br /> item = (<gui.Request instance at 0x9badeec>, <gui.Callback instance at 0x9bade2c>)<br /> call = <gui.Request instance at 0x9badeec><br /> ex = NameError("global name 'com_phone' is not defined",)<br /> e = NameError("global name 'com_phone' is not defined",)<br /> first = 0<p />Frame __call__ in /usr/share/bitpim/src/gui.py at line 159<br /> self = <gui.Request instance at 0x9badeec><br /> args = ()<br /> d = Keys []<br /> {}<br /> kwargs = Keys []<br /> {}<p />Frame detectphone in /usr/share/bitpim/src/gui.py at line 2001<br /> delay = 0<br /> using_model = None<br /> self = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon -1259074704)><br /> using_port = None<p />Frame detect in /usr/share/bitpim/src/phone_detect.py at line 242<br /> using_model = None<br /> models = ['Audiovox CDM-8900', 'E815', 'E815m', 'K1m', 'LG-AX8600', 'LG-C2000', 'LG-CX920<br /> using_port = None<br /> coms = [{'available': True, 'description': 'USB to serial convertor (/dev/ttyUSB0)', 'd<br /> found_port = None<br /> threads = []<br /> likely_ports = ['/dev/ttyUSB0']<br /> x = Keys ['available', 'class', 'description', 'device', 'driver', 'name']<br /> {'available': True, 'description': 'USB to serial convertor (/dev/ttyUSB0)', 'dr<br /> found_model = None<br /> model = 'SCH-U750 (Alias 2)'<br /> available_coms = ['/dev/ttyUSB0']<br /> self = <phone_detect.DetectPhone object at 0x9badf0c><br />available_modem_coms = []<p /> Frame detectphone in /usr/share/bitpim/src/phones/com_samsungschu750.py at line 208<br /> res = Keys ['/dev/ttyUSB0']<br /> {'/dev/ttyUSB0': {'mode_modem': False, 'mode_brew': False, 'firmwareresponse': N<br /> coms = [{'available': True, 'description': 'USB to serial convertor (/dev/ttyUSB0)', 'd<br /> p = <phones.com_samsungschu750.Phone object at 0xb36b96ac><br /> likely_ports = ['/dev/ttyUSB0']<br /> _log = <phone_detect.DetectPhone object at 0x9badf0c><br /> port = '/dev/ttyUSB0'<br /> _ = <class 'phones.com_samsungschu750.Phone'><p />Frame is_mode_brew in /usr/share/bitpim/src/phones/com_samsungschu750.py at line 180<br /> baud = 0<br /> self = <phones.com_samsungschu750.Phone object at 0xb36b96ac><br /> req = <phones.p_brew.testing0crequest object at 0xb36b974c><br /> respc = <class 'phones.p_brew.data'><br /> </blockquote><br /> Weird. I try out the phone wizard in settings. This phone (VX3200) is branded with verizon logos all over, however it appears in the selection boxes as under the carrier "other" not "Verizon wireless." At the end of the wizard there is a detect button. There are no errors when I press it, but it writes "FAILED" in the previously empty "Detection Status:" field.<p /> The bitpim help files are put together well. There are even pictures! The help files say not all phones are detectable, but the chart formatting is off in my display. It does have this to say about the VX3200<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> LG VX-3200<br />What works<br />Phonebook, wallpaper, ringers, calendar, call history, memo, SMS, filesystem. <br /></blockquote><div><br />What works for me: nothing :( <br /></div></div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/unsuccessfully-trying-to-pull-contacts-from-a">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/unsuccessfully-trying-to-pull-contacts-from-a#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> <article> <h1>[Documentary] Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class</h1> <p>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:48:57 -0700</p> <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gVu6ojB-cMg&hl=en&fs=1" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></object> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVu6ojB-cMg">youtube.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/documentary-class-dismissed-how-tv-frames-the">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://will4n.posterous.com/documentary-class-dismissed-how-tv-frames-the#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p> </article> </main></body></html>