Skyn3t's Workstation

I love POCOYO

2008-12-09T05:34:00.000+05:30

Catch Pocoyo and his friends @ http://www.pocoyo.com/

The public movement

2008-12-08T03:08:00.006+05:30

i would like to share a fantastic video on the recent mumbai terror attacks created by dinesh soni

this video is issued in public interest by hatkebol.com

this blog post was stolen from http://www.dineshsoni.com/2008/12/the-public-movemen/

BarCamp Mumbai 4

2008-09-16T16:01:00.010+05:30

BarCamp Mumbai 4 @ http://barcampmumbai.org/

Hackers :: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

2008-09-10T09:27:00.006+05:30

Its been sometime i have been reading this book titled "Hackers :: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" by the author Steven Levy during my train journey from home to office and office to home ( LoL, thats only when i get time to read something :P )

So as i have been reading about the tix-0, PDP-1, PDP-6 and true hackers like Alan Kotok, Samson, twelve year old Peter Deutsch, Greenblatt, Gosper and many others, also places like MIT ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) ( MIT stories have always inspired me, as they welcome people with open minds and open ideas, they actually workout on those stuffs, i haven't seen anything like an institute or place in India like MIT ) , TMRC ( Tech Model Railroad Club), Building 26, Kluge room, Flexowriters and many other stuffs in the book ( of course i can't write all the book contents out here )

Sometimes i felt as there was some similarity between those hackers lifestyle and mine, because whatever i have done in the past and current doing, some or the other data matches in the book from my real life :P

Well the book is worth reading, although it can get a bit boring sometimes, but whenever i am in the right mood to read some hacker story, i just open my book and start reading from the last place where i left ( oops sometimes i try to findout where i left reading the last time i closed the book )

After reading what i wrote and if you wanna read the book or if you are simply interested in trying out the book, then you can find the soft copy of the book at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext96/hckrs10.txt

Though i haven't completed reading the entire book, but i have read more than 90 pages, well its not about buying a book and completing the book by reading it fast fast, its all about enjoying the book which you are reading according to your time and mood

The most important thing i liked in the book was the Chapter 2 titled "The Hacker Ethic" and my most favourite line is "All information should be free"

Link :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution

Dashboard Upgrade @ Blogger

2008-08-15T05:04:00.003+05:30

I just logged onto blogger to write a new post and noticed that my dashboard has been changed, it was not the same which used to be earlier

Checkout the new dashboard screenshot below

Are you still looking at your old dashboard, no worries,
all the blogger accounts on google servers are being upgraded constantly

So you will be getting the new dashboard very soon, stay tuned....

Local train derailed near Juhi Nagar in Navi Mumbai

2008-07-04T00:01:00.003+05:30

I am @ my office right now, which is above Vashi Railway Station

Sometime back, one of our colleagues left home, he called few minutes back saying that " one of the local train which is running on the Harbour Line near Juhi Nagar has been derailed "

To confirm the news, i went to cafeteria where the T.V is kept, there was this girl who was watching the cricket match, i changed the channel quickly to search for news channels and when i got to one, there were only captions being displayed that

" all the trains on harbour line were stopped "

" one of the trains near Juhi Nagar has been derailed "

Well as of now the causalities so far is unknown but keep hooked onto the news channels to know more

I will post if i get any updates....

I am currently watching Ghost in the Shell - Anime Series

2008-05-18T13:27:00.002+05:30

Phew lots of work done and no time to relax, actually i drank lots of music while working from the radio so now its anime time, woohoo

So i am currently watching the anime Ghost in the Shell :: Stand Alone Complex ( Episode 21 - "C: Left-Behind Trace – ERASER" )

For information on complete list of episodes on Ghost in the Shell :: Stand Alone Complex, visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ghost_in_the_Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex_episodes

Long time no blog

2008-05-18T12:41:00.002+05:30

Well its been an long time i blogged, i have lots of stuffs to blog about but the thing is that now a days i dont get enough time as i joined a new company

I will try to blog whenever i get some free time, my home PC is also kinda screwed up so i have to blog from office which means its kinda not easy as i barely get time to have my food @ my office, work - work and loads of work

Actually i love doing lots and lots of work but i get tired soon now a days, maybe because i dont eat much food

Anyways see you soon....

Today is Sunday

2008-05-18T09:24:00.000+05:30

Helow everyone, today is Sunday, maybe you are all @ your home but i am @ my office :P

Well spending the Sunday @ office is not that bad after all, at least i am okay as i get to stay out of my home

So whats your plan for Sundays ?

Indiblogger.in - Mumbai Bloggers Meet

2008-04-24T03:24:00.004+05:30

Indiblogger.in - Mumbai Bloggers Meet

I have been looking forward for this bloggers meet since sometime, i am glad that the bloggers meet is finally here

Earlier bloggers meet which i partly attended was @ the BarCamp Mumbai 3 as BlogCamp was also going on at the same time over there

I dunno how the Indiblogger.in - Mumbai Bloggers Meet is gonna turn out but i hope it will be fun and i also get to meet some interesting bloggers :)

If you a blogger and wish to attend Indiblogger.in - Mumbai Bloggers Meet, then simply register at http://www.indiblogger.in/

After registering, login and proceed to http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=8

Confirm your attendance ( on the right side ) for the Indiblogger.in - Mumbai Bloggers Meet and be there at the specified venue on time

Indiblogger.in - Mumbai Bloggers Meet Details

Description
Indi-Bloggers reunite again, this time in Mumbai, on (Sunday) April 27th, 2008. We're going to try and make this a huge hit, and draw in bloggers from all over the country! Indiblogger's had some excellent press recently, so we want to capitalize on that to see where we should collectively take this. So spread the good word, invite your friends, and let's make a LOUD NOISE!

Schedule - Sunday i.e 27th April 2008 at 3 PM

Venue
Joshi's Kohinoor Hall
Banquet Hall (Ground Floor)
Veer Savarkar Marg
Prabhadevi
Mumbai-25

Landmark
Opposite Siddhi Vinayak Temple

Is it free ?
Yes

How do I sign up ?
Sign in with your email id and IndiBlogger.in password, and confirm your attendance on the Mumbai meeting page

How do I help ?
Do what you do best - blog about it and spread the word!

With 50+ bloggers who have signed already, this meeting promises to be very special!

We hope you’re looking forward to this as much as we are - because we just can’t wait for it to begin

See you there at 3 PM sharp!

For more details and updates regarding Indiblogger.in - Mumbai Bloggers Meet, please visit
http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=8
http://blog.indiblogger.in/2008/04/23/mumbai-blogger-meet-venue-announced/

For more information, you can also call Preetam at +91 9920585110 or the IndiBlogger team at +91 44 45018949

So see you at the Indiblogger.in - Mumbai Bloggers Meet....

Got myself into IndiBlogger.in

2008-04-02T13:24:00.005+05:30

IndiBlogger.in is a website whose members and staff organizes bloggers meet in various parts of India and brings as many bloggers together in real life

On IndiBlogger.in you can search bloggers by name, i mean if your friends are there on IndiBlogger.in, then you can give it a shot by searching for them

Whileas if you are an lonely blogger or searching for bloggers from your very own city, then you can find them as IndiBlogger.in has the ' Find bloggers by city ' search option

IndiBlogger.in also has a ' Meetings ' section where they put up all the upcoming blogger meets across the country organized by their members and staff, its located @ http://www.indiblogger.in/meetings.php

You can view my profile @ IndiBlogger.in
http://www.indiblogger.in/blogger.php?blogger=2889

' Get a badge
Get your blog an IndiBlogger badge.
It deserves one. '
---- IndiBlogger.in

I have also added a small badge to my blog on the right side, to show my support for IndiBlogger.in

So keep blogging....

BlogRush Code

2008-04-01T14:50:00.001+05:30

Chalo BarCamp Mumbai 3 @ IIT Powai

2008-03-28T06:00:00.009+05:30

Yipeeeeee, its time for the next BarCamp in Mumbai i.e BarCamp Mumbai 3

BarCamp Mumbai 3 is a totally free unconference, its an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction between attendees

BarCamps also creates a new platform to launch your company, share knowledge and ideas, chance to speak out regarding any interesting topic on stage and lots more

I have registered myself as a volunteer at BarCamp Mumbai 3, so that i can help people as usual and also could take some cool snapshots

As per my calculations BarCamp Mumbai 3 is gonna blast out, so if you are someone who is interested in tech stuffs, then the BarCamp is for you

BarCamp Mumbai 3 details can be found on
http://www.barcampmumbai.org/

Register at BarCamp Mumbai 3 at
http://www.barcampmumbai.org/BCM3_registrants

Orkut malfunctions....

2008-03-19T18:08:00.009+05:30

I was browsing through my Orkut communities and my scrapbook, i was surprised to find that the communities which had so many members like 400 - 2000 were being displayed in very low members like 10 - 200 and some as ZERO

I have a community on Orkut which has 4 members including me and the member count displayed in the members section was ZERO, i have included a screenshot below and highlighted the members count, you can check it out if you want

So its obvious that either GOOGLE is testing something new and live on Orkut or Orkut is malfunctioning

It was the same for my scrapbook, i didnt have any scraps in my scrapbook but still it was displaying i had ONE scrap in my scrapbook, hahahaha

See below for the screenshot, i have highlighted the scrapbook error by Orkut

The Orkut malfunctioning is only for communities and scraps as for now because the friend list, fans list, photos and scraps are all working fine

Well whatever it might be, i hope it gets fixed soon and expect some new features too :P

The two cute little kids from One Fine Day - The Movie

2008-03-18T01:24:00.002+05:30

Maggie Taylor played by Mae Whitman (the cute little girl) and Sammy played by Alex Linz (the cute little boy) were the two cute little kids from the movie called ' One Fine Day '

I usually avoid catching CSI:Miami on Monday nights @ AXN, but this time the story was kinda interesting, so i decided to give it a shot

When i switched to Zee Studio during the break, i saw these two cute little adorable kids which made me smile and happy, the way they talked and all the mischiefs they did, the faces they made, hahahaha what can i say more

Well when i went to checkout the details regarding this movie at IMDB (The Internet Movie Database) i saw that the movie was released in 1996, you can check the details of that movie using the below link

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117247/

Those two cute little adorable kids would have grown up by now, waaaaah

Windows live ID

2008-03-08T13:45:00.005+05:30

Yesterday i created my windows live id and luckily i got the name i wanted, lol

My new windows live id is

skyn3t@live.com

So what are you waiting for, get your live id now and go live....

Save Stage6

2008-02-26T04:51:00.003+05:30

Stage6 is a video sharing portal which allows the public users to view and download high quality content videos without any fee which means totally free

Stag6 has a very big archive of high quality content videos which contains so many educations documentaries in various languages on so many topics, anime shows, TV shows, video podcasts and so much more

But now Stage6 has decide to shutdown their website and their free service in a blog post on their website

http://www.stage6.com/blog/107/

If you wanna know more about Stage6, then please visit

http://www.stage6.com/info/about

Please save Stage6 by signing the online petition located at the below URL

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stage6/

I request you to sign the online petition and save Stage6 so that high quality content video remains available to the public, thanks for your valuable votes....

Season Three of Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) :: Girl From Hell Announced

2008-01-11T04:22:00.000+05:30

Whoa i am so happy that the third season of Jigoku Shoujo: Girl From Hell (Hell Girl) is announced

Jigoku Shoujo: Girl From Hell (Hell Girl) is one of my favourite anime series which i love very much and i cant wait to read the story of season three, not the entire story but at least a bit of it as the third season is still in the production stage

I was kinda wondering who the next Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) will be, i would be really happy if its Ai Enma but if its her again then it will be kinda not so interesting

Please dont introduce Kikuri as the next Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl), please please please, although shes cute and stuffs like that but still i dont want to see Kikuri as the new Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl)

Anways lets see what happens....

When one person is cursed, two graves are dug....

2007-11-22T05:30:00.000+05:30

Rumor has it that somewhere on the Internet there is a website accessible only at midnight -- the Hotline to Hell -- where people can ask the Hell Girl to take revenge on people who have wronged them.

However, when one person is cursed, two graves are dug, for if the Hell Girl fulfils your request, when you die you too will be consigned to the pit of Hell when you die. Would you untie the red ribbon and sell your soul to the Hell Girl for vengeance ?

Skyn3t becomes [GM]Toxic in Ragnarok Online....

2007-11-07T09:12:00.000+05:30

I have always been addictive to ragnarok and have been playing various official and private servers from a very very long time

Since that i have been helping players on various servers, beta testing different types of emulators, administration and that kinda stuffs

Yesterday i got the confirmation that i have been selected as a new GM [Game Master] for one of the most famous private ragnarok server and just some hours back i received my [GM] TAG

I have chosen to keep [GM]Toxic as my ingame name as it suits me much, below is my new GM [Game Master] character screenshot

You must be wondering why i am not wearing any GM [Game Master] clothes, actually for now i have only been assigned with the [GM] TAG and not yet been granted with any GM [Game Master] powers but still waiting for it, will get it soon....

What happened to my Gmail ?

2007-10-31T02:32:00.000+05:30

Yesterday evening when i logged into my Gmail, i noticed there were some changes in the page title as well as it was functioning somewhat as if live objects were embedded into it to make it load faster, but still it was unstable

But there was this link at the top of the page to rollback to the older version of my Gmail, so i did a rollback to the older version when i found that the newer version was unstable but still whenever i get time i will surely test it, the beta Gmail, thats what they call it :P

Exposing vulnerabilities and exploits....

2007-10-28T00:57:00.000+05:30

What if i didnt go to the conference and speak all those things out

I could have simply sold all my research works to some malicious attacker or some terrorist organization for a very big fat amount, who could gain benefit out of it

But i would never do that every in my entire lifetime as its not in my nature, i love my country so much that i would never do anything harmful against it and i dont want malicious attackers using my exploits and vulnerabilities for a bad purpose and intention

I discovered these potential exploits and vulnerabilities and they say like they wanna take this topic offline, okay i understand probably they wont be able to answer each of my questions in front of those audience

So to avoid that they might have said that the discussion needs to be taken offline, i understand that completely, there could be also some more reasons for that, anyways

The students who are responsible for handling and managing the event are also liable for taking care of the people over there in a very hospitality manner

Whileas the organizing students of the event [ NISCON ] was like they were rude to most of the people who came for the event, whileas very cheerful and collaborative with their colleagues, sponsors and panel members, now what kinda attitude is that

We are the audience, and being rude to us is not a good thing, infact the students who are managing this event are supposed to be helping us out, whileas that was not the situation over there

Anyways the information security conference NISCON was a complete failure all because of the students of SIMSR, the only thing which i found quite good was the paper work which was presented by Nilesh from SecureView on botnets

I am really tired and hungry, due to this tension, i also didnt have my dinner, i think i will go and sleep now, theres more to write about the conference but that will be tommorow....

A student from SIMSR [ Somaiya Institute Of Management Studies & Research ] blasts at me....

2007-10-28T00:34:00.000+05:30

* Contd....

Now as i told earlier in my last post, this boy named " Ravi " who studies in SIMSR [ Somaiya Institute Of Management Studies & Research ] comes near me and almost blasts out at me

He came in so anger and was just blasting at me saying

Ravi - "Who the hell are you ?"

Ravi - "How dare you speak to Dr. Padmanav Moharana like that ?

Me - "I was only trying to ask my...."

Once again in full temper and anger he starting busting again at me saying

Ravi - "Do you know, he is a Doctor"

Ravi - "You are only a young boy, so keep quiet"

Well then his friend Vivek Silla, the Jt. Secretary for the conference [ NISCON ] saw something was going on at the backrow and he took Ravi with him

----

Well i just walked out of the red lounge as soon as possible

Now this student "Ravi" simply walks towards me who is sitting in the audience and start speaking out words with rage and anger

I mean if that student "Ravi" from SIMSR [ Somaiya Institute Of Management Studies & Research ] had some knife or gun in his hand, then he would have really killed me, i am not joking, i really mean it as he was so angry and losing his temper

During leaving the red lounge when i glanced towards him, this student "Ravi" from SIMSR [ Somaiya Institute Of Management Studies & Research ] was still looking at me with like he was really gonna kill me, staring at me making his eyes big indicating his anger was getting more and more

Actually todays incident has taught me a lot of things like

never ever take part in the conference until and unless its necessary

never ask questions or respond to any answers, in any conferences

never ever share some technical stuffs with the people present at the conference especially the guests and panel member

And maybe from today onwards i am gonna follow the above set of rules created by me :D

This is what you get when you speak out in public....

2007-10-27T23:46:00.000+05:30

Actually i was at this information security conference [ NISCON ] today evening and they had a panel discussion over there where all the famous personalities would come from various firms and corporate companies to discuss amongst themselves topics related to security

So as i was attending this panel meeting, sitting at the backrow with two of my friends, the discussions were not quite good but they were also not that bad, at least we can say it was at a very moderate level

Well i was shaking like anything because the topics which the panel members were discussing had many flaws and vulnerabilities in it and i was thinking about asking questions to the members of the panel

There was this student who used to pass the mic around the audience, so i called him again and again, i was almost like, i used to keep the mic with me for sometime but i was already feeling so nervous and my body was shaking due to the cold air inside the red lounge where this panel discussion was going on, so it was bit uncomfortable for me to ask or break into an discussion with the panel members

Beyond that, all the panel members held high level positions in their respective companies, so that was also a concern like whatever i was gonna ask, it should be something special not some n00bish question

So whenever they used to talk i had question at each and every time when i thought there was a point where i could ask something, but as i told earlier, i was so nervous and my body was shaking badly

Then one of the members from the panel started saying like, that they were gonna soon end the discussions and the audience could throw in their questions, so that the panel members could answer them

So i gathered some courage, switched on my mic which i had been holding in my hands for quite sometime and lifted one of my hands indicating that i had a question for the panel members

It seems like i got an opportunity to ask my question, the question was for Dr. Padmanav Moharana

Okay now let me tell you here who is Dr. Padmanav Moharana

Dr. Padmanav Moharana works for Reliance Communications as a CISO [ Chief Information Security Officer ]

I really didnt know the name of the CISO who works for Reliance Communications present at the panel discussion, as we were sitting at the backrow it was also not possible to view the names on the desk of the various panel members

Actually i dont remember the exact conversation which took place but still i can explain

Me - "My question is for the panel member from Reliance"

Me - "Sir, you said that your networks are quite safe"

Me - "Sir, Reliance recently launched so many cyber cafes and as i have seen Reliance has completely broken down Windows and have made a single application where after the login has been done, all the utilities used for browsing, instant messengers and other common applications like word, powerpoint has been made available"

Me - "But Sir, the single application which Reliance has created is not so secure"

Me - "I could purchase the least available package for surfing in Reliance Web World and i could spend the entire day surfing without recharging my account or without paying any single rupee till the cafe is OPEN"

Rakesh Mohan Goyal the anchor of this panel discussion spoke out saying the following

Rakesh Mohan Goyal - "Can we take this issue offline after this panel discussion is over"

and i was like

Me - "Yea sure Sir"

Then i shared some of my queries which i had with Krishna Sastry Pendyala regarding " Source Codes " and he also responded quite well to that

Again i pointed a question to Dr. Padmanav Moharana saying that their information KIOSKS which are installed in most of the cities in Mumbai are also not safe

Once again Rakesh Mohan Goyal spoke out saying

Rakesh Mohan Goyal - "We take this issue offline"

and i was once again like

Me - "Okay"

Now this boy named " Ravi " who studies in SIMSR [ Somaiya Institute Of Management Studies & Research ] comes near me and almost blasts out at me

* i think i will make a new post as this one is getting somewhat bigger

Ooops, i just deleted all the scraps from my scrapbook....

2007-10-24T05:38:00.000+05:30

Well i just woke a few minutes back and i was wondering why should i keep all these scraps stored in my scrapbook for just others to seeeee

So i simply decided to delete all the scraps from my scrapbook and now my scrapbook contains no scraps :P

Happy Orkutting....