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"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Britons investing increasingly in Arts and Antiques vrs. Stock
Topic: Arts 6:55 am EDT, Apr 23, 2004

The fine art market in the US is seriously depressed right now.

Meanwhile, today starts the Chicago Antiques Fair. If you are in or around the Chicago area you might want to check it out:

Chicago Antiques Fair
23-26 april 2004
Furniture & works of art
2nd Floor Market Suites
The Merchandise Mart
Hours :

Friday 23, from 11 am to 8 pm
Saturday 24, from 11 am to 8 pm
Sunday 25, from 11 am to 5 pm
Monday 26, from 11 am to 3 pm
Admission fee : 12 $
Lectures will be ongoing for visitors.

Producer :
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.
200 World Trade Center Chicago
Illinois
60654 Chicago - États-Unis
800 677 6278/7600

Britons investing increasingly in Arts and Antiques vrs. Stock


Pat Boone Says Censorship in the Arts is Healthy
Topic: Arts 9:04 am EDT, Apr 22, 2004

But then again....who in their right mind listens to Pat Boone?

Pat Boone Says Censorship in the Arts is Healthy


Interz0ne 3 - Skullaria's Review
Topic: Technology 7:00 am EDT, Apr 21, 2004

Interz0ne was interesting.

I used my student ID, so my entrance fee was 25.00. Note: It said 20.00 with a student ID on the website. The very idea of a student rate makes me wonder though - Is there such a thing as a hacker without a student ID? I know that I, for example, would MAKE one if I didn't have one. They DO come in handy!

I'd hoped to meet more people that I knew but that just didn't happen. I ran into 2 people I had met - one guy that I knew from online and one girl that I had met out in Phoenix a few years back.

Wireless worked the first day but did not work on Saturday. I left around 5pm.

I saw several of the talks. I enjoyed the one by acidius a good bit, and the hacking 101 by Hacker Joe. At this point I am fairly literate so while none of the material was totally fresh, I did pick up a lot of very good trivial points that I am sure I will use later on.

The folks from Yak.net were some of the brightest and most personable that I met and talked to. There was not one of them that I was not impressed with.

I learned about memestreams.net while there and was very intrigued as I've had some ideas that seem to run along the same lines. Therefore, I just had to check it out. I think getting turned on to memestreams is one of the best tidbits I took back home.

As an older geek woman, I think its a really good move not to have strippers at the con. Not that *I* ever mind a good looking stripper of any sex or sexual orientation- but I do think that in order to be promote the seriousness of the subject matter and to increase the professionalism of the caliber of the average attendee that its important to be aware of other people's sensitivities.

Some of the speakers used quite frequent over the top sexual references. While I've been called the queen of sexual inuendo myself, no one at the con knew this, and I caught several of the guys looking at me as if to apologize or for reassurance - to see "is this okay around you?" The glances and looks actually made me more uncomfortable than the masturbation analogies made by the speaker(s) and certainly shifted my attention away from the subject matter.

The hotel was nice. It was interesting that the web rate was less expensive than the conference rate. That said, the free beer/drinks were great on Friday night.

I was disappointed that there was no hospitality room.. Some of the best conferences I've been to make it a point to rent the floor(s) to the attendees with a central room rented out to the organizing bodies. Folks bring in cheese, crackers, nuts, chocolate and the bathtubs are always iced down and full of beer. Cicso is always great about buying beer and munchies if they suspect they have an attendance that might be influential in buying routers. (And this strategy does work!) Folks will hang out in a room like this and are there to meet people and talk, so lots of good networking and conversation happen.

I imagine that age and/or lack of sponsor support would make this sort of fun prohibitive at Interz0ne. Alas.....

As it was, the con was a great price and at a good proximity, so I'd definitely reccomend it to other tech types in the local region.


Hackers Deface Election Website in Indonesia; Attempts at hacking the election
Topic: Technology 6:26 am EDT, Apr 21, 2004

Hackers added ficticious parties to the election list as they deface the website and attempts attacks on the backend.

Hackers Deface Election Website in Indonesia; Attempts at hacking the election


Interz0ne3 Network Security Data Visualization
Topic: Technology 6:24 am EDT, Apr 21, 2004

The slides from Greg Conti's talk about Network Security Data Visualization are available here.

Greg gave a very good talk. Many links and references to visualization tools.

Interz0ne3 Network Security Data Visualization


What A Crappy Present - Pepsi/Itunes parody Video
Topic: Miscellaneous 8:47 am EDT, Apr 20, 2004

This is the parody that EFF played at Interz0ne. I had to Google for it as whatacrappypresent.com had removed it.

What A Crappy Present - Pepsi/Itunes parody Video


Most People will give up passwords for a Candy bar
Topic: Technology 8:44 am EDT, Apr 20, 2004

I bet our users would. I might for Godiva.

Most People will give up passwords for a Candy bar


DomoKun Developers Video [WMV]
Topic: Miscellaneous 2:09 pm EDT, Apr 19, 2004

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DomoKun Developers Video [WMV]


Cryptologic
Topic: Technology 12:06 am EDT, Apr 18, 2004

Interesting....This is what the casinos are using. I wonder if it could ever be competition for paypal.

I wonder if they have had the problems of phishing that Paypal has had?

I wonder how secure they are.

Cryptologic


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