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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Its Getting Late…Part II
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 07 05:45:21 GMT
“I cant get no sleep…”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOy5LOsV6Vs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxejuztwIj8
— MV
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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Its Getting Late…
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 07 04:05:21 GMT
“Its getting late
For scribbling and scratching on the paper
Something’s gonna give under this pressure
And the cracks are already beggining to show”
— Marillion, Misplaced Rendezvous
4 a.m. Been up since 2 a.m. Another bout of insomnia,
which had been absent for the last 8 months. Guess its
either the hangover from the free-for-all of my 2 week
holiday (and playing Enemy Territory until the wee hours)
or the excessive amount of beer I had for dinner at
Portugalia.
Anyway, finished up reading “What Do I Do When I Want
To Do Everythin” (weaker than Metallica’s last album);
read some stuff on Wikipedia about psychology and life
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson ); came to
the home office to retrieve and get started on another
birthday gift: “The Renaissance Soul”.
At this time of the night, the additional power of
songs like Faithless’ “Insomnia” or Marillion’s “At
That Time of the Night” never ceases to amaze me.
“At that time of the night
When streetlights throw crosses through window frames
Paranoia roams where the shadows reign
Oh, at that time of the night
So if you ask me
How do I feel inside
I could honestly tell you
We’ve been taken on a very long ride
And if my owners let me have some free time some day
With all good intention I would probably run away
Clutching the short straw
At that time of the night
When questions rally in an open mind
Summon all your answers with an ice cubes chime
At that time of the night
So if you ask me
Where do I go from here
My next destination even isn’t really that clear
So if you join me and get on your knees and pray
I’ll show you salvation
We’ll take the alternative way
Clutching the short straw”
Insomnia and life decisions in a single song. The lyrical
capabilities of Fish are indeed unrivalled…
— MV
So, admitedly I’m back with my Usenet posts archive (or “The Blog
from the past”) and trying to startup a current blog.
Question: why?
Well, first objective is the process of recovering and ordering
the past (or “my stuff”). Its been more than 15 years of digital
life which is currently spread through several floppy disks, hard
disks, newsgroups, files and online boards. And its been more
than 10 years since I started Esoterica (nearly 10 years since I
left). A bit of ordering and storytelling is due.
Second motive is the fact that today its my birthday. I am 39.
This next year (up until I’m 40) will be a year of thinking, planning,
decisions and changes. Not only do I want to document that, but
I also think that recovering the past and ordering it out will
lead me to better thinking and better decisions.
The third reason is that I’ve been too much into management in
the last 6 years. First with my second company (RVTI), then with
my MBA and for the last 2 years as CIO for the Portuguese Ministry
of Justice. I want to reintroduce some coding and hacking into my
life. Thats why this blog/site/homepage/whatever wont use any of
the standard blogging tools and will be built from scratch, so that
I can implement some of the ideas I have regarding web programming,
architecture and frameworks. As such, expect lots of continuous
changes and disruptions of service.
— MV
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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Quick Blog
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 07 19:26:21 GMT
Quick blog that I dont want to leave till the weekend.
Demoscene stuff. 180k. Brilliant!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Eg3dBnsHk
http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=30244
— MV
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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Give Up
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 07 18:26:21 GMT
Just dont do it…
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/cat.cgi?%00;echo%hi
/cat.cgi?%00;ls
/cat.cgi?%0;echo%hi
/cat.cgi?%0echo%hi
/cat.cgi?../etc/passwd
/cat.cgi?/etc/passwd
/cat.cgi?;echo%hi
/cat.cgi?Back
/cat.cgi?Back%20Again%20Or%20Why%20Start%20No
/cat.cgi?Back+roAgain+t
/cat.cgi?Back+roAgain+t+Or+4
/cat.cgi?What+roTo+roExpect+
/cat.cgi?\;echo%hi
Just because its shell scripting doesnt mean its unsafe
or that the geezer programmer is just plain stupid.
— MV
