Articles Archive for February 2006
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A vulnerability has been recently discovered in Mac OS X and Safari, which can be exploited to severely compromise a user’s system. This vulnerability has been rated as extremely critical. Details can be found in the following US-CERT Vulnerability Note.
VU#999708 – Apple Safari may automatically execute arbitrary shell commands
Since Apple Computer so far hasn’t provided any security patches for this vulnerability, you are advised to perform the following measures until patches are available.
Disable the Safari option “Open ’safe’ files after downloading.” as specified in the Securing Your Web Browser.
Move “Terminal” …
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趁農曆新年時的空閒時間走去慢慢逛CD舖, 購入了四張CD
Ballad of the Broken Seas – Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Belle And Sebastian的前靚聲vocal Isobel Campbell加前Grunge班霸Screaming Treesh結他手Mark Lanegan, 可以說得上是九唔搭八的matchup. 本來Isobel Campbell那種indie pop味是多清新, 很難想像加上rock到不能Mark Lanegan. 但聽落就知甚麼叫火花.
We are not Infadels – Infadels
“acid-house, electro, progressive funk, rock n roll”, 這就是Infadels. 這樣的mix and match, 沒有功力就會慘變一團糟. 但Infadels沒有. 之前的Can’t get enough已經愛不釋手. 由骨子裡rock出來的味道, 加上一陣陣的電子味, 音樂一起即亢奮! Wall of sound又一正貨!
Maxence Cyrin – Modern Rhapsodies
初認識Maxence Cyrin以為他是那些扮有型又要濕身扮MV的鋼琴家. 聽罷這張碟後只能五體投地. 我用synth的原因是手指不能發瘋的一秒彈幾十個音, Maxence做到. 當然好多人都做到, 但要演奏Aphex Twin, LFO, Carl Craig, Depeche Mode, Underground Resistance, Acid Eiffel, Massive Attack等作品, 一不小心就會變成midi手機鈴聲般難聽. Maxence甚麼音樂都聽, 而且掌握了神髓.
Sound Mirrors – Coldcut
由喜愛Black Matt和Hex的EBN到Coldcut和Hextatics, 每次重溫他們的作品都只會用”前膽性”去形容他們. 等了七年, 真的七年, 還是Coldcut, 但多了星級crossover. 始終是 Ninja …
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放棄了用webcamxtra的念頭, 直接用Processing Capture的Library, 更快. 單純地比較pixel. 可惜的是這個玩法不能配合OpenGL做rendering, 否則可以更流暢.
p.s. office的燈用光管, 其freqency令program以為是變化, 這是一大缺憾, 不過這是setup的問題. 所以我常說裝置的環境不能裝光管.
p.s.2. 同樣暫時不能放source, 待學生交了功課, 到時再派街坊!









