Once again the music industry should be rethinking selling mp3s.
Heres an amazing new application that allows fast download of music.
It's small (~2Mb)
It's fast (~400KB/s)
and best of all it's safe (no uploading, no sharing, just untraceable download)
Well that's it for this post and let me know what you think of mulve
and what you think the music industry
[update] this one has been closed so to keep archive of the exe file it's found HERE or here
It doesn't seem to work for me but let me know if it does for you!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
How to download mp3
There are many ways to download mp3's these days, simplest and most legal seems to be youtube to mp3 converting, via websites or other tools (record or download).
Record labels have finally realized the great potential of allowing copyrighted songs to be used on youtube, therefore anything that is on youtube can and will be converted to mp3 via the many methods out there.
The simple how-to is as follows:
1. grab the url of the video with song/sounds your interested in downloading mp3 format
2. past it into site such as video2mp3.net and wait for conversion, download will auto start 20 seconds after completion.
As simple as that!
On this note I will conclude that if it's so easy to get the mp3 from youtube, knowing record labels have allowed singles to be put on youtube, they should just drop the act or even attempt at getting money for something that we can get free. But this free can be used to make profit in other ways; for instance the videos that get played also often display adverts which are capital generating in them self. And I think the conventional method of obtaining music in cds, records or otherwise will die out and eventually artists will have to make performances that draw a crowed, such events are the real capital generating for musicians these days.
So the spread of free music can just help to draw such capital from concert events and advertising power for other products.
All I know is that the entertainment industry is digitizing and with this change so will the profit generating methods will change and they should just accept and embrace the change to find new ways of making money instead of trying to reinforce the old conventional methods that will no longer work today.
Record labels have finally realized the great potential of allowing copyrighted songs to be used on youtube, therefore anything that is on youtube can and will be converted to mp3 via the many methods out there.
The simple how-to is as follows:
1. grab the url of the video with song/sounds your interested in downloading mp3 format
2. past it into site such as video2mp3.net and wait for conversion, download will auto start 20 seconds after completion.
As simple as that!
On this note I will conclude that if it's so easy to get the mp3 from youtube, knowing record labels have allowed singles to be put on youtube, they should just drop the act or even attempt at getting money for something that we can get free. But this free can be used to make profit in other ways; for instance the videos that get played also often display adverts which are capital generating in them self. And I think the conventional method of obtaining music in cds, records or otherwise will die out and eventually artists will have to make performances that draw a crowed, such events are the real capital generating for musicians these days.
So the spread of free music can just help to draw such capital from concert events and advertising power for other products.
All I know is that the entertainment industry is digitizing and with this change so will the profit generating methods will change and they should just accept and embrace the change to find new ways of making money instead of trying to reinforce the old conventional methods that will no longer work today.
Monday, September 13, 2010
How to open files with applications
Also how to perminantly set those extensions to open with the applications (unless of course you install other applications which change which extensions are associated with them...)
To make things simple you must get familiar with the properties of files, a file is simply anything that is not a folder (folders are yellow folder icons in microsoft windows operating systems), anyway i'll assume you know this part and move to the fun part:
Right click the file with extension which you want to permanently set to open with particular application
To make things simple you must get familiar with the properties of files, a file is simply anything that is not a folder (folders are yellow folder icons in microsoft windows operating systems), anyway i'll assume you know this part and move to the fun part:
Right click the file with extension which you want to permanently set to open with particular application
Phishing attacks
I have been recently witnessing a lot of phishing attacks, in particular email messages from what appears to be legitimate sites such as banks and classified types of sites etc. showing links with correct text but href pointing to phishing sites which often hosted on free or even paid hosts.
how to spot phishing attacks you ask?
sometimes it's simpler then others but exercise common sense and caution when receiving emails that you are not expecting to arrive, and even those you expect, inspect them carefully.
I have several examples but it may be safer not to post them for now.
how to spot phishing attacks you ask?
sometimes it's simpler then others but exercise common sense and caution when receiving emails that you are not expecting to arrive, and even those you expect, inspect them carefully.
I have several examples but it may be safer not to post them for now.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Neuro-Programmer 3
Neuro Programmer (Formally known as neural noise synthesizer) is a cool program that was has audio clips to help do various tasks. For example there are audio clips ranging from 10 to 50 minutes to help fall a sleep faster, get motivated, get energized, concentrate to be creative, learn or prepare for tests, etc.
Once installed you have a trial for 15 days at which point your required to buy a license.
I'm experimenting with various clips to see if they work, so far the sleep thing didn't work for me but it has in the past.
Download the program here: http://www.transparentcorp.com/products/np/download.php
To get fuller version you may or may not be able to use a peer to peer program but you didn't hear it from me!
P.s. you can also record the audio straight from the program while playing it using Audacity.
Let me know about your experiences :)
Once installed you have a trial for 15 days at which point your required to buy a license.
I'm experimenting with various clips to see if they work, so far the sleep thing didn't work for me but it has in the past.
Download the program here: http://www.transparentcorp.com/products/np/download.php
To get fuller version you may or may not be able to use a peer to peer program but you didn't hear it from me!
P.s. you can also record the audio straight from the program while playing it using Audacity.
Let me know about your experiences :)
Sunday, August 22, 2010
PHP never expire vs timeout cookies vs sessions
As mentioned earlier I have a newly found hobby with PHP MySQL programming, and after lots of trial and error in the development of this project I found a working method for a 'remember me' button and the expiring cookies and sessions.
The first part is login script, here you will determine if they want to be remembered in our terms this means to never time out the user. This is done with simple cookie to set the expiration a week from now, here is my code:
Easy right?
Next setting the users that will be timed out after inactivity I decided 25 minutes are enough because it is also the time default sessions get timed out.
Notice that the username cookie is still with a long expiration, the expire cookie is in control of expiration and the username just saves the username data which is required in various places to determine access and such.
After the login page you will need a function that is called every time something is requested, (in order not to annoy the users and only time out after inactivity) this can look something like this:
More coming soon...
The first part is login script, here you will determine if they want to be remembered in our terms this means to never time out the user. This is done with simple cookie to set the expiration a week from now, here is my code:
$long=time()+60*60*24*7; //Setting up the expiration time
$short=time()+60*25; //short time (25 minutes) for those without 'rememberme'
$username = $params['username'];
//Check whether the remember me box is checked
if (isset($params['rememberme']) && $params['rememberme'] == "on"){
setcookie('username',$username,$long); //username cookie and long expiration
setcookie('expire','no',$long); //expire is set to no
}else{
setcookie('expire','yes',$short); //expire is set to no
setcookie('username',$username,$long); //username cookie with short expiration
}
Easy right?
Next setting the users that will be timed out after inactivity I decided 25 minutes are enough because it is also the time default sessions get timed out.
Notice that the username cookie is still with a long expiration, the expire cookie is in control of expiration and the username just saves the username data which is required in various places to determine access and such.
After the login page you will need a function that is called every time something is requested, (in order not to annoy the users and only time out after inactivity) this can look something like this:
function check_login(){
if ($_COOKIE['expire'] == "no"){
$_SESSION['user'] = userInfo($_COOKIE['username']); //reset the session
}elseif ($_COOKIE['expire'] == "yes"){
setcookie('expire','yes',time()+60*25); //reset the cookie time
$_SESSION['user'] = userInfo($_COOKIE['username']); //and session
}else{
echo " Session timed out. To login input type=\"button\" value=\"Reload Page\" onClick=\"window.location.reload()\""; //use the tag opening before input, blogger messes here lol
exit;
}
More coming soon...
Monday, August 16, 2010
Ultimate FTP/SFTP text editor winSCP
Today's cloud computing put to the max by my newly found hobby of coding in PHP/MySQL and JavaScript (plus a little CSS) but it was only made more enjoyable when I found the great way to edit the code visually.
So I thought to share it with the loyal eduboris blog followers!
First component is the FTP/SFTP, the free and open source windows application I found is WinSCP
Second is the editing, while the default editor is OK for quick fixes it definitely is not something you can use to code, so for many years now I used Notepad++.
To combine the two and have a truly cloud computing coding environment go to WinSCP (while logged in) Options>Preferences>Editor>select the first one and click Edit> choose external editor and browser to your Program files and find notepad++ directory, and executable (if you installed it, otherwise go to the extracted folder)
From here on in consider your ultimate sftp text editor setup and ready to use!
The features I really like about Notepad++ are:
So I thought to share it with the loyal eduboris blog followers!
First component is the FTP/SFTP, the free and open source windows application I found is WinSCP
Second is the editing, while the default editor is OK for quick fixes it definitely is not something you can use to code, so for many years now I used Notepad++.
To combine the two and have a truly cloud computing coding environment go to WinSCP (while logged in) Options>Preferences>Editor>select the first one and click Edit> choose external editor and browser to your Program files and find notepad++ directory, and executable (if you installed it, otherwise go to the extracted folder)
From here on in consider your ultimate sftp text editor setup and ready to use!
The features I really like about Notepad++ are:
- Default language detection with color coding
- Default line count and word wrap
- Great stability under huge files (6k+ lines)
Anyway feel free to comment about this and let me know what you think below.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
IE8 block sites how-to
After some review of IE security and noticed a flaw (read more) I needed to block users from all sites except those allowed. I used the IE content advisor and GPO to do this.
The first step is to create a septate group policy object or use a common one with other IE changes to help in the organization.
Once you have your group policy object editor open navigate to "User Configuration" > "Windows Settings" > "Internet Explorer Management" > "Security" and open "Security Zones and Content Ratings".
Click the radio button "Import the current content rating settings".
In the Content Advisor window click the Approved Sites tab there you will add the domains, sub-domains or IPs you approve or disapprove of and this will affect users that this policy applies to (it seems to also affect the server).
If you need more info, screen shots or other details let me know in the comments below.
Enjoy!
The first step is to create a septate group policy object or use a common one with other IE changes to help in the organization.
Once you have your group policy object editor open navigate to "User Configuration" > "Windows Settings" > "Internet Explorer Management" > "Security" and open "Security Zones and Content Ratings".
Click the radio button "Import the current content rating settings".
In the Content Advisor window click the Approved Sites tab there you will add the domains, sub-domains or IPs you approve or disapprove of and this will affect users that this policy applies to (it seems to also affect the server).
If you need more info, screen shots or other details let me know in the comments below.
Enjoy!
IE8 lockdown report
This is not a flaw with Internet Explorer at all, the flaw was in the security theory. Even though I had sites blocked before locking IE, I decided to lift the block after removing the address bar which I thought was the only way to get to other sites... this was not the case and I was so intrigued by this one that had to write a little report about it.
After locking IE and the entire user profile down I was convinced that users cannot go to any other sites than those we intended, i.e. the home page and links on desktop and without an address bar they couldn't get anywhere else. What never even crossed my mind and I had not thought of, is that one of our links' webpages was leading to google maps to show an address, seems harmless enough but from there the user can simply click on the web search and google anything and get to where they want! (assuming it does shows up on google of course - at least there will be no malicious sites)
The solution is another group policy object to only allow IE to get to sites we decided (read post), can include google too but if they try getting to another site it will be blocked.
So there you have it folks, even with security in mind you cannot always think, see or find the flaws in your system until it is used in production with real users daily tasks and them trying to exploit the system. In this case: with no address bar it is still possible to get to any site you want via search engine if it's linked ANYWHERE.
Let me know what you think in the comments below.
After locking IE and the entire user profile down I was convinced that users cannot go to any other sites than those we intended, i.e. the home page and links on desktop and without an address bar they couldn't get anywhere else. What never even crossed my mind and I had not thought of, is that one of our links' webpages was leading to google maps to show an address, seems harmless enough but from there the user can simply click on the web search and google anything and get to where they want! (assuming it does shows up on google of course - at least there will be no malicious sites)
The solution is another group policy object to only allow IE to get to sites we decided (read post), can include google too but if they try getting to another site it will be blocked.
So there you have it folks, even with security in mind you cannot always think, see or find the flaws in your system until it is used in production with real users daily tasks and them trying to exploit the system. In this case: with no address bar it is still possible to get to any site you want via search engine if it's linked ANYWHERE.
Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Hacker Documentaries
I was always fascinated with the concept of hacking, discovery of new ways to do things unimaginable. Applied to computers and networking it's very intriguing. So I started collecting documentaries about hacking (stream from megaupload):
Let me know what you think in the comments!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
How to Download and Stream from MegaUpload
It's really quite simple, note you will need VLC installed and either Firefox or Chrome as your browser.
Watch the video and read instructions below:
1. [Update: this part is now skipped by megaupload: start from step two, I will keep it for archive purposes] First you are going to get to a download page, enter the code and hit download file
(Example: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EBRH99AC)
Watch the video and read instructions below:
1. [Update: this part is now skipped by megaupload: start from step two, I will keep it for archive purposes] First you are going to get to a download page, enter the code and hit download file
(Example: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EBRH99AC)
2. Next you wait for the counter which will take 45 seconds without an account or 25 with an account (sign up is free).
a. This 
b. Will turn into this
3. Now you simply click Regular Download image button and the download starts! (you may close the window but don't close the browser so the download can finish)
4. If the file is avi/divx type (extension doesn't always matter), streaming will work with VLC and firefox/chrome, go to the download location (normally at My Documents>Downloads) Right click the file (which will be named appropriately, in firefox the extension is .part and as of 10/22/2010 chrome changes the extension to .crdownload) > and click Play with VLC media player (if the option you may need to restart or reinstall VLC player)
5. VLC will give the message "AVI is broken..." (it's because the file is incomplete, because it's in the process of download!) just click Don't Repair and the streaming video will start!
Note: depending on your connection (and other factors), VLC might stop playing - check if something interrupted the download (remember not to close the browser!) or just slow download speed, just wait a few minutes and repeat step 5. again. If it's too slow you may just prefer to wait until the download is complete.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
NinjaVideo is no more
After giving it some time and waiting to see if the site comes back up I am pronouncing it dead today, here is a last gimps at the wonderful site before it disappears from the cache (no longer there)
It made us cry, it made us smile but now we look forward to the next pirate streaming site that will provide us with mindless entertainment for countless hours and chew more bandwidth then our ISPs can swallow .
We loved it for so many reasons.
Pop culture and underground mashed up into one, a place like this is truly unique and let's hope the other sites can handle it, but the real question is when will the feds stop taking down those sites?
Maybe one day we will figure it out... until then, ROCK ON pirates!
A hate site to that has suggestions for alternatives could come in handy now.
It made us cry, it made us smile but now we look forward to the next pirate streaming site that will provide us with mindless entertainment for countless hours and chew more bandwidth then our ISPs can swallow .
We loved it for so many reasons.
Pop culture and underground mashed up into one, a place like this is truly unique and let's hope the other sites can handle it, but the real question is when will the feds stop taking down those sites?
Maybe one day we will figure it out... until then, ROCK ON pirates!
A hate site to that has suggestions for alternatives could come in handy now.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Useful linux commands
Found an old post didn't publish here yet, so here it is.
Useful linux commands:
Useful linux commands:
- nmap
- uname -a
- modinfo
- edit /etc/fstab to add a mount when booting
- edit /etc/inittab to change runlevel when booting (id:3:initdefault:)
- scp somefile user@IP:/home/user/directory
- [root@localhost ~]# PS1=$
$ (to change prompt) - change hostname (localhost):
[root@localhost ~]# hostname localhost.localdomain - add services to runlevels:
chkconfig --level <number> <service>
chkconfig --level 3 httpd - tail -f to keep outputting as the file grows
- any ideas on how to solve this mail.txt -email theborisedu@gmail.com
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
redirect http to https multiple domains
After the torture of trial and error I have devised a working .htaccess way to redirect http to https while having multiple domains, follow the steps below.
First task is to have the /secure directory secure with https, in this directory create the .htaccess and place this text:
You can place this anywhere else that you want redirected (i.e other domains), basically users will try hitting the http and redirect to that domain with https!
Second is having the / domain not secure (if your certificate isn't *. users will get a warning, we don't want that), and it will have different subdomain in this example (www1). In the root directory place this in .htaccess:
And now waiting to see if the mx records work...
First task is to have the /secure directory secure with https, in this directory create the .htaccess and place this text:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{http_host} secure.domain.ca [or]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://domain.ca/secure [L,R=301]
You can place this anywhere else that you want redirected (i.e other domains), basically users will try hitting the http and redirect to that domain with https!
Second is having the / domain not secure (if your certificate isn't *. users will get a warning, we don't want that), and it will have different subdomain in this example (www1). In the root directory place this in .htaccess:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^domain.ca [or]
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^www.domain.ca [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www1.domain.ca/
And now waiting to see if the mx records work...
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Mercury KPC-6225V Driver download
Noticed that the webcam drivers could be hard to find, so here is a distribution of the Mercury KPC-6225V Driver for download.
Filename: Mercury-PC-CAM-WEBCAM-Driver-KPC-6225V.zip
Size: 607.48 MB
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BCVB5FR4
Filename: Mercury-PC-CAM-WEBCAM-Driver-KPC-6225V.zip
Size: 607.48 MB
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BCVB5FR4
Saturday, June 19, 2010
how to stream movies videos ninjavideo
In particular, this will fix the issues some videos are having. For example the sound is off and the picture seems incorrect, also if you hit the 'download' button but want to stream (watch the movie without having to wait for the download to complete).
What you will need is VLC player (of course to work with ninjavideo you need java and older version of divx installed [firefox or chrome is also recommended]).
The simple version: go to My Documents/My Videos in XP or Videos in 7 or Vista (%userprofile%/My Documents/My videos/ or where your directory is located). Navigate to DivX Movies\Temporary Downloaded Files/ and find the movie or video that you want to watch. It will have .part extension simply open this with VLC and hit "Don't repair" if prompted, now you are watching the streaming movie in VLC instead of DIVX!
If you are downloading the movie via the download button, use firefox as it will not work with other browsers I tried. Find the .part file where you are saving the file (Desktop or My Documents/Downloads) and play it with VLC.
Make .part files open with VLC by default for ease of use.
For more info check the post about streaming megaupload.
Let me know what you think in the comments below.
What you will need is VLC player (of course to work with ninjavideo you need java and older version of divx installed [firefox or chrome is also recommended]).
The simple version: go to My Documents/My Videos in XP or Videos in 7 or Vista (%userprofile%/My Documents/My videos/ or where your directory is located). Navigate to DivX Movies\Temporary Downloaded Files/ and find the movie or video that you want to watch. It will have .part extension simply open this with VLC and hit "Don't repair" if prompted, now you are watching the streaming movie in VLC instead of DIVX!
If you are downloading the movie via the download button, use firefox as it will not work with other browsers I tried. Find the .part file where you are saving the file (Desktop or My Documents/Downloads) and play it with VLC.
Make .part files open with VLC by default for ease of use.
For more info check the post about streaming megaupload.
Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
SchTasks for backups with examples
It's easy to find the switches here but not so easy to find working examples.
Following up on the previous post(s) to schedule a tasks use this example:
schtasks /create /tn "Check server Mon-Fri at 8am" /tr c:\scripts\checkserver.bat /sc weekly /d Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri /st 8:00:00 /ru %computername%\%username% /rp %pass%
The computername and username are set by the system, you will need to specify the password:
SET pass=mySecurePass
So your script can look like:
SchTasks.bat
NOTE: if you are using a domain instead of workgroup you will need to specify that instead of %computername%.
Following up on the previous post(s) to schedule a tasks use this example:
schtasks /create /tn "Check server Mon-Fri at 8am" /tr c:\scripts\checkserver.bat /sc weekly /d Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri /st 8:00:00 /ru %computername%\%username% /rp %pass%
The computername and username are set by the system, you will need to specify the password:
SET pass=mySecurePass
So your script can look like:
SchTasks.bat
@echo off
SET pass=mySecurePass
echo Adding Check Server scheduled task...
schtasks /create /tn "Check server Mon-Fri at 8am" /tr c:\scripts\checkserver.bat /sc weekly /d Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri /st 8:00:00 /ru %computername%\%username% /rp %pass%
echo.
echo done..
pause
NOTE: if you are using a domain instead of workgroup you will need to specify that instead of %computername%.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
network monitor
Took me some time to find the right components, finally got it to work and this will help me a lot!
The dependencies are:
1. The mail program, best one (or only one) I found is HERE (more info and alternate download), get the one with STARTTLS (if using gmail), I saved it under %systemroot%\system32 and renamed to mail.exe for ease of use but you can leave the name (change in script) and place in same folder as script if there are security concerns.
2. Sleep command found HERE.
checkServer.bat
============================================
@echo off
SET ip=192.168.1.100
SET wait=300
echo Checking if server (%IP%) online...
ping %IP%
if not errorlevel 1 goto :eof
echo.
echo Attempting to start VMware...
start vmware -x "D:\vmware\server\server.vmx"
echo Retry in %wait% seconds
sleep %wait%
ping %IP%
if not errorlevel 1 goto :eof
mail -f my@gmail.com -d gmail.com -smtp smtp.gmail.com -port 587 -t my@gmail.com -sub "SERVER DOWN!" -from my@gmail.com -cc techsupport@gmail.com +bcc -v -starttls -auth -user USERNAME -pass PASSWORD -M "Please check server (%IP%) now!"
pause
=============================================
substitute the IP, emails, NAME and PASS to your gmail username and password.
Also which actions you want to do, if vmware check your location... etc.
Test it, and now all that's left is to schedule the script... those and more coming up in next posts.
Let me know how it goes!
The dependencies are:
1. The mail program, best one (or only one) I found is HERE (more info and alternate download), get the one with STARTTLS (if using gmail), I saved it under %systemroot%\system32 and renamed to mail.exe for ease of use but you can leave the name (change in script) and place in same folder as script if there are security concerns.
2. Sleep command found HERE.
checkServer.bat
============================================
@echo off
SET ip=192.168.1.100
SET wait=300
echo Checking if server (%IP%) online...
ping %IP%
if not errorlevel 1 goto :eof
echo.
echo Attempting to start VMware...
start vmware -x "D:\vmware\server\server.vmx"
echo Retry in %wait% seconds
sleep %wait%
ping %IP%
if not errorlevel 1 goto :eof
mail -f my@gmail.com -d gmail.com -smtp smtp.gmail.com -port 587 -t my@gmail.com -sub "SERVER DOWN!" -from my@gmail.com -cc techsupport@gmail.com +bcc -v -starttls -auth -user USERNAME -pass PASSWORD -M "Please check server (%IP%) now!"
pause
=============================================
substitute the IP, emails, NAME and PASS to your gmail username and password.
Also which actions you want to do, if vmware check your location... etc.
Test it, and now all that's left is to schedule the script... those and more coming up in next posts.
Let me know how it goes!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
how to stream movie videos from megaupload
This is surprisingly, very simple to do, you will need:
------------------------------------------
I will assume these are installed with fairly default settings and that you have a working video link to megaupload (example).
- You can go ahead and type the code, wait for 20-40 seconds and click download.
- Once the the download starts navigate to your download folder (normally in My Documents\Downloads)
- There, you will see the filename of what you are downloading, using firefox it will be an empty file but *filename*.part can be played with VLC, if using chrome you can play the normal filename with VLC!
-Right click the *.part file > Properties > under Opens with click Change
-Find and select VLC media player > click OK and again OK.
-Now simply double click the file and you can start watching the video/movie!
Done!
-Find and select VLC media player > click OK and again OK.
-Now simply double click the file and you can start watching the video/movie!
Done!
Let me know what you think, or if there are any issues... print screens coming soon!
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