| 3 creditors down 99 more bottles of beer on the wall |
[16 Jun 2009|02:10pm] |
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Starting to finally get some of these creditors paid off now that I dont have to worry about my student loans at the moment. Wish I could still get my tax return (illegal federal assraping) back though, at least last year's went to pay off one of the loans. This year I still haven't heard what happened to the $1900 im supposed to be getting back. I'll wait until July then start giving out some mad phonecalls.. at least give me notice if another creditor stole it off me so that I can write them off and dont pay them more money then owed which is the reason I stopped paying them in the first place.
Its funny how the Navy knocks on my door now that Im starting to get things turned back around instead of two months ago when I requested some information. However whatever I decide Im still sticking to my principle and waiting until I have my Associate's before I do anything. One it would make me more marketable in the workforce and easier to land a better paying and more satisfying job, two it would land me a better pay grade if I do decide to go into the military which I would need entering at my age, and three it would open up the door for the possibility of Peace Corps or the Red Cross like I wanted if possible.
Ive got other things Ive been up to but nothing sexy and exciting, still looking to save up some money so I can get my car repainted. Hopefully get one of my old laptops working with Linux, something I really need to learn for my career field and I want to be able to make those old laptops usable again if even just for simple applications. Finally got the service manual for my projection television Im gonna see if I can get that fixed this week since Ive been working nonstop it seems for the last month. I've started working out again, got a nice little bench press that my aunt and uncle aren't using anymore and a simple beach cruiser to add in a little cardio. Ordered a few things off eBay to help with my health situation, really need to get my knee checked out its been hell on me the days that Im running around at work, almost like random sharp instantaneous pain like being tazered, where if I dont catch myself on something easily fall to the ground. Look into getting enrolled in a few online classes I need to take to get closer to my AA and hopefully get some computer and IT certifications out of the way. Look into a tattoo shop see if I can find an artist I like and maybe use my designs if I don't find something better I like. Im currently in the process of cleaning up two of my designs as we speak.
Needless to say Im far from being able to move back to Denver like I wanted, it probably would've been more manageable had I been able to get some of this stuff out of the way months ago but with the job market the way it still is Im lucky to have anything right now. I miss all my friends, and a special few in particular, but its taken me a long time to learn that one area in life must be sacrificed to balance the equilibrium. We shall see what the future has in store for me..only then will I find out where this road I travel leads to.
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| getting a tattoo soon |
[09 Jun 2009|10:21pm] |
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Im kinda half turning impatient that I dont have one by now with all the procrastinating, and half wanting to get it out of the way so I'll be ready when I have my crest illustration completely finished. I still need to think of a tribal-esque design that will probably just involve vines and thorns and then add in the correct japanese calligraphy but thats where im stuck on that. As far as what I want to get though.. I was thinking something simple and small but with a good detail at shading, Ive been starting to do my research on trying to find a reputable shop and artist locally, but I was just curious if any of you had any ideas what I should look for besides looking at their work and cleanliness. I was originally thinking about getting the Eye of Ra on the back of my neck, but then found out my friend Jess already had the Eye of Horus and I didnt really wanna feel like I was trying to mimic her so now im clueless as to what else I should look for.,.. maybe even get both eyes instead of just one or the other, or the whole gold medallion as seen on Stargate (the movie). But I thought I would post it on here and see if anyone else has any suggestions for something that wont have to be over the top on details.
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| Fallen Knight |
[16 Apr 2009|02:09pm] |
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New Art... well for anyone that hasn't seen my myspace ;)
Its my favorite piece ive done so far.. havent really found much inspiration the last few weeks though. Already gave it away to a friend back in denver who didn't seem to appreciate it much, would've kept it for myself if I had any room to bring it back.
Fallen Knight : mixed media (oils, acrylics, pastels, spray) on wood
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| Cisco CCNA Prep : Access Lists |
[04 Dec 2008|05:04am] |
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These are personal notes for preparing for my certification and for anyone else that finds them useful, some of this wasn't taught in cisco books or class and I had to learn on my own, in preparing for the CCNA exam, the beginning is just a rough intro.
Access Lists
(example) Network 192.18.12.0 255.255.252.0
Base commands
ip access-list [standard/extended] [name/number of access list]
ip access-list standard VLAN01
A standard access list will not allow you to disect down to specifics it is based soley on ip information and only allocated for source information will not allow you to specify dynamics in destination configuration. It is best practice configuring a standard access list closest to the destination interface/host.under standard:
- [permit/deny] [source network/host + wildcard mask (subnet inverse)]
- permit 192.18.12.0 0.0.3.255
The beauty with working with extended access lists you can filter even further then just by source ip address, adding the destination network/host down to a single or set of commonly used protocols/port interfaces. It is best practice configuring an extended access list closer to the source but really can be implemented anywhere along the destination route. under extended:
- [permit/deny] [icmp/ip/tcp/udp] [source network/host] [destination network/host] [port/protocol]
- permit ip 192.18.12.0 0.0.3.255 host 192.18.15.254
deny ip any any is always the router's default access configuration even if there are no commands you have entered for that access-list but have attached it to an interface, as the command ip envelops all internet protocols, where the other options correlate to specific access modes, ports, and various other protocols. It is proper to note that any source ip address given whether specific host(s) or a network/subnetwork your subnet mask will need to be translated to its relative wildcard mask to work properly in the access list mode otherwise it will create problems within your network or properly do nothing at all.
How to weed out odd and even ip addresses
single even ip addresses throughout the subnet represented by = 192.18.12.0 0.0.0.254
single odd ip addresses throughout the subnet represented by = 192.18.12.1 0.0.0.254
say you want to deny all even numbered ip addresses from accessing a certain interface of your router or filtered out of throughput traffic.
to allow only odds can be written two ways
- ip access-list extended ODDS
- permit ip 192.18.12.1 0.0.0.254 host 192.18.13.254
- deny ip any host 192.18.13.254
or- ip access-list extended ODDS
- deny ip 192.18.12.0 0.0.0.254 host 192.18.13.254
- permit ip any host 192.18.13.254
and then attach it to that incoming interface
- int fa0/0
- ip access-group ODDS in
To do the same thing to the whole networks/subnetworks themselves you would just start at the beginning of that octet instead of 192.18.12.0/12.1 you would write 192.18.0.0/192.18.1.0 same thing with the corresponding wildcard mask 0.0.0.254 would become 0.0.254.255;
Example, to allow all other traffic yet deny router http server access (www:port 80)
- ip access-list extended EVENS
- permit ip any host 192.18.13.254
- permit tcp 192.18.12.0 0.0.0.254 host 192.18.13.254 eq 80
(allows even ip addresses to access your routers http interface through port 80)
- deny tcp 192.18.12.1 0.0.0.254 host 192.18.13.254 eq 80
(denies odd ip addresses to access your routers http interface through port 80)
Assuming you have entered line 3 then line 4 can also be a simple deny statement
- deny tcp any host 192.18.13.254 eq 80
I will be back for more tutorials/intros and specific scenarios including how to setup dhcp services within a router, trunking separate vlans into a router interface, and implementing both with an access-list setup, when I am finished designing this class B network I am currently working on.
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| Website : crimson-samurai.com : New Look |
[04 Dec 2008|04:50am] |
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Just finished updating the softer look tone and easier to read accessibility to my website, as well as updating a gallery preview of recent artwork, still trying to find time and much needed assistance trying to learn the more dynamic codes to implement other areas of content and site interaction.
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| Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand |
[21 Apr 2008|01:37pm] |
Full Article: NY Times >> Washington
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The effort, which began with the buildup to the Iraq war and continues to this day, has sought to exploit ideological and military allegiances, and also a powerful financial dynamic: Most of the analysts have ties to military contractors vested in the very war policies they are asked to assess on air.
Those business relationships are hardly ever disclosed to the viewers, and sometimes not even to the networks themselves. But collectively, the men on the plane and several dozen other military analysts represent more than 150 military contractors either as lobbyists, senior executives, board members or consultants. The companies include defense heavyweights, but also scores of smaller companies, all part of a vast assemblage of contractors scrambling for hundreds of billions in military business generated by the administration’s war on terror. It is a furious competition, one in which inside information and easy access to senior officials are highly prized.
Records and interviews show how the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform the analysts into a kind of media Trojan horse — an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks.
Analysts have been wooed in hundreds of private briefings with senior military leaders, including officials with significant influence over contracting and budget matters, records show. They have been taken on tours of Iraq and given access to classified intelligence. They have been briefed by officials from the White House, State Department and Justice Department, including Mr. Cheney, Alberto R. Gonzales and Stephen J. Hadley.
In turn, members of this group have echoed administration talking points, sometimes even when they suspected the information was false or inflated. Some analysts acknowledge they suppressed doubts because they feared jeopardizing their access.
A few expressed regret for participating in what they regarded as an effort to dupe the American public with propaganda dressed as independent military analysis.
“It was them saying, ‘We need to stick our hands up your back and move your mouth for you,’ ” Robert S. Bevelacqua, a retired Green Beret and former Fox News analyst, said.
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Finally some investigative journalism.. and guess what, its not all over the news 
this is something really important EVERYONE needs to read, and yes this does affect our daily lives as it corrupts the news information process we are all involved in.. whether getting the news from or spewing off the exact misinformation we are informed, as I only found this out through one of my expanding research internet associations freepress.net
Yesterday, the New York Times exposed a secret Pentagon campaign to infiltrate the media with pro-war propaganda.
The scheme reaches all the way to the Bush White House, where top officials recruited dozens of "military analysts" to spread favorable views of the war via every major news channel -- without revealing they were working from Pentagon scripts and often lobbying for major military contractors.
Spreading "covert propaganda" is illegal under federal law. Congress must investigate these military pundits and their ties to the Bush administration, defense contractors and our national news media.
Tell Congress: Investigate the Propaganda Pundits
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I always knew there was something dopey and uninformed about the media, but I never knew there was a literal campaign involved to such an extent, seriously... there should be talks of perjury and impeachment right now, this is by far worse then anything involved in the clinton-lewinsky scandals of the previous administration, for something like this to be allowed to perjure our news distribution.
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| HBO : John Adams (biographical miniseries) |
[03 Apr 2008|10:35pm] |
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HBO : John Adams
Quality:
divx encoding
bitrate: 121kbps
dimensions: 624×352
duration: 01:07:39
filesize: 699Mb
TVRage:
http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-18580
Info:
Boston, 1770. In the aftermath of the Boston Massacre-a deadly street confrontation between American colonists and an occupying British brigade-John Adams takes an unpopular stand by agreeing to serve as defense attorney for the accused British soldiers. Counseled in his summation by his beloved wife Abigail, Adams wins the case-but surprises the British by turning down a lucrative position with the Crown. As pro-independent sentiment boils over in Massachusetts following the Coercive/Intolerable Acts, Adams is invited to join the newly created Continental Congress. After a rousing speech to his constituents, he says an emotional goodbye to his family before heading to Philadelphia--and an uncertain future.
( HBO : John Adams (miniseries) )
I will be updating and maintaining this individual post when new episodes arrive, until the miniseries is concluded. I especially urge anyone interested in politics or history to watch the second episode, as it details events in the continental congress leading up to the Declaration of Independance; and clearly shows why Thomas Jefferson is my favorite president and highly regarded personality of American History.
03/25 : Update Episode 03 added
04/03 : Update Episode 04 added
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