Review: Bakugan Battle Brawlers

Bakugan Battle Brawlers: The Battle Begins is an OEL manga/graphic novel. The graphics are made by still shots of the animated show. The colors are rich and the format flows.

Manga Description: One day cards fell from the sky to be collected by children all around the world. Each card contains a creature called a Battling Beast that comes to life and battles the opponent cards Battle Beast.. The children created a game out of them called Bakugan. The main character in the story is Dan Kuso, he soon realizes that the Bakugan game is more than it appears. The Cards have a deeper magic of their own.


Manga Review:
Content: (This section may contain spoilers.) ; I thought that the story line flowed well for a fight scene. The stills were rich and clear. The downside was that it’s target audience is meant to be such a young genre.

Bleach 202 "Fierce Fighting Conclusion! Who's the Strongest"

I liked this episode. Of course Kubo Tite can put Kenpachi in all the episodes and I would still like them.
Most all the episode was Kenpachi Zaraki and Nnoitra Jiruga fight it out to the death. Checking on the Bleach Wiki it says next to Nnoitra Jiruga deceased by Kenpachi Zaraki. As if there was any question about that would have turned out.
Anyway I was impressed that Kenpachi was pushed to the point he actually had to hold his sword the Kendo style. Two Hands. Wicked 
7 out of 10

Black Blood Brothers - anime review.

Mochizuki Jirou, the Silver Blade, is an Old Blood. Ten years ago he fought the Kowloon Children, beings who were a threat to mankind and to vampires, in the Holy War. In the present, Jirou is trying to get to the Special Zone, a place where vampires and humans live alongside each other, with his brother; their guide is Mimiko Katsuragi, mediator for humans and vampires. But the brothers soon discover that the surviving Kowloon Children can also gain access to the Special Zone – if they receive an invite from a Royal within it. Who invited the Kowloon Children, and will Jirou be able to defeat them once more?
The first episode was a little hard to follow. I couldn’t tell if the first episode ended as a flash back or not. But after that the story went smoothly. It’s easy to follow the plot. A Short series of only 12 eps you are sure to enjoy the story.
You can find them on Hulu.com

HDTV build for my Livingroom.

So I spent the weekend building a computer that would look better on my 720p HDTV. I use to have it connected via S-video cable and an audio cable. It was quite messy behind the TV with cables for this and cables for that.
I wanted to stream down my cables and use a HDMI cable for both my HD video and my digital audio. I bought a reasonable motherboard with a HDMI port built in.
It was nothing to put in. Took me some troubleshooting before I realized to move a set of jumpers over in order to activate the port.
I was very pleased about the video. The movies I watched with the DVD player were smooth and crisp. The movies I streamed from http://HULU.com were a lot better quality than some of the others. That makes me happy because when I miss an episode of what ever I am watching at the moment (Legend of the Seeker and Heroes) I can find it on there and in great HD quality.

WEP and home security

WEP and home security You should think of home security as often as you think about company network securities. WEP cracking has literally become a new craze for not just hackers but children who opted for the new laptop last Christmas instead of the new Wii or PS3.Now, I have done it and it's quite fun to play around with. With new distribution's coming out like Whax or Back Track 3 or the utilities used like the aircrack suite. Anyone can learn how to use them in a matter of hours. And that makes for a dangerous opening to your network.I belong to several hacker forums to stay up to date on new vulnerabilities for applications and systems. Most of the time I learn of them first at the forums instead of places like National Vulnerability Database. WEP cracking is going to be a major issue in the next year or so to come.As easily as it is to get on your wireless network (don't be fooled by hiding your ssid). It's easier to poison your ARP whilst I am on there. What that does is fool your computer into thinking my computer is the router and routs all traffic through my pc before it moves out to the internet. I can capture all traffic and even obtain your personal information whilst I am doing it. If identity theft is so important these days, why are so many people allowing others access to their private networks.Out of the 21 different wireless ssid's I can gather from my house, only 3 of them are properly secured from these kind of local attacks. The rest of them I have sniffed. I'll have to say that learning about my neighbors that way is not a pleasant experience at all. I would prefer them lieing to my face and making up some story at the mail box about how they are doing then what I have learned by snooping. I know it's wrong but it's what I do. I am just pointing out the severity of this new craze.I would like to go around strip malls and sniff some business wireless signals. Gather as much data as I can then go to them with it all. Alas, Between work and pen-testing networks I have literally zero extra time left over.
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What is wrong with Illinois?

Seems to me like all the politicians that come out of Illinois are pompous, arrogant, big headed, idiots.
Now I am not trying to be nice about this. But I think that a more respected person should also be a humble person.
For example, B-Rock’s assurance he would be president long before the elections took place. OK, so he just so happens to be the best person we had for the job but that makes me sick to my stomach that that was all we had. His arrogance alone should have made you question the choice. <- I support the man, as I should. But still think he was elected just because of the color of his skin.
Rod Blagojevich is a major retard who is enjoying the limelight of being in the eye of the camera. Not the fact that he’s a thief and a liar and should be apologizing to people. He has absolutely zero idea that he is a moron and still thinks people love him. How delusional can you actually become in life? <- wouldn’t know what being humble was if it slapped him in the face with a trout. Another one who’s ego is on the moon.
Bobby Rush, a hater. That is obvious as the day. Why has he not been removed from office for being such a raciest? Hey Bobby, I don’t think the Black Panthers are legitimate anymore. It’s an old organization that is as popular as the KKK yet you still think it gives you some sort of political foothold and that turns my stomach. I am appalled at the people who elected someone like you to represent them in the first place. People who think like you should get off my planet. Your corrupting the youth of America with your constant segregation between black and white. Hey stupid!!! It’s not about Roland Burris being black. It’s about his competence. You, and the way you think, is what America has overcome. You are living in an old world that most of us younger guys just don’t understand.
Roland Burris, Here is a guy who can not even take a hint. It’s a shame that he was involved with Rod Blagojevich. But it’s a funny story. This guy was nominated as a Jr Senator by one of the most corrupt politicians in American history. But instead of stepping back and saying, “whoa, wait fella. I am in fact the man for the job but I will earn the seat. Not buy it. Nor do I want to be associated with someone like you.”
Look, I am picking on Illinois because you all seem to be the other line of commonsense. I think you all need to come down a couple of notches for Americas sake.
I do have issues with the far left liberals. I think they have started a nasty trend of whining about everything that does not go their way. I do not dispute that it is working in their favor but I agree that it is the wrong way. I am feeling like America has become the weird guy who is sitting in the corner booth at IHOP, with a French fry hanging out his beard and licking his quarters.”

Basic Hack Test

Slackware "practice Disk" blackbox hack
Download the practice disk burn it, set it up in a lab enviroment and get to work on it. Shouldn't take you long at all.192.168.1.100 = http://heorot.net/instruction/tutorials/...00-1.1.iso192.168.1.110 = http://heorot.net/instruction/tutorials/...10-1.0.isoThe MD5 Hash Values of Each Disk:a3341316ca9860b3a0acb06bdc58bbc1 ==>de-ice.net-1.100-1.1.isoa626d884148c63bfc9df36f2743d7242 ==>de-ice.net-1.110-1.0.iso SCENARIO The scenario for this LiveCD is that a CEO of a small company has been pressured by the Board of Directors to have a penetration test done within the company. The CEO, believing his company is secure, feels this is a huge waste of money, especially since he already has a company scan their network for vulnerabilities (using nessus). To make the BoD happy, he decides to hire you for a 5-day job; and because he really doesn't believe the company is insecure, he has contracted you to look at only one server - a old system that only has a web-based list of the company's contact information. The CEO expects you to prove that the admins of the box follow all proper accepted security practices, and that you will not be able to obtain access to the box. Prove to him that a full penetration test of their entire corporation would be the best way to ensure his company is actually following best security practices. CONFIGURATION PenTest Lab Disk 1.100: This LiveCD is configured with an IP address of 192.168.1.100 - no additional configuration is necessary. Pentest Machine: Your second system will use the BackTrack (v.2) LiveCD as provided by remote-exploit.org. A copy of the LiveCD can be downloaded from remote-exploit.org. This disk is configured to obtain an IP address through DHCP - thus no additional configuration is required. All tools necessary to exploit Disk 1.100 can be found on the BackTrack Disk. No additional installations will be necessary. Router Configuration: The PenTest Lab system and the PenTest machine must connect to a router that has been configured with the following values: DHCP Server: active Pool Starting Addr.: 192.168.1.2 LAN TCP/IP: IP Address: 192.168.1.1 IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0:)"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass . . . . . It's about learning to dance in the rain!"