The Network under the Bright-Bright Sky

改編《自義勇軍進行曲》
Original - March of the Volunteer

Liberate the ID! Liberate the data!
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Okay, publishing the work is always the hardest, especially for the first time for a particular project. Now I have Trac and Subversion setup (and BTW, I upgraded Wordpress to 2.5), publishing UsbAvrUsb, hColorLED and UsbHid.

With these software, with a Atmel USB AVR series controller (like AT90USB162) prototype board and some LEDs, you can then control these LEDs to be at any color on the computer, through the shinny USB interface.

Recently I have been involved in some LED side-project, and the whole story by itself should also be blogged…may be in another day.

《星島日報》 “…警方再拘捕四男兩女，並在檢獲的電腦硬碟內，發現近千張裸照…”

風聲咁緊都唔做Encryption…

故事應該好似以下咁發展先有趣…

Day 1

「據消息指，被捕人士在其電腦採用了微軟Windows Vista附帶的BitLocker功能，將整個硬盤加密……警方尚未能証實其硬盤內藏有有關祼照……並要求微軟提供協助」

Day 3

「微軟派出專家為警方破解懷疑涉案電腦，成為破案關鍵，亦使警方可以落案起訴相關人等……」

Day 4

「微軟的破解行為引起行內極大恐防，對其BitLocker的保密性能有極大懷疑，相關的陰謀論亦在網上各大部落格流傳……」
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What kind of gadget can stand for more than a hundred years without any sign of fading out, yet? Analog phone is being replaced by VoIP; US, EU and Australia has passed the law to ban incandescent light bulb in a few year; Low power wired transformers are replaced by their IC-based brother; Keys are replaced by Smartcard in many access control points; Broadcasting is going to be digitalized; and the list just go on and on…But most people in the world is still typing with a QWERTY based keyboard!

Did anyone tell you that’s it’s not the only option? Just like how general public thought IE is not the only browser, does Dvorak sounds to you like Firefox to them?

The table between the boss and the admin. assistant is always filled with snack. Some days ago, a new bottle of chewing gum has been bought to replace the empty one.

And this time the packaging is really interesting, mimicking how the old MarkSix drawing machine works, I mean the old that looks like a little Typhoon.

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