Yes.. it is time to go. In less than 48 hours I will be flying back home.

As much as I am happy about going back to see my family and old friends, I already miss all of you. From the Wednesday evening matches with the guys from Siebel to the familiar friendly faces on the lecture theater. From the beers at the Student Union to the next morning's hangovers. From the volleyball at Founder's pitch to hot discussions on exam topics at Mccrea 255 before the exams. I will miss you all very much.

In 1st of June 1997, writer Mary Schmich wrote a column in the Chicago Tribune that became famous. The text, entitled "Wear Sunscreen" is just a collection of simple and true advices that we all know are good, but we forget to follow every day.

With my departure coming, I leave this message for you to share a lesson that was reinforced in my time here. Every time I am confused I like to take a look at this video. It makes me realize that life is simple, and being happy depends only on ourselves.

Be happy, that is all I wish for you.

Daniel Accioly Rosa

Just a post for my football mates...



I want to see everybody on the pitch tomorrow playing like that!!!!

:D

Hiya...

The music below is one from a singer called "Corinne Bailey Rae". After liking the rhythm, I decided to take a look at the lyrics. Yes, she is right:

"Just go ahead, let your hair down, You're gonna find yourself, somewhere, somehow"

There is a lot to happen in the next months... and for the unknown times ahead, I find the challenge interesting, stimulating and exciting. I'm sure I'll find myself somewhere, somehow... :)

Below the complete lyrics...

"Three little birds sat on my window
And they told me i don't need to worry
Summer came like cinnamon, so sweet
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete

Maybe sometimes, we got it wrong, but its alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, dont you hesitate

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead let your hair down
Sapphire, and faded jeans i hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
You're gonna find yourself, somewhere, somehow

Blue as the sky
Sun-burnt and lonely
Sipping tea in a bar by the roadside
Don't you let those other boys fool you
gotta love that afro hairdo
Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid but it's alright
The more you stay the same
The more they seem to change
Don't you think it's strange

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead let your hair down
Sapphire, and faded jeans i hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
You're gonna find yourself, somewhere, somehow

Just more than i could take
Pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake
I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realize
That you don't even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to!

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead let your hair down
Sapphire, and faded jeans i hope you get your dreams
Just go ahead, let your hair down
You're gonna find yourself, somewhere, somehow"

Hello,

Here I am stuck with my dissertation and no inspiration to write. I think will make it until the deadline, which means I have some time for a post now and then. :)

Well, let me start thanking you all for the awesome response to my request to answer the questionnaire. 525 people went to the website and shared their information on how they use the internet and what security measures they apply at home. This is much more than what I needed and will help me very much to get a good mark in my project.

THANK YOU very much for that.

Apart from that I have been listening to music a lot while I write. Because of that I have been looking into new sources of music, like online radios and getting some new MP3s. Of course it is very easy to get bored with radios playing the same type of music all the time and the MP3s being all from the same old favorite artists. After a while, I decided to see my old archives and found a link to a fantastic service I have not been using for a while.

Pandora is a service put up by the Music Gnome Project. Their aim is to analyze what music genre is all about and for that they offer a free streaming radio! The way it works is that you inform an artist or a song you like, Living Colour for example, and then they play music from that artist and many other songs from similar artists. If you don't like one song that is being played, you just come in and click "I don’t like that music!". They go to the next one! If you like it, you can say: "Hey, I like that music!" and more music will be played in your "station". That way they map what you like and offer you music from similar genres. Is a great way of knowing more music and bands and giving them a hand on their mapping.

So, if you like, point your browser to Pandora and start listening! I'm sure you will like it! :D

Enjoy!

Daniel

I think this cow is brazilian...


Anyway, drink milk.. :D

This wireless thing is getting more and more interesting as the time passes... why don't you take a look?

Highfield-Court-Aug-07-2006-1.xml

If you are using windows, open with MS Excel...

Enjoy! ;)

Dear All,

I have been reading a lot about the Trusted Computing initiative, which is a set of standards that products could follow to be secure. I have also seen a video about it that I would like to share with you:



It is up to you to make your mind. After all "Trusted Computing" sounds great... is it?

Sources: https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org and http://againsttcpa.com

I'm writing to tell some news and to ask a favor. Since this is my blog, let me start with the favor. :)

Everybody knows that I am writing up my thesis and it is a research about the Home User awareness regarding Information Security. This means that I need some input from you, Home Users, in my research!

Yes, I AM going to ask you to fill one questionnaire, but it is not one of those boring long ones. It is just a 10 minute survey that can be accessed here. I would appreciate VERY MUCH your help, since this makes all difference in my work.

About the news, I have received the visit of a dear friend. Cristy Fehlberg, the wife of one of my favorite dive buddies and best friends, have come to London on a business trip and I spent an afternoon with her.

It was great to see her again. She looks better than ever (a sign that my buddy is better husband that a fellow diver) and I hope we can see each other again very soon. This can be a little complicated since they are living in Singapore. But nevermind, after the internet distance is not that big challenge to friendships anymore. ;)

Well, that's it. I hope I can bring you more news soon!

See ya!

IF you ever come around Egham and want to do some wardriving here is what you might find:

Ok, ok... didn't go far away but remember I don't have a car! :D

For those who are wondering what the hell is that this is a map I made last night with the SSIDs for the wireless networks around my area and the probable signal coverage.

Tools for doing this map included Kismet, gpsmap and a couple of pearl scripts to extract the road map from Expedia. I did a "warwalking" exercise, which means walking around the neighbourhood with a 8.5 dBi Yagi antenna and a laptop scanning for APs.

The purpose of the exercise is to get used to the tool and train to be able to audit for rogue access points. About disclosing the map: the signal is in a public area, so I don't thing there is problem.

It was FUN... :)

Daniel

The coolest thing has happened. After emerging from a fu***** hangover, I'm back on business.

I think this is just the way things are. In order to construct you have to destroy first. And nothing like a good night out to destroy all the laziness and uncertainty I had.

I feel reborn and ready to work. One more chapter done in my dissertation and the survey is almost ready. It is on draft stage, where I am getting valuable feedback from some very good friends I trust.

Today I decided to cook something different for a change. After all, I feel different. Then my sister suggested me to cook some minced beef the way my mom does at home. I thought... nah... I can't do this, but who knows me knows that I'm not afraid of trying. The worst that can happen is everything going wrong.

What happened? It was delicious!!! Take a look at the photo I took.

Apart from that I am back on the gym and feeling much better. Seems that everything is back on track. I just have to concentrate and don’t lose my focus. This experience is almost over and was a great time of my life. Time to finish it and move on. Can't wait to get home...

Ah, I have been listening to music a lot and I "bumped" with this artist by a MSN tagline from a friend of mine (thanks’ Raul!). You may want to check Wax Tailor . It is a French guy who uses samples in their music as music directors use actors. The record is conceived as an orchestral movie between hip-hop and down tempo, where each track is a part of a story.

He says his influences include Doris Day and Nina Simone. Good stuff. I hope you like it. I did. You can listen to the record in the website

Well, that's it. Back to work.

See ya!

Hi all,

I don't have many news. I'm just trying to concentrate on the dissertation and drinking milk a lot.

How about you?




Got milk? ;)