Visible Procrastinations

Amgen Tour of California 2013 – Stage 5

visibleprocrastinations — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:53:52 +0000

Echelons forming splits in the Peloton, a break away of 18 with 7 Aussies, and Jens taking the win. (I’d been initially hoping for Bling to get the sprint and Dodger for the GC – but we can’t get everything *chuckle*)

#sbscycling #atoc Final 20km, and what was supposedly a sprint stage has become an echelon-style cracker. Come join us! @SBS2 and online.
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(@CyclingCentral) May 16, 2013

Four riders from @Orica_GreenEDGE in break. This has to be the day. #atoc
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Michael Tomalaris (@miketomalaris) May 16, 2013

#atoc #sbscycling The break includes van Garderen, who is virtual yellow jersey, Sagan, Matthews, Meyer and Rogers among others. 15km to go.
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(@CyclingCentral) May 16, 2013

#ATOC: Wow, what a race! Echelons caused a split on stage five. We put 4 in the 18 rider lead group. @blingmatthews went on to finish fifth.
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ORICA-GreenEDGE (@Orica_GreenEDGE) May 16, 2013

Jens Voigt took out Stage 5 at the Tour of California after a tenacious attack inside the final 5km that netted a solo victory into Avila Beach. Voigt was among the elite group that formed with approximately 55km still to go when crosswinds battered the peloton, as was BMC’s Tejay van Garderen, who assumed the race lead after Janier Acevedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman) missed the split. — cyclingnews

Wednesday WIN (2013-May-15)

visibleprocrastinations — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:00:42 +0000

Devinsupertramp Energy Drink – Makes the ordinary Extraordinary!!!

Good sign if you’re bowling; not so good for your office lifts

CEA: Amanda Palmer, Part 2

Adobe Patches (May-2013)

visibleprocrastinations — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:44:28 +0000

Adobe has released one patch for this month’s Patch Tuesday

Bulletin	Description	Severity	Impact	Software
APSB13-13	Security updates available for Cold Fusion	Remote Code Execution	Critical	Adobe Cold Fusion
APSB13-14	Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player	Remote Code Execution	Critical	Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR
APSB13-15	Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat	Remote Code Execution	Critical	Adobe Reader and Acrobat

LINKS:
[1.] Adobe Security Bulletins Posted (2013-May-14) [Adobe PSIRT Blog]
[2.] Adobe – Security bulletins and advisories (2013-May-14) [Adobe]
[3] Adobe May 2013 Black Tuesday Overview (2013-May-14) [SANS]

Firefox 21.0

visibleprocrastinations — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:39:06 +0000

Firefox v.21.0 was offered to release channel users on May 14, 2013

Fixed in Firefox 21.0 [4]
MFSA 2013-48 Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2013-47 Uninitialized functions in DOMSVGZoomEvent
MFSA 2013-46 Use-after-free with video and onresize event
MFSA 2013-45 Mozilla Updater fails to update some Windows Registry entries
MFSA 2013-44 Local privilege escalation through Mozilla Maintenance Service
MFSA 2013-43 File input control has access to full path
MFSA 2013-42 Privileged access for content level constructor
MFSA 2013-41 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:21.0 / rv:17.0.6)

Vulnerability ratings: 3 Critical, 3 High , 1 Moderate
Evaluation: Test and update.

LINKS:
[1] Firefox Updated: Firefox 21.0 (2013-May-14) [Mozilla]
[2] Firefox features [Mozilla]
[3] Mozilla Firefox 21.0 Release Notes (2013-May-14) [Mozilla]
[4] Security Advisories for Firefox [Mozilla]

Patch Tuesday Wednesday (May-2013)

visibleprocrastinations — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:31:12 +0000

This month Microsoft have released ten (10) security bulletins of which two (2) have a maximum rating of Critical, and eight (8) have a maximum rating of Important.

Today, we are releasing 10 bulletins, addressing 33 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Before we get into the details, we wanted to first let our enterprise customers know about a change in how we’re communicating technical details within our security advisories. Starting today, customers will be able to clearly identify key security updates within advisories. For further details, please visit Knowledge Base article 2849195.
Let’s talk about the updates that we released today. Ten bulletins were released, two Critical and eight Important, addressing 33 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Server and Tools, and .NET Framework. For those who need to prioritize deployment, we recommend focusing on MS13-037, MS13-038 and MS13-039 first. As always, customers should deploy all security updates as soon as possible. [1]

Bulletin	KB number	Description	Severity	Impact	Software
MS13-037	2829530	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer	Remote Code Execution	Critical	Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
MS13-038	2847204	Security Update for Internet Explorer	Remote Code Execution	Critical	Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
MS13-039	2829254	Vulnerability in HTTP.sys Could Allow Denial of Service	Denial of Service	Important	Microsoft Windows
MS13-040	2836440	Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Spoofing	Spoofing	Important	Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework
MS13-041	2834695	Vulnerability in Lync Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Important	Microsoft Lync
MS13-042	2830397	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Important	Microsoft Office
MS13-043	2830399	Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution	Remote Code Execution	Important	Microsoft Office
MS13-044	2834692	Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Information Disclosure	Information Disclosure	Important	Microsoft Office
MS13-045	2813707	Vulnerability in Windows Essentials Could Allow Information Disclosure	Information Disclosure	Important	Windows Essentials
MS13-046	2840221	Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation Of Privilege	Elevation of Privilege	Important	Microsoft Windows

PATCH NOW:
* MS13-038 (Microsoft Internet Explorer)

LINKS:
[1.] Microsoft Customer Protections for May 2013 (2013-May-14) [MS: MSRC]
[2.] Microsoft May 2013 Black Tuesday Overview (2013-May-14) [SANS]
[3.] Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2013 (2013-May-14) [MS]
[4.] Microsoft security updates for May 2013 (2013-May-14) [MS]

Music Monday #0137 – Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield)

visibleprocrastinations — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:43:51 +0000

A revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) on board the International Space Station.

First music video recorded in space?

This weeks links (2012-05-13)

visibleprocrastinations — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:11:41 +0000

In brief:

* Take a Look at the Lego Steampunk Kit (2013-May-08) [Wired: Geek Mom]

* Girl Genius Volume 12 Printing and Reprint Frenzy!
It’s time to print a lovely printed-on-actual-paper edition of Girl Genius Volume 12! We also hope to reprint all the previous Volumes.
Funding period: May 15, 2013 – Jun 2, 2013
Get onto it!

* Mother’s Day Classic (Runkeeper activity log)

Cycling:

* This week we have the Giro d’Italia 2013 week 2, and the Amgen Tour of California

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Some reading/listening:

* She Said, He Said: A Prequel – The Name of the Doctor (Doctor Who Series 7)

Something from Bandcamp:

Yonder Ruckus by The Mouldy Lovers (who will be playing at Steamfest Australia)

Patch Tuesday, a Heads Up. (May-2013)

visibleprocrastinations — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:36:58 +0000

Next scheduled release: May 14th, 2012
The heads up for this month is; On Tuesday 14th May (US time; Wednesday 15th May AU time) Microsoft expect to release ten (10) new security bulletins. Two (2) bulletins carry a maximum aggregate rating of Critical, and eight (8) are rated Important.

Today we’re providing Advance Notification of 10 bulletins for release on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. This release brings two Critical and eight Important-class bulletins, which address 33 unique vulnerabilities. The Critical-rated bulletins address issues in Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. Of note, we are working to have the Internet Explorer Security Update address the issue described in Security Advisory 2847140, supplementing the currently available Fix it. The Important-rated bulletins address issues in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Server and Tools, and .NET Framework.
As always, we will publish the bulletins on the second Tuesday of the month, at approximately 10 a.m. PST. … [1]

LINKS:
[1] Advance Notification Service for the May 2013 Security Bulletin Release (2013-May-09) [MSRC]

This weeks links (2012-05-06)

visibleprocrastinations — Mon, 06 May 2013 07:01:11 +0000

In brief:

* SLATE’s Economics of Ice and Fire series that’s worth a look;
Economics of Ice & Fire I: House Tyrell Is Richer Than House Lannister
Economics of Ice & Fire II: The Lannisters’ Subprime Lending
Economics of Ice and Fire, Part III: The Market for Dragons

* Six Melbourne subjects named world leaders in QS rankings (2013-May-08) [The Melbourne Newsroom]
The University of Melbourne’s Education course has been ranked third in the world while five other subjects have ranked in the top ten in the 2013 QS World University Rankings.

* Using Skype for meetings, job interviews or special events (2013-May-07) [Unimelb: Emerging Technologies for Researchers]

Cycling:

* Giro d’Italia 2013

Some reading/listening:

* Smoke City by Christopher Barzak (2013-Apr) [LightSpeed Magazine]

Something from Bandcamp:

VAGABOND KING by Rapskallion (who will be playing at Steamfest Australia)

Music Monday #0136 – Slayer (Jeff Hanneman Tribute)

visibleprocrastinations — Sun, 05 May 2013 21:00:51 +0000

Slayer founder Jeff Hanneman dies at 49
Slayer guitarist and founding member Jeff Hanneman has died of liver failure at the age of 49 after battling a flesh-eating disease caused by a spider bite.
The band released a statement saying that their “bandmate and brother” passed away at a Californian hospital yesterday morning.– (2013-May-03) [ABC News]

Slayer has been one of the most prominent bands in thrash metal over the last three decades, one of the Big 4 with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax.

Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman. Slayer rose to mainstream fame with their 1986 release Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the “Big Four” thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. Slayer’s sales are in the estimated high 20 millions, although they have never publicly announced their sales worldwide. However, between the years 1991 and 2004, Slayer sold over 3.5 million albums in the U.S.
Slayer’s musical style involve fast tremolo picking, double bass drumming, and shouted vocals. Hanneman, King, and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, contribute to the band’s lyrics. King and Hanneman create and arrange the music with additional help from drummer Dave Lombardo and sometimes Araya. The band’s lyrics and album art, which cover topics such as serial killers, necrophilia, Satanism, religion, anti-religion, and warfare, have generated album bans, delays, lawsuits and criticism from religious groups and the public. Their music has been highly influential, often being cited by many bands as an influence musically, visually, and lyrically. — [wikipedia]

Time for some music …

Slayer – Raining Blood

Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss

Slayer- Die by the Sword