From ducksauz at dc401.org Sun Nov 1 16:45:10 2009 From: ducksauz at dc401.org (ducksauz) Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:45:10 -0500 Subject: [dc401-l] Andy Pavlo's Graffiti Networks talk video posted Message-ID: <4AEE0166.9070400@dc401.org> Hey All, I've posted the video from Andy Pavlo's talk last month. Enjoy! http://dc401.org/site/2009/11/video---andy-pavlo---graffiti.html /ducksauz From ducksauz at dc401.org Sun Nov 1 19:34:14 2009 From: ducksauz at dc401.org (ducksauz) Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:34:14 -0500 Subject: [dc401-l] Updated DC401 site design Message-ID: <4AEE2906.80407@dc401.org> I finally got off my ass and finished the redesign of the DC401 site. Poke and prod and let me know what you all think. http://dc401.org/site/ /ducksauz From ducksauz at dc401.org Mon Nov 2 19:53:34 2009 From: ducksauz at dc401.org (ducksauz) Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:53:34 -0500 Subject: [dc401-l] QuahogCon Call for Papers Message-ID: <4AEF7F0E.9030003@dc401.org> About QuahogCon QuahogCon is a new regional conference for the hacker culture in all forms. Hardware, Software, Security, Social, Eco Hacking, Zero Impact Living. Like most hacker cons, it will run Friday to Sunday. We'll have two tracks: one for InfoSec topics and the other track will be a mix of all the other topics with a bit of an emphasis on hardware hacking and DIY electronics. Besides our perennial InfoSec favorites, we want to hear from some new voices on a wider range of topics. If it's a good hack, we want to hear what you're doing. QuahogCon will be held April 23rd-25th, 2010 at Hotel Providence in Providence, RI Call for Papers Opens today! Come one, come all! Screw up your courage and get up to talk in front of a room full of folks at QuahogCon! We're a new conference in Providence, RI, looking to give you a place in the Northeast to present your ideas on Information Security and Maker Culture. We're here to encourage the hacker ethic in all its forms. Conference Format QuahogCon has two tracks: * Information Security * Maker Culture Some topics may fit into both tracks, such as a hardware hack that exposes a security vulnerability. Choose one or both tracks when submitting your proposal and we'll figure it out when we make the schedule. Information Security Track We're looking for interesting presentations on new, original security research. It would be best to debut a whole new talk, but updates to existing recent work are perfectly acceptable, too. We're looking to hear from both new voices and the usual suspects. A minor amount of preference will be given to folks from the Northeast who have never presented at a con before, for whatever reason. Maker Culture Here's where things will get really crazy. This is a pretty inclusive track, so just about anything goes. Made a difference engine out of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Pixie Stix? We want to hear about it. Living in a commune with some friends, composting humanure and using it to grow the most incredible vegetables ever? We want to hear about it. Got a microcontroller project monitoring your personal methane production? We want to hear about it. We're expecting a lot of new voices in this track. Make yours one of them. Talk Length Some folks have a lot to say, others not so much. While we'll probably be tweaking the schedule right up to the wire, we'd like to give folks the option to do either 30 or 60 minute talks. If you can expand or compress your talk, feel free to choose both, as it will allow us more flexibility in scheduling. It is most likely that Sunday will be the 30 minute talk day, but we make no promises. What we need from you * Speaker name(s) and contact information. * Presentation Title. * Track preference and length (InfoSec or Maker, 30 or 60 minutes.) * Keywords and 2-3 sentence abstract. * Document in Text or PDF format which contains the following, preferably in order: o Presenter(s) Name. o Bio limited to 100 words for you OR your group (not 100 words per person.) o Abstract of your presentation limited to 200 words or less. o Detailed outline/description of your topic. o List of other conferences at which submission has been presented. o List of resources requested beyond what is already provided (power, projector with VGA input, sound projection, and internet connectivity.) What you'll get for speaking Accepted speakers will receive free admission to the conference. Since we're a brand new con, we don't have the funds for honorariums this year. We hope to be able to pull that off in the future. Alternates will be selected and will also receive free admission. Alternates should come prepared to speak. Schedule and Updates Please watch the website for updates: http://quahogcon.org/news/ November 2nd, 2009 - QuahogCon Call for Papers opens December 15th, 2009 - Papers due for first round of selections December 31st, 2009 - Final due date for submissions January 24th, 2010 - Speaker selection announced Submit your talk here: http://quahogcon.org/cfp/ From ducksauz at dc401.org Wed Nov 4 09:36:08 2009 From: ducksauz at dc401.org (ducksauz) Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:08 +0000 Subject: [dc401-l] Reminder: Meeting tonight In-Reply-To: <4AE6FBDE.4010505@dc401.org> References: <4AE6FBDE.4010505@dc401.org> Message-ID: <4AF19158.7@dc401.org> Don't forget folks. Meeting is tonight. Come hear Dennis Brown talk about WoW Gold. /ducksauz ducksauz wrote: > Hey All, > > Prolific DC401 speaker Dennis Brown returns hot on the heels of his > abbreviated presentation at ToorCon. They only gave him 20 minutes. > We'll give him a whole hour and see if he can get all the way to the end. > > Selling currency and services for massively multiplayer games are > often viewed as a cottage industry, but it is in fact a half-billion > dollar industry that profits off of malware distribution and sweatshop > labor. Its also a conflict between the companies behind these games who > want to keep a fair playing field, and the people trying to profit from > them using techniques such as social engineering, keyloggers and > spamming, amongst others. This presentation discusses the recent history > of these synthetic economies, how they remain undetected and in > operation, and the ways they can affect both virtual and real-world > economies. > > Date/Time: Wednesday, 4 Nov 2009 - 1730-1900 > Location: AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence > > > /ducksauz > > _______________________________________________ > dc401-l mailing list > dc401-l at dc401.org > http://dc401.org/mailman/listinfo/dc401-l > From mike at umbricht.org Thu Nov 5 09:50:29 2009 From: mike at umbricht.org (Michael L. Umbricht) Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:50:29 -0700 Subject: [dc401-l] Retro-Computing Society of RI Message-ID: <20091105075029.529630cbb2d30ca4c72d6ac4a4187d5b.d041062597.wbe@mobilemail.secureserver.net> Everyone is invited to RCS/RI for our open house on Saturday, Nov. 21st. We'll be there from 1-8pm and usually we have pizza delivered around dinner time. There are links to directions at http://rcsri.org We are in the Atlantic Mills complex at 118 Manton Ave. in Olneyville. Just to give you a heads up the parking and traffic can be a bit hectic before 5pm due to the Big Top flea market downstairs. As you are looking at the building, enter through the door at the base of the left tower. Go to the top floor and we are the first space on the left, room 411. Just listen for the humming of a Digital Equipment Corporation pdp-12 running Spacewar! -mikeu From mikeaperez at hotmail.com Mon Nov 9 18:31:24 2009 From: mikeaperez at hotmail.com (M P) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:31:24 -0500 Subject: [dc401-l] FW: [Dorkbot Boston] Volunteer Opportunity. Boston Tech Day In-Reply-To: <92000b6b0911051103o7d003c23q4f05274d00029fbb@mail.gmail.com> References: Message-ID: FYI! Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:03:31 -0500 Subject: [Dorkbot Boston] Volunteer Opportunity. Boston Tech Day From: gabriel.fishman at gmail.com To: dorkbotboston at googlegroups.com Click to view this email in a browser Dear Dorkbotters, Are you interested in using your tech skills to make a difference in our community? Open Air Boston has an exciting volunteer opportunity that we think will interest you. On Saturday, November 21st, we will be hosting Boston Tech Day at the John D. O'Bryant High School in Roxbury. During this event, computer-savvy volunteers will offer free computer repair services and provide one-on-one computer training to low-income Boston residents. A lack of affordable computer repair services and a lack of knowledge about how to make use of relevant programs and Internet services are two of the most significant barriers to technology use for low-income families. We are looking for: ? Volunteers who are experienced with PC maintenance and repair and feel comfortable working on other people's computers. We will supply tools and software, but please feel free to bring your own. ? Volunteers who feel comfortable working one-on-one with families with little or no computer experience and can demonstrate technologies such as email and web browsing and useful websites such as as Google and Google Maps. ? Volunteers who can help with the logistics of the event - signing people in, offering directions, etc. It would be particularly helpful if you speak a second language. Boston Tech Day will take place from 10-2:30 on Saturday, November 21st at the John D. O'Bryant High School in Roxbury. Volunteers should arrive at 9am for orientation. The school is located at: 55 Malcolm X. Boulevard, Building #3, Roxbury, MA 02120. We will provide coffee and lunch. The school is accessible from the T and parking will be available. To sign up, please respond to this email with your name, email address, telephone number, whether you want to volunteer for training or repair work, and a very brief statement about your relevant experience. Also, please feel free to forward this email to anyone you know who might be interested. Thank you, Gabriel Fishman Project Manager, Open Air Boston gabe at openairboston.net 617-833-1941 A volunteer shows a Dorchester man how to maintain his computer. Help OAB continue to run exciting programs like this! If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe Click here to forward this email to a friend openairboston.net 1483 Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts 02120 Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dorkbot Boston" group. To post to this group, send email to dorkbotboston at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to dorkbotboston+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dorkbotboston?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9690331&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen:112009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://dc401.org/pipermail/dc401-l/attachments/20091109/310cd63c/attachment-0001.html From ducksauz at dc401.org Tue Nov 17 09:30:33 2009 From: ducksauz at dc401.org (ducksauz) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:30:33 +0000 Subject: [dc401-l] December Meeting - Surprise Talk from Pepin Message-ID: <4B02B389.6060600@dc401.org> If you liked Pepin's Last Talk then you should definitely come check out this one. Come on down, grab a beer and listen to what's been going on. Date/Time: 2 Dec 2009 - 1730-1900 Location: AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence /ducksauz From ducksauz at dc401.org Fri Nov 20 07:35:48 2009 From: ducksauz at dc401.org (John Duksta) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:35:48 -0500 Subject: [dc401-l] checking that mailman is working - pls delete Message-ID: <0418EDA4-4A18-439A-8858-708291D75B60@dc401.org> Please ignore. just a little sysadmin business From mike at umbricht.org Sat Nov 21 10:43:22 2009 From: mike at umbricht.org (Michael L. Umbricht) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:43:22 -0700 Subject: [dc401-l] Retro-Computing Society of RI - open house today! Message-ID: <20091121084322.529630cbb2d30ca4c72d6ac4a4187d5b.430a0af90d.wbe@mobilemail.secureserver.net> Everyone is invited to RCS/RI for our open house on Saturday, Nov. 21st. We'll be there from 1-8pm and usually we have pizza delivered around dinner time. There are links to directions at http://rcsri.org We are in the Atlantic Mills complex at 118 Manton Ave. in Olneyville. Just to give you a heads up the parking and traffic can be a bit hectic before 5pm due to the Big Top flea market downstairs. As you are looking at the building, enter through the door at the base of the left tower. Go to the top floor and we are the first space on the left, room 411. Just listen for the humming of a Digital Equipment Corporation pdp-12 running Spacewar! -mikeu From ducksauz at dc401.org Sat Nov 21 11:51:47 2009 From: ducksauz at dc401.org (ducksauz) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:51:47 -0500 Subject: [dc401-l] Retro-Computing Society of RI - open house today! In-Reply-To: <20091121084322.529630cbb2d30ca4c72d6ac4a4187d5b.430a0af90d.wbe@mobilemail.secureserver.net> References: <20091121084322.529630cbb2d30ca4c72d6ac4a4187d5b.430a0af90d.wbe@mobilemail.secureserver.net> Message-ID: <4B081AA3.8040905@dc401.org> Hey Everyone! Who's coming out to check out the RCS-RI loft today? I'll be heading down around 3pm, when hopefully the worst of the flea market crowd is done. /ducksauz Michael L. Umbricht wrote: > Everyone is invited to RCS/RI for our open house on Saturday, Nov. 21st. > We'll be there from 1-8pm and usually we have pizza delivered around > dinner time. > > There are links to directions at http://rcsri.org We are in the > Atlantic Mills complex at 118 Manton Ave. in Olneyville. Just to give > you a heads up the parking and traffic can be a bit hectic before 5pm > due to the Big Top flea market downstairs. As you are looking at the > building, enter through the door at the base of the left tower. Go to > the top floor and we are the first space on the left, room 411. Just > listen for the humming of a Digital Equipment Corporation pdp-12 running > Spacewar! > > -mikeu > > _______________________________________________ > dc401-l mailing list > dc401-l at dc401.org > http://dc401.org/mailman/listinfo/dc401-l > From ducksauz at dc401.org Tue Nov 24 06:55:04 2009 From: ducksauz at dc401.org (ducksauz) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:55:04 -0500 Subject: [dc401-l] December Meeting - Joan Pepin on Gender Hacking Message-ID: <4B0BC998.40608@dc401.org> (I'm going ahead and ruining the surprise of the December talk now that Joan is out at work.) For December's meeting we have a talk from one of our members who you might not recognize at first glance these days. Joe Pepin has transitioned to Joan Pepin and will be speaking on the technical details of being transgendered. This will be a very interesting and enlightening talk. "Gender (as opposed to physical sex) is a social construct and is therefore susceptible to manipulation and what hackers may call 'social engineering'. Speaking from personal experience, I will discuss various techniques that some members of the transgender community use to alter the perception of their gender. This talk will not focus on the "why", but rather the "how", and may have applications relevant to the broader hacker/social-engineering community." Date/Time: 2 Dec 2009 - 1730-1900 Location: AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence