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I relate to xkcd so well...

xkcd - haha

New theme.. boredom.. wifi auditing.. Roger Waters..

I seem quite restless lately. I'm most certainly bored, but lack the motivation to commit to any one thing. Good news is, I've been feeling better lately, hopefully it'll stay that way. Changed the theme on the blog, I think it represents my current mood.

Been doing a lot of wireless auditing lately. I never really messed with that stuff before, only knew it was theoretical possible to crack WPA2, wasn't sure how practical it was. If you're using a dictionary word and a short ESSID, change it immediately. ;) WPA(2) lets you have a 63 character pass phrase -- use it all 63.. if practical.

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Roger Waters is going back on tour, already have my tickets -- this time he's doing The Wall. The Wall has only been performed live 27 times by Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, or David Gilmour. I imagine this will be Roger's last tour, he's no spring chicken.

What I'm scanning...

Here's a quick list of the talk groups being scanned..

Seminole County Sheriff - Surveillance - 06768
Seminole County Sheriff - Surveillance - 06736
Seminole County Sheriff - SWAT - 06704
Seminole County Sheriff - Car-to-Car - 06672
Seminole County Sheriff - N Dispatch - 06544
Seminole County Sheriff - SE Dispatch - 06640
Seminole County Sheriff - SW Dispatch - 06608
Seminole County Sheriff - Teletype - 06576
Seminole County Sheriff - Mutual Aid - 03472
Seminole County Sheriff - Intercity - 03504
Seminole County Sheriff - Mutual Aid 1 - 02448

Mobile Phone VoiceMail Hacking

First, after a quick Google search, I realize I'm the last person in the industry to know this was possible, but I figured I'd share what I discovered a few moments ago nevertheless.

I had my mobile phone voicemail setup so if I called my voicemail from my mobile phone, it would just let me right in without a password. I always assumed that it relied on the unique IMEI code to determine if I was calling from my phone, but it doesn't. On a whim, I called my cell phone from another phone while spoofing the caller ID (to that of my mobile number) and it let me right into the voicemail.

Needless to say, I have the password option enabled now.

I only tested this with AT&T, maybe other carriers are a little more secure.

Using Fldigi To Listen To Digital Signals Via A Remote Stream

A friend of mine used to listen to digital modes via my HF radio stream. The way he accomplished this was by simply looping soundcard output back into another soundcard. That process always bugged me because it seemed like a perfectly good waste of a soundcard. :) So I came up with this... These instructions presume you're running Linux, have Fldigi and mpg321/123 installed.

Flash MP3 Player - Orlando Scanner

New Server

I moved my site to a new server, streaming audio and all...

Let me know if you all notice any issues.

My Ham Shack

Hey folks! This is some details about my ham shack... If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm never shy about talking about my ham shack. :)


Location: Casselberry, FL, USA - EL98iq
Primary Antenna: Alpha Delta DX-CC Fan Dipole @ 35ft, Inverted Vee

- The Logbook

- Picture Of My Ham Shack

Confessions of a know-nothing ham...

Confessions of a know-nothing ham...

I admit it. I'm a woefully ignorant ham. I say this not out of pride, but concern. I was first licensed in 1994, but as a “Tech No-Code”. Admittedly, I was 13 years old, so the rule change did allow me to get my feet wet, but that's all she wrote despite my best intentions. 13 years old soon became 16 years old --- school, cars, money, and other such things were a higher priority. The rigs went in a box and the dreams of working real DX like a real ham disappeared.

BrightHouse Problems

Update 02-01-08 - (later in the day) - An e-mail from Mark Butler, the assistant city manager in Altamonte Springs.

Mark T. Butler wrote:
> Jeff,
> Yes, BrightHouse requested an Altamonte Springs Police officer accompany
> one of their technicians to XXXXXX XXXXX Avenue this morning.
>
> The City of Altamonte Springs does not charge a user fee for police
> services.
> Mark

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