Saturday, March 14, 2009

Shit Bird ORL (and Party @ Julia's) NYC SIGN HACK!

Was walking down 'round The Bowery last night, and what did I see???

HAHAHAHA!

UPDATE
NEW YORK IS DYING
http://gothamist.com/2009/03/14/whos_hacking_these_signs.php
http://jalopnik.com/5170300/newest-hacked-road-sign-warns-of-new-yorks-imminent-demise











And if you don't know. . .

THE ZOMBIE STREET SIGN PANDEMIC! (A brief history)

"Speculation among the tech-savvy on the Internet is that the signs were inspired by the video game Call of Duty 5, World at War, which is the top game in the country right now and features "nazi zombies," or an upcoming movie about zombies called "Dead Snow"   (an official selection at Sundance '09). There are also several online sites that teach people how to break into these construction signs."
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/Road_signs_warn_of_zombies


"Jones, who has one of only two keys to the locked access panels on the portable signs, said that the hacker broke into the panels on each sign and bypassed the passwords before leaving five different zombie messages and even changing one of the passwords. Jones said he had to wait until 8 a.m. to call the manufacturing company to figure out how to override the hacker’s work.
He speculated that the hacker could be a computer genius from UT."

http://gizmodo.com/5141800/hacked-construction-signs-warn-of-zombie-attack-in-austin

Zombie Traffic Sign Hacking Spreads To Illinois

http://jalopnik.com/5145501/zombie-traffic-sign-hacking-spreads-to-illinois




AND. . . OF COURSE. . .


THE HOWTO!!!!!!!
(from http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/274/48/ for posterity)



"How many times have you driven by an electronic road sign like one of these?

This is the ADDCO portable sign. Today, you see what is on the inside, and how they are programmed to display important information.

*** WARNING YOU SHOULD NEVER TAMPER WITH THESE SIGNS ***


1. The access panel on the sign is generally protected by a small lock, but often are left unprotected. Upon opening the access panel you can see the display electronics.



2. The black control pad is attached by a curly cord, with a keyboard on the face.


3. Programming is as simple as scrolling down the menu selection to “Instant Text”. Type whatever you want to display, Hit Enter to submit. You can now either throw it up on the sign by selecting “Run w/out save” or you can add more pages to it by selecting “Add page”

** HACKER TIPS ** Should it will ask you for a password. Try “DOTS”, the default password.

In all likelihood, the crew will not have changed it. However if they did, never fear. Hold “Control” and “Shift” and while holding, enter “DIPY”. This will reset the sign and reset the password to “DOTS” in the process. You’re in! "




. . . well, now you know.

Skid"Nevely




/BOH!

PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke




/an oldie, but a goodie

//the city sun sets over me

New Facebook is Lame!





-- Post From My iPhone


Can't figure out how to post an event!?! Godzilla is not amused!

Changed the format. . .

Changed some of the formatting stuff.

Huzzah!

/me likes the new look.

PRINTER JAM!





VS





DISCUSS.

CHAINSAW CALLIGRAPHY!

BOYBOY?



/totally not gay, we swear!

Glosoli

Her Morning Elegance

LEEDS UNITED



/me ALMOST worked on this video. . I had a letter of recommendation, and everything. . .

Too Tough To Die

D: BASEMENT LABS DOWN>!>!>!

Should be back up soon, though. . . don't worry!

FUCK GODADDY, and fuck you.

So. . .

Fuck Godaddy. I bought the SCREWFILMS.ORG Domain sometime ago, and it IMMEDIATELY broke the blog. . so. . . yeah.

Fuck them.

NEWS: Flying to Trinidad on March 24th to shoot a music video alongside the INFAMOUS Ravin Ramkissoon. Will take LOTS of pictures (cuz I'm a nerd like that. . . GO IPHONE!)

NEWS!: CINEMONDAYS is in full swing! CINEMONDAYS @ Terraza Cafe! Every Monday! Keep an eye out for the Facebook Invite, Son!


More news to come, as always.