Angel episodes 420 - "Sacrifice" and 421 - "Peace Out" now up in HTML. (Please follow the directions on the site for password information.)

Some season five eps up next.

Tomorrow is Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry's

Apparently, it's Free Ice Cream Week.

Wednesday, April 28th, is Free Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins. Stop in from 6-10 PM for your free scoop.

Just making sure the most possible people see this:

Hey there! Anyone in the Boston, or Massachusetts in general area, that wants to go to the Sox game tomorrow night, I have one spare ticket and am having trouble finding someone that can go so it doesn't go to waste. It's RF grandstand, section 1. There is a slight obstruction due to a pole that is at the front of the grandstand area(seats are 7 rows back, so it's slightly annoying). If you are interested, please contact my profile addy. First person to claim it, gets it.

Someone did reccommend that I also mention this is a free ticket. Only thing you pay for is getting yourself into Boston and whatever food/beverage/souvenirs you want.

Unaired episode of Wonderfalls up in HTML: "Cocktail Bunny" (aka "Brass Monkey"). Spoilers.

Angel episode 514 - "Smile Time" is now up in HTML. (Please follow the directions on the site for password information.)

A shooting script of "Lineage" signed by Drew Goddard is being auctioned off by me on EBay here. Drew gave me the script with the understanding that I would auction it off and use the proceeds to help pay for running DrewGoddard.com (if I get much more than I need to run the site for the next two or three years I will put some of the overage in the Drew Goddard Birthday Project charity kitty). The auction lasts for 9 more days.

Pancakes for Laistas

Inspired by all the pancake talk, the Miracleborns and I are going to go to the IHOP at 7006 Sunset (at Orange) on Sunday, May 2, at 11:00 a.m..

Want to join us? Come on down.

Big gay vampire hunters...and LIQUOR!

If anybody wants to try this out, e me! :)

~j

Reminder to run your Windows Update, folks...

Affects: Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP operating systems.

Sasser worm begins spreading

By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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Story last modified May 1, 2004, 8:25 AM PDT

A worm has started spreading through the Internet using a vulnerability in a widely used component of the Windows operating system.

The worm--dubbed Sasser by antivirus firms--began spreading Friday night and seems to be moving at a moderate pace, said Vincent Gullotto, vice president of Network Associates' antivirus emergency response team.

"We have had 25 to 50 reports from companies that have had up to a few hundred machines infected," he said. "One company wanted to patch this weekend, but the worm infected their network first."

This worm spreads by exploiting a recent vulnerability in a component of Microsoft Windows known as the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service, or LSASS. As previously reported by CNET News.com, security experts widely predicted that a worm would soon start spreading using that particular flaw.

The Sasser worm spreads from infected computer to vulnerable computer with no user intervention required. The worm scans for vulnerable systems, creates a remote connection to the system, installs a file transfer protocol (FTP) server and then downloads itself to the new host.

The worm opens up the initial connection on a specific application data channel, or port, numbered 9996. After the worm infects the new host, the FTP server listens on port 5554 for new files.

The worm uses multiple processes to scan different ranges of Internet addresses. The scans attempt to detect the vulnerable LSASS component on port 445. Microsoft has analyzed the worm and believes it also spreads through port 139. Both are data channels used by the Windows file sharing protocol and, in many cases, are blocked by Internet service providers.

A team of Microsoft engineers worked through the night to analyze the worm, said Stephen Toulouse, security program manager for the software giant.

"We are still studying the worm, but we do know customers that install the update are protected from Sasser," Toulouse said.

The worm will cause the LSASS component of Windows to crash, according to analyses. Infected systems will then perform a 60-second countdown before restarting. Microsoft has created a Web page telling customers how to manually clean up the worm.

Antivirus firms also continue to analyze the worm.

New Wonderfalls episodes are up in PDF format at Greetings from Wonderfalls: Resources for Fans.

Old and new include:
S01E02 - "Karma Chameleon" - written by Tim Minear
S01E03 - "Wound Up Penguin" - written by Liz Garcia
S01E04 - "Pink Flamingo" - written by Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg
S01E05 - "Crime Dog" - written by Krista Vernoff
S01E07 - "Muffin Buffalo" - written by Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg
S01E08 - "Lovesick Ass" - written by Dan E. Fesman and Harry Victor
S01E09 - "Safety Canary" - written by Liz Garcia and Alexander C. Woo
S01E10 - "Lying Pig" - written by Krista Vernoff
S01E11 - "Cocktail Bunny" - written by Bryan Fuller
S01E12 - "Totem Mole" - written by Harry Victor and Dan E. Fesman

Lots of media over there too. Take a look!