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2009-05-27T16:30:00.011-05:00

Rest In Peace Mom - I Love You! Rosalinda Bandoy - The Most Beautiful 12.21.49 - 05.08.2009

2009-02-11T21:25:00.006-05:00

out and about...

Prague in December... NYE... i'm getting old... Lake Tahoe in January...

Anniversary (Park Avenue Winter)

2008-12-01T12:43:00.006-05:00

note: the "breaking news" headline and the date/time stamp of the article... would you think it's a little too late? it takes a year or so to realize this... argh... via cnn.com

2008-11-17T10:47:00.006-05:00

Okay, for the first time since I've started using PC's (15+ years), over this past weekend was the first time one of my systems got infected by a virus/spyware/malware application. Technically, it wasn't my fault, something was either downloaded by another user or something was clicked on a hijacked webpage. Even with being behind a NAT Router, my firewall running and McAfee Suite installed, my system got completely hijacked. The spyware application is called Antivirus Pro 2009 and it's a pain in the butt to remove. It basically installs as a fake anti-virus application and hijacks Windows security alerts, Internet Explorer, and redirects DNS. After trying to manually remove the application on my own through Program Files, WINDOWS, Registry, etc... My DNS was still being redirected. My last resort was to search online and try some other manual attempts as suggested.

http://www.xp-vista.com/spyware-removal/antivirus2009-antivirus-2009-removal-instructions

But still the damn application was lingering somewhere in my system. When all else false, format. Obviously, there should be an easier way to get rid of the application, but rather taking the risk of installing a third party removal tool which may affect your system even more - it's some times better to take the loss and format just to ensure your system gets a good scrubbing.

Be on the look out and ensure to update your security apps (anti-virus, spyware, malware defenders, etc...) and make sure nobody on your network is downloading sketchy files, clicking unknown links, visiting bogus websites (which brings me back to a good email from my colleague D. Newkirk (see below) - Why there's no such thing as a "trusted website"), etc...

D. Newkirk wrote:
Every web-browser-centric security advisory issued by Microsoft includes boilerplate about safe browsing, including advice to "visit only trusted sites." The problem is, as you may have heard me say if you've been in the New York office, there's no such thing--or, to put it better, there's no site you can trust or should trust.

I say this because of the reality that because many, if not most, big-time modern websites are database-driven in whole or in part--that is, that they include dynamic content that is automatically added to the page code your browser downloads through interaction with a database--and that many, many of those large sites tend to be managed, it's often all too easy for The Bad Guys to inject malicious content, usually very small scripts that direct your browser to download malicious programs, into site SQL databases, and therefore into the content of the pages your browser automatically loads, displays, and executes. Just Google "SQL injection attack" and you'll start getting the scary picture.

How big-time and ostensibly trustworthy does a compromised site need to be to prove the trusted-site concept worthless? How about Sony's PlayStation site, which was recently compromised by exactly such a SQL injection attack? You can read all about it in "Sony PlayStation’s site SQL injected, redirecting to rogue security software," available at

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1394 .

Want to use your computer for online banking or shopping? The safest advice is: Don't. If you must, my advice is to do it using an operating system not yet so attack-prone as Windows--Mac OS or Linux, protected by a firewall and running an antivirus/antimalware program, and using Firefox, equipped with the NoScript add-on, as your browser. Or you can do as most of us do: Gamble with your banking, personal, and financial information--that is, with your identity.

Won't antivirus/antimalware software keep you safe? Sure, (a) if your AV vendor is rally alert and agile, and (b) if your AV vendor happens to know about the Bad Stuff your browser just downloaded. The (b) part is the rub--where the popular AV-protection paradigm breaks down: Because nowadays The Bad Guys aren't trying crash your system or reformat 100,000 hard drives or shout ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US in your face. Like really crafty, successful thieves, they want to gain access undetected, start stealing undetected, and keep stealing undetected, across relatively limited computer populations. Job Zero for them is to own and keep updated all the AV software you might own and write their malicious code to slip by them all for as long as possible. *It's their 9-to-5 job* to do this. To illustrate this, I'll end with another story from the Internet Storm Center--one that discusses why those traveling for business in general or to the Summer Olympics in particular should leave their electronic devices at home and/or turned off: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4588&rss .

"I am particularly concerned," writes one commenter to ISC, "with the custom trojan infections coming back through flash-based medias from traveling parties, whether through their personal computers cross-contaminating professional assets, or on media that they bring into the workplace. These trojan variants typically evade AV for up to three months, are very slow to spread, and present deep, slow infiltration into the machine whose backchannels can lead to data loss and lateral control of other machines."

tags: Antivirus Pro 2009 removal uninstall dns hijack

2008-11-07T12:36:00.006-05:00

so, this is the company behind the multi touch systems on all the media channels... great technology... Perceptive Pixel has only been around since 2006... check out the vid here...

2008-10-03T10:50:00.001-05:00

Disgusting...

2008-09-23T10:04:00.003-05:00

T-Mobile G1, the very first Android device... live press conference stream here... also, BB Storm specs, leaked here...
T-Mobile G1 Android Google BlackBerry Storm Leak Specs

2008-09-02T14:13:00.007-05:00

Google Chrome Beta - Web Browser, released today (v0.2.149.27 Official Build 1583)... available here... so far, pretty impressive, very fast and easy on memory (actually keeps each page/tab as a separate process and shows which page is hogging up memory)...

google chrome web browser

2008-08-23T14:54:00.003-05:00

trekking around JC today, I came across abandoned Light Rail cars with a piece by German artist Can2 (S.U.K Crew)...

downtown jersey city graffiti can2 stick up kids

2008-08-03T14:23:00.004-05:00

mexico city for business last week, was very productive and focused... thanks to S.A. and G.C. for the tour of the federal district... the first day was very interesting to say the least...

"The Angel of Independence"
"Latin American Tower"
"Palace of Fine Arts"

2008-07-15T21:25:00.003-05:00

some more 80's BMX pics... tear ;(
RJB Bros/Action Wheels BMXMe and Rich with Peter "Pistol Pete" Loncarevich
Liberty National Champs...
Rich with Action Wheels teammate (forgot his name) and Mike "Hollywood" Miranda...
tags: Ryan Rich Bandoy Action Wheels BMX Pete Loncarevich Mike Miranda

2008-07-09T21:54:00.007-05:00

a bit overdue... dope night last month at One Step Beyond @ AMNH... spinning vinyl - Pete Rock, on stage... Buckshot and Talib Kweli... SP's at the Planetarium...more shots available at shaunsp.com

just in time for the Olympics (you'll witness how dope it is (was))... Rob provided some old school BMX racing pictures from the 80's - RJBROS... O.G. SUN... sponsorship from Action Wheels... word...

action wheels bmx

2008-06-03T18:07:00.002-05:00

Ricky Powell photography on display... beats by Stretch Armstrong...

2008-05-31T00:59:00.003-05:00

dope night at the peel sessions comp in bk...

caught some nj drive action when i got back to jc... who would've thought...

2008-05-20T18:00:00.003-05:00

4 day weekend with kimberly in south beach... overall, the trip was dope specifically because i was with kimberly and because the weather was perfect... i haven't been down to south beach since '99 or 2000, some where around there... you gotta love it though, people driving around the block 4/5 times... you think they are looking for a parking spot, but no - they just want to floss... getting into the "hot spots" is like getting picked in gym class when you were in elementary school... very selective, but since i was with kimberly there were no issues.. the wait was just a couple of minutes... the mansion is an interesting spot, taking that the dope beats were played in the lobby... can't wait to go back... ;)ryan bandoy original won originalwon

2008-04-09T20:14:00.001-05:00

BEwARe

2008-03-29T19:51:00.002-05:00

checked out new york bike dreams - gallery by Takuya Sakamoto on Thursday (sponsored by green label art)... beats by DJ Marshall Law... then a ride out to peel sessions in bk...

2008-03-19T20:24:00.004-05:00

Halftime Show - 10 Year Anniversary... (pic by Robert Adam Mayer) coverage @ WNYU or grandgoodbandoy ryan bandoy originawon

2008-02-24T11:46:00.004-05:00

Something that I'm definitely looking forward to... BMX in the 2008 Summer Olympics... a little preview of the track... note - how the track splits into 2 after the first berm... back in the late 80's me and my brothers tore shit up in Jersey/PA and in the Grand Nationals in Oklahoma... sponsorship through Action Wheels, but nothing really progressed since it wasn't as commercial as it is today...bandoy ryan bandoy originalwon

2008-02-18T21:04:00.001-05:00

dope.

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2008-02-07T22:24:00.001-05:00

a lovely night out with my beautiful slimberly... @ sakagura

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2008-02-04T19:13:00.001-05:00

Super Bowl XLII - NY Giants!!! Defense wins games...

commercials were pretty weak, Doritos and AMP were probably the best out of all of them...

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2008-01-15T19:44:00.001-05:00

if you're looking to snowboard somewhere dope, hit up Whistler - British Columbia, trust me! one of the best ski/snowboard resorts in the world, check out the mags... if you do end up going, start of with fresh tracks and hit up upper to lower peak to creek... 4+ miles... hit up zog's for some poutine, blacks for a good beer selection (101 different beers), and then garibaldi's for some dope beats... shout out to T-BARRR!!! additional pictures available at shaunsp.com

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2007-12-26T14:05:00.000-05:00

although a day late... merry xmas...

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IMO, time is going by way too fast... 2008 is around the corner... damnnn...

2007-11-26T20:24:00.000-05:00

a big THANK YOU goes out to shaunsp for the awesome Thanksgiving catering job he did for the family... although, we are celebrating the theft of land... i rather see it as time well spent with family and friends... everything was slammin', trust me... comes from one who had 4 plates and 2 slices of some bangin' pie... even though I felt like I got hit by a truck the next day from our 3rd annual football game in the AM... definitely had a good time...bandoy ryan bandoy

2007-11-05T18:35:00.000-05:00

battle of the xphones... trying to get more info on the design of the gPhone (by Google) that will be dropping (see sneak peek below)... it is Linux based, Android open-source platform for mobile devices... the Linux-based Android will be part of the Open Handset Alliance, a partnership between Google and ~34 participants...
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2007-11-04T17:23:00.000-05:00

"its not the first time sneaker culture has hit the mainstream media world..." visits to Undefeated, Alife Rivington Club, Motive 807 and Solebox via AT&T... commercial directed by chris robinson... more info @ slamxhype... had to laugh when i saw the commercial air today... it is what it is...
a few more days until Season 1 DVD drops for flight of the concords... props to slimmers to discovering the show before others... something she will appreciate...

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2007-11-01T21:47:00.000-05:00

wow, a bit old, but you have to appreciate the sick cameos in this clip (in the lab)... making of illmatic... very ill... clasSICK in my book...

my globe trekking slimmers san pedro finally came back from vacation... enjoy some pics... courtesy of kimberly, julie, and june may... (dubai... as you can see real estate will be slammin...)

(kenya)

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2007-10-30T10:56:00.000-05:00

props out to rene in Osaka and his dope stock of frames... looking to come across a good deal on a new frame... check out more of his inventory on his blog...

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2007-10-12T20:29:00.000-05:00

it was pretty brick today in the city, had to rock another layer...it is fall... a little jay-z - blue magic (feat. pharrell) for the weekend... i would say different from his steelo... possibly due to the production...

either way, i would still prefer...

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2007-10-10T20:07:00.000-05:00

thanks to rick (and steve) for the blue... steve hooked it up for rick's birthday... definitely enjoyed it... cracked it open for kim's farewell vacation trip... ;( so sad she's gone for 10 days... i'm a little jelly that i didn't go... see her vacation line up below...

jwb... tasty...
dubai...kenya...

Ryan Bandoy

2007-10-03T18:16:00.000-05:00

i'm looking into an interesting piece that would involve a beautiful picture of my lovely parents... as you can see from the picture, it was taken some time ago... thanks to slim for her assistance on the awesome write up... "...This photo is important to me because it basically depicts my parents at their happiest, both of them innocent in a sense yet knowing that they have an adventurous future together..." hopefully all goes well with my goal... unfortunately, most of what i'm trying to accomplish is out of my hands...

Ryan Bandoy

2007-10-02T19:57:00.000-05:00

this sunday... battle of the banks and mash nyc premiere...

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2007-08-29T14:37:00.000-05:00

Do I sense a (hip hop) come back??? Interesting... (thanks to) dope beats from Talib Kweli and Common

2007-08-28T15:20:00.000-05:00

a question that requires some education... and an answer that reflects that one doesn't have... "I believe that our education like such as in a South Africa and Iraq everywhere like such as..." WTF!!!

ryan bandoy

2007-08-21T20:52:00.002-05:00

i know, it has been awhile... been busy getting that dough... meanwhile i've been loving the new fixed for cruising around the city...

my own pics will follow shortly... something else that I'm looking forward to - is the Whistler trip in January (7th - 12th, for those that want to roll)... just a sneak peak...

word...

nagasawa track bike fixed gear jersey city

2007-05-30T22:13:00.000-05:00

don't you love technology... first things first, thanks to FPT for the upgrade to the BlackBerry 8800... our old Treo 650's had to go... I've been playing with the 8800 for 2 days now and so far I'm loving it... 1 surprise though comes with BrickBreaker returning an unhandled exception error, but nothing that a firmware upgrade can't fix... some additional new tech items that I came across today... Google Maps Street View feature and Microsoft Surface... screen caps and YouTube link below...

2007-05-08T17:52:00.000-05:00

hit up vegas for my boy's bachelor party... was good times, saw the fight - which was wack, since de la hoya should've won... funny thing is, mayweather's pops even said he should've won... a lot of celebs out and about, but also a lot of clowns...

the winner should have been...

came back to JC and received a free gift... thanks to stones throw and ctothejl.com
stones throw and union put together a dope package celebrating the life of J DILLA... package came with some LP's and a stones throw/patta (itching for the patta asics) collab tee...

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2007-04-28T17:56:00.000-05:00

nike winter 2007 collection looks dope, specifically the 90's... via fatlace.com

b-boy vid getting air play at tribeca film festival...
ryan bandoy

2007-04-09T20:03:00.000-05:00

saturday night... celebrated alex's birthday party at tao... nice ambiance, but a little bit to commercial now, since my last visit...

2007-04-04T11:09:00.000-05:00

hell yeah, can't wait... transformers was the shit...

and this coming sunday, new season of entourage... word...

2007-03-25T12:19:00.000-05:00

saturday night (20070324)... tangra asian fusion cuisine to celebrate a very good friends 30th bday... amazing food, definitely recommended...

gangsta slim...

west street - red light...

some additional pics from a friends camera of mae's wedding in mexico...

2007-03-08T18:44:00.000-05:00

back from Mexico, definitely didn't want to leave... wedding was dope, weather was amazing... definitely good times... feeling like shit though, due to the change in weather (brick in the city)... real quick, here are some pics (below)... to check out some really dope pics of the wedding check them out here, done by professionals...

site of the wedding... secluded beach/resort... about 10 minutes north on 307 from where we were staying (grand palladium - playa aventuras)...

me and slim made a solo mission to Tulum... location of ruins and a secluded beach... the beach was probably one of the dopest i've been on...

5th street/ave... in playa del carmen...

back at the resort, before knocking out...

chilly willy's!!! surprisingly not a bad gentlemen's club...

2007-02-24T17:01:00.000-05:00

hit up short hills mall today to check out some sunglasses for slim... getting ready for our trip to mexico next week for mae's wedding... slim ended up getting some dope chanel's at saks... pics follow, supposedly these are new releases...

2007-02-23T14:47:00.000-05:00

its been awhile... will be keepin the blog more up to date movin forth... during lunch break at work, i took a trek to reed space in LES to check out if they had this cap i wanted to scoop up (bklyn basements - so don't bite, designer brings back the long bill style from the 90's - which is dope)... unfortunately, the only model they had in stock was just a bit too big... gonna have to wait for the new models to be available... a new gadget came in mail today... the samsung nv10... no complaints so far... got rid of slim's old nikon... the write/read function to the memory card was way too slow... following are some sample pics which were taken on the way home back to JC...

down the block from work... stock exchange...

PATH entrance at WTC... Port Authority security check point...

2006-11-10T09:05:00.000-05:00

nice weather in november... gotta rock the de benardi to work...

2006-11-09T13:48:00.000-05:00

amsterdam... dope store for kix and gear...

LV pickup for slimone...