As Roger waters was touring in 1984 with his “The Pro’s and Con’s of Hitchhiking ” he was supported by Eric Clapton on guitar. This bootleg is the only known soundboard recording from the tour. First disc is all Pink Floyd, the second the promoted album. This was around the wars on the rights to Pink Floyd. Continue reading “Roger Waters & Eric Clapton – Lunatic Rave”
Month: August 2017
Baaba Maal: Djam Leeli (The Adventurers)
I was revisiting some of the world music that caught my attention in the late 80’s and early 90’s when I “rediscovered” the Djam Leeli album by Baaba Maal. As Chris Blackwel (from Island Records) was trying to find an African Bob Marley Baaba Maal was the first choice. It was initially between Baaba Maal and Youssou N”Dour as to being Senegals greatest musical export, Continue reading “Baaba Maal: Djam Leeli (The Adventurers)”
Finally: battery levels on connected Bluetooth devices in Android
It looks like there will finally be a general introduction in Android of being able to see the battery status of any connected Bluetooth devise. This has been available in custom and manufacturers for a while, and plenty of options in the app store, but up until now this has been the landscape. An article on XDA finds that “we can see that Google will add a new method in the Bluetooth Device class called getBatteryLevel() ” in the proposed new Android Open Source Project (AOSP) release.
Brickerbot claims to brick 60K Modems/Routers in India
An interesting article on Bleeping Computer on a claim from a Brickerbot Dev that hey have bricked 60.000 modems and routers in Indian blocking subscribers on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) form accessing the internet. The obvious path of attack: default usernames / passwords exposed to internet. The joy of our IOT world continues!