Weekly Pixel Art – Week 001
Calv’s take on The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai, in pixel art [?].
Originally posted by Calv on Pixel Joint. [+]
I’m Back
Well, I’m back! Not sure if you missed me, but I really missed writing in this blog. My last post was 4 months ago, may be the longest hiatus I’ve ever taken off blogging. Starting with a severe computer virus attack, it’s finally ended. I’m back to blogging, even if it’s not going to be a full recovery as my final exams are pretty close, I’ll try to keep in touch (with my keyboard) as much as I can.
I have signed up at Twitter, and I think it’s going to give me the opportunity of being lazy without being accused of being so. All people use Twitter, don’t they? Then, don’t blame me! You can see my tweets at the right column under My Twitter.
I’ve switched to a new theme, celebrating the resurrection of the dead. It looks so typical, but it’s very organized and easy to use. I’ll keep it for a while.
Hope my readers are all fine. Until my next post, take care.
I Got the Surabaya Virus!
Unfortunately, my PC got infected with the so-called Surabaya virus yesterday. It happened when my sister wanted to transfer something onto her USB removable drive from my computer. I learned afterwards that this virus spreads through USB devices, so take care when you’re using a USB drive that has been used on someone’s else computer.
The darn virus affects all drives, and hides all folders within. You cannot unhide them using the ‘Show/hide’ command in Folder options. It slows down the computer a lot. It also does the following:
- Disables Task Manager.
- Disables Regedit.
- Deletes all previous restore points in System Restore.
- Closes all processes (programs) that have the words ‘anti’, ’spyware’,…etc.
That’s in order to prevent any attempt of removal.
You know you have this virus when you get this message on Windows start-up:
Surabaya in my birthday
Don’t kill me, I’m just send message from your computer
In addition to a paragraph of indonesian text. Surabaya is the second largest city in Indonesia, so the origin of the virus is most likely from there.
I’m now trying Windows Live OneCare safety scanner. I hope it sorts things out.
Tekkon Kinkreet — Synopsis
Black and White in their home; a broken car in a backstreet in Treasure Town.
I watched this animated film today, and all I can say is that it was astounding, in every way. The attention to the details is extraordinary; each frame is full of wonderful detail, it can be used as a standalone piece of art. The animation is slick, the music is great, and the colors really stand out.
