Chazuke is a simple Japanese Dish you can all make at home.  Since the weather this past week was pretty cold, I decided to make some.   The basic ingrediants are:

Rice

Green Tea

Grilled Salmon

Dashi (I’m using a premade powdered chazuke dashi mix)

Umeboshi

 Combine them all together in a bowl, and voila: the finished product…..

YUM!

The controversy surrounding Antonella Barbra is growing.  I’ve been seeing more and more picture sprouting up on the Internet.  Is it just me or does it seem like this girl loves being on camera.?!?  Anyway if American Idol is your thing, here’s a link to the largest collection of real/possible fake pictures.  Some may be NSFW so view at your own risk.  Enjoy!

Anyone out there use Tor?  In case your not already familiar with the Tor network let me describe it simply.  Tor is a virtual network within the Internet that allows users to mask their original location from the end supplier of the information.  This is accomplished by packaging the information in such a way that it is routed through several servers before reaching its end location.  You can find more detail (more technically accurate information) from their website at http://tor.eff.org

I’m bringing up Tor now because of an issue that came up recently regarding a paper that was published outlining a theoretical way to pierce the veil of anonymity of the Tor network.   As an avid supporter of Tor, I was concerned about whether someone truly found a way to track Tor users.  This paper was published on the notable tech news site slashdot.org.

Last week the Tor development community published their response on a blog.  My personal opinion of their response is that they fail to really address the issue today through a software patch or a quick and dirty work around.  I almost think that their assertion that they haven’t seen the attack carried out “in the wild” really doesn’t disprove the argument that such an attack is possible or already being carried out. Furthermore, by stating that these vulnerabilities have been well known for some time before the paper was published seems to reinforce my belief that they seem to want to dampen the problem.

Please don’t misunderstand me, I’m not saying that the Tor project is mismanaged (because its not) and I’m not saying that the network is vulnerable (I am not that smart) I’m merely saying I would be more comfortable if the Tor people addressed these issues in a better way.  I do think the project is important for many people in the world that live in countries that are “less than free.”  If you are someone living in these areas I personally would still use Tor but I would definitely pay critical attention to any news that comes out regarding additional vulnerabilities.

Also, if you have an extra buck or two please find some time to give some love back to the Tor project.  Maybe with more support they’ll be able to make everyone happy; even snotty kid like me.