Bastard Sons of Dial-Up

BSoD is not dead, nor is I the one and only Foxx. Mustang is still kicking, figuratively speaking. Unfortunately my 500GB Hard Drive with my entire lifes work, an unsurpassed amount of projects spanning over 15 years, backups of my local drives, Operating System ISO disc images, and much much much more... died. I know the first thing you are thinking "Foxx you ASSHOLE, you should have used a RAID backup! MORON!". Yes.. I know.. unfortunately I am in the progress of migrating well over 6000GB of data, yes, 6TB of crap, around-across-trough my LAN and devices. Tivos', Xboxs', Tons of PCs, a few embedded gizmos, and even a Western Digital TV now. I had to toss my 1TB external HDD on my WDTV as I migrated all of my media over to that to free up space on a smaller drive to replace it in RAID, or at least duplicate copies of my files.

This is an external drive and used only when needed, unfortunately when I had powered down to migrate it to another computer, as the platters spun down the spindle berrings decided to seize. Using my Electron Stethoscope from an earlier segment, ironically showcasing how to listen to the EMI/EMF signatures of devices, among that some Hard Drives both good and bad, I can safely assume the platters cant move. After opening the drive, yes I know how bad that can be, but I think I know what I am doing, I tried to move the platters and frankly, I hate being right so often. Want to hear the pain and bane of my life? Check this out...

Sound Byte of whats been going on.

We have been working on a new BSoD release, but it will have to wait a little while longer until I can redo all the new BSoD v3 Graphics and animations, find archives of the software I use for producing final episodes and such. I even got a new computer to handle the higher 'quality' of production just for this task, but now don't have an OS to put on it as all my ISOs of them are fouled and begone. Be patient. We are not dead, just having a really shit run of luck lately.

We have all been very distant lately but still conversing about ways to show to the web that we are still alive. One method we are going to try out is to make a Mini-Series. We will take previous segment content and mix common topics together so you have a single episode focused on one exact topic. We are also going to throw in some new stuff when we can, since some of us are still producing segments. This will be a lot like when your favorite TV show makes a new episode by mixing old episode clips together and cuts between them to tell a backstory in order to get newcomers up to date on the plot.

Right now I think we should do a 2.4Ghz / Wifi series, since thats the longest running topic we have had. If you are into anything wifi, bluetooth, or other 2.4Ghz feel free to help us out with this. Show us your wardriving setup, explain different wifi scanning and mapping apps. Perhaps show us your pimped out scanning gear, or just showcase some known issues in wireless security encryption.

More info here on this forum post: http://forums.bsodtv.org/index.php?showtopic=622

Right now the East Coast is getting hit by some really nasty rat bastard weather so most of us that can go out and do field segments are being kept in by horrible rain and snow. We wont be posting a deadline on this just yet, but we would like to get content sooner than later. Pop on IRC if you want to help out or see what we are up to and progress on things.

The new year is almost here and we want to wish everyone the best, and curse some of you with the worst. We have been getting a lot of feedback from the cancellation of the show. Many of you see this as a final The End and farewell to thee for BSoD. We arent going anywhere, and the show isnt canceled forever, so stick around. We are still offering a good home for hackers and technophiles alike so if you still want to jump on board feel free to poke in and say hi via IRC or Forums. If you feel like you can help bring the show back to life or add something to the community feel free to speak your mind. We are always up to something or other project wise which might spark some interest, so come in and see what we are up to.

BSoD has held strong for years, we have made many new friends and introduced interesting topics to newcomers. Unfortunately more than too many people have been following BSoD rather helping. The good majority of people that have offered to help out by creating content have either not followed due-process, or have not followed through at all. BSoD is an open community and without people helping with viable content, it wont continue being what it is. Because of this I have decided to cancel the show. I refuse to run BSoD as 'The Foxx Show', and until we start getting reliable people to help make segments, the show will not go on. We all understand that its not easy setting up to record and all of the technical issues and time involved, myself especially, so we arent pointing any fingers to blame anyone. Its a pain in the ass, but without proper help, Mustang and I cant do this alone. We dont have enough time, and our health, family, friends, and personal affairs hold a higher priority, and we wont beg for help.

For all of those that have helped build BSoD to what it is, their help has been very appreciated. We will continue to run the forums and IRC which is always a good place for help, support, organizing events, and generally chatting. Episodes will also remain on the HTTP servers for download, and we might still seed to Usenet and Torrents, granted we still have the ability. Some of us may still continue to produce segments and bring up topics of interest, but we can not promise a deadline of when the next episode will air. If you feel compelled to help out with producing segments feel free to toss up some ideas on the forums, but dont make empty promises you cant follow up on, this is what canceled the show in the first place.

Cheers, beers, and bunny ears to all, and to all a good night.