the GENO show: You're my BOY, Geno!

One of the few shining stars of AKARadio known only to his adoring fans as Geno has graduated to the next level of internet radio greatness.

The Geno Show, a recent big hit ever it hit the internet radio scene at AKARadio will be doing the same thing it’s always been up to (that is to say playing the absolute best selections from emo, punk and ska) with one minor exception.

As of the 27th, he will be doing so to a much larger audience.  In what is quite a coup, Geno has secured a slot on the internet’s largest punk radio station, RantRadio: Punk!.  You can check it out as always from 10-12 Friday Nights (times EST) on RantRadio: Punk! now.

There are rumors of further syndication since his joining of the “Pirate This! Radio Network,” known for syndicating the famed Mark and Darrell show. You can be sure that we will report such news as soon as we learn of it here at rizzn.com

Check out the Geno Show website for updates and details: here.

/rizzn

Accusations auf AKAradio

I feel it’s my responsibility to report this information to the public, as there continues to be a smear campaign targeting my good name in effect from AKA.  I’m not certain if it’s a conscious effort to target me, or is a result from misguided community pride on AKA’s part.  Regardless, it is crossing into territory dangerously close to harassment and slander/libel.

Witness: it is no secret that I wrote scripts which for the good of the community propped up the programming to ensure it extended 24 hours a day.  Between the two computers in my office devoted to that, there was always some automated script firing off.  The ways these scripts launched were wide and varied… some were custom applications, some were bought applications, some were launched from “Scheduled Tasks” in Windows, some were “StartUp Tasks” in Windows.

Spread those different methods across 2-3 computers and you’ve got a lot of clean-up to do.  Despite all the clean-up there was to do, I missed all but two or three scripts.  They were: 1) the script that uploads the Jimmy Factor at 3AM daily until all the archives were moved from my computer to the server, 2) the bot which broadcasts Off The Hook, & 3) Trillian, which unbeknownst to me was trying to log in of it’s own accord.

Obviously none of these things will work.  My IP has been banned from the server since before my show was.  If that wasn’t enough to keep me out, the passwords have been changed.

If I was trying to hack you idiots, do you think you’d even know about it?  Do you think I’d use my own IP address?  Do you think I’d try to use passwords known to be bad?  There is one or two people at the source of this rumor mill…. I know who you are, and you know who you are.  Stop it, or don’t, it makes no difference.  Only you can keep this from becoming an actionable case.

Like I said when my company’s name was threatened — there is certain amounts and types of abuse I can take, but when it crosses the line (and I do know very clearly where that line is), I will react.  This is a second warning to the community.  Pursue this line of inquiry and accusation and there will not be a third.

Just so we’re all on the same page, the log that was sent to me was this exactly:

Authentication Failures: mafia (66.232.9.30 ): 3 Time(s)

Y’see, Mafia was the old username (actually it was mafia@cam-mafia.com).  The password changed all the time, but it generally cycled around mafia themes like mafia, mafioso, sopranos, as well as the occasional oddball password like ibetyoucantguessthisone and cooter.  If I was doing a dictionary hack, I’d probably throw in some other password variations like rizsuck, or nodrama, since bagging on me has become a cultural pasttime at AKA.

That’s neither here nor there, but it shows a working knowlege of the password schema by me of the AKA crew.  If I were to try to hack them, I would make more than three tries, make them from someone else’s IP address, and go with a dictionary hacker based on this theme. 

More than likely, however, as absentee as GT is with that box, there’s probably some security holes that allow you to bypass the brute-force hacking attempts altogether.  Not sure, myself, as I don’t know, and I don’t care. 

Lastly, WHY would I hack into it?  Is there a motive?  Can you even think of one?  You think I’m so insulted by everyone’s idiotic accusations that I’ll just flip out and hack your box from my own workstation?

rizzn: “Bwaahh I can’t take it anymore…i’ve GOTTA HACK AKA RIGHT NOW.. aahhh”

<rizzn furiously taps away at the keyboard attempting to break into the AKA server.  After a short burst of typing, there is a silence.>

rizzn: “Drat, that’s the only password i know.  I even tried it three times in a row! This is hopeless.”

<He gives up, as the psychotic fit passes as quickly as it came.>

I mean seriously.  If you thought logically about this (I know, it’s hard, but try it some time) you would have avoided embarrassing all the emissaries you sent over to accuse me of crime.

So, my final words to everyone over there at AKA that try to orchestrate my doom: a) quit using pawns for your dirty work, b) next time you accuse me of a crime and spread it around enough that multiple people come asking me what the hell is up, you’d better have proof a bit more substantial than that utter crap I pasted up there.

/rizzn

Now playing: Tank! Remix (Cowboy Bebop) – Luke Vibert Remix

Now playing: Tank! Remix (Cowboy Bebop) – Luke Vibert Remix

AKA Radio looks dead

I got up this morning a little late, went to the bank, then went and paid my rent… thus I was a bit late this morning.

Went to go look at the schedule on AKA radio to see if they fired my friends along with me.

Apparently, the whole station was fired!  The site has been taken down and the stream is down.  It says it’ll be back soon after messages.  Hrm.

I’m not even going to enter the IRC room.  Maybe I’ll get James to try to go in there and see if it’s up.

I can’t say I’m real broken up over it.  It’s what you get for censoring me.  When you outright lie about and slander me for 3 hours straight, you’re bound to reap some reward for that.

/rizzn

I just realized that you readers of the site don’t know what’s going on.  Let me boil this down to a nutshell explanation, since I’m tired of telling the story.

Last Monday, I was on You’re Wrong on AKA radio.  The panel members couldn’t figure out how to debate or go 20 minutes without insulting either Leo or Myself.

Last Tuesday, I contracted a severe chest cold.  I wrote what was perhaps a somewhat brash forum post on the AKA forums that still contained a point that was not insulting, merely constructive criticism.

Last Wednesday, I resigned from the You’re Wrong panel.  They weren’t getting the picture.  They were making up their own drama instead of reading the simple words I was typing.

Last Friday, I resigned as Program Director of AKA Radio and withdrew the Proposal for Strategic Partnership between CyberDyne Technologies and AKA Radio due to a few below the belt jabs by Pheydal.  Her below the belt jabs proved to me that she was unable to kepp a secret or hold her tongue under fire or pressure … a bad trait to have in a business partner.

Yesterday — Sunday, during my broadcast of the Mark and Darrell Show, the station which prides itself on never censoring anyone, censored my show less than halfway in, logged in and began spewing forth lies and slander. 

I could point out all the irony in this, but I suppose if I have to do that, it loses some of the magic.  I’ll just let everyone figure it out for themselves.

At any rate, you can still hear the Mark and Darrell Show on http://q-waves.net as well as http://rantradio.com

I’m back to work now.

Al Heirich Update

Now playing: Sonny & Cher – I’ve Got You Babe(2) (AKAradio.com: Your one and only half russian/romanian/gyspy: Zoder)

my remedy for a chest cold

I’m sick as a dog today

<riz> know any quick remedies for a chest cold?
<HouseCat> four poster bed a hat and a fifth of bourban
<riz> hm
<riz> good
<riz> sounds like fun.
<BlAcK_IcE> a quick remedies for a chest cold….
<HouseCat> mark twains cure
* riz looks for the bourban
<HouseCat> sit in th emiddle of the bed with hat in one hand and bottle in the other ……
<HouseCat> take drink of bourban and put hat on first post ………………..
<HouseCat> take drink of bourban and move hat to next post ……
<HouseCat> repeat until you pass out.
<HouseCat> repeat the whole process until cured.
<riz>
<riz> i need to do this
<HouseCat> Mark Twain swore by it

Now playing: Juanes – Es Por Ti (AKAradio.com: Dr SoNy AnD bLaCk IcE’s TaCo StAnD)