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Resurrecting a WordPress Blog

To quote the character played by Tony Shalhoub, “Here’s what happened.”

March 4th 204, I decided to upgrade my WordPress 2.0.x blog to version 2.3.3 after creating a backup. Long story short, the Yahoo! installed WordPress blog could not be upgraded to version 2.3.3 safely, and essentially in the process, my database was corrupted.

The worse news is that the backup was not good either. After a seemingly long period of self-deprecation, I started a new WordPress 2.3.3 blog. It was almost perfect, but completely functional.

Anyway, I reinstall the blog using Yahoo! control panel, and it turned out to be version 2.3.2 sans all my postings. I had a really old back-up, and it was not compatible with WordPress at all.

March 30th, I upgraded all my WordPress blog to version 2.5 including the one with all the missing postings. Still dreading from the loss, I slowly did some manual entry on the blog. Then it hit me. I tried using the backup and restore feature. I backed-up 37prime.wordpress.com and restored it to 37prime.com/blog.

IT WORKED!

Not perfect, but I got 80% of my postings back.

Now I have no worries when it comes to moving the WordPress blog.

I’m sleepy, so I’m gonna get some sleep.

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Safari 3.1.1 is Available

Safari Icon

Apple releases Safari 3.1.1 to address stability, compatibility and Security.

Safari 3.1.1 is available for Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, and Windows XP/Vista.

About the security content of Safari 3.1.1

Safari 3.1.1

  • Safari
    CVE-ID: CVE-2007-2398
    Available for: Windows XP or Vista
    Impact: A maliciously crafted website may control the contents of the address bar
    Description: A timing issue in Safari 3.1 allows a web page to change the contents of the address bar without loading the contents of the corresponding page. This could be used to spoof the contents of a legitimate site, allowing user credentials or other information to be gathered. This issue was addressed in Safari Beta 3.0.2, but reintroduced in Safari 3.1. This update addresses the issue by restoring the address bar contents if a request for a new web page is terminated. This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems.
  • Safari
    CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1024
    Available for: Windows XP or Vista
    Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
    Description: A memory corruption issue exists in Safari’s file downloading. By enticing a user to download a file with a maliciously crafted name, an attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved handling of file downloads. This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems.
  • WebKit
    CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1025
    Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Mac OS X Server v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista
    Impact: Visiting a malicious website may result in cross-site scripting
    Description: An issue exists in WebKi’s handling of URLs containing a colon character in the host name. Opening a maliciously crafted URL may lead to a cross-site scripting attack. This update addresses the issue through improved handling of URLs. Credit to Robert Swiecki of Google Information Security Team and David Bloom for reporting this issue.
  • WebKit
    CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1026
    Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, Mac OS X Server v10.5.2, Windows XP or Vista
    Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted web page may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
    Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in WebKit’s handling of JavaScript regular expressions. The issue may be triggered via JavaScript when processing regular expressions with large, nested repetition counts. This may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of JavaScript regular expressions. Credit to Charlie Miller for reporting these issues.

Safari 3.1.1 can be obtained through Safari Download Page or Apple Software Updates.

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Panasonic HDC-SD9: 1080p/24p Video Sample

Since I can now use Final Cut Pro 6 to “Log and Transfer” 1080p/24p clip from my Panasonic HDC-SD9, I will be posting more video sample from this camera.

It was a nice day, so I took a little walk and film some footage using Panasonic HDC-SD9. Check out the video, QuickTime 7 is required for playback.

Prepare for Landing

Video info:

  • Format: H.264, 1920×1080
  • File Size: 16.66 MB
  • Frame Rate: 23.98 FPS
  • Data rate: 8.73 mbits/s
  • Length: 16.01 seconds

Panasonic HDC-SD9 settings:

  • Recording Mode: HA1920
  • 24p Digital Cinema: On
  • Intelligent Contrast: On

Software info:

I will post more videos.

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Panasonic HDC-SD9 and Final Cut Pro: Library and Plugins

Someone requested me to post screenshots of plugins directory for QuickTime and Final Cut Pro; and my System Preferences.

Hope this helps. I now have no problems importing 1080p/24p clip from Panasonic HDC-SD9 using Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 and Perian 1.1 QuickTime Component.

Let me know how it goes.

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Panasonic HDC-SD9 and Final Cut Pro: The Setup

Continuing the coverage on Panasonic HDC-SD9 and Final Cut Pro, the followings are the setup I have:

Final Cut Pro 6.0.3

  • Easy Setup
  • Format: Panasonic DVCPRO HD
  • Use: DVCPRO HD 1080pA24

QuickTime Component

  • Perian 1.1

Panasonic HDC-SD9

  • Record Mode: HA1920
  • 24p Digital Cinema: ON

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What kind of setup do you have?

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Panasonic HDC-SD9: 1080p/24p Video

UPDATE:
I uploaded the whole video, instead of a snippet.

Now that I can import videos from HDC-SD9 in 1080p/24p mode using Final Cut Pro correctly, I’d like to share a brief video clip from this camcorder.

Check out the video quality taken using HDC-SD9, however short it may be. (QuickTime 7 required)

Notes:

  • 1920×1080 resolutions
  • H.264 8.82mbits/s
  • 28.06MB
  • About 1 second length
  • Imported using Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 and Perian 1.1
  • Exported using Compressor 3.0.3
  • On MacBook Pro Core Duo running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2

Apparently I posted a Apple Pro Res 422 encoded earlier. It looked great but not many people could play it.