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So, VOX released their Voice over IP service late this year.
Nifty phones, based on the Thomson SpeedTouch 7G device, incorporating a DECT Phone, Wireless Router (Broadcom based) and also an ADSL modem.
Problem is - I have a neat Linux-based ADSL setup already, and didn't really want to use the VOX phone as my ADSL to Ethernet Bridge (I have my reasons).
Turns out, that using the CLI interface of the router, it can be convinced to not us...more
So, what do you do when you're in India, all the food is hot, your stomach is rebelling, and the toilet rolls come in these 'denominations'?
The little yellow things are called "auto-rickshaws, or 4-in-all's - only 4 people allowed, or six schoolchildren. I took a ride in one.
I simply call them deathtraps now. Cause that's...more
That's what Tastic rice tells us. Apparently they parboil the rice, for our benefit, driving the Vitamins into the rice. How do I know this ? I was staring at a pack of rice tonight in the pantry, reading the label. "Vitamins cannot rinse away..."
Awesome. Or perhaps not....more
Is anyone else's eyes bleeding about deals like this?
WTF?
How can LG sign a deal based on "possible infringements" on code that they don't own, and have been raping for their own benefit ?
Geebuz. Essentially this deal is another part of Microsoft "Covenant" deals where they promise not to sue Linux users for using Linux, in return for sharing all their patents with them. Is LG insane? Clearly......more
Ever since Cyan Ogilvie introduced me to Debian, circa Woody, I've been one of the converted. Debian might be slow in releases, but you simply cannot beat the scope of packages and care taken in it's assembly.
I've been doing customized Debian builds for some products, and I cannot imagine doing it on any other platform than Debian. Preseeded installations, and the awesome apt dependencies simply make it a pleasure to do customi...more
I've been a brainbench.com member since 2005, way back when they still mailed certificates for free (which was cool).
I've just recently taken one of their tests again, out of curiosity, and I have to say: They still "have it". The questions are difficult, to the point yet not insane. They have a real nice balance. I will definitely be using their corporate service again, when I need to recruit.
I've found it to be an amazing bull-filter before. Plus, the fre...more
Happy new year and all that good stuff. I sincerely hope that 2007 brings you a prosperous and relaxed journey. I sure need one.
I've spent most of December hacking on an Intel IXP425 device, and I must say, I'm rather amazed at the performance these little things pump out. Mikrotik needs to forget about the Mips architecture. It's outdated and performs crappily. I've tested this little board clocking over 80Mbps ROUTED traffic between interfaces.
The PCengines WRAP, and Routerboard 532 is dead. Intel IXP...more
When will commercial software vendors start owning up to their "free" roots? I just installed some software tonight, that's well over two years old, using PPPoE to communinicate with a modem, and it conflicted with my installed version of WinPCAP.
Of course, WinPCAP is not mentioned as a component in the orignal software, WHATSOEVER. Way to stick to the licenses guys! I will quote from the WinPCAP license documentation:
<code> 1. Redistributions of sourc...more
So, today I started redoing my site, moving from the old PhpWiki to ErfurtWiki. It's been reasonably painless so far, and I must say, german coders still kick ass. ErfurtWiki is pretty powerful as far as wiki's go, and has also been running the Jawug site for nearly two years now.
NOTE: to the guy using an Ubuntu PC trying to access the "MyLinuxDrivers" page. Sorry bud. It should be up there now ;) (I saw your repeated requests in the webserver logfiles whilst I was debugging)...more