Author: Vic Cross

My father-in-law and I took Nicholas to the Brisbane Motor Show today.  What a great day out!  He absolutely loved it.  We rode the bus to get there, and he loves bus rides, but when we got inside and onto the show floor he was speechless!He loved the Lamborghinis, was in awe of the Audis, thought the Ferraris … Continue reading Brisbane Motor Show

I updated the Planet software that runs Dudeville tonight...  I can't really see much difference, but the one that's in Portage is two-three years old so I figured it needed updating.I did occasionally get problems with repeated posts when viewing the Dudeville RSS feed in Akregator, but that hadn't happened for a while.  Let's see how this … Continue reading Planets and hackergotchis

I read a blog post via Planet Ubuntu not long ago about using OTPs.  I had looked at things like OPIE in the past, but the idea of carrying around a pre-generated list of passwords was not so encouraging.  I changed my mind when I saw that ingenious folks have written J2ME midlets for running the password … Continue reading One-time passwords

I bought a new switch recently, partly because I got cheesed by having to run an extra no-name 10/100 switch plugged into the Netgear Gigabit switch simply because the Netgear doesn't talk to some of my NICs.  As well as some new Shiny, I got yet another reminder that the browser compatibility wars are far from … Continue reading Browser compatibility, the Linksys Way

It seems like a whole year since I blogged... 🙂  Best Wishes for the new year to all!  2007 has started fairly quietly for me.  The most interesting thing has been a weekend trip to Brisbane (yes, same one) to celebrate Susan's birthday, her new role at work, and, belatedly, our 10th Anniversary.I traded some credit-card-award-scheme points for … Continue reading Quiet…

When we left our hero, he was waiting valiantly for the arrival of his new UPS...  🙂  The UPS arrived (eventually, after an order placement mixup at Powerfirm's fulfilment provider) and was duly ignored for a day or so (I do have to work for a living).  When I got a few moments to strap together, I set … Continue reading SmartUPS 2200 Part Deux

My old UPS, a SmartUPS 1400RM, threw a battery recently.  It didn't complain about battery failure, it just wouldn't hold charge and couldn't carry a load.  With the quality of the power we get here, combined with the sensitivity of the UPS, it meant that my server and network were dropping out on a very regular basis … Continue reading SmartUPS 2200

Having grown up on the north side of Brisbane, I became familiar with the narrow (relatively speaking) roads and often convoluted ways of getting from place to place there.  In comparison to the south side, dominated by Brisbane's only (well, it was in my youth) freeway, driving on the northside actually required some ability to navigate … Continue reading Time passes by…

The MythTV project I discussed in the last entry caused me to think about a couple of systems I have in use at the moment.  These systems are both based on customised "single-use" Linux distros -- one is the Trixbox system that runs the home phone system, the other is the new PVR system based on … Continue reading Going beyond “starter systems”