I had pretty much forgotten about improving on the Power over Ethernet progress I mentioned previously. A couple of weeks ago I bought another 7970 that I successfully converted to SIP to run in the study, and I was considering buying a few 7961s or Linksys PoE-capable phones to use in other places. However, I … Continue reading PoE again: this time, success!
Ages ago, I read or saw something about using your SSH passphrase to log in to your system. Seemed like a good idea, but I never got around to implementing it. One of the methods available is a PAM module called pam_ssh. I just gave it a test on a Ubuntu Gutsy system, and it … Continue reading pam_ssh
A while back I posted about my grief with the Linksys WIP330 WiFi SIP phone (it doesn't happen often, but it's a surprise when the ONLY hit you get on Google about a problem is your own blog post discussing it). The unit is still a bitter disappointment, but thanks to a firmware update it seems … Continue reading WIP330 progress: it’s a… phone
It's all the rage on YouTube, apparently... posting video of a z/VM system booting something. Only kidding, this is a good piece of tech. If you search YouTube for "OpenSolaris System z" you'll find a set of five videos that show an interview (recorded at the recent Gartner datacentre conference) with David Boyes of Sine Nomine Associates demonstrating … Continue reading OpenSolaris on System z
In this post only about six months ago I berated myself for buying an ATI-chipset graphics card for use in a Linux system. I titled that post "Why I probably will never buy ATI again...", as if I knew that I'd make the same mistake again. Sure enough... I had problems with my MythTV frontend playing particular … Continue reading I did it again: damn you ATI!
I managed to fill up the multimedia card on the N70 -- the only thing that's surprising about that event is the length of time it took me to do it. 🙂 So I went looking for ways to get photos out of the phone into iPhoto. I can't believe it took until the third page of … Continue reading Nokia sync software for Mac!
I had some system problems yesterday. My VMware guests just stopped. Middle of the day and they just died. I tried to run the management console or even the command line programs, but they all failed with the infamous "VMware is installed but is not configured for this system..." message and the prompt to run vmware-config.pl. I re-emerged vmware-server … Continue reading Gentoo “hardened” multilib?
I was using a fitness ball (swiss ball, exercise ball, gym ball, etc) to sit on in the study in lieu of a normal chair. I have to be honest and say that the experiment wasn't working for me (it was supposed to get me disciplined to keep straight posture while seated) and I was considering … Continue reading Another big bang
I haven't switched sides, really... but four cores for AU$330 was too much to resist. :)I'm doing the cascading hardware trick... But instead of buying the new top-end rig and finding something to do with the surplus gear, I found something new to do with my existing desktop and had to replace it. AMD's 4x4 stuff looks good, … Continue reading Sorry, AMD
I found out a little more about a problem that's been really annoying me for ages: I can't access my bank's Internet banking using Konqueror. When I hit the button, Konqueror proclaims that it "Could not connect to host", but if I right-click on the "Login" link and choose "Open with Firefox Web Browser..." it works … Continue reading Konqueror and Internet Banking
Crossed Wires 