Sunday, 31 March, 2002

Happy Easter!

Saturday, 30 March, 2002

A glorious spring day – the first, I think, where temperatures stayed above freezing overnight. It warmed to the sixties today, and we opened the windows and vacuumed and cleaned and dusted in anticipation of guests for Easter dinner, and in celebration of the season.

Work consisted of two hours of weekly reports and invoicing. The rest of the day was computerless. No complaints!

Friday, 29 March, 2002

Richard Stallman talks about how software patents are bad for everyone here.

More links on wireless and security:
” target=”_top”>http://www.advisor.com/Articles.nsf/aid/SMITT619

” target=”_top”>http://www.pasadena.net/presentation/wireless.html

http://www.bitshift.org/wardriving.shtml

” target=”_top”>http://wardriving.com

Okay, so maybe you don’t just want local wireless, you want it on both sides of the lake. Check this out: ” target=”_top”>http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/antennas_2400.html

And, of course, the free (as in speech) guys are in on the idea:
http://www.seattlewireless.net/

Bummer. Just crashed Opera and lost everything. Let’s start again… Setting up the wireless was pretty smooth. Two hours, start to finish. Here are a couple of interesting links: http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Wap11Hack

http://www.wi2600.org/mediawhore/nf0/wireless/docs/802.11/WAP11/fun_with_the_wap11.txt

http://www.gigafast.com/drivers/SNMPV1743.exe

http://www.wi2600.org/mediawhore/nf0/wireless/utils/
Far more interesting (and more harmless) are:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm

http://www.dslreports.com

Tuesday, 26 March, 2002

Forgot to mention, as part of setting up the Twiki, that I needed access to text configuration files in Unix format – CR only, no line feed. On the Twiki site, there was a recommendation for the freeware Programmers File Editor, PFE, http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/ It worked great out of the box, with no issues. Looks like it has a zillion features. Hope to get the time to dig into it.

Added [Next] and [Previous] links to the blogs, manually for now, but eventually via a template, I hope.

Yesterday, I bought nearly everything I needed for a wireless network. All LinkSys components, from Best Buy: Access Point (WAP11), PC Card (WPC11), PCI card (WMP11) and USB Adaptor (WUSB11, v 2.5). Psyched to get it all assembled, but want to make sure to flash the firmware to the latest version, get the latest drivers, and set it up securely from the beginning.

All done. Two hours of careful manual reading, downloading and updating, and I’m updating the Wiki with no wires attached to the laptop. Wireless rocks!

Monday, 25 March, 2002

Starting to enjoy this blogging stuff, although I wish I had more time for it. And for a few thousand other things in my life. Almost done with my speaker’s notes for Automating Email.

Mouse gestures in Opera are cool. The right-mouse-button-down and left maneuver is so easy! (That sends the browser back to the last page.)

Just spent a half-hour writing a thoughtful email, using the built-in Opera email client (the mail started as a link off a web page). Hit the “Send” button when done. Error messages a-plenty. Something wrong in the configuration. But the text is gone. A waste of time. I hate computers.

Of course, given a little time to flail away, I found the mail, buried in the Opera Outbox. Don’t think I need another mail client, just yet. Next time, I’ll stick with Outlook.

Also spent some time with Blat http://www.interlog.com/~tcharron/blat.html and Blat.dll http://www.geocities.com/toby_korn/blat/. Great stuff, and the price is right – free! I’ll have to see if I can implement Blat here – I saw a mention on the Twiki site for it, and I don’t think that the native email logic is working here. I got an email when I became a registered user, but I am not seeing emails for changes to the site.

Sunday, 24 March, 2002

Wireless networking still fascinates me. http://www.netstumbler.com has some interesting information, as do all the major vendors: D-Link, LinkSys, Nexland, 3Com, Zoom, and on and on.

http://www.80211-planet.com, 802.11 Planet is an interesting site, too.

Friday, 22 March, 2002

Yet another link for a PDF printer, this one from Dane Prairie Software. Only $35 per user. Looks very good! — TedRoche – 22 Mar 2002