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Archive for March, 2005

The WLAN Security

Since I was rambling on about how WLANs needed to be secured, I decided to put my money where my mouth was and do the same locally. I.e. turn to WPA (instead of just WEP) and to disable SSID Broadcast. Two very easy ways of making Wardriving and such a whole lot harder.
Also, for the [...]

The Tagging

It’s that time again. I’ve accumulated about 20GB of music so far this year. It’s been a good year so far in that respect. But all is not good. If you’re an overbearing analytic nitpicker like me, you obviously can’t let it go with that. Every album has to be re-tagged and renamed, to conform [...]

The Strawberries

As someone who grows strawberries himself, I’m kind of impressed with the high quality imports that I’ve been seeing since about two years ago. Something has definitely changed. New species perhaps. Not that they ever print that on the box, as if people don’t care.
Another explanation could be better infrastructure with transports and such. Or [...]

The Sci-fi Trek

In times when actual achievements are few and far apart, having sat through the entire span of Star Trek (except for TOS) is something to make note of.
On a side note, I’m down to Babylon 5. Have seen pretty much everything else. I previewed that series years ago but hated it.
It also seems that the [...]

The Caffeine

I’m out of caffeine again. And I have done very little to find a new cheaper source, an alternative way to ingest it or an altogether different substance. So I guess I’ll be back at that blasted pharmacy first thing next week.
I spent a considerable time documenting the caffeine story here.
Since then, NG Magazine has [...]

The Crossroads

I’m not pleased to admit it but I have come to a full stop. Maybe it happened today, maybe two months ago, maybe it was two years back. My studies have ground to a halt. Actual employment seems far off. I have no plans for the future (not that I ever had) and I am [...]

The MTB Restoration

Took the bike out after about three or four months of cold storage. If that isn’t a sign of the times I don’t know what is.
The bitter truth is that some sort of renovation is now all but inevitable. I’ve been using this bike for the last six years or so, more or less daily [...]

The Underwear Equation

This just wont do. I’m running out of underwear again. Normally I have this informal cycle whereas I keep filling up the laundry basket for about 2 weeks before I wash anything. This delicate balance is now threatened.
By my calculations I need to invest in at least three pairs of wool socks, three pairs of [...]

The Oink

I must say that music-wise, life has been bliss since I found and signed up over at Oink’s Pink Palace. Despite the sort of corny name its core BitTorrent music tracker is no laughing matter. It has become a de facto standard on the net. Never before has music been so thoroughly organized and easily [...]

The Foot in the Door

Ah, don’t you just hate those kids who come knocking on your door, trying to sell you stuff you don’t really want. They are a menace before every major holiday like Xmas and Easter. If it’s not cards, it’s magazines or chocolate eggs or whatever.
And it’s not the kids that are the problem really. It’s [...]





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