Archive for June, 2005

Cruise/G2G - July 2

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Due to being on many forums and being many lazy I do link you to this site.
How is everyone up for a cruise meet at the BP in Athelstone 10am for a Cruise up Gorge Rd lunch at the pub or takeaway joint or similar then a wander back via a yet to be determined [...]

iMate SP3i : Review

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

Earlier this month I purchased an i-mate SP3i Mobile phone from Telstra. I have been meaning to do a review, but did not get round to it - so here it is:-
Features:

Windows CE for Smartphones 2003 - Second Edition
32MB RAM
32 MB ROM
TI OMAP (Arm) Processor
miniSD slot (soon to be filled with a 1GB card)

The phone [...]

SITE NEWS: Site was down :-O

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

Shocking as it may sound this site was down for about 5 hours today.
I recently was migrated from a SLOW Telstra DSLAM onto an Internode DSLAM which while being faster - my modems settings were not happy with. After changing from PPPoA-VcMux to PPPoE-LLC as the encapsulation method I got much better stability and [...]

More proof that the American “justice” and legal system is stuffed.

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

Slashdot | Felony Charges For H.S. Hacking
Slashdot | Felony Charges For H.S. Hacking
I cannot believe how broken the American legal system - You have patents that smack innovation on the nose leading to a burocratic slow moving society where nothing can be accomplished.
You now have minors being brought on on felony charges for screwing around [...]

ADSL2+ ACTIVE - Internode

Friday, June 24th, 2005

My ADSL2+ is now active :
2005-06-24 04:34:05 EST: 6115 / 850
Your download speed : 6262436 bps, or 6115 kbps.
A 764.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 870827 bps, or 850 kbps.
I’m about 3km from my exchange. Happiness
I use internode for my ADSL services.

Installing JDK on Ubuntu (Hoary 2005.04)

Friday, June 24th, 2005

To install the Java Development Package (1.5.0.x) I did the following.
I added multiverse to my repository settings (the following are valid for Internode customers only.

deb ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted universe multiverse
deb ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ hoary-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ hoary-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ hoary-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [...]

Places of Interest - Google Maps (Australiana)

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Ayres Rock is here.
I work here
Iron Knob is almost in high res here
Wudinna Township is here (mount wudinna is to the north east a little)

EBAY: Stuff Im selling - June05

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

I am selling a Minitar 802.11b wireless access point here
and
AthlonXP 1900+ w/ 512MB RAM, 6xWD 160GB HDD (JB), Antec 480W PSU here
Have a look, bid and enjoy.
Proceeds are going to either: fixing my Car (Sunroof or Speakers) or a quieter (and more powerful) server for this site.
M

Free (Beer and Speech) Office Suit for the Mac - NeoOffice/J

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

NeoOffice/J Downloads
722
NeoOffice/J has been released for the Mac. From what I understand this is a Mac OS X port of the OpenOffice 1.1.4 product using Java to write the interface. Hopefully this translates into a more “Mac” feeling product.
If you are in need of an office suite and don’t think Microsoft Office is worth the [...]

Record companies just don’t get it, computer and software companies don’t care.

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

The Register is running a piece that indicates that Sony-BMG and EMI will begin rolling out copy protected Compact Discs (Music) to unsuspecting customers. *YAY* (not)
What these companies need to understand is that people don’t really want to steal music - they want music to be accessible and easy to use - thus the massive [...]