There have been several recent announcements about airlines starting to offer wireless internet on their flights. I find it interesting that they are trumpeting this as something new and exciting, when, in my mind, they should have offered internet access on planes years ago, when wifi first started to take off. There was one quote… Continue reading Airplane WiFi
Project Idea
Now that the weather is nice and the motorcycle is out, I’ve been noticing a few things that I would like on my bike. For starters, I want a clock, but upon looking ofr a small LED clock to mount, I was not able to find anything that suited my needs. This got me thinking… Continue reading Project Idea
Expand JFS Filesystem
I recently bought 2 new 500GB hard drives and am in the process of migrating my RAID array to double its size to 2TB. The current 1TB over 3 drives was 100% full, so it was something that had to be done. The expansion took about 26 hours on my 3ware 9650SE-8LPML controller, which is… Continue reading Expand JFS Filesystem
MacBook Air: Not Impressive
I’ve noticed that the Apple fans have been raving about the announcement of the MacBook Air, so I started looking for information on it, as even non Apple fans seemed to be impressed. In my opinion, although the Air has some nice features and is a nice looking machine, it just doesn’t cut it in… Continue reading MacBook Air: Not Impressive
Coming to a Windows Vista Near You
Nothing like Microsoft putting new security flaws in Windows while claiming its improving security. I don’t know why Microsoft would use a random number generator with several known and published flaws, not to mention the issue of its poor performance to other generators available. Perhaps its a standards issue, but a bad idea even if… Continue reading Coming to a Windows Vista Near You
Sun Fire V120
Through the gracious efforts of a friend, I have managed to come by a Sun Fire V120 server with a 650MHz UltraSPARC IIi processor. It is in need of a hard drive, but is otherwise in working order. I’ll be getting some cheap 80 pin SCSI drives on ebay in a few days, but in… Continue reading Sun Fire V120
Internet Bans
I’ve noticed many items in the news recently in regards to restrictions and additional punishments put in place for sex offenders. The more I read about these, the more I think that we are going too far in certain aspects. The latest example that I saw is an article in the NY Times that reports… Continue reading Internet Bans
Presidental Canidates
I had some downtime today and took it upon myself to read up on the views of some of the candidates for the 2008 presidential election. In order to get a good feel for the different candidates, and since many of their own webpages lack good information, I read the Wikipedia pages on them. Of… Continue reading Presidental Canidates
Flying without ID Round 2
Yesterday was another opportunity to fly without presenting any ID at the airport. The man at the US Airways counter didn’t give me much trouble beyond the puzzled look and a few questions about how it’s possible to not travel with ID. Going through security was easier this time than last time as they did… Continue reading Flying without ID Round 2
Linux and Dvorak Update
After using Dvorak for several months now, I am quite comfortable with the layout. Far from my initial struggles, I am no longer annoyed at the layout, but rather enjoy its benefits. I am faster than my Qwerty days, but am not quite to the level of touch typing. I was never much of a… Continue reading Linux and Dvorak Update