December 2008
22 posts
pfSense Open Source Firewall Distribution →
pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router.
Dec 27th
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Dec 24th
CoRD: Remote Desktop for Mac OS X →
CoRD is a Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Windows servers using the rdp protocol. It is easy to use, fast, and free for anyone to use or modify.
Dec 19th
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Thinkpad external keyboard →
I know at least one of my readers will be drooling over one of these for their Christmas present.  That’s not to say I wouldn’t shell out the $80 for one if I was unhappy with my Logitech G15.
Dec 19th
Xmas dinners are just excuses for you to see colleagues drunk and eat shit cocktail sausages. Meh
Dec 17th
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A bevy of Fry →
As previously mentioned Stephen Fry shares some of his love for geekery with me, and since he started to blog he has posted some lengthy but interesting thoughts on tech and particularly smart phones. This month he posts about, amongst other things, things he thinks are missing from the iPhone. Some are the old usual things we all know are obviously missing from the phone; but he also mentions a...
Dec 16th
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Hah!
I just discovered that TCHB (figure it out for yourself…) stands for: “Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible” Completely unintended, but funny.
Dec 16th
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yellowsn0w →
The iPhone Dev Team have just announced they have the iPhone 3G unlock working and are finalising the last bits for us Pwnrs to start our iPhone skulduggery. To celebrate I’ve just ordered a nice, shiny white 3G iPhone from the Apple store. Should be here in time for the new pwnage tool. This Xmas is turning out to be a cracker!
Dec 16th
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Stephen Fry: Guilty Pleasures →
This is worth a gander if you don’t mind Stephen Fry. I find him quite amusing and strangly ‘familiar’ (as in I agree with his outlook on all things geeky). UK Only unfortunately. “Actor, writer, director and presenter Stephen Fry reveals the things he considers his guiltiest pleasures. These include darts, romantic novels by Georgette Heyer, the work of Richard Wagner and...
Dec 16th
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Flash player for Linux 64-bit →
Thank you Adobe, thank you! Works like a charm.
Dec 15th
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Console for Windows
If you’re working in the command shell of Windows frequently you’ll understand how frustratingly backward the normal cmd.exe shell is. Console is a fanstastic replacement/frontend to it allowing you to customise and resize on demand.
Dec 15th
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Replacing the London City Bus →
With Boris Johnson intent on replacing the bendy-buses with more traditional double-deckers, here’s a radical idea. Forget about just replacing the existing buses with electric or hydrogen powered buses; this idea proposes “a radical bus & urban freight system concept”. Brilliant.
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Back to the future
Some British steampunks are attempting to break the steam powered vehicle land speed record. Read more here via Wired
Dec 13th
Using SSH: Secure Tunnels on OS X →
Dec 13th
How to chose the right WiFi channel →
Dec 10th
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“Getting high on HIV - Anti-retroviral drugs used to treat HIV/Aids are being...”
– BBC News
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 4th
Google Calendar CalDAV support →
Google is finally supporting CalDAV on the Google Calendar product. This means you can now sync it with iCal and Sunbird. Yay
Dec 3rd
PHPList →
phplist is an open-source newsletter manager. phplist is free to download, install and use, and is easy to integrate with any website.
Dec 2nd
Simple SharePoint Backup Routine →
Dec 1st