Technology

What’s in a Number?

There was a minor kerfuffle on the intertubes earlier this week as Digg tried unsuccessfully to limit links to web sites that contained a 16-digit hexadecimal number that is part of the built-in … Read more

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WRT54G Firmware Upgrade Notes

For some time I’ve been wanting to upgrade the firmware (built-in software that controls most modern electronic devices) in my wireless router. I use a Linksys WRT54G, which is a typical wireless router … Read more

Movable Type 3.34 Installed

If you can read this, the upgrade to Movable Type version 3.34 was a success. Also, comments are working again, so feel free to respond to any of the articles on this site. … Read more

A Lump of Coal

for all the evil spammers in the world! And that would be extremely generous compared to what I really want to give them this year. Grumble. When I saw these notices concerning my … Read more

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VMware Tips

I’ve been experimenting with a variety of virtual machines running under VMware’s Server product, and hosted on my home linux computer. Along the way I’ve run into a number of fairly standard issues, … Read more

Halloween Mashup

Here’s a Halloween treat: Yes, it’s the pumputer, and you can see a whole series of photos that chronicle the creation of this only on Halloween Apple pumpkin mash-up. Link courtesy of the … Read more