Tonight found me in a debate about OSS firewall platforms for about the 5th time this week. It’s generally my position that BSD-based firewalls (like pfsense or m0n0wall) are superior to Linux-based ones (like DD-WRT).  Anyhow, it got me wondering just how old my own M0n0wall install was. Turns out, the answer was “too old [...]

A while back, I found myself annoyed when I accidently alt-tabbed to my desktop, minimizing a half-dozen windows that I’d positioned “just-so” over the last few hours.  I started searching for a way to remove “Desktop” from the new Windows 7 alt-tab menu, but found that this wasn’t directly possible. What IS possible, however, is [...]

Wow;  It’s hard to believe that I’ve waited “weeks” between posts again.  It seems that the convenience of WordPress (over the old Mediawiki) isn’t quite great enough to have content write itself… Seriously though, it’s a massive improvement, if only because it’s a “one stop shop” with no manual updating of indexes.  All that said, [...]

The Omaha Maker Group’s space is coming along nicely;  This weekend  saw the arrival of more shelving, tables and other materials;  The space also received its first quadcopter visit; I spent time down there both Friday night and Saturday afternoon, and was very impressed by everyone’s generosity with both their time and their material support. [...]

Today is Pi Day (3/14) again, a day on which math nerds everywhere celebrate the ratio of a circle’s diameter to its circumference.   Head over to Piday.org for more info, games, and other interesting stuff.  (Disclaimer: This is a totally shameless plug; A friend and I have operated Piday.org since 2001 ).  Before anyone has [...]

Tonight, I agreed to go to spinning class with Becky, instead of my usual lifting routine;  I’m not quite sure what possessed me, as I don’t really like spinning or classes, but I did.  I’ve found something else I dislike: “Bicycles” without a freewheel.  

I’m finally fed up with the crappy performance and battery life of my Samsung Moment.   I decided that I was going to flash to an alternate ROM (and kernel);   The guys at the office are both on Epics and have root and recovery but not much else.  I’m not after Froyo here, though [...]

Well, as of today, the Omaha Maker Group officially has a space.  Keys to the new digs were picked up tonight, and the preparation and move-in begins tomorrow.  The first official meeting at the new space is on Tuesday, March 8th. Head on over to the official OMG site for full details