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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Updates – gone wrong
Using open source, and collaborated source is great. It’s a group effort, supporting a group cause. There’s a downside though. What happens when a function in a module or application changes names in a version? Why change name? Well, unfortunately, … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday to me!!
It was my birthday today, and it was great. I got spoiled . The presents consisted of many new additions: 2x 17″ LCD monitors! I’m happy with that It’s fan-bloody-tastic. I’ve changed resolution to 1280×1024, and its great. I did … Continue reading
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ADSL2+ in Gosford, other exchanges to follow
Some while ago, Exetel Communications published an ADSL2+ DSLAM list, from upstream supplier Optus. That list showed some local exchanges on it (to my amazement!!): Gosford / Saratoga Jan-07 SRTA NSW Gosford / Woy Woy Jan-07 WOYY NSW Gosford/Avoca Beach … Continue reading
The Netspace Moving Saga continues
I don’t like sequels, because in a lot of cases, they overdo it, or do something different that makes the original look that MUCH better. Sometimes sequels are good, and the results turn to be better then expected. Anyway, here … Continue reading
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OzVoIPStatus: Provider Status Logo
I got a designer I know (maty, you legend), to design a logo for users to display on websites about their providers VoIP uptime statistics on OzVoIPStatus. The logos, pictured below, aren’t the finals, however, we are interested in criticism … Continue reading
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Wild IT holding on tight?
Wild Internet and Telecom are a young ISP / junior telco, offering services at cost + a small few dollars. Some pointers that have kept me away from Wild Telecom are as follows: Timothy Bolot, the Manager / Creator of … Continue reading
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HOWTO: Dynamic Image Generation with PHP
I came across a little issue lately. I wanted to be able to generate images, dynamically. I needed it to be done with PHP, and I needed it to be able to accept differing data (hence dynamic). Where to turn? … Continue reading
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Powering the planet
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the planet, global warming, and greenhouse gases, so on about the damage power plants alone are doing to our planet. What damage exactly do current power operations do to the planet? 1. … Continue reading
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A creative use for AJAX, no browser required.
I’ve been developing for the web for a while now, and many technologies fly by. First there was the ASP.NET craze. Some say it’s an improvement on ASP, others say its not worth the hassle. I couldn’t really care about … Continue reading
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Getting it done ‘right’
It seems lately (and last year), that there are some people in this world that can’t seem to do much right at all. I’m not about to hassle everyone on a single mistake, hey, they happen, I make mistakes, others … Continue reading
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Moving – its not easy
When you have a house load of stuff to move, and a short time frame (as in 24 hours), you generally get a lot more proactive. I’m packing as I write this blog post (I wish). We change address tomorrow. … Continue reading
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Netspace, moving, and a contract?
Ok, having Broadband for a while now and moving around this country a fair bit as well, I understand the processes involved with Telstra, Moving, and ADSL connections. Since I was born, through to now, I’ve lived in many places, … Continue reading
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100% Free Money. Grab some today.
You can earn some FREE CASH. All you have to do is visit this website, and read this message here: OzVoIPStatus VoIP Monitoring. The offer is simply, send an email, or use the contact us page, and you could earn … Continue reading
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Moving, Mountain Climbing and Telstra
How on earth did I put those three words in the title? Fux me. Anyway, when you move and you have a Telstra Wholesale supplied ADSL service, doesn’t it make more sense to move every service the customer has at … Continue reading
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Dos and Don’ts of Linux
I got myself a dedicated server recently. Was certainly good. However, since getting the server, we’ve had Hard Drive issues. The first drive, a SATA drive, wouldn’t install with the OS we planned to use. So we bailed on that … Continue reading
Peaceful Sanity: Live above and below a bowling alley?
We live in a block of flats. We are the top most flat, in a 2 storey block. We have the full top floor, below us, are 2 flats, one on the left, one on the right, split near the … Continue reading
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Southern Cross Cable Upgrades
Southern Cross Cables is implementing an idea Simon Hackett, MD of Internode, has been pushing Telstra to for years now. The method suggested takes one fibre optic cable, and changes the maximum wavelengths from 16 to 40 per cable. Which … Continue reading
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HOWTO: Wireless with the DD-WRT and Chillispot
A problem came up recently. A WDS network was being setup, and the idea was to network all hotspots, to the primary Access Point, and use Chillispot to authenticate access. Whilst that was a good idea, and sure enough, it … Continue reading
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My Blog
Welcome. I did start this domain nearly a year ago, but never ended up finishing doing any of the several plans I had for it. I decided that I needed a blog. But not one of those MySpace or MSN … Continue reading
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