http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/advanced-firewall-configurations-ipset
April 25, 2013
April 24, 2013
How to Master Non-Awkward, Effective In-Person Networking
http://blog.hubspot.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-non_awkward-effective-networking?sf11500472=1
Without a doubt there are some things here I can improve upon, even as much as I enjoy meeting and talking to people and the importance of being able to do so in some areas of my life. I’m always awed by people who can – and do – effortlessly strike up a conversation with anyone and create a very genuine and memorable experience. Most of the time I get through it, but I lack the natural, effortless ease that these folks have. I suspect probably the biggest factor to success is “more practice!”
April 22, 2013
PVR/Live TV in XBMC
As I use XBMC for playback of series’ I’ve recorded using Windows Media Center, and am not super fond of Media Center (it was just highly convenient), I found this to be something probably worth pursuing, or at least investigating in more detail, in the near future.
Lifehacker – Record and Watch Live TV On Your XBMC
http://lifehacker.com/5981757/how-to-watch-and-record-live-tv-on-your-xbmc-media-center
The XBMC PVR and Live TV Setup Guide
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=PVR
April 18, 2013
Kayfabe | Ideas in motion remain in motion
http://www.kayfabe.com/?p=1643 – this would be super handy as a mad lib form letter with just a few modifications!
Cold call sales annoy me. I think the economy must be heading back towards the tank, because it seems like I’m getting more calls lately from vendors trying to provide solutions for problems I don’t have. I had another one call today, and they mentioned that they had picked up my name from DiscoverOrg. Looks like that fine company is another fantastic source of useless spam. Rest assured if you cold call me and waste my time trying to sell me something I don’t need when I have many, many better things to do… if the time should come that I need a product like what you offer, come hell or high water I will find another product that will meet my needs.
DiscoverOrg(.com) appears to be nothing but a spam source, as any credible organization would at least have a remove or “do not contact” button.
April 17, 2013
And the award goes to…
AT&T MIS wins the award for “most laughable use of an automated hold message”. Called in today to close some auto-generated tickets for circuits that I’m in the process of shutting down. While holding to speak to an agent, their automated attendant chimed in every 20 seconds to apologize for the wait and to let me know they were “searching for an available agent to take my call”. I know attention spans are short these days, but that just might be overkill.
April 10, 2013
TP-Link TL-WR703N – OpenWrt Wiki
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr703n
Neat little system for possible embedded controller.
April 9, 2013
Build A Space-Saving Roll-Out Pantry that Fits Between the Fridge and the Wall
I ran across this and can see it being pretty handy, though it will require some modification to work properly in my environment. It will need to be narrower, and I think I would probably configure it facing out from the fridge as it would then be open to my counter and a great spice rack while working in the kitchen.