Entries from February 2005

Wireless and wired network issues

Date February 17, 2005

Networking can be a real pain in the arse. Here’s the equation: I have three computers. Computer 1 and 2 are connected by a crossover cat 5 cable. Computer 2 and 3 both have new Belkin 54g wireless cards in them. The wired connection works well. The ad-hoc wi-fi connection is erratic at the best [...]

Seven ‘News’ and the Herald Sun

Date February 17, 2005

I am really over the crap ‘news’ that the Australian media expects us to take in. My particular beef is with Seven News and, to a lesser extent, the Herald Sun. Now this is nothing new to people, they are hardly the source of credible information, but last night watching Seven News really cut it [...]

Obligatory Valentine’s Day post

Date February 15, 2005

Valentine’s Day is so much easier when you are single and not concerned about it. It’s great being able to sit back and watch everyone else running around, spending money and stressing; and you know that there are going to be a whole stack of unecessary fights that night between couples. Anyway, my day was [...]