iPaq 4150
I got a iPaq H4150 (H4155 when bought over the net) this weekend I also got the foldable keyboard that turns it into a full pc equivalent keyboard enabled device.
Boycotting HMV
2 weekends ago we went to the HMV in Canary Wharf after going to see the new – hugely disappointing – extension they made to Canary Wharf. HMV had a 3-for-20 special on CDs and for once they had something worth buying.
My SO chose her 3 CD’s and went to the till to pay where we were informed that one of the CD’s were not part of the promotion even though it a) were in the specials rack b) had the sticker on it showing it is.
Anti Spam laws
A number of countries are announcing laws against spam, today alone there are news articles about Australia and The UK both introducing laws against it.
OpenSSH Vulnerability
I first got first word of the OpenSSH vulnerability via Barry’s mention of it. I updated my FreeBSD machines quite quickly thanks to their excellent security team.
When it came to RedHat, of course, it was a mess.
Experiences in upgrading RedHat and FreeBSD
Today I had to upgrade Exim on my RedHat and my FreeBSD machine.
The experience was hugely different in the two cases and highlights to me again that RPM is from the Devil.
The rise of RSS.
Most of us have seen these XML icons all over the net thesedays, especially on blogs. Infact you should see one bottom left on this very page. This icon is the placeholder for what some believe is the way of the future for any news and discussion publishing system – called RSS (DMOZ) it consists of a simple XML format that clients pull on-demand and view in special application software.
