MAC-address logging/blocking for linux iptables
Here’s a little script I wrote that checks incoming wireless requests for a known MAC address. I’ve been using it on my Linux gateway/router/wireless-bridge. If it doesn’t know you, it...
View ArticleMaking a silent, tiny, diskless PC
For a while I’ve wanted a home PC that I can leave on all the time without the noise bugging me – I’ve become quite sensitive to machine noise over years of working with computers. I’d use it to play...
View ArticleCron is my TiVo
One thing I’d like to do with a silent PC is make a homebrew TiVo-alike. Well, I would if I watched any TV. Which I don’t. But still, the idea interests me beyond any use I’d actually make of it....
View ArticleInstalling Debian on a Dell Latitude X200
UPDATE: more notes written recently My new laptop arrived this week – a Dell Latitude x200. And it’s marvellous. Wonderfully lightweight, good battery life for such a small box, good keyboard and a...
View ArticleThe PL2303 serial-USB adapter and Linux
A short note to fill in for something I couldn’t find via google on getting a PL2303-based serial-USB adapter to work with linux… Recently I was trying to connect a Garmin Geko 201 GPS unit to my...
View ArticleMAC-address logging/blocking for linux iptables
Here’s a little script I wrote that checks incoming wireless requests for a known MAC address. I’ve been using it on my Linux gateway/router/wireless-bridge. If it doesn’t know you, it...
View ArticleMaking a silent, tiny, diskless PC
For a while I’ve wanted a home PC that I can leave on all the time without the noise bugging me – I’ve become quite sensitive to machine noise over years of working with computers. I’d use it to play...
View ArticleCron is my TiVo
One thing I’d like to do with a silent PC is make a homebrew TiVo-alike. Well, I would if I watched any TV. Which I don’t. But still, the idea interests me beyond any use I’d actually make of it....
View ArticleInstalling Debian on a Dell Latitude X200
UPDATE: more notes written recently My new laptop arrived this week – a Dell Latitude x200. And it’s marvellous. Wonderfully lightweight, good battery life for such a small box, good keyboard and a...
View ArticleThe PL2303 serial-USB adapter and Linux
A short note to fill in for something I couldn’t find via google on getting a PL2303-based serial-USB adapter to work with linux… Recently I was trying to connect a Garmin Geko 201 GPS unit to my...
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