More google bait
19-Jun-08
When setting a SOCKS5 proxy for Firefox, go to about:config and set network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to TRUE. This will force DNS entries through the proxy to the remote end and eliminate DNS leakage to the local DNS server.
10000 emails to 0 in 24 hours
15-Apr-08
http://www.problogger.net/archives/
2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/
Over the weekend I decided to get serious about my email situation. I’d been sitting on an inbox with close to 10,000 items in it for months and was feeling more and more stressed by the day.
I posted on Twitter that I needed to do something about it and then decided to take action. Within 24 hours I had an inbox with no items in it (well momentarily) and have been able to maintain that ever since (OK, so it’s only three days, but it’s been a very busy three days).
A number of people asked me to give an update on what I did - here’s a very quick summary (by the way - thanks to the many Twitter followers who offered advice):
[via www.problogger.net ]
I tried this before and failed several times. The key this time was turning Windows Firewall off to allow TFTP to work
I have a Belkin wireless router (model number: F5D7230-4 v1444). For some reason, the “Virtual Server” (or “Port Forwarding”) did not work correctly. It’s obviously a firmware problem. I checked the firmware version and my router had the latest firmware from Belkin. I wrote to Belkin Customer Service but who knows how long I have to wait to a response from them.
Thus I tried to find a custom firmware for my router on the Internet and I came across a firmware project called “DD-WRT“. The project was targeted at making custom firmwares for Linksys WRT54G/GS routers. However, there is a micro version which can be used on Belkin F5D7230-4 v1444. I decided to give it a try.
I downloaded the latest generic micro version of DD-WRT and flashed it to my router. After flashing, the “Virtual Server” on my router works perfectly and that’s why you can read this post. There are lots of features in DD-WRT firmware and I have not scratched the surface yet.
One thing to note is that the flashing was not an easy task. The DD-WRT Wiki has one section devoted to the installation on the Belkin F5D7230-4.
Instructions on how to flash the Belkin F5D7230-4 v1444:
- Download the latest generic micro firmware (dd-wrt.v23_micro_generic.bin as of this writing).
- Reset router to factory defaults. Unplug the router.
- Connect your computer directly to one of the LAN ports on the router.
- The router starts up with IP address 192.168.2.1. Set your computers IP address manually to the following setting: IP Address: 192.168.2.2, Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0, Default Gateway: leave blank.
- Go to www.linksys.com and goto their download page. (You may want to do this first before you reset to the factory defaults in case resetting screws up your internet connection.)
- Download the firmware for BEFW11S4 - EtherFast Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router w/4-Port Switch.
- Extract the Tftp.exe program from the zip file.
- Start Tftp program and set server to: 192.168.2.1 and for the file part, put the location of your “dd-wrt.v23_micro_generic.bin” file.
- Set retries to 20.
- Power up router.
- Click upgrade and then hit the reset button on your router. If program doesn’t catch the Belkin’s tftp window, just hit reset again. The Tftp program will let you know when it is upgrading and succeeds.
[via highdrawer.wordpress.com ]
I’ve been playing with twitter. Lots of fun, nice quick way to keep up with people who don’t have time to create a blog entry.
I’m intrigued by what you can do with SMS and some of the sites out there - push rss content to your phone, update a micro-blog, keep up with other people’s lives, and with programs like Sandy, you can SMS yourself meeting reminders and updates. You can do the same with Google calendar, as well as get daily agenda sent to your phone.
I have a BlackBerry with Blackberry Enterprise Server service, so my work Outlook is already synced to my phone - contacts, calendar items, tasks, etc. But using a low-tech solution is always intriguing. I may get a personal cell phone for political reasons at work and implement a SMS-only plan.
Techno Sabbath article from the NY Times
03-Mar-08
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/fashion/02sabbath.html?&pagewanted=all
I TOOK a real day off this weekend: computers shut down, cellphone left in my work bag, land-line ringer off. I was fully disconnected for 24 hours.
The reason for this change was a natural and predictable back-breaking straw. Flying home from Europe a few months ago, I swiped a credit card through the slot of the in-seat phone, checked my e-mail and robbed myself of one of my two last sanctuaries.
At that point, the only other place I could escape was in my sleep. Yet I had developed the habit of leaving a laptop next to my bed so I could check my e-mail, last thing and first thing. I had learned how to turn my P.D.A. into a modem, the better to access the Web from my laptop when on a train. Of course I also used that P.D.A. in conventional ways, attending to it when it buzzed me.
In short, my name is Mark, and I’m a techno-addict. But after my airplane experience, I decided to do something about it. Thus began my “secular Sabbath” — a term I found floating around on blogs — a day a week where I would be free of screens, bells and beeps. An old-fashioned day not only of rest but of relief.
[from nytimes.com via 43folders ]
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28-Feb-08
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